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What's on today (Sunday)

What's on today (Sunday)

WALKS, music and markets are on the cards today. West Berkshire Ramblers will meet at Chaddleworth's Ibex Inn at 10am before setting off on a four-mile…


My Newbury - send us your pictures of West Berkshire

My Newbury - send us your pictures of West Berkshire

NATURAL beauty is the theme in this week's My Newbury photos. The first was taken by David Fox at Bucklebury Alley in Cold Ash recently.The other picture,…


Molly the collie appeal - don't it make my brown eyes blue

Molly the collie appeal - don't it make my brown eyes blue

A COLLIE cross with one blue and one brown eye has watched many of her Newbury Dogs Trust friends – including her sister – depart for new homes, while…


Upgrade for village Post Office

Upgrade for village Post Office

GREAT Bedwyn Post Office is getting a makeover. But it means that the premises in Church Street will have to close while modernising work is carried out.The…


Drink drive teenager ploughs into wall

Drink drive teenager ploughs into wall

A TEENAGE drink driver left a car embedded in a wall, Newbury magistrates heard. In the dock on Thursday, January 8, was 18-year-old Nathan Pagliaroli,…


West Ilsley marks year on from floods with comical Portaloo panto

West Ilsley marks year on from floods with comical Portaloo panto

ONCE Upon a Portaloo may not be the most conventional title for a pantomime, but i t was a fitting production to mark the first anniversary of the floods…


Tadley man among four charged with game hunting offences

Tadley man among four charged with game hunting offences

A Tadley man was among four to be charged Thursday with offences committed under the Hunting Act. 33-year old Jimmy James of Aldermaston Road in Tadley…


Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance lottery results

Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance lottery results

NEWBURYTODAY.CO.UK is pleased to carry the results for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust’s weekly lottery. They work around the clock,…


Thatcham Playmates praised

Thatcham Playmates praised

A THATCHAM preschool has received a good Ofsted report. Playmates Pre-school received the news following an inspection in December and maintains its previously…


What's on today (Saturday)

What's on today (Saturday)

It’s the middle of January and there’s still plenty on across West Berkshire as the district plays host this afternoon to centenary celebrations for the…


Labour candidate joins General Election fight for North West Hampshire seat

Labour candidate joins General Election fight for North West Hampshire seat

THE LABOUR prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for North West Hampshire in the May General Election is confident Ed Miliband will be the next Prime…


Yattendon man celebrates a century - and in the very same house he was raised

Yattendon man celebrates a century - and in the very same house he was raised

A CENTURY of living in West Berkshire – and in the same home – was celebrated by a Yattendon man with four generations of his family over the weekend.…


'One Lung Pete' embarks on 1,000-mile venture for Ramsbury-born charity

'One Lung Pete' embarks on 1,000-mile venture for Ramsbury-born charity

Challenge will take place less than two years after cancer operation which saw part of lung removed LESS than two years after completing life-saving cancer…


'Serious' gas leak closes James Lane in Burghfield

'Serious' gas leak closes James Lane in Burghfield

A GAS leak caused by work being carried out by contractors has closed James Lane in Burghfield, and it is not clear when it will reopen. A spokeswoman…


Train death victim last night (Thurs) was Basingstoke 19-year-old

Train death victim last night (Thurs) was Basingstoke 19-year-old

THE person hit by a train near Reading last night (Thursday) was a 19-year-old man from Basingstoke, the British Transport Police has confirmed. Emergency…


Flood alert issued for the River Kennet

Flood alert issued for the River Kennet

THE River Kennet from Thatcham to Reading has been issued with a flood alert. The Environment Agency said that water levels on the River Kennet have been…


Business over Hungerford brekkie

Business over Hungerford brekkie

MEMBERS of the business community in Hungerford can get the new year off to a positive and, hopefully, profitable start by attending the inaugural meeting…


West Berkshire councillors miss 18 per cent of district meetings between them

West Berkshire councillors miss 18 per cent of district meetings between them

EIGHTEEN per cent of district council meetings were missed by West Berkshire councillors last year. Topping the chart for missing the most, in accordance…


North Hampshire WI's centenary baton ride through villages in vintage fire engine

North Hampshire WI's centenary baton ride through villages in vintage fire engine

NORTH Hampshire members of the Women’s Institute are hoping for lots of support tomorrow (Saturday) as they transport a baton in a vintage fire engine…


Are we Charlie? Leaders split on magazine response

Are we Charlie? Leaders split on magazine response

LOCAL community leaders have united in revulsion over the staff massacre at a French magazine - but remain divided in their response to its aftermath.…


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