THE A34 northbound carriageway will not reopen until 10pm tonight (Thurs) the Highways Agency has warned. The road is currently closed from East Ilsley…
A PUBLIC exhibition on plans for the 2,000 home Sandleford Park development will be held next week. Bloor Homes Southern has just announced today (Thurs)…
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How about taking a retro lunch break today?People packed into Newbury’s Tesco Metro in Northbrook Street when it reopened following a £2m refit in 1995.The…
THE A34 northbound carriageway is currently closed from East Ilsley to the Chilton Interchange due to an overturned car transporter. Only one lane is…
A NEW £1.5m petrol station and shop on the outskirts of Kingsclere is set to open today (Thursday) after months of disruptive construction work. John…
BOUNDARY Road is scheduled to close on Wednesday. As previously reported in the Newbury Weekly News, the railway bridge is to replaced in preparation…
THATCHAM Youth will be hosting a free half-term screening of The Unbeatables today (Thursday, 19th February). The animated film is about a group of table…
AN UPPER Basildon dad of two has made it through to the next round of a prime-time television sewing competition. Matt Chapple, aged 37, is in his third…
IN THIS week’s Newbury Weekly News, West Berkshire Council’s tough stance over the ‘scandal’ of empty homes at Parkway is costing the taxpayer hundreds…
A VETERAN fraudster, who has fleeced kind-hearted local folk for years, could be back on the streets. Amanda Louise Futcher, who has 145 previous convictions,…
A MAN threatening people in a Newbury street with a carving knife was pinned to the ground by several men who pounced on him and restrained him before…
A MAN threatening people in a Newbury street with a carving knife was pinned to the ground by several men who pounced on him and restrained him before…
THERE has been another slight rise in the number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance in West Berkshire compared to a month ago. Labour Market Statistics…
THE head of Robert Sandilands Primary School has warned that a child will be seriously injured or killed unless a car park adjacent to the school is reopened…
Staff at The Downs school had a chance to put their feet up recently as students staged a one-day take over. Students from Year 7 through to Year 13 took…
RESIDENTS in Hungerford and surrounding villages are being encouraged to be kind to the River Kennet by saving water. Environmental group Action for the…
A CATERING firm which provides hot meals for housebound and elderly residents could close its Newbury depot, just six months after it said that jobs there…
West Berkshire Council is hosting an event for social workers to find out more about live/work opportunities in the county next Wednesday afternoon (Feb…
ACORN Antiques will open its doors in Thatcham tonight and will feature a surprise guest ‘appearance’ from a television personality. Breaking from their…