05 July 2014
A FREE festival showcasing West Berkshire’s multicultural heritage is taking place at Newbury Racecourse. CultureFest 2014 will celebrate the region’s…
05 July 2014
THERE are plenty of events to keep the whole family entertained today (Saturday) in West Berkshire.Stilt walkers, acrobats, street entertainers will be…
05 July 2014
THE REGISTRATION numbers of inconsiderate motorists parking on a footpath outside the new Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Hungerford are to be passed to…
04 July 2014
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of fraud and rogue trading, according to Thames Valley Police. An eighteen-year old man from Staines and two…
04 July 2014
POLICE want to speak to a man in relation to an assault in Calcot. The man tried to grab a 24-year-old woman from behind as she walked across the footbridge…
04 July 2014
FIREFIGHTERS are to go on strike for eight consecutive days this month. West Berkshire crews will join fellow members of the Fire Brigades Union and hold…
04 July 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze in St Nicholas Road, Newbury today (Friday). The alarm was raised at 11.42am and the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue…
04 July 2014
The deputy mayor of London has been selected as the future successor to Sir George Young in parliamentary constituency North West Hampshire. Kit Malthouse…
04 July 2014
TACK marking events are being held throughout rural West Berkshire by Thames Valley Police from next weekend. The first will take place at Bucklebury…
04 July 2014
PLANS to convert a Greenham house into a care home for autistic children were approved by West Berkshire Council last night despite objections from local…
04 July 2014
FANCY heading to a street party this weekend? If so, you’re in luck, as Parkway shopping centre launches its summer series of events. Tomorrow (Saturday),…
04 July 2014
PLANNERS have given permission for a ‘solar farm’ approximately the size of 42 football pitches on land at Membury. They did so despite some local opposition…
04 July 2014
HOTPOINT has recalled 333,000 of its dishwashers due to fire risk. The models affected are DWF30, DWF31, DWF32, DWF33, DWF34, DWF35, DWF37 and DC26, manufactured…
04 July 2014
A LITTLE taste of France came to Newbury on Sunday when a charity fundraising boules tournament rolled into town. Charity fundraisers Newbury Rotary Club…
03 July 2014
BASINGSTOKE and North Hampshire Hospital is reviewing its procedures after two members of staff received minor burns from a chemical spillage.The spillage…
03 July 2014
A NEWBURY woman who groomed underage boys for sex at drugs and alcohol parties has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Thirty-six-year-old Chantelle…
03 July 2014
THE opening of Northcroft Leisure Centre's popular outdoor lido has been postponed due to "technical issues" discovered while filling the pool.The swimming…
03 July 2014
A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital from Hampstead Norreys yesterday (Wednesday). Ambulance crews were called to reports of a road traffic collision in…
03 July 2014
PLANS to site a slurry lagoon near Yattendon have kicked up a stink. Yattendon Estates Ltd has instructed Reading Agricultural Consultants Ltd (RAC) to…
03 July 2014
WORRIES about the safety of villagers owing to traffic speeding through Ecchinswell were highlighted at a recent parish council meeting. One villager…
