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Computer classes for over 50s

30 January 2015
Computer classes for over 50s

Computer classes for over 50s

30 January 2015

DO YOU feel the computer revolution is leaving you behind? If so, help is at hand, as Age UK Berkshire is organising tuition classes for the over 50s.Every…


Helping the isolated

28 January 2015
Helping the isolated

Helping the isolated

28 January 2015

DO YOU know someone who is aged over 50 and isolated? The Village Agent project has agents in Hungerford, Lambourn and Kintbury who might be able to help...but…


Supermarket worker 'stole to fund lifestyle'

27 January 2015
Supermarket worker 'stole to fund lifestyle'

Supermarket worker 'stole to fund lifestyle'

27 January 2015

A SUPERMARKET customer adviser systematically stole from his employers to “live a lifestyle he couldn’t afford,” Newbury magistrates heard. Jay Michael…


What's on today (Sunday)

25 January 2015
What's on today (Sunday)

What's on today (Sunday)

25 January 2015

THERE’S a treat for music lovers today as An Opera of Daniel is performed by Newbury Chamber Choir at St. John's Church This 13th century music drama…


Plans for 120-berth marina are refloated

25 January 2015
Plans for 120-berth marina are refloated

Plans for 120-berth marina are refloated

25 January 2015

PLANS for Hungerford’s long anticipated marina are being revived once more as developers try to woo town leaders. Representatives of Lakeland Leisure…


Former publican regrets drunken rage

25 January 2015
Former publican regrets drunken rage

Former publican regrets drunken rage

25 January 2015

A FORMER pub licensee attacked a doorman who ejected him for being drunk, Newbury magistrates heard. In the dock on Thursday, January 15, was Ronald James…


'Help give Collin life-saving op'

23 January 2015
'Help give Collin life-saving op'

'Help give Collin life-saving op'

23 January 2015

A NEWBURY family has appealed for help to raise £13,000 for a radical cancer treatment. Construction worker Collin Woodruff, aged 40, has inoperable,…


When there's something strange...in the old arcade - who you gonna call?

19 January 2015
When there's something strange...in the old arcade - who you gonna call?

When there's something strange...in the old arcade - who you gonna call?

19 January 2015

THERE’S something spooky going on at Hungerford Arcade. Who - or what - was the mystery figure spotted lurking in the shadows after the ancient building…


'Dangerous' driving death: youth in court

19 January 2015
'Dangerous' driving death: youth in court

'Dangerous' driving death: youth in court

19 January 2015

A YOUTH has appeared in court charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of a Newbury teenager. Fifteen-year-old Charlie Townsend, who had just…


Upgrade for village Post Office

18 January 2015
Upgrade for village Post Office

Upgrade for village Post Office

18 January 2015

GREAT Bedwyn Post Office is getting a makeover. But it means that the premises in Church Street will have to close while modernising work is carried out.The…


Drink drive teenager ploughs into wall

18 January 2015
Drink drive teenager ploughs into wall

Drink drive teenager ploughs into wall

18 January 2015

A TEENAGE drink driver left a car embedded in a wall, Newbury magistrates heard. In the dock on Thursday, January 8, was 18-year-old Nathan Pagliaroli,…


Business over Hungerford brekkie

16 January 2015
Business over Hungerford brekkie

Business over Hungerford brekkie

16 January 2015

MEMBERS of the business community in Hungerford can get the new year off to a positive and, hopefully, profitable start by attending the inaugural meeting…


Are we Charlie? Leaders split on magazine response

16 January 2015
Are we Charlie? Leaders split on magazine response

Are we Charlie? Leaders split on magazine response

16 January 2015

LOCAL community leaders have united in revulsion over the staff massacre at a French magazine - but remain divided in their response to its aftermath.…


Increase in truancy convictions for term-time holidays in West Berkshire

14 January 2015
Increase in truancy convictions for term-time holidays in West Berkshire

Increase in truancy convictions for term-time holidays in West Berkshire

14 January 2015

A TOUGH new stance on holiday truancy has proved responsible for increasing prosecution of parents, education officials confirmed this week. Official…


What's on today (Sunday)

11 January 2015
What's on today (Sunday)

What's on today (Sunday)

11 January 2015

NEWTOWN Common working party meets on Sunday morning, 10am to 12.30pm, to work off Christmas calories and keep the common tidy.Follow the signs from Jonathan…


Man caught with drugs at station

10 January 2015
Man caught with drugs at station

Man caught with drugs at station

10 January 2015

A KINTBURY man was caught with crack cocaine in Station Approach at Reading railway station. Thirty-nine-year-old Gregory Paul Osborne, of Kennet Road,…


Shoplifter who attacked security guard may face prison

10 January 2015
Shoplifter who attacked security guard may face prison

Shoplifter who attacked security guard may face prison

10 January 2015

A SHOPLIFTER who attacked a security guard who confronted him is facing a possible prison sentence. Darren Mark Howe of Newtown Road, Newbury, appeared…


Inquest hears of Combe Gibbet paragliding tragedy

08 January 2015
Inquest hears of Combe Gibbet paragliding tragedy

Inquest hears of Combe Gibbet paragliding tragedy

08 January 2015

THE TRAGEDY which claimed the life of an experienced paraglider at a local beauty spot was recounted to an inquest in Newbury yesterday (Wednesday). Fellow…


Unlicensed driver caught in police trap

04 January 2015
Unlicensed driver caught in police trap

Unlicensed driver caught in police trap

04 January 2015

POLICE set a trap for a Hampstead Norreys man who was driving without a licence, Newbury magistrates heard. In the dock on Thursday, December 18, was…


'Crusaders' boost cancer charity coffers

04 January 2015
'Crusaders' boost cancer charity coffers

'Crusaders' boost cancer charity coffers

04 January 2015

HUNGERFORD Football Club has handed over a whopping, £550 cheque, the proceeds of a charity quiz night, to Newbury and District Cancer Care. The presentation…


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