Newbury

ABOUT 200 homes in Chieveley will be without power until mid-evening as Southern Electric repair a fault. Just after 1pm today (Tuesday) about 170 customers…

Police have said that post mortem results on an elderly Newbury couple who died on Sunday suggest that they were not attacked. Tests carried out yesterday…

WASTE giant Grundon has hit out at West Berkshire Council and accused it of blocking jobs and millions of pounds of investment for the district after…

Police have moved to allay concerns of residents living in the road where two elderly people died on Sunday (25). Following reports of concern for the…

POLICE are trying to track down a group of ‘mindless vandals’ who catapulted a brick at a bus in Greenham. A group of people were seen to fire the brick…

A RACEHORSE - the top lot in an auction at a dinner at Highclere Castle last Thursday evening (November 15), helped to raise a total of over £150,000…

A SIXTH form pupil at Kennet School, Thatcham, has turned her hand to many tasks to raise funds for a school trip to China. Lauren Hopes, aged 16, has…

WITNESSES are being sought following a serious injury collision on the M4 on Friday (23). The incident happened on the westbound carriageway between junctions…

FATHER Christmas is pulling on his reindeer decorated trainers in readiness for this year’s charity fundraising Santa Jog, in Victoria Park on Sunday…

NEWBURY firefighters prevented a fire spreading to the roof of a Chinese takeaway in central Newbury this afternoon (Monday). According to Richard Young…

NEIGHBOURS in a Newbury road have spoken of their shock after an elderly couple died. At 10am yesterday (Sunday), police were called to a semi-detached…

A man in his 90s who was found in a property in Newbury yesterday morning (Sun) where a woman was discovered dead, has died in hospital. Police were called…

A FLOOD alert for the River Enborne - affecting Aldermaston, Ecchinswell, Kingsclere and Tadley - has been added to the list of local rivers at risk of…

THAMES Valley Police has launched an investigation into an unexplained death after a woman’s body was discovered in a property in Newbury yesterday (Sun)…

FACE-to face fundraisers, dubbed by some ‘chuggers’ - short for ‘charity muggers’ - have been approaching Hungerford shoppers. A team wearing orange,…

A NEW service for volunteering in Thatcham is officially opened today (Mon). At 10.30am, the deputy mayor Mike Cole, will cut the ribbon on a new drop…

REMEMBRANCE Sunday and West Berkshire’s autumn scenery are the focus of this week’s My Newbury submissions. Emma Carter, from Newbury, joined the hundreds…

THE hard work over two decades of the retiring clerk of Ashmansworth Parish Council was recognised with a presentation ceremony at a parish council meeting…

A NEWBURY woman has had a rare apple tree named after her. The Newbury apple tree, called Granny Shan after Shannon Carr of Queens Road, has been propagated…

THE motorway is currently closed because of a fuel spill this evening (Sun). The M4 eastbound is closed between junctions 13 (Chieveley) and 12 Theale…