20 December 2012
EMERGENCY services are currently attending a suspected hazardous material incident in Newbury, with neighbours advised to keep windows closed as a precaution.…
20 December 2012
FIREFIGHTERS have attended an incident in Newbury which has seen Kingsbridge Road closed. At 16:28, firefighters were alerted to an incident involving…
20 December 2012
A MULTI-FAITH Christmas carol service took place at the West Berkshire Crematorium last Friday (14) to remember those who will be missed this Christmas.…
20 December 2012
RAIL passengers can expect delays to and from London Paddington today due to a signal failure. The fault is at Hayes and Harlington, and is affecting…
20 December 2012
FLOOD alerts are in place for several local areas and rivers - including the River Kennet in Newbury - with properties at risk from groundwater flooding…
20 December 2012
AN 18-YEAR-OLD from West Berkshire has been charged with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in the stomach. Marlon Rowe, from Mey Close, Calcot,…
20 December 2012
HUNGERFORD firefighters had to wait for the power supply to be cut before tackling a blazing electricity transformer. West Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service…
20 December 2012
A CACHE of goods belonging to customers of defunct Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers has been found. A spokesman for the Reading-based Official Receivers, Graham…
20 December 2012
HUNDREDS of reptiles and tropical fish were killed in a fire in a Hampshire garden centre yesterday (Weds), with 30 firefighters attending to tackle the…
20 December 2012
THE company that owns a River Thames toll bridge has warned that levies will increase sooner than planned after the High Court ruled the firm would have…
19 December 2012
FIRE crews are battling a fire at a garden nursery in Kingsclere. There are reports of eight fire applicances attending the blaze at Cottismore Garden…
19 December 2012
TWO accidents in Newbury are seeing traffic congestion develop as rush-hour approaches. There is a three-car collision on the A339 northbound between…
19 December 2012
A WARD closed due to Norovirus at a Swindon hospital has since re-opened, but the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading has confirmed some cases - better…
19 December 2012
FIREFIGHTERS from four local fire stations were called out to rescue a man from two feet of water at Bucklebury Ford yesterday evening (Tues) - the second…
19 December 2012
POLICE have charged two men with the alleged armed robbery of Hermitage post office and store. The post office in High Street was targeted at about 5.30pm…
19 December 2012
AFTER six years of fundraising Mortimer and Burghfield Community first responder scheme has raised enough money to purchase a new ambulance. The vehicle…
19 December 2012
THE new Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld has rejected claims of cronyism after appointing a fellow Conservative as his assistant. Mr Stansfeld…
19 December 2012
A NEW Facebook-style information sharing scheme to help businesses and the police work together to tackle crime is to be launched in Newbury. Members…
19 December 2012
A NEWBURY man and Tilehurst woman and their top dogs - Boss and Guvnor - are among finalists at one of the most prestigious dog agility events in the…
19 December 2012
MORE than 40 per cent of Berkshire fires are not being reached within target response times, according to the latest figures released by the fire authority.…
