05 October 2012
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to persuade West Berkshire Council to provide a zebra crossing on Bridge Street in Hungerford. The petition has been created…
05 October 2012
NEARLY 50 people attended the first meeting of Kennet Radio last week. A group of local community members is planning to bid for a community radio licence…
05 October 2012
NETWORK Rail has said it will work with the district council to improve the safety of the notorious Ufton Nervet level-crossing, where eight people have…
05 October 2012
FAULTY street lights across West Berkshire can be reported online, along with other problems, thanks to a new service. As the evenings draw in and it…
05 October 2012
NEWBURY’s ‘giraffe’ has raised its head above the parapet again after an absence of several months, and this time it has taken residence in a more natural…
04 October 2012
A WAR between two families sparked a violent rampage across Newbury and Thatcham which left one man dead, another fighting for his life, and three other…
04 October 2012
FOLLOWING a year of silence, new plans to build houses on the site of Greenacre Leisure Centre in Greenham are back on the table. A document released…
04 October 2012
AN 18-year-old Newbury woman remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition after a road traffic accident in West Berkshire last Thursday, September…
04 October 2012
THEY’VE done it again. Roger Jones and his team at The Harrow in Little Bedwyn are celebrating this week after scooping a Michelin star....for the seventh…
04 October 2012
A WOMAN was verbally abused, spat on and pulled to the ground by her hair in Tadley. Hampshire Constabulary have appealed for witnesses to the incident,…
04 October 2012
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News we have coverage of the first day of the trial of the men accused of murdering Darren Lock last year and a Burghclere…
04 October 2012
A DRUG dealer who plied his trade in Chieveley must repay back than £21,000 of his illegal profits. Forty-four-year-old Frank Sines was also jailed for…
03 October 2012
THATCHAM residents have given mixed reactions to proposals to build up to 250 homes on land in north Thatcham. Donnington New Homes held an exhibition…
03 October 2012
THAMES Valley Police has arrested two men this week in connection with an incident in which a sheep was killed in West Berkshire. Between 9pm on Wednesday…
03 October 2012
A BRAND new 15,000 sq foot nature reserve is being built - inside the grounds of a Newbury school. St Bartholomew’s School is creating the wildlife resource…
03 October 2012
PEOPLE and their dogs went walkies on Sunday, trekking to the top of Beacon Hill, Highclere, to raise funds for charity. More than 30 people and 12 dogs…
03 October 2012
TOWN mayor Martin Crane has written to the transport minister Simon Burns, expressing “deep concern” over threats to the rail service between Hungerford…
03 October 2012
A WEST Berkshire pub has been crowned with the title of the tastiest scotch eggs in the country. The Bladebone Inn, Chapel Row, won the gold medal at…
02 October 2012
RAIL passengers travelling toward Reading are facing delays this morning following problems on the line. Signal problems at Langley have caused delays…
02 October 2012
FLYING doctors will be taking to the skies of West Berkshire for the first time this week. As of October 1, Thames Valley and Chiltern and Hampshire and…
