West Berkshire Villages

Staff and pupils at The Downs School in Compton came together this week to give a heartfelt send-off to its Year 13 students.

More than £90,000 has been raised by young triathletes at Bradfield College.

A popular classic car show is returning later this month.

A village school has raised nearly £800 running from Curridge to Paris.

More overnight closures are planned on a busy Newbury road.

New tenants have taken on a beloved country inn which has had no permanent management for almost a year.

Firefighters have battled two blazes in West Berkshire this past week.

This picture of bluebells in woods in Hampstead Norreys was taken by Marian Mears.

Newbury District Beekeepers Association is celebrating World Bee Day with a free event at Thatcham’s Nature Discovery Centre this Saturday (May 17).

A series of closures are planned on the A34 for £1.7m of planned works – starting this weekend.

A bill for a review of the safety of the A34 slip roads at East Ilsley and Beedon has been put before Parliament.

West Berkshire Council has approved plans for a new takeaway and flats in Theale High Street.

A woman has travelled to France for the official opening of a memorial featuring her grandfather’s name, a pilot killed in the Second World War.

Here is a picture of an irregular hexagonal pillbox dug into the chalky landscape of the West Berkshire downs.

A village fete, which celebrated a record-breaking attendance last year, is returning later this month.

A record number of schools got creative for this year’s final of the Agricultural Challenge for Special Education.

A West Berkshire autism charity has celebrated 25 years of supporting young autistic people in West Berkshire.

Concerns have been dispelled about a new incinerator facility in West Berkshire that will create energy by burning waste.

We delve into our archives to see what was going on 10 years ago, 25 years ago and 50 years ago this week.

Hundreds of runners turned out to take part in an annual charity run at the weekend.