Newbury

THE new mayor of Thatcham was sworn in at a ceremony on Sunday, at which Lee Dillon, handed over the reins to Liberal Democrat town councillor John Boyd.…

A MAN was killed when a train collided with a motorbike on the Ufton Nervet level crossing today (Tuesday). British Transport Police spokesman David Hodgson…

IT’S open garden day in Stockcross on Sunday. Five magnificent gardens will be open to the public to help celebrate the 85th anniversary of the National…

SUPPORTERS and objectors to West Berkshire Council’s housing plans, which include proposals to build on Sandleford Park, have one more day to provide…

THERE is still time to have your say on proposals to share a control centre between Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) and Oxfordshire Fire…

THE ROYAL Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) has issued a new leaflet containing fire safety advice for those planning to set off fireworks, or…

CHAPEL Row’s Middleton family have been invited to join their new in-laws, the Royal Family, on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee trip pageant down the Thames.…

RENOWNED actor Nigel Havers, Carole Middleton ,mother to the Duchess of Cambridge, and TV presenter Claire Balding were amongst the thousands who witnessed…

WEST Berkshire Council has been challenged in the High Court over its controversial ‘critical only’ care policy which denies some severely disabled residents…

THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a man exposed himself to two young girls at the weekend. At around 8am on Saturday (19), two 11-year-old…

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,…

A STOLEN car used by burglars for a getaway was found abandoned in Burghfield Common at the weekend. The white Mercedes estate was found abandoned in…

WEST Berkshire Mencap is promising an evening of glitz and glamour as it hosts its first fashion show this evening. The show, in conjunction with Sainsbury’s…

GARDENING business will now be exempt from Thames Water’s hosepipe ban following record rainfall in the region. Landscaping, turf and gardening businesses…

TESCO in Pinchington Lane, Newbury, has confirmed that it will install a coin trolley system after Greenham villagers said that abandoned trolleys were…

A COLOURFUL new artwork depicting a seminal moment in wine-tasting history has been unveiled at The Vineyard at Stockcross. Wine expert Steven Spurrier…

NEWBURY Town Council is unhappy with proposals to cut free parking at Sainsbury’s supermarket in the town from three hours to two. The town council’s…

PLANS by the chief executive of Reading Football Club to build a bungalow in a West Berkshire village have been given the go ahead, despite protests from…

NEWBURY’s mayor of 2012 was sworn in today (Sunday) at the annual mayor-making ceremony. Arthur Johnson, a Liberal Democrat town councillor of nine years…