Newbury

PUPILS at Kennet School had their examination achievements recognised at the school’s annual presentation evening. The hall was full of parents and dignitaries…

A NEWBURY man has become the first person in the Thames Valley to be issued with a new Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO). CBOs are a new police power introduced…

RUCKSACKS full of items to help warm the winter months were presented to some of Newbury’s homeless in time for Christmas following an appeal by hairdressing…

SALES drew bargain-hungry crowds to Newbury today (Saturday). Some beat the rush by camping out over night and there was a queue for Camp Hopson department…

FOLLOW the yellow brick road to The Lion pub in Newbury today (Saturday) for panto with a difference. The Pint Size Panto Company will be performing their…

FANCY walking off the Christmas pud free of charge and meeting new people? If so, you could join one of the Walking for Heath groups that meet throughout…

A DRUNKEN driver revved so hard the clutch almost caught fire, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, December 18. Police officers were first alerted…

LAST week, 2,100 elderly people in Newbury, Thatcham and Hungerford plus many surrounding villages received a food parcel from the Newbury Weekly News…

The Malayalee community of Newbury will be organising a South-Asian themed Christmas and New Year Celebrations night tonight (Saturday) in an effort to…

FANCY dress shop Pageant has been named Newbury’s best dressed store this Christmas. From Northbrook Street and throughout the town, shop windows were…

A BLAZE which ripped through a warehouse and caused explosions at Red Shute industrial estate, Hermitage, has now been extinguished, Thames Valley Police…

EIGHT fire crews are currently at the scene of a large fire at the Red Shute industrial estate in Hermitage. Residents living nearby have been advised…

CHRISTMAS has come early for the lucky winners of our Christmas Guide competitions. The Newbury Weekly News office was swamped with envelopes, with well…

THATCHAM town council has added its voice in objection to plans to store thousands of accident-damaged vehicles at Greenham Business Park. The application,…

TRADITION will be upheld in Lambourn today (Friday) as it hosts the 275th annual Vine and Craven Hunt. Windsor House Stables will open its gates at 11.30am…

FATHER Christmas was among the guests at Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years’ new centre at the weekend as it held its annual Christmas party. Guests…

THE village of Beedon is rallying to try and save one of its pubs, the Langley Hall Inn. Plans have been submitted to convert the 200-year-old Grade II…

CHARLOTTE Spencer-Ades, aged 17, from Newbury, had a festive trip to remember after she received a special invitation from the Duchess of Cornwall to…

On behalf of everyone at the Newbury Weekly News and Newbury Today, we would like to wish all of you in West Berkshire and beyond a very Merry Christmas.…

PLANS to make improvements to Warren Road in Wash Common have been approved, despite concerns that the application is being used as a “back door route”…