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Primary school opens new extension

15 January 2014
Primary school opens new extension

Primary school opens new extension

15 January 2014

WELFORD and Wickham Primary School has opened its extension, after two years of planning and construction. Newbury MP Richard Benyon pulled a ribbon at…


Opportunity to buy shares in West Berks brewery

14 January 2014
Opportunity to buy shares in West Berks brewery

Opportunity to buy shares in West Berks brewery

14 January 2014

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…


Magistrates allow Hungerford beautician to keep driving licence

14 January 2014
Magistrates allow Hungerford beautician to keep driving licence

Magistrates allow Hungerford beautician to keep driving licence

14 January 2014

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 use lack of plan as leverage

13 January 2014
Travellers use lack of plan as leverage

Travellers use lack of plan as leverage

13 January 2014

TRAVELLERS are using West Berkshire Council’s current lack of a site allocation plan as ammunition in planning applications. “Bullish” agents, buoyed…


Hungerford needs new councillors

12 January 2014
Hungerford needs new councillors

Hungerford needs new councillors

12 January 2014

HUNGERFORD is facing a ‘perfect storm’ of controversial issues in 2014 - and not enough town councillors to deal with them. The situation has prompted…


Cops 'lay in wait for drink driver' - court

11 January 2014
Cops 'lay in wait for drink driver' - court

Cops 'lay in wait for drink driver' - court

11 January 2014

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…


Captor spray used on abusive woman

10 January 2014
Captor spray used on abusive woman

Captor spray used on abusive woman

10 January 2014

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…


Lord Lyon to re-open its doors next week

10 January 2014
Lord Lyon to re-open its doors next week

Lord Lyon to re-open its doors next week

10 January 2014

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…


Lambourn man seen committing sex act in residents’ gardens - court

10 January 2014
Lambourn man seen committing sex act in residents’ gardens - court

Lambourn man seen committing sex act in residents’ gardens - court

10 January 2014

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…


Reckless biker played 'hide and seek' with police

09 January 2014
Reckless biker played 'hide and seek' with police

Reckless biker played 'hide and seek' with police

09 January 2014

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…


Appeal lodged against boat museum refusal

09 January 2014
Appeal lodged against boat museum refusal

Appeal lodged against boat museum refusal

09 January 2014

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…


Dopey driver's 'relaxing' joints

06 January 2014
Dopey driver's 'relaxing' joints

Dopey driver's 'relaxing' joints

06 January 2014

POLICE found two ready-rolled cannabis “spliffs” in a local warehouseman’s car, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, December 19. Claire French, prosecuting,…


Chimers spread seasonal cheer

05 January 2014
Chimers spread seasonal cheer

Chimers spread seasonal cheer

05 January 2014

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…


A very special Christmas delivery

03 January 2014
A very special Christmas delivery

A very special Christmas delivery

03 January 2014

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…


Thieving Calcot postie betrayed customers – court hears

02 January 2014
Thieving Calcot postie betrayed customers – court hears

Thieving Calcot postie betrayed customers – court hears

02 January 2014

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…


Oops - boozer blows bleach budget on beer!

31 December 2013
Oops - boozer blows bleach budget on beer!

Oops - boozer blows bleach budget on beer!

31 December 2013

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…


Housing plans for garage site

30 December 2013
Housing plans for garage site

Housing plans for garage site

30 December 2013

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…


Dispute over parking revenue figures which claim £429k hike

29 December 2013
Dispute over parking revenue figures which claim £429k hike

Dispute over parking revenue figures which claim £429k hike

29 December 2013

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 death threat man faces jail

27 December 2013
Facebook death threat man faces jail

Facebook death threat man faces jail

27 December 2013

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…


Spending a penny costs man £100

27 December 2013
Spending a penny costs man £100

Spending a penny costs man £100

27 December 2013

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…


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