NEW town centre residents have revived a perennial anxiety over speeding in Hungerford. Members of the public raised concerns at a meeting of Hungerford…
JOURNALIST, author and editor Richard Ingrams was always unlikely to go quietly into any sort of ‘retirement.’ And, sure enough, his resignation last…
POLICE arrested a drunken woman threatening to cut the throat of passers-by, Newbury magistrates heard last Thursday. Melanie Jayne Cook, aged 38, of…
A WOMAN aged 39, addicted to heroin since her mid teens, was thrown a potential lifeline by Newbury magistrates on Thursday, June 5. Sonya Ann Moss was…
A PRESSURE group, campaigning for the restoration of disused, hyper-local rail lines to reduce traffic congestion, is holding a public meeting in Newbury.…
A MAGISTRATE has branded the lack of a prisoner escort service at Newbury’s courthouse an embarrassment. Doug Porter, presiding magistrate last Thursday,…
ST MICHAEL and All Angels Church fete takes place in Lambourn today (Sunday, June 15). The event will be held from 2.30pm in the church grounds and in…
LAMBOURN Sports Club has applied for planning permission to “redevelop” three tennis courts to provide nine, two-bedroom houses. Consultants Christopher…
CIVIC dignitaries, including Hungerford mayor Dennis Benneyworth, attended a ceremony to unveil the new-look Mercure Newbury Elcot Park Hotel on Friday,…
THREE bank clerks accused of using computer bugs in a £2mbank scam involving a Newbury branch are facing a retrial. Jurors failed to reach verdicts in…
MORE than 80 people attended a special screening of The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia held at Sheepdrove Conference Centre in Lambourn. After the film…
A YOUNG criminal whose jaw dropped as he was handed his sentence for smashing up a car while drunk was told: “Hard cheese – welcome to adult court.” Haydon…
A NEWBURY sales assistant was subjected to a homophobic onslaught in which he was spat upon and abused, town magistrates heard. His tormentor, an “intelligent…
A THATCHAM man has told how he defied the advice of friends to risk his life on a peace mission to the heart of Boko Haram territory in Nigeria. The terrorist…
HUNGERFORD Rugby Club has announced it is launching a new, secondary school tournament in memory of one of its players. The club already hosts a popular…
HOMEMADE Indian snacks will add to the typical coffee morning treats when the Indo-British Collaborative Group hosts a fundraising event for the Dingley…
THE FIVE Bells at Wickham has scooped an awards ‘double whammy.’ It has been named Pub of the Year 2014 by the West Berkshire branch of the Campaign for…
NEW York comes to Radley Farm near Hungerford in the form of the Orpheus Symphonia. Concertgoers can take along a picnic to enjoy in the beautiful gardens,…
A POPULAR, former school groundsman died after falling from a ladder, an inquest in Newbury Town Hall heard on Wednesday, May 21. Raymond Ferris had been…
THIS ancient-looking but distinguished chap – the one on the right – proves the old adage that every cloud has a silver lining. When a 100-year-old oak…
