AN EXPECTANT father, celebrating the impending arrival of twins, died from a drugs overdose after visiting a Newbury hostel. An inquest in Newbury Town…
AN APPEAL has been launched over plans for a controversial, new “centre of excellence” at an Upper Lambourn racing yard. The proposals are for a new block…
A SIMMERING feud between neighbours descended into violence, Newbury magistrates heard. The final straw was a dispute over a bag of rubbish, the court…
A WOMAN was caught stealing cash intended for her own children...by a spy camera installed by her mother-in-law, Newbury magistrates heard. Hayley Anna…
THIS year’s local Poppy Appeal activity has suffered a setback after Membury Services chiefs announced they were giving priority to Children In Need this…
A NEWBURY woman has told a jury how she lost £10,000 to Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers. Earlier this week, in the case brought by West Berkshire Council's…
THE LICENSEE of a Newbury store sold alcohol to a 15-year-old child, town magistrates heard. But the girl was a volunteer for West Berkshire Council’s…
THE Lambourn Post Office will re-open tomorrow (Thursday), following its upgrading refurbishment. The branch closed on Saturday, October 25, at 12.30pm…
THE boss of a Midgham auction firm fleeced customers to line his own pockets, a jury heard today. Customers were routinely "fobbed off" or sent dud cheques,…
OWNERS of a knackers yard, who controversially want to resite in Great Shefford, have anticipated objections over smell with an expert’s report. The proposal…
A LAMBOURN man was told he could face jail for giving his Hungerford friend a savage beating. Newbury magistrates heard that victim Grahame Thompson -…
LOCAL Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld said this week he had warned Prime Minister David Cameron that police service cuts had “gone far…
A THATCHAM grandmother may have developed deadly mesothelioma just by washing her husband’s asbestos-contaminated clothes, an inquest has heard. An alternative…
A MAN caused havoc to get a cell bed for the night after council chiefs refused his hostel funding, Newbury magistrates heard. Nicholas Paul Holmes took…
ASHDOWN House near Lambourn has been recognised in a national awards scheme for its recent restoration. The property, off the B4000, is one of Britain’s…
A MAN released early from prison stole bottles of alcohol, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, October 16. Thomas Alexander Etherton was on licence…
THE PACE of improvement at John O’Gaunt School is speeding up, a new Ofsted report will conclude. The full report - the result of an inspection in September…
A SUPPORT worker at Priors Court school in Hermitage has been subjected to a restraining order for stalking a female colleague. Mark James Goodenough…
POLICE are seeking the careless or callous gunman who shot a prize-winning horse in the face. The horror happened in fields near Chisbury Woods in Great…
SEX offences in the Thames Valley have risen, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But a spokesman for…