A CHARITY beer festival and family day is to be held at the Taste of England pub on Saturday. The festival takes place from 11am until 11pm at the pub…
In recent weeks, Newburytoday and the Newbury Weekly News have featured many runners taking part in Sunday’s marathon. And now, we want to hear your post-marathon…
A SERVICE for families, friends and staff to remember those who have died at West Berkshire Community Hospital will be held in May. On Sunday, May 12,…
THE West Berkshire community has been thanked for raising funds to buy a bike which could help a Thatcham boy walk. People in the Thatcham community and…
LAMBOURN champion jockey, Tony McCoy, is in hospital following a heavy fall in today’s (Thurs) racing at Cheltenham. McCoy took a heavy fall from Quantitativeeasing…
A VERDICT of misadventure has been recorded for a Newbury man battling drug abuse who was found dead in a train toilet last September. Ryan Lee Nicholson,…
THE contractor has been selected to complete the rennovation works at the changing rooms at Northcroft Leisure Centre in Newbury. Thatcham-based Francis…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News an horrific accident (pictured) on a road branded one of the UK’s worst has led to calls for a tougher speed limit.…
PLANS for a high dependency care facility on land at a well-known guest house in Newbury have been reduced. Initially, the plans were for a 71-bed facility…
POUNDSTRETCHER in London Road, Newbury has been fined more than £60k after pleading guilty to four health and safety offences. The hearing took place…
A BODY found in a woodland in Tidmarsh has been formally identified as that of missing Pangbourne man, Timothy Alexander Painter (pictured). Mr Painter's…
TWO teams of four employees from Quicklight, Thatcham, raised £2,746 completed the Reading Half Marathon corporate relay challenge. The all-women teams…
A MAN has been charged on suspicion of hunting a wild animal with dogs in Beenham. The 23-year-old from Aldermaston, has been charged by Thames Valley…
A COMPOSER from Newbury who leapt from a plane for charity has now released the music he wrote to accompany a video of the 10,000ft drop. Harry Pinnock,…
POLICE were called to the Kennet Centre in Newbury this afternoon (Tues) after members of the public spotted a woman on the roof. Thames Valley Police…
TWO former Kennet schoolmates have teamed up for a 24-hour cycle ride to Land’s End. Twenty-year-olds Ryan Blunden, of the Broadway, and Hayden Highland,…
THE Dogs Trust, Newbury is hoping someone can make Archie a keepsake in their home. Ziela Haider from Dogs Trust said: “Meet six-year-old Archie - an…
THATCHAM’s annual firework display, which was axed last month after 30-years, may yet have a reprieve. At the end of March, Thatcham Rotary Club annou-nced…
THATCHAM now has its first Italian restaurant, after years of wrangling over planning permission. The developer behind the project – who once threatened…
A GROUND-BREAKING medical programme to prevent high-risk people developing diabetes has been launched at a Newbury GP surgery. Dr Tim Walter, who is leading…
