AN IT failure at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading will cause a reduction in services today (Thurs). Patients due to attend out patients clinics…
A MEMORIAL event is being held on Saturday evening (27) to remember a "bubbly" former manager of a Wash Common pub who died suddenly in the early hours…
West Berkshire Council is holding a public drop-in event today (Thurs) to help shape the future community at Sandleford Park, Newbury. There will be exhibition…
THE United Nations (UN) flag raising ceremony to mark United Nations Day takes place today (Weds). The ceremony will feature music and a fanfare by Kennet…
THATCHAM's twelfth annual Festival of Arts and Leisure Festival has been hailed a success. The nine day festival which started on Saturday, October 13…
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a fatal crash on the motorway this morning (Tues). The crash happened at about 6am on the M4 eastbound about…
Update: At 11.57am, two lanes of the motorway are still closed and the Highways Agency say there are currently delays of one-and-a-half-hours.It is expected…
LUXURY retailer, Harrods, officially opened its new 346,000 square feet state-of-the-art distribution centre in Thatcham on Tuesday (16). Equipped with…
A THATCHAM woman who has had four cats killed by speeding drivers is urging people to slow down before a child is killed. Yvonne Bonney, who lives in…
THE Friends of West Berkshire Museum is asking people to raise money for the building’s restoration. The project will cost £2.25m, most of which has been…
ABOUT 30 jobs will be created in West Berkshire when a new multimillion pound retirement village opens in the district next year. Inglewood House, Templeton…
THIS week's My Newbury photographers have been out and about capturing wildlife and landscapes in all corners of West Berkshire. Ali Fisher has been busy…
PARALYMPIAN, Karen Darke, recently opened a new £1.5m factory in Thatcham. Para-cycling silver medalist, Ms Darke, officially opened the new Gowrings…
THIS year’s Thatcham Festival of Arts and Leisure kicks off today (Sat). Town mayor John Boyd, will open the 12th festival on the Broadway Green at 10am,…
HISTORICAL items unearthed in West Berkshire soil were officially declared to be treasure by a coroner on Wednesday (10). Experts from the British Museum…
TICKETS are still available for 's (KATS) grand prize draw to raise funds to rebuild or refurbish the group's headquarters. The amateur dramatic group…
A THATCHAM writer, commissioned to re-write 20 fairytales has had them recorded and the disks published in a week-long series in national newspaper The…
MEMBERS of Thatcham Town Council have raised concerns at plans for up to 250 more houses in Thatcham, saying the general infrastructure was not in place…
ST Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Newbury has improved from ‘satisfactory’ to ‘good’ in its latest Ofsted inspection. The school was given a good…
A RECENT open day at the Grange Nursery in Thatcham has been hailed a success after almost £400, and one Canadian dollar, was raised for charity. More…