03 May 2013
A BUS driver who died after being taken ill whilst driving a Newbury and District bus on Thursday afternoon has been described as a "genuinely lovely…
03 May 2013
A MAN died after his car spun and crashed into a tree at Padworth Common on his daily commute to work, a Newbury inquest heard last Wednesday. Philip…
03 May 2013
PREPARATORY work for the electrification of the railway line through West Berkshire has lead to more disruption to local roads this week. The bridge,…
03 May 2013
POPULAR Hermitage pub The Fox has been put under temporary management while the owners seek a new landlord. The previous landlord closed the pub's doors…
03 May 2013
AN ESTIMATED 400 people will be plodding round a Newbury school’s playing field this weekend to support a well-known former teacher battling cancer. Mel…
02 May 2013
READING firefighters were called to tackle an electrical fire and also flooding at houses in Aldermaston wharf today (Thursday), in two separate incidents.…
02 May 2013
A BURGHCLERE sports and social club is back in the spotlight, after fresh complaints about noise disturbing neighbours. The club, in Harts Lane, came…
02 May 2013
NEWBURY firefighters were called to a kitchen fire at a pub in Newbury town centre this morning (Thursday). According to Nicole Targett, a spokeswoman…
02 May 2013
RUBBISH and recycling collections across West Berkshiore will be affected by the May 6 bank holiday. According to West Berkshire Council, rubbish and…
02 May 2013
THE attainment gap in performance between children from affluent families and children from poorer families in West Berkshire is the fourth worst in the…
02 May 2013
METAL theft crime has fallen by more than a half in West Berkshire in the past year. Figures for April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013, show that there were…
02 May 2013
NORTH Hampshire voters go to the polls today (Thurs) to decide which political party will lead Hampshire County Council for the next four years. All 78…
02 May 2013
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, graffiti that has appeared on the bus shelter in Chaddleworth, just one month after obscene vandalism was removed,…
02 May 2013
NEWBURY and district’s residents will have a chance to see their Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Board at work first hand when its meeting opens to…
02 May 2013
A HOTEL and travel website has said that international singer, Beyoncé's appearance at Newbury Retail Park last week increased people's interest in staying…
01 May 2013
Police have been asked to consider launching an investigation into alleged incidents at a hostel for the homeless in Newbury. A local Labour Party spokesman…
01 May 2013
A WEST Berkshire man has been charged with four offences by Thames Valley Police. The man in from Aldermaston has been charged in connection with a burglary…
01 May 2013
A North Hampshire firm has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Wireless products and services manufacturer Wood & Douglas,…
01 May 2013
OAK trees were planted at The Downs School, Compton, marking the imminent completion of a new £4m science block. Pupils and staff from construction company…
01 May 2013
THE torch has been passed...Susan Hofgartner has been sworn in as the new Constable of the Town and Manor of Hungerford. The ceremony took place at the…
