WELFORD and Wickham Primary School has opened its extension, after two years of planning and construction. Newbury MP Richard Benyon pulled a ribbon at…
BEER fans are being offered the chance to part-own a local brewery. The founders of the award-winning independent West Berkshire Brewery, Dave (pictured…
A beautician with a mobile business working the Hungerford area persuaded Newbury magistrates not to ban her from driving on Thursday, January 2. Vicki…
TRAVELLERS are using West Berkshire Council’s current lack of a site allocation plan as ammunition in planning applications. “Bullish” agents, buoyed…
HUNGERFORD is facing a ‘perfect storm’ of controversial issues in 2014 - and not enough town councillors to deal with them. The situation has prompted…
OFFICERS were laying in wait after a tip-off about a drink driver, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, January 2. But when they stopped 73-year-old…
POLICE were forced to use the incapacitating spray Captor on a woman who was screaming and shouting abuse in the street – but that did not stop her from…
THE LORD Lyon pub at Stockcross, currently closed for business, is set to re-open in one week’s time. For the past three years licensee Mark Genders has…
A LAMBOURN man who terrorised villagers by repeatedly creeping into their gardens and committing a sex act will serve his sentence in the community. At…
A RECKLESS biker played ‘hide and seek’ with police before roaring past them as they searched an alley, Newbury magistrates heard. But 21-year-old Mathew…
AN APPEAL has been lodged against planners’ refusal to allow a Thames Heritage Boat Museum at Lower Basildon. Planning chiefs threw out the original application…
POLICE found two ready-rolled cannabis “spliffs” in a local warehouseman’s car, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, December 19. Claire French, prosecuting,…
HERE are the Lambourn Chimers, spreading some seasonal cheer. The team cheered patients and staff at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon by making wonderful…
HAPPY Christmas, baby Jacob - and welcome to the world! This little chap made a surprise appearance, one week early, on December 25.And he is likely to…
A THIEVING postman betrayed the trust of thousands of Royal Mail customers, a court has heard. Bruno Ribeiro stole money and vouchers from birthday card…
A MAN who spent the housekeeping on beer decided to steal rather than face his partner’s wrath, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, December 19. Claire…
PLANS have been announced to demolish an “underused” garage site in Lambourn to make way for new housing. The would-be developers are Sovereign Housing…
WEST Berkshire Council has raked in nearly £430,000 more in parking charges and fines than in the previous 12 months, according to new figures. However,…
FACEBOOK troll who used the social networking website to post death threats to a stranger is facing a jail sentence. Twenty-two-year-old Gary William…
A MAN used a photobooth in Parkway, Newbury, as a urinal, town magistrates heard. In the dock last Thursday was 39-year-old Roy Anthony Mace, of Cormorant…
