A SPRING show is hosted from 3pm today by Ashmansworth Village Hall. Entry is free and there are 22 classes meaning pretty much everything in flower or…
SHOPPERS can choose between the weekly Charter Market at Newbury today (Saturday) or the award-winning Saturday market at Aldworth. There are also village…
THEY are the pride of Hungerford and on Monday their unique service to the town was marked. This year there was a record 17 nominations for the 2014 Freedom…
FIVE people have been charged in connection with a Thatcham street protest involving members of the English Defence League (EDL). The incident happened…
A YOUNG Reading Football Club player from Thatcham narrowly avoided prison yesterday (Tuesday) after club officials appealed to a judge. Twenty-year-old…
A THATCHAM man operated a ‘deals on wheels’ service, driving round town and dropping off drugs to clients, Newbury magistrates heard. Daniel Christopher…
A MAN who defaced a police cell wall was suffering “intractable” pain and had been refused medication, Newbury magistrates heard. The allegation was made…
THE PARENTS of the man killed during construction of Newbury’s Parkway shopping centre confronted Costain Limited bosses in emotional court scenes today…
CONSTRUCTION company Costain has been found guilty of health and safety charges in relation to the death of a worker during the construction of Newbury's…
A YOUTH has appeared before Newbury magistrates in connection with an armed robbery at a Burghfield Common Tesco Express. The 17-year-old, who can not…
THE CHIEF adjudicator for the Traffic Penalty Tribunal has upheld a ruling over “inadequate” signage at Park Way Bridge in Newbury. Meanwhile it emerged…
AFTER five days without food - but plenty of drugs - a Greenham shoplifter’s judgement was probably not at its sharpest. Carl Daniel Stephens’ unusual…
CREATING a traffic bypass for Charnham Street would starve Hungerford of its “life blood,” critics claimed this week. The controversial proposal was added…
PLANS to build a soft play area at Cobbs Farm Shop and Kitchen in Hungerford have been rejected once again. The application enjoyed widespread public…
CUSTOMERS at the Gentleman’s Barber Shop in Hungerford are being entered into an Easter draw. Manager Billy Franklin (pictured) said: “After the success…
THE CONSTRUCTION worker who died in a building site accident at Parkway, Newbury, had warned colleagues that someone “was going to get killed”, a court…
A SINGLE father, given a suspended prison sentence for turning his family home into a brothel, was back before Newbury magistrates on Thursday, March…
HUNGERFORD will be a blaze of red flowers, especially poppies, during the centenary commemorations of the First World War in August. A meeting of the…
A SPEEN man is facing a possible jail sentence for dealing drugs. Police searched the Penn Road home of 23-year-old Jamie Smith and found drugs worth…
THE FUTURE of education in Hungerford will be thrashed out over the coming weeks. The consultation on the Hungerford Education Plan has now closed and…
