Newbury

A KINGSCLERE woman is to climb Africa’s highest mountain in June in a bid to make it into the history books while raising funds to research into diabetes.…

A SMOKEY-blue mist, hovering inches above the forest floor, heralds the peak of the bluebell season. This weekend is one of the best to appreciate their…

Thames Valley Police is appealing for information after a 15-year-old was punched in the face and robbed in Newbury. The victim was cycling in Greenham…

AN AIR ambulance landed in Tadley this morning (Friday), but took off again shortly afterwards, after a person was instead transported to hospital by…

THAMES Water has admitted it still doesn't know when residents of five West Berkshire villages will be able to drink their tap water again following complaints…

A PERSON has been left with serious injuries after scaffolding collapsed at a Newbury building site this morning, Thames Valley Police has confirmed.…

RESIDENTS in Streatley, Ashampstead, Upper Basildon, Tidmarsh and Pangbourne are being warned not to drink tap water due to a strange 'odour'.Thames Water…

ROAD markings at a controversial junction, Park Way bridge, Newbury, have been repainted this week. The junction has been at the centre of a row after…

A HISTORIC driveway from the A4 to historic mansion house Benham Valence, believed to have been designed by Georgian landscape architect Capability Brown,…

A CROCODILE in the village pond is among 'wildebeasts' currently dotted around Ecchinswell in the run up to the bank holiday May Fayre at a village pub…

LOCAL Conservative party officials remained tight- lipped this week over rumours that the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was to make a bid for Sir George…

A WASH Common pub is hosting a three day beer festival over the bank holiday (May 2 to 4) - with real ales, a wizard and live music. The Woodpecker pub's…

THE excitement is building and the entrants have been confirmed – so it’s official. Crafty Craft is just around the corner. With the weather forecast…

THE first five hours of fire strikes, of a total of 22 hours this weekend, are now underway. Members of the Fire Brigades Union, including several firefighters…

A READING watch manager has hung up his firefighting kit for the last time, after a career spanning three decades. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service…

A CAR was destroyed in a Thatcham fire during the early hours of this morning (Thursday). Jason Cunningham, crew manager of Blue Watch at Newbury Fire…

SMOKE alarms saved the lives of a smoke-logged Tilehurst household, following a kitchen fire yesterday evening (Wednesday). Watch manager of Blue Watch…

SINGING sensation Pixie Lott thrilled pupils at a theatre arts training school in Newbury when she dropped in to sign copies of her new single ‘Nasty’…

A HERMITAGE garden centre is supporting a charity’s campaign involving the sale of wild poppies, to raise funds for vision-impaired former service personnel.…

PLANS to amalgamate two over-subscribed doctors’ surgeries into one base in Strawberry Hill, Newbury, passed its first hurdle when Newbury town councillors…