02 February 2015
A SPECIAL service to a mark the consecration of the first female bishop in the Church of England is to be held at St Mary’s Church, Thatcham, tonight…
01 February 2015
A SEVEN-year-old Kintbury racing champion has donated £100 to his school as a thanks for the support they have offered him. Max Perry, a pupil at Kintbury…
31 January 2015
KINTBURY’S luxury retirement village Audley Inglewood is pressing on ahead of schedule. At a special ceremony, Newbury MP Richard Benyon and Audley chief…
31 January 2015
THATCHAM residents will not see a rise on their town council precept, but that didn’t stop councillors clashing over spending public money on ‘swanky’…
30 January 2015
POLICE were called to Thatcham Cemetery after human bones were found in a pile of earth. Services manager at Thatcham Town Council, Mel Alexander, said…
29 January 2015
THE layout of disabled parking spaces at Bishopswood Road shops in Tadley is set to change. Basingstoke and Deane Borough councillor Michael Bound (Lib…
29 January 2015
IN THIS week’s Newbury Weekly News, Thames Valley Police have warned that children are being sexually exploited in West Berkshire. In the past nine months,…
29 January 2015
ACTING royalty helped members of the Newbury and District Transport Group celebrate 21 years last week. Eastenders Actor Timothy West and his wife Prunella…
28 January 2015
DO YOU know someone who is aged over 50 and isolated? The Village Agent project has agents in Hungerford, Lambourn and Kintbury who might be able to help...but…
28 January 2015
Dates for two community events in Thatcham have been announced. The town’s Family Fun Day featuring children’s races, community stalls, a car show and…
27 January 2015
THE people of Thatcham have been thanked for their generosity after raising nearly £30,000 for last year’s Poppy Appeal. They raised £29,8889.58, which…
26 January 2015
A NEW school may have to be built in Thatcham if any more major developments go ahead in the town. That was the view of West Berkshire Council’s executive…
25 January 2015
THE power is still off in Highclere this evening (Sunday). A fault in the network has seen SSE engineers digging throughout the Westridge and Tubbs Lane…
25 January 2015
PLANS for Hungerford’s long anticipated marina are being revived once more as developers try to woo town leaders. Representatives of Lakeland Leisure…
23 January 2015
AN air ambulance landed at Kennet School, Thatcham, this afternoon. A spokeswoman for the South Central Ambulance Service, Katherine Morrow, said that…
22 January 2015
How much do you know about Thatcham, one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Britain? The name may have been derived from a Saxon chief called…
22 January 2015
CREATIVITY and an artistic eye have helped a Thatcham boy win a nationwide art competition. Three-year-old Oliver Bickerton’s greeting card was named…
22 January 2015
IN THIS week’s Newbury Weekly News, a cancer-stricken father appeals to the community for help raising £13,000 for a radical treatment. Collin Woodruff,…
21 January 2015
A BUSINESSMAN has spoken of his disbelief after West Berkshire Council turned down his plans for a pizzeria - but approved the signage for the shop. The…
20 January 2015
A HEARTFELT appeal has been sent by a Thatcham widower to find the donor of groceries over Christmas following the death of his partner. Tony Richardson,…
