THIS year’s Betfair Lambourn Charity Open Day will once again see more than 30 racing yards open their doors to the public. Up to 10,000 visitors are…
FIREFIGHTERS freed a motorist trapped in a car which mounted the steps at Hungerford’s Corn Exchange building and smashed into it this afternoon. Thames…
A GROUP of family and friends of little Thomas McConaghy are preparing another sponsored walk to raise funds to help him walk unaided. Thomas, aged five,…
THE FINAL span of Hungerford’s new canal footbridge was gently lowered into position in the early hours of Saturday. A crowd of onlookers who had gathered…
DO YOU recognise this chain? Local rambler Carl Woolnough was walking up Combe Gibbet around five years ago when he came across the silver St Christopher…
A VILLAGE hall management committee has finally conceded defeat to metal thieves who have repeatedly caused damage worth thousands of pounds. The latest…
A GLOBE-trotting Woodland St Mary man is about to join an elite club of international travellers - by visiting his 100th country. Intrepid Alwyn Hill…
SHOPPERS watched helplessly as a man choked to death on his breakfast while sitting outside a Thatcham cafe, an inquest heard yesterday (Wednesday). The…
HUNGERFORD Environmental Action Team’s (HEAT) thermal imaging camera project was “shot down in flames” at a town council meeting. HEAT member Daniel Cukier…
POLICE this week renewed an appeal for witnesses to a serious incident on the A338 at Shefford Woodlands. A dog died in the collision and a local man…
RESTAURANTS, take-aways and other West Berkshire food outlets will be rated by a new system from March 1. The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) will build…
A TODDLER drowned in a garden pond after clambering over a fence, an inquest heard. The tragedy - described by the coroner as “every parent’s nightmare”…
Two Cocks Brewery, based at Christmas Farm in Enborne, is launching Gibbet Ale in March. The imagery surrounding the promotion reflects the infamous 19th…
AN EMPLOYEE at Tesco in Hungerford hurled himself in front of a train after losing thousands of pounds at the bookmakers, an inquest heard yesterday…
THE MOTHER of a teenage air cadet killed in a plane crash claimed the RAF "failed him utterly." Julia Langley-Rice was speaking after the conclusion today…
HERE are some of the huge, steel components of Hungerford’s new canal footbridge being assembled at the contractors’ yard. The £400,000 project is on…
HUNGERFORD town council has announced the launch of a Freedom of the Town Awards scheme. The project is designed to become part of the celebrations for…
Party to mark Coronation Hall centenrary will take place in the village hall today (Sunday) KINTBURY'S Coronation Village Hall is 100 years old today…
Book cites similar cases of 'gunfire graffiti' all over the country MYSTERY gunmen are targeting street signs in the Lambourn Valley. A researcher…
Court summons after accident near Donnington A MOTORIST is to be summonsed for careless driving following an accident on the A34 near Donnington on Saturday. Two…
