THIEVES targeted the same Newbury street twice in a week last week. Overnight on Friday, January 25, the drivers side window of a car parked in Faraday…
The running of two car parks has been offered to Thatcham Town Council in order for free parking to be reinstated. The proposal was put forward by town…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News a Speen-based IT firm has called in the administrators to help save the business, after making 319 employees redundant…
BOTH lanes of the A34 have re-opened following an accident earlier today (Weds). The incident, which involved an overturned articulated lorry, happened…
DEADMANS Lane in Greenham is currently closed after sparking power cables came loose this afternoon (Weds). A fire crew from Hungerford attended the scene…
THATCHAM Town Council will not be seeking an increase in its council tax precept for residents this year. The town council's full council committee agreed…
SILVER cutlery was stolen from a recent overnight burglary in Great Shefford. Overnight between Thursday, January 24 and Friday, January 25, offenders…
THATCHAM Youth Club is looking for a Youth Club Assistant to join the team and help deliver its fortnightly club sessions for the town's young people.…
AN offender has been caught on CCTV breaking off the side wing mirror of a Vauxhall Astra parked in Chandos Road, Newbury. A male, about 6ft tall, well…
THATCHAM-based building company D’Urberville Ltd has scooped a Master Builder of the Year award, taking the Large Renovation Projects in the Southern…
THE groundsman at Donning-ton Recreation Ground retired at the end of last year, after 41 years in the role. Francis Westall had been looking after the…
A SCHEME to improve the surface of a section of the M4 near Chieveley will start today (Mon). A two mile section of both carriageways at junction 13 will…
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze which spread across two cars in the early hours of this morning (Sun). The crew from Newbury were called to the blaze at…
COUNCILLORS are demanding that a road in Thatcham is gritted “before an accident happens”. District councillor Keith Woodhams (Lib Dem, Thatcham West)…
A COMPANY that specialises in kitchen make-overs officially opened in Thatcham last week. The new branch of Dream Doors has opened in Chapel Street by…
COUNCIL chiefs are proposing to enforce new parking charges on a host of town centre roads. Residential and business routes are in the firing line and…
PLANS for a solar farm in Thatcham have been approved. Up to 300 homes could be supplied with green energy after plans to install 7,000 photovoltaic modules…
A BIKE and various tools have been stolen from a garage in Calcot. Sometime between 9am on January 17 and 3pm on January 18, an offender gained access…
THE former Barclays bank in Market Place could have flats built on the first and second floors, if plans are approved. Carter Planning Ltd has submitted…
THE High Sheriff of Berkshire opened a new science centre at a Woolhampton prep school recently. Elstree School, an independent boarding and day prep…
