- Mark Taylor (NWN)

Driver clocked near Chieveley sparks 75-mile 140mph police chase

A DRIVER spotted speeding near Chieveley was arrested after clocking breakneck speeds of 140mph during a 75-mile chase involving three police forces earlier…

West Berkshire welcomes Open Farm Sunday

West Berkshire welcomes Open Farm Sunday

HUNDREDS of people from across West Berkshire took part in Open Farm Sunday last weekend. Bower Farm in Aldworth and Strouds Farm, Lambourn Woodlands…

Man suffers knifepoint robbery and attack in Newbury

Man suffers knifepoint robbery and attack in Newbury

A 19-year-old man was attacked and robbed by knifepoint during a terrifying daylight ordeal near Newbury Racecourse on Sunday. The victim was sat in the…

Safer drinking campaign launched in Newbury

Safer drinking campaign launched in Newbury

BAR staff in Newbury have signalled their intention to serve only the sober this summer. As part of Operation Drinksafe and Newbury Pubwatch, a partnership…

Coalition tensions stoked over Trident nuclear replacement

Coalition tensions stoked over Trident nuclear replacement

ANOTHER key piece in the Government’s Trident jigsaw fell into place yesterday (Monday) when it announced a £1.1bn deal to produce two new reactor cores…

Vodafone given green light for £1bn CWW

Vodafone given green light for £1bn CWW

NEWBURY-based mobile operator Vodafone has cleared the final hurdle in its £1.04bn plan to takeover Cable and Wireless Worldwide (CWW) after network operator's…

AWE to face court over explosives bunker fire

18 June 2012

AWE to face court over explosives bunker fire

18 June 2012

NUCLEAR bomb maker Atomic Weapons Establishment is to be prosecuted by a national watchdog after a fire at its Aldermaston plant left a man with burns…

30th anniversary of Falklands conflict remembered today

17 June 2012

30th anniversary of Falklands conflict remembered today

17 June 2012

A SPECIAL ceremony to mark 30 years of conflict in the Falklands is to be held in Pangbourne today (Sunday). More than 800 people are expected to attended…

Council defends £1m underspend as 'good practice'

Council defends £1m underspend as 'good practice'

A REPORT which showed West Berkshire Council underspent by £1m last year was commended by the council’s executive last night (Thursday) amid acrimonious…

Flood warning for West Berkshire after rivers burst banks

Flood warning for West Berkshire after rivers burst banks

WEST Berkshire has been put on flood warning after more heavy downpours. Forecasters are predicting heavy rain over the next few days and an alert has…

Toxic caterpillar moth hatching in Pangbourne

Toxic caterpillar moth hatching in Pangbourne

A TOXIC caterpillar pest which is a danger to humans and animals is hatching across oak trees in Pangbourne. Attempts to eradicate the oak processionary…

Rise in stress-related absence at West Berkshire Council

Rise in stress-related absence at West Berkshire Council

STRESS-related absence and disciplinary problems at West Berkshire Council are rising. A report due before the council’s executive board tonight (Thursday)…

Angela Rippon to open Willow Close housing scheme today

Angela Rippon to open Willow Close housing scheme today

A £7.5million 64-home housing scheme for over 55s is to open in Newbury today (Thursday). Sovereign Housing Association’s Willow Close development is…

Hosepipe ban lifted after 'monsoon levels' of rainfall

Hosepipe ban lifted after 'monsoon levels' of rainfall

AN "extraordinary" amount of rainfall over the last two months has led Thames Water to lift the hosepipe ban. Fears of a long-term water shortage were…

Birds of prey to join Beenham's wolves

Birds of prey to join Beenham's wolves

VISITORS to Beenham’s wolf conservation centre will soon have a new group of predators to enjoy - of the aerial variety. Volunteers from SSE Utility Solutions…

Vodafone deny dodging corporation tax

Vodafone deny dodging corporation tax

NEWBURY-based Vodafone has refuted claims it dodged paying hundreds of millions of pounds in corporation tax last year. Reports in the national media…

Flood warning in place after heavy rainfall

Flood warning in place after heavy rainfall

ALMOST two inches of rainfall drenched Newbury yesterday, according to weather watchers. Heavy rainfall is expected to batter West Berkshire again today…

Iconic film images online by Crookham Common man

Iconic film images online by Crookham Common man

THE life and works of one of the cinema history’s lesser known heroes is to be celebrated in a new website run by a Crookham Common man. Poster and film…

Council's underspend will plug this year's gap

Council's underspend will plug this year's gap