THE Olympics may be over, but now it is time to get ready for the second great sporting contest to take place in the UK this summer, and Berkshire is…
PEASEMORE is hosting its 6th annual five mile run in September to raise funds for Living Paintings and Peasemore village. The run kicks off at 10:30am…
THE Newbury Challenge Cup, hosted by Donnington Valley Golf Club, enjoyed by 48 golfers on one of the finest days of the summer. The winners were as follows:Men’s…
NEWBURY 9ABINGDON TOWN 1The 52 spectators who turned up at Faraday Road on Tuesday evening, certainly got their money’s worth, as Newbury demolished their…
IN this week's Newbury Weekly News, a Newbury woman has become a Facebook celebrity after she complained about hidden costs of a 'budget' flight with…
Brave (PG)Review rating:***Pixar Studios dust off some well-worn Scottish stereotypes in this good-natured but oddly bland family animation. Set at some…
THE Nature Discovery Centre in Thatcham will host bugman, Martin Rapley, on Friday (24). From 10am, people are being invited along to get close up and…
As a local authority sports development officer, since the announcement that London was going to hold the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, I knew I wanted…
THATCHAM’S Kennet League B team will be promoted to Division 2 West after finishing top of Division 3 on 171 points, with Tilehurst B in second place…
YOUNG people between the ages of 8 and 16, inspired by the Olympic successes of Bradley Wiggins, Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton, are being invited…
BERKSHIRE have called up Slough’s Karan Kumar for their Minor Counties Cricket Championship match against Dorset at Dean Park, Bournemouth, which starts…
BEFORE Tuesday's game against Cheltenham Saracens it was announced that Newbury boss Steve Melledew had left the club. Chairman, Ian Passey issued the…
IN this week's Newbury Weekly News we look at the plan for West Berkshire to capitalise on the wave of optimism sweeping the district in the wake of the…
NEWBURY’S Arlington Arts Centre continues to cement its reputation as one of West Berkshire’s best venues for live music as it launches its autumn season…
POOR old Dr Seuss hasn’t had an easy time when it comes to film adaptations of his stories. Jim Carrey’s The Grinch and Mike Myers’ The Cat in the Hat…
IN this week's Newbury Weekly News a parish council chairman who signed up his predecessor to numerous internet dating websites as part of a campaign…
IN 2010, Katherine Gibbons, aged 31, an actor and playwright, originally from Bucklebury, took on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her first-ever scripted…
TWO shops in West Berkshire have recently been targeted by burglars. One man has been arrested following an attempted break-in in Thatcham this morning…
SHOULD you see a bearded chap standing in Chipping Norton square with his head turned towards the heavens, don’t imagine that he is a lost soul looking…
A leading West Berkshire headmaster has advised teachers not to let pupils read books that contain American spellings and bad grammar, especially in primary…
