A WOMAN stole cash and jewellery together worth nearly £25,000 from her aunt, Newbury magistrates heard. Jazmine Rainbow Grimshaw was told that her thieving…
PRIVACY is thing of the past, say residents of one West Berkshire village, after telecom giant BT botched an engineering job by randomly reassigning phone…
A NEWBURY man who invaded a football pitch and attacked the goalkeeper has been banned from attending matches, up to and including England games, for…
AN EMPLOYEE at the prestigious Donnington Valley Hotel burgled his colleague’s room, Newbury magistrates heard. Darryl William Clarke, who faces a possible…
TWO MEN selling spare racing tickets at a loss were caught in an anti-touting operation and prosecuted by West Berkshire Council, Newbury magistrates…
MAGISTRATES lost patience with a woman who has repeatedly avoided answering benefits cheating charges. The case against Nicola Brown, of Meadowstreet…
HAPPY Christmas - you’re nicked. Police on patrol on December 25 last year arrested a motorist with crack cocaine and cannabis in his waistband, Newbury…
HUNGERFORD is gearing up for a grand parade to welcome home as heroes from Afghanistan the 6 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME).…
SANITATION conditions previously described as medieval returned to a West Berkshire village this week, as sewage again began running down a main street.…
A MOTORIST has avoided a normally mandatory ban for drink driving. Newbury magistrates took the “unusual step” of allowing 27-year-old Michal Jata to…
INSPIRED by hit BBC show The Great British Bake Off, staff at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, have raised £282.16 for the Salvation Army by putting their…
POLICE have warned farmers and smallholders to beware the growing threat from counterfeit pesticides. Officers from Thames Valley Police are currently…
A BENEFITS cheat who fleeced honest taxpayers of more than £32,000 has narrowly avoided going to prison. Mother of three Amanda Richardson, of Clayhill…
IF YOU’RE going to get drunk in Newbury town centre, it might be best to check your pockets first, town magistrates heard on Thursday, January 9. Peter…
AN APPEAL has gone out for information on the surviving families of Lambourn’s First World War fallen. An exhibition is being held at St Michael and All…
A MOMENT’S inattention cost a Thatcham motorist dearly and led to fellow driver’s injury, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, January 9. Martin Colin…
A DRUG addict cleaned up his act to seek his lost daughter, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, January 9. But when his search was frustrated, 28-year-old…
THERE'S plenty on today, from resurrected rock bands to crafts. Shoppers can choose between the weekly Charter Market at Newbury or the Saturday market…
A FATHER burst into his former fiancee’s home when she was with another man and attacked him, Newbury magistrates heard. Overcome with jealousy, 23-year-old…
A WELL-known family GP and his wife took their own lives in a suicide pact, illegally assisted by their devoted daughter, an inquest in Newbury heard…
