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…
03 July 2014
NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon says he has received threats and abusive comments after a national newspaper claimed his family firm was responsible for ‘evicting…
03 July 2014
COBBS Farm Shop and Kitchen in Hungerford has launched its very own brew...Goldy Horn. Cobbs director Tom Newey joked: “Because we just weren’t busy enough….our…
03 July 2014
NEWBURY showground will be in the pink on Sunday (July 6) at Newbury’s Race for Life, 2014. Women entering this year's, Newbury’s Race for Life, at Chieveley…
03 July 2014
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, Newbury MP Richard Benyon has hit back over a “grossly unfair” and “deeply inaccurate” national newspaper article…
02 July 2014
A CARE home nurse has been cleared of smearing excrement on the face of a frail 97-year-old while taunting him for being incontinent. Barbara Kowalska…
02 July 2014
A CARE home nurse smeared excrement on the face of a frail 97-year-old while taunting him for being incontinent, a jury heard this week. Barbara Kowalska…
02 July 2014
FIREFIGHTERS are to strike once again next week, this time joining the ranks of teachers, civil servants and health workers who will be holding a mass…
02 July 2014
RAIL passengers are facing delays today (Wednesday), following earlier signalling problems. A damaged cable caused the fault near Pangbourne and Network…
02 July 2014
A RAILWAY embankment may not be everyone’s idea of comfort - but it was home, sweet home to 56-year-old Simon Charles Cooper. Police asked him to leave…
02 July 2014
THE tenth anniversary of the West Berkshire Community Hospital was marked by a visit from Princess Anne yesterday (Tuesday). The Princess Royal was shown…
02 July 2014
A MAN battling depression was found dying on a Burghfield towpath, an inquest heard. Forty-nine-year-old Miles Drew was found on December 12 last year…
02 July 2014
TRAVELLERS in Dunstan Green, Thatcham, were moved on yesterday (Tuesday) amid reports that children had been threatened. The travelelrs had arrived in…
02 July 2014
AN AERIAL gymnastics display stole the show to win a recent Silchester talent competition. The Silchester’s Got Talent competition, held on June 20, at…
02 July 2014
A TOTAL of 300 students from primary schools across Hampshire and West Berkshire went crazy for Computer Science at an event held in the district last…
01 July 2014
TWO of Newbury’s best loved theatres will be given a cash boost of more than £2m over the next three years. The move was announced on Tuesday as part…
01 July 2014
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a suspected arson at a grassland area in Thatcham last night (Monday). Phil Knight, watch manager of White Watch at Newbury fire…
01 July 2014
NEWBURY firefighters tackled a car fire on the A34 near Newbury yesterday evening (Monday). Phil Knight, manager of White Watch at Newbury Fire Station,…
