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Chocolate and teapots on offer at riverside restaurant

26 March 2015
Chocolate and teapots on offer at riverside restaurant

Chocolate and teapots on offer at riverside restaurant

26 March 2015

This Easter weekend, chocoholics can indulge their passion for the cocoa bean in a mouth-watering afternoon tea overlooking the Thames at Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Macdonald…


Round town tour and cream tea

26 March 2015
Round town tour and cream tea

Round town tour and cream tea

26 March 2015

This year marks the 200th year anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s fourth novel, Emma. The novelist is buried in Winchester Cathedral…


Canoeing

25 March 2015
Canoeing

Canoeing

25 March 2015

CANOEING: The final warm-up to this year’s Devizes to Westminster Easter marathon saw paddlers make the longest trip of the annual Waterside Series…


Thatcham get cooking again

25 March 2015
Thatcham get cooking again

Thatcham get cooking again

25 March 2015

Thatcham 33 Wallingford 17 Thatcham 33 Wallingford 17   AFTER going off the boil since the new year and falling away from a promotion challenge,…


Pink the colour for money

25 March 2015
Pink the colour for money

Pink the colour for money

25 March 2015

FIVE points and several thousand smackers for charity were the results of Newbury parade in pink on Saturday when more than Blues’ league position…


Town do their worst

24 March 2015
Town do their worst

Town do their worst

24 March 2015

Thatcham Town 0 Brimscombe & Thrupp 4 By Geoff Ryan Thatcham Town 0 Brimscombe & Thrupp 4 By Geoff Ryan   THATCHAM put on one of their worst…


Chapel Row Fayre cancelled on 20th anniversary year

20 March 2015
Chapel Row Fayre cancelled on 20th anniversary year

Chapel Row Fayre cancelled on 20th anniversary year

20 March 2015

NINETEEN years of Chapel Row tradition are being put on hold for 2015, after the committee behind the village’s fair dropped to just three members. Since…


Dementia support event in Wash Common tomorrow

19 March 2015
Dementia support event in Wash Common tomorrow

Dementia support event in Wash Common tomorrow

19 March 2015

A DEMENTIA support event is being held at St George’s Church, Wash Common this evening (Thursday).It will provide advice and information on local services…


Business Health - Are you strung out, or burnt out?

18 March 2015
Business Health - Are you strung out, or burnt out?

Business Health - Are you strung out, or burnt out?

18 March 2015

STRESS is a common problem for many , but fortunately with lifestyle changes and natural support, it is possible to bounce back to good health. Liz Chandler…


Historic commercial vehicle rally pulls up at Ball Hill garden centre

12 March 2015
Historic commercial vehicle rally pulls up at Ball Hill garden centre

Historic commercial vehicle rally pulls up at Ball Hill garden centre

12 March 2015

VINTAGE lorries and trucks stirred up plenty of local interest when they pulled up at a Ball Hill garden centre on Sunday (March 8) VINTAGE lorries and…


Lord of the onion rings

11 March 2015
Lord of the onion rings

Lord of the onion rings

11 March 2015

NEVER come between a man and his onion rings NEVER come between a man and his onion rings. One Newbury diner did... and ended up in hospital after being…


Military Cross For Hero Soldier

11 March 2015
Military Cross For Hero Soldier

Military Cross For Hero Soldier

11 March 2015

A soldier from Aldermaston who rescued a disorientated colleague and performed first aid on another while being peppered by enemy fire in Afghanistan…


Latest plans for 'eyesore' building get green light

11 March 2015
Latest plans for 'eyesore' building get green light

Latest plans for 'eyesore' building get green light

11 March 2015

A DECADE after the idea was first mooted, it looks like Newbury’s “eyesore” Sterling Cables site could finally be redeveloped, as district…


District gears up for Red Nose Day tomorrow

11 March 2015
District gears up for Red Nose Day tomorrow

District gears up for Red Nose Day tomorrow

11 March 2015

WITH just one day to go until Comic Relief - we want to know what fundraising you have planned for Red Nose Day 2015.As our picture shows, five-year-old…


Campaign to see VAT relief for rapid response vehicles gets Westminster backing

05 March 2015
Campaign to see VAT relief for rapid response vehicles gets Westminster backing

Campaign to see VAT relief for rapid response vehicles gets Westminster backing

05 March 2015

A CAMPAIGN to see VAT relief for Rapid Response emergency vehicles has taken a huge leap forward with the backing of Member of Parliament, Tim Farron. The…


Ask the Head: Alun Jones

26 February 2015
Ask the Head: Alun Jones

Ask the Head: Alun Jones

26 February 2015

A former choral scholar, freelance singer and ad-hoc member of the BBC Singers, Alun Jones is Principal at St Gabriel’s, Newbury.  Alongside…


Dingley moves into new home in Shaw

26 February 2015
Dingley moves into new home in Shaw

Dingley moves into new home in Shaw

26 February 2015

DINGLEY officially unveiled its new home in Shaw last week, marked with a visit from the charity's patron, Lady Catherine Stevenson.It marks the end of…


A PROCESSION of tractors passed through West Berkshire last week at the funeral of a well-known and popular farm hand

25 February 2015
A PROCESSION of tractors passed through West Berkshire last week at the funeral of a well-known and popular farm hand

A PROCESSION of tractors passed through West Berkshire last week at the funeral of a well-known and popular farm hand

25 February 2015

Lindsey Thomas had been a tractor driver for the Bowden family at Manor Farm in Brimpton for 33 years A PROCESSION of tractors passed through West Berkshire…


Newbury school girl becomes world youth bobsleigh champion

25 February 2015
Newbury school girl becomes world youth bobsleigh champion

Newbury school girl becomes world youth bobsleigh champion

25 February 2015

ANNABEl Chaffey added a world title to her bobsleigh CV when the Hampstead Marshall teenager scooped gold at the Women’s Youth Bobsleigh Championship…


Newbury resident Colleen Walker raises 10k for Alexander Devine

24 February 2015
Newbury resident Colleen Walker raises 10k for Alexander Devine

Newbury resident Colleen Walker raises 10k for Alexander Devine

24 February 2015

A NEWBURY woman who has been busy clicking her needles has raised more than £10,000 for the Alexander Devine Chidlren's Hospice A NEWBURY woman who has…


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