CHAMPION jockey Tony McCoy has won the 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Synchronised, to cap off a glittering Festival for the Lambourn racing fraternity.…
A LAMBOURN stables lad who won £1 million by backing five of Nicky Henderson’s winning horses at the Cheltenham Festival has spoken of his shock at the…
A DEPOSIT of just £12,450 could secure a £250,000 property for those in West Berkshire struggling to get on the property ladder under new government proposals.…
A FEMALE driver has been cut from her vehicle and a dog has been injured in a crash in Tilehurst today (Thursday). Thames Valley Police and Royal Berkshire…
THE Newbury Weekly News accompanied police on a series of dawn drug raids across the district this week, pick up this week's editions for full coverage…
NEWBURY can add the European remote-control buggy racing champion to its list of home-grown sporting talent. A former pupil of the Clere School, Burchlere,…
RUSH-hour passengers experienced heavy delays this morning (Tuesday) after a person was hit by a train near Thatcham. The incident, which occurred at…
TWO globe-trotting West Berkshire fund-raisers have returned home after a six-day trek across India’s Rajasthan state. Chantal Cornelius, a 41-year-old…
VIDEO games retailer Game, which has stores in Newbury, could be heading for collapse after suppliers pulled the plug on providing it with new stock.…
A THREE-YEAR, £7.5m project to bring the district’s roads up to scratch has been approved by West Berkshire Council. Following the approval of the annual…
THE MP for Newbury, Richard Benyon, has defended the EU system that pays out cash subsidies, often to some of the richest landowners in the UK, but added…
THE NEWBURY and District Agricultural Society has elected its new president and chairman for 2012. Newbury resident Ian Nutt (left of picture), the managing…
THE battle for Sandleford Park will again be thrust into the national consciousness this weekend. Campaigners attempting to derail West Berkshire Council’s…
ANYONE driving through Newbury at rush hour each day can not have failed to notice the presence of several human billboards wandering leisurely up and…
AFTER nine months of living rough in the mean streets of north Newbury, the cat came back, thanks to two ladies, a microchip and a friendly nature. Fester,…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News a Greenham woman has told of her struggle after her ex-husband disappeared in South Africa in 1997, presumed dead,…
A WEST Berkshire supermum and Guinness World Record holder Wendy Shaw has spoken of her delight at being named as an Olympic Torchbearer. Miss Shaw, aged…
A MAN was killed on the A34 between West Ilsley and the Milton interchange this morning (Wednesday) after his vehicle, which was carrying a trailer, left…
AN extensive review into payday lenders, launched by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), has been backed by Berkshire’s Credit Union. The chairman of Community…
THE MP for Newbury Richard Benyon has defended the Government’s much-maligned health reform bill and said it is crucial for the survival of the NHS. Responding…
