GOING by this daffodil photograph, spring may have finally sprung in West Berkshire. This photo was taken by Newbury Weekly News and Newburytoday photographer,…
A PACKAGE of maintenance work to improve journeys on the A34 will get underway at the end of April. Activities including surface repairs, drainage maintenance,…
Green-fingered CBeebies star Mr Bloom was in Newbury on Tuesday for a day of shows in the Kennet Shopping centre. Scores of ‘seedlings’ went along to…
FAMILY and friends of a Thatcham teenager who died in a motorbike crash have set their sights on raising money to build a jump bike track in his memory…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News a drink drive conviction has had a ‘catastrophic impact’ on the life of a Newbury man who says, in a warning to others,…
PLANS have been submitted to demolish the 1920s-built sports pavilion at Douai Park Recreation Ground and build a new one. However, to make the dreams…
THE extension of Thatcham’s Costa Coffee will be officially opened today (Thurs). Back in February, plans for Costa to extend its premises in Thatcham…
WORK has now started on the £40k revamp of a skate park at Dunstan Park. One of the ramps has already been removed for modification, but the bulk of the…
TWO Conservative members of Thatcham Town Council have quit their committee places over the “vast expense needed” for the redevelopment of the Priory…
GREEN-fingered Mr Bloom will be visiting Newbury today (Tues) to take part in a special Easter show in the Kennet Centre. All 'tiddlers' are invited along…
LEGENDARY rock musician Meat Loaf has been announced as the act to play at this year’s Ladies Day Party in the Paddock at The Racecourse Newbury. He will…
MORE than £400k is to be invested in Thatcham to help protect a number of homes from the risk of sewer flooding during heavy rain. Thames Water will spend…
HEARING-impaired pupils got the chance to make a permanent mark at Kennet School, by laying their own brick during the building of a new teaching centre.…
A NEW scheme that aims to help people in need was launched in Newbury last Saturday. Bus of Hope, which has been set up by local people, held an open…
DELAYS are likely to start from today (Fri) on Hambridge Road for telecommunication works. Cable and Wireless is to dig up one of the pavements and a…
WEST Berkshire's GPs have now officially taken over the commissioning of health services in the local area. The NHS stepped into a new era when GPs took…
A 31-year-old West Berkshire man has been charged with two offences by police – interference of a motor vehicle and going equipped for theft. The Hungerford…
THIS was the moment when the Corn Exchange in Newbury joined the Sydney Opera House in Australia and America’s Empire State Building in lighting up for…
TWO women have been the victims of robberies and attempted robberies on the streets of West Berkshire in the past week. On Monday (25) a woman was dropping…
MORE than 60 households in East Ilsley have been affected by power cuts over the past week. The village’s residents have experienced four power cuts since…
