A THATCHAM man who went missing on Tuesday, May 15 has returned home safe and well. Thames Valley Police appealed for members of the public to help locate…
TRIBUTES have been laid by the roadside in Newbury where a Thatcham teenager died in a road traffic collision on Friday evening (May 18). The 17-year-boy,…
TESCO in Pinchington Lane, Newbury, has confirmed that it will install a coin trolley system after Greenham villagers said that abandoned trolleys were…
ANIMALS at play and local scenery have dominated this week's my Newbury photographs. Tom Mitchell took pictures of rooks fighting over some bread in his…
NHS Berkshire is promoting a special health message during May and June by asking people not to ignore a cough they have had for a while. A national lung…
AN aparthotel will open in Newbury now that West Berkshire Council has given it the go-ahead. The plan to turn Elizabeth House, West Street, into a 24-suite,…
A THATCHAM man has gone missing from his home. Police are appealing for members of the public to help locate the whereabouts of 38-year-old Daniel Stephen…
NEWBURY Racecourse has been caught selling alcohol to teenagers as young as 15, and could face losing its drinks licence. Five incidents of under-age…
MARI Wilson, The Neasden Queen of Soul, first arrived on the scene in the early eighties with her skyscraper beehive hairdo, bizarre sense of fashion…
NEWBURY shoppers took in a most unusual sight in the town on Sunday, as one man arrived by bicycle with a piano in tow. The ‘Olympianist’, as he is now…
THE number of people claiming unemployment benefit in West Berkshire has dropped for the second month in a row. Figures released today (Wednesday) by…
RESIDENTS in certain parts of Newbury and Thatcham are currently without water. Certain areas have been affected since this morning and Thames Water is…
A NEWBURY teenager has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a man was allegedly punched in the face for trying to intervene in verbal racist attack.…
THATCHAM'S town mayor has been able to award more than £2,000 to various charities following his year in office. Lee Dillon handed over cheques to three…
AS part of the West Berkshire - Enjoy! programme and the West Berkshire Year of Cycling, this year's Open Studios programme will includes a series of…
A CAMPAIGN to raise awareness of domestic abuse was launched yesterday (Mon) by Thames Valley Police in partnership with Domestic Abuse Co-ordinators…
MY Newbury photographers have focused their attention this week on wildlife and the environment. Bill Neate took pictures of birds in his…
PLANS have been submitted to turn the redundant Leckhampstead Methodist Chapel into a house. The chapel, in The Thicket, has been empty since 2010 after…
THIS is the dramatic moment firefighters were called to Newbury Retail Park to tackle a car blaze. Newbury firefighters were called to the scene outside…
TRINITY School, Shaw, is the latest in West Berkshire convert to academy status. The governors at the Love Lane school voted on Friday for the school…
