West Berkshire Villages

West Berkshire Council will be heading a major refurbishment of a vital transport link in the new year.

Crowds of visitors gathered round to experience the many exciting offerings at Newbury Show over the weekend.

Police have arrested a man suspected of supplying Class B drugs.

West Berkshire Council is considering a new phased housing development on land currently used for agriculture.

In three weeks, one local business owner is embarking on an epic charity bike ride across South East Asia.

A Newbury-based teen band’s music video is being played at the beginning of Busted’s tour shows.

A meat wholesaler and butcher is on the hunt for pheasant pluckers.

Thirteen people have objected to plans to change of use from a day nursery in to a home in Yattendon.

A man has been charged in connection with a burglary in Beenham.

West Berkshire Council has announced new local bus services.

Police have reported criminal damage in one village.

Villagers enjoyed another busy show at the weekend.

Wasing Estate is opening its gates this Hallowe’en for the return of its popular pumpkin event.

Harts Hill road will be closed from Monday, September 18 to Saturday, September 23.

Pupils at one West Berkshire school are celebrating receiving a coveted award.

Emergency services responded to reports of a fire over the weekend.

“I’m walkin’ here! I’m walkin’ here!” hollers Dustin Hoffman’s slimy conman to a careless cabbie in the 1969 cult classic Midnight Cowboy.

A planning applicant has won an appeal for prior approval to convert a Nissen hut from agricultural to residential use.

A Greenham man has raised more than £1,500 for Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice.

Green-fingered pupils are celebrating their environmental award win.