Newbury

STUDENTS at Newbury College had their hard work acknowledged in its annual further education awards evening on Friday. Exceptional and hardworking students…

WORMS, dirt and microscopes were on the agenda for one Hamstead Marshall nursery school this month, who were turfed out of their usual premises at the…

NEWBURY firefighters were called to a fire on a canal boat on the Kennet and Avon canal today (Sunday). According to Chris Cound, crew manager of Blue…

LAMBOURN trainer Nicky Henderson was celebrating at The Racecourse Newbury yesterday (Saturday) following success in the Hennessy Gold Cup. Mr Henderson’s…

WEST Berkshire’s primary schools are among the best in the country. However, 32 per cent of district’s secondary schools are ‘satisfactory’ or ‘inadequate’,…

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

JOHN O’Gaunt Community Technology College requires improvement, according to its latest Ofsted report. The verdict from the inspection in November was…

MARKET Street car park in Newbury will be closed today (Sun) for urgent re-surfacing works. It will re-open on tomorrow (Mon).West Berkshire Council has…

PARALYMPIAN wheelchair basketball player inspired pupils at the annual prizegiving ceremony at The Hurst Community College, Baughurst, last Thursday evening,…

LORD Nelson, Claude Monet, William Shakespeare and other notable figures from the past turned up for class at a West Berkshire school recently. Pupils…

THE problem of homelessness in West Berkshire is much worse than the district council estimates, according to people who have slept rough on our district’s…

NEWBURY Racecourse is gearing up for one of the biggest jump races of the year. The Hennessy Gold Cup, one of the most prestigious in Britain, brings…

A PUBLIC spat has broken out between Hungerford Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce over a £10,000 windfall for the town. At stake is how best to…

THE organisers for this year’s Newbury Christmas carol concert are hoping to top the £20,000 raised last year this evening (Saturday). For the past 10…

BEEDON mother has thanked Newbury firefighters who came to her rescue, after her one-year-old daughter’s foot became trapped in a trolley in a Newbury…

Firefighters spent two hours tackling a fire in a manure heap at Grundon in Beenham this afternoon (Friday). According to the watch manager of White Watch…

A surprise spectacular fireworks display followed the switch on of Newbury's Christmas lights this evening (Friday). A crowd of around 2,500 people gathered…

THE Duchess of Cambridge returned to her old school in West Berkshire today (Friday). Her Royal Highness visited St Andrew's School in Pangbourne, where…

A WOMAN has been sexually assaulted in Burghfield. The victim, aged 22, was grabbed by the shoulder as she walked past an alleyway close to St Mary’s…

PARTS of Newbury Town Centre have been left with no power for the second time today - just hours before the town is due to be turned into a twinkling…