POLICE are seeking three occupants of a white van after a motorist was threatened and abused following a minor collision. Detectives have issued the registration…
NO LAME ducks applied - so this year’s Hungerford Rotary Club Duck Race was a real quacker. The annual event, held this year in the grounds of Great Grooms…
NETS at the ready, an intrepid band of explorers went on wildlife safari in deepest Hungerford. The children spent a happy day to the qwest of the town…
NEXT year’s Hungerford Town Show will be Whistle Down The Wind - and auditions are already being held. Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman,…
Bat Walk at Sheepdrove. Join staff at Sheepdrove for International Bat Night!Saturday 30th August, 7pm (prompt) to 10pm. Start the evening with a delicious…
PLANNING chiefs have given the go-ahead for proposals to demolish St John’s Hall in Station Road, Hungerford, and build six flats in its place. The application…
SHEEPDROVE Organic Farm in Lambourn hosted the first stage if judging for the 2014 BBC Countryfile Photographic Competition. The footage is due to be…
A SET of children’s swings has had to be removed after being repeatedly targeted by vandals. Newbury Town Council said it was forced to act in the interests…
IT’S ALL change at the Spring Inn at Sulhamstead. The Bath Road watering hole and gastropub is under new management and has had extensive interior decoration…
PLANS to build up to 56 new homes in Lambourn have prompted a lively response to public consultation, it emerged this week. On Monday, August 18, Lambourn…
A DRIVER was so drunk that police found him asleep behind the wheel at a busy railway crossing, Newbury magistrates heard. Christopher James Little -…
A ROW over car parking space prompted a man to racially abuse a young mother, Newbury magistrates heard. In the dock on Thursday, August 14, was 77-year-old…
Englefield run - organised by Tadley Runners and The Rotary Club of Reading Abbey, returns to the Englefield Estate near Theale for the fifth year.The…
A COUPLE had a lucky escape when a 10kg block of ice plummeted from the sky like a missile and tore into their field. Peter and Barbara Grey had been…
Chapel Row Fayre - Commemorations for the centenary of the First World War, which have been widespread throughout West Berkshire and across the country…
IT’S all change again for The George in Lambourn. A spokeswoman for Swindon-based owners Arkell’s Brewery, Nicky Godding, revealed major refurbishment…
PLANS to close the Newbury Road in Lambourn - which would have clashed with the village carnival on Sunday, August 24 - have been postponed. A sign on…
A BROKEN down freight train is causing rail chaos for commuters this morning (Wednesday). As late as 11.30am, First Great Western was announcing: "There…
ASPIRING young athletes have a chance of winning £500 to help them excel in their chosen sport. Berkshire County Sports Partnership’s Get Berkshire Active…
HUNGERFORD must grasp a golden opportunity for a new approach to its childrens’ future education, it was claimed this week. Weeks of bitter controversy…
