LAMBOURN is in mourning after the death of trainer John Hills. Mr Hills, who was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, died on Sunday, aged 53. His…
A GROUP of pupils from John O’Gaunt School’s French twin were welcomed to Hungerford recently. Fifty 13-year-olds from Le College Maurice Genevoix in…
TADLEY Treacle Fair provides fun for all the family today (Sunday). The event will feature the usual mix of spectacular arena displays from 1pm.There…
A CALL has gone out to animal lovers and supporters of the National Animal Welfare Trust (NAWT) at Great Shefford to help the organisation through its…
CALLS have gone out for more defibrillator devices to be made publicly available after one was used to revive a stricken Bayer 10k runner. The demands…
SAY hello to the Turner quads...one year on. It is just over a year since the Newbury Weekly News introduced the miracle babies to the world.Even more…
A COLLAPSED Bayer 10k runner was today (Tuesday) in hospital being treated for a suspected heart attack. He is 46-year-old father of one, Russell Barrett…
THERE was drama at the Bayer 10k run in Newbury today (Sunday), when a runner collapsed near the finish line. The 45-year-old local man had no pulse and…
THE CONSTRUCTION of speed restrictions on a Baydon road is causing chaos, it is claimed. However Wiltshire Council engineers have taken action to try…
A touch of Hollywood came to Hungerford recently when The Croft Hall played host to the local premiere of the alien horror movie Hungerford Directed by…
A 27-year-old man, Richard Brockbank, from Thatcham, reported missing on Monday, May 19, has today (Saturday) been found safe and well. Thames Valley…
UP TO 1,000 runners are expected to pound the streets of Newbury in the seventh annual Bayer Newbury 10k and U16 events on Sunday. Among them will be…
A CASH feud led two former best friends to threaten each other with offensive weapons, Newbury magistrates heard. Threats flew; a baseball bat and an…
A NEWBURY woman was today (Wednesday) found guilty of underage sex and drug-related offences. Thirty-six-year-old Chantelle Goatley, of Hawthorn Road,…
A LAMBOURN woman and her husky called Wolfred wowed viewers of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent on Saturday, May 17. Julia Bennet and Wolfred made it through…
A SELF-employed plumber’s decision to drink and drive will have “disastrous consequences,” Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, May 15. Gary James Cripps,…
A MAN is in hospital after a stabbing in Lambourn. Emergency services were called at 12.30am on Sunday after reports of a man collapsing in Newbury Road…
PLANS for an ‘all through’ school in Hungerford are officially dead. The dramatic policy u-turn, announced in the Hungerford Education Plan Consultation…
THE TALLY Ho in Hungerford Newtown has won West Berkshire Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)’s award for Best Community Pub. The annual award, now in its seventh…
FANCY unleashing your inner pirate? Singer songwriter Gwyneth Herbert has issued a ‘pirate shout out’ for local folk to join her on stage at the Corn…
