A CONVICTED rapist from Lambourn has been given a suspended jail term for an offence he committed while on early release. Newbury magistrates heard Kirk…
A COUPLE who unsuccessfuly tried to “home school” their child must pay nearly £750 in fines and costs. Clive and Elaine Swift, of The Granthams, Lambourn,…
HUNGERFORD celebrated the advent of Christmas with its 23rd annual Victorian Extravaganza last night (Friday). Steam engines lined the streets and children…
CONTROVERSIAL plans to site a knacker’s yard and carcass incinerator in the Valley of the Racehorse have been recommended for refusal. A plea for more…
RESIDENTS are living in fear after a third arson attack in six months. In each case, fires have been set in the same road, yards from where children slept…
A FORMER Thatcham vicar was cleared on seven of the 12 charges he faced invo lving inappropriate sexual conduct with children yesterday (Wednesday). The…
POLICE have appealed for information about an arson attack at the rear of Church Way, Hungerford, in the early hours of Sunday morning, December 7. At…
A SUICIDAL patient was allowed to walk out of a psychiatric hospital – only to hang himself hours later. It was left to the family of self-employed sign…
SISTERS from Kintbury have received the Order of St John award for organ donation on behalf of their late father, Vincent Offer. Kirsten Offer and Neiline…
A FORMER Thatcham vicar facing sex charges involving children was due back on the witness stand this morning (Friday). The Rev Peter Jarvis, now of Clares…
THE SIXTH Form at John O’Gaunt School has been earmarked for closure. The news was announced in a West Berkshire Council document on school admissions…
A SNEAK thief stole a Royal British Legion poppy appeal collection. But magistrates were unable to make him repay his debt to the community by unpaid…
NEW technical reports could be a game changer in the battle over plans to site a knacker’s yard and carcass incinerator in the Valley of the Racehorse.…
A YOUNG woman’s life ebbed away from a massive heroin overdose in a Newbury alleyway after her partner passed out beside her. Police sealed off the area…
LAMBOURN trainer Oliver Sherwood is celebrating after Many Clouds' Hennessy Gold Cup triumph yesterday (Saturday). Many Clouds stayed on well to win…
THERE was a dramatic development today (Friday) in the trial of a former Midgham auction boss accused of fraud. Just as the hearing at Reading Crown Court…
THE MAN convicted of killing a local actress by his dangerous driving has avoided immediate imprisonment after a judge agreed to “temper justice with…
A SOVEREIGN Housing association tenant caused mayhem in an elderly people’s development with wild parties, threats and litter, Newbury magistrates heard.…
The district plays host to pharaohs, fairies and spiders this Sunday. At the Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife trust…
JOHN O’Gaunt School plans to show a new face to the world. An application put before West Berkshire Council planners seeks external alterations to the…
