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Man headbutted fellow pub customer

04 February 2011
Man headbutted fellow pub customer

Man headbutted fellow pub customer

04 February 2011

Newbury magistrates heard that a drinker headbutted a pub customer who asked him to replace his friend's ruined pint A DRINKER headbutted a pub customer…


Budget hotel plans back on the table

03 February 2011
Budget hotel plans back on the table

Budget hotel plans back on the table

03 February 2011

Appeal against refusal lodged by developers DEVELOPERS have lodged an appeal against West Berkshire planners' refusal to build a budget hotel on Hungerford's…


Have your say in Hungerford's future

03 February 2011
Have your say in Hungerford's future

Have your say in Hungerford's future

03 February 2011

Opportunity for residents and businesses to discuss Town Plan refresh ARE you interested in the future development of Hungerford? If so, you are invited…


Man attacked car with axe

03 February 2011
Man attacked car with axe

Man attacked car with axe

03 February 2011

Terrified partner and children were cowering inside, court heard A HUNGERFORD father of four attacked the car his family was travelling in with an axe,…


Newbury woman tells of Egypt chaos

03 February 2011
Newbury woman tells of Egypt chaos

Newbury woman tells of Egypt chaos

03 February 2011

Pamela Webster has seen the deteriorating situation in the country first hand from her apartment in Giza A NEWBURY woman has told how she has watched…


Opponents of wind turbine plans mobilise

03 February 2011
Opponents of wind turbine plans mobilise

Opponents of wind turbine plans mobilise

03 February 2011

Friends of Lambourn Downs vow to fight Sheepdrove's proposals OPPONENTS of plans to install wind turbines at Lambourn's Sheepdrove Organic Farm…


Thirty years of town twinning with Ligueil

03 February 2011
Thirty years of town twinning with Ligueil

Thirty years of town twinning with Ligueil

03 February 2011

Chapagne party planned to celebrate IT IS 30 years since Hungerford and its French twin town, Ligueil, adopted their own ‘entende cordiale.' To mark…


Thugs threaten violence to rob man's wallet

31 January 2011
Thugs threaten violence to rob man's wallet

Thugs threaten violence to rob man's wallet

31 January 2011

Terror in the early hours as victim is forced to hand over valuables A MAN was robbed in the early hours in Newbury at the weekend. The victim, aged 18,…


Pub launches Taste Factor contest

30 January 2011
Pub launches Taste Factor contest

Pub launches Taste Factor contest

30 January 2011

The Taste of England pub in Turnpike Road is launching its own charity talent contest HAVE you got the Taste Factor? The Taste of England pub in Turnpike…


Teddy bear proves its worth at auction

29 January 2011
Teddy bear proves its worth at auction

Teddy bear proves its worth at auction

29 January 2011

A Steiff circus bear, given to the family of a local woman, sold for about six times its estimated value A TEDDY bear present - given to the family of…


Newbury man banned from pubs after brawl

25 January 2011
Newbury man banned from pubs after brawl

Newbury man banned from pubs after brawl

25 January 2011

Magistrates saw CCTV footage of a Newbury street brawl, which left one man unconscious AN ALTERCATION outside a Newbury town centre pub turned into a…


Racehorse left to starve

21 January 2011
Racehorse left to starve

Racehorse left to starve

21 January 2011

Thatcham woman, Pamela Ann Vallentin, has been given a suspended jail term and banned from working with animals A WOMAN who let a retired racehorse starve…


Two in court on rape charge

21 January 2011
Two in court on rape charge

Two in court on rape charge

21 January 2011

Magistrates reject bail application and remand pair in custody TWO men appeared before Newbury magistrates yesterday (Thursday) charged with rape. Praveem…


The McCoys are not leaving Lambourn

20 January 2011
The McCoys are not leaving Lambourn

The McCoys are not leaving Lambourn

20 January 2011

Tony McCoy and his family are not leaving the area despite a home owned by the family being put on the market LAMBOURN'S champion jump jockey, Tony…


Police chief 'tried to blame love rival for arson attack' - court

18 January 2011
Police chief 'tried to blame love rival for arson attack' - court

Police chief 'tried to blame love rival for arson attack' - court

18 January 2011

Senior officer on trial charged with arson, fraud and perverting course of justice NEWBURY'S former top cop, Chief Supt Jim Trotman, torched his own…


Super-fast broadband on the way for Hungerford

18 January 2011
Super-fast broadband on the way for Hungerford

Super-fast broadband on the way for Hungerford

18 January 2011

Move will encourage jobs and prosperity, says MP HUNGERFORD is among 41 market towns that will benefit from the next phase of BT's super-fast fibre…


Jail for woman who falsely cried 'rape'

17 January 2011
Jail for woman who falsely cried 'rape'

Jail for woman who falsely cried 'rape'

17 January 2011

Judge speaks of "nightmare" for men wrongly accused by Emma Blunden A WOMAN who falsely accused four men of raping her has been jailed for two years. Twenty-one-year-old…


Aldbourne mourns 'Screaming Eagle'

16 January 2011
Aldbourne mourns 'Screaming Eagle'

Aldbourne mourns 'Screaming Eagle'

16 January 2011

Major Richard 'Dick' Winters, of the Screaming Eagles 'Easy' Company, has died aged 92 ONE of Aldbourne's adopted sons, Major Richard…


Police issue warning to Lambourn householders

13 January 2011
Police issue warning to Lambourn householders

Police issue warning to Lambourn householders

13 January 2011

Police have warned householders to be on their guard following a distraction burglary POLICE have warned householders to be on their guard following a…


Between a rock and a hard plaice

10 January 2011
Between a rock and a hard plaice

Between a rock and a hard plaice

10 January 2011

Newbury's Fisheries Minister MP gets a grilling by TV chef FISHERIES minister Richard Benyon was filleted by TV chef Hugh Fearnleigh-Whittingstall…


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