THE time of year of the Newbury Weekly News Over 80s Christmas Parcel Fund has once again been and gone, with more than 2,100 food parcels delivered across…
IT's that time of year again. We've been out and about at more than 50 schools, prechools and nurseries across West Berkshire and North Hampshire snapping…
A CONVICTED rapist from Lambourn has been given a suspended jail term for an offence he committed while on early release. Newbury magistrates heard Kirk…
THE start of Christmas was officially marked in Speen last weekend at the annual pensioners Christmas lunch. More than 80 residents attended the event,…
RUBBISH and recycling crews will be working some Saturdays to catch up on changes over the Christmas break, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has…
A PRIMARY school teacher who embarked on a mission to feed starving schoolchildren in a remote part of Ghana is extending a feeding programme to the local…
TIME to celebrate is the theme in January's OUT&ABOUT. In this month's edition get your kilts on and fling yourselves into the traditional Scottish…
A Newbury school will see its Christmas carols televised for a BBC news programme next week. More than 40 school pupils from St Bartholomew’s School sang…
A COUPLE who unsuccessfuly tried to “home school” their child must pay nearly £750 in fines and costs. Clive and Elaine Swift, of The Granthams, Lambourn,…
WEST Berkshire residents are being warned not to answer their doors during the evening due to several complaints about a man ‘aggressively’ cold calling…
A THATCHAM couple who were parted for two years after being married during the Second World War celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary this week. When…
WITH Christmas now only nine days away, we are certainly feeling a little festive at NewburyToday headquarters and a throwaway line from one of our colleagues…
SPONSOR a hearing dog puppy this Christmas and help a deaf person united with a specially trained canine companion. Thames Valley Police has launched…
A WOMAN died at the scene of a collision involving two vehicles in Sutton Scotney this morning (Monday), and another woman was taken to hospital with…
A MAN received hospital treatment after being punched in the head at Thatcham Broadway. The 32-year-old was approached by a man as he walked with his…
ONE lane of the A34 southbound has now been reopened following a serious collision between a lorry and a coach in the early hours of this morning (Monday).…
NEWBURY basked in the warmth of community and lantern light last night (Sunday) as part of the town's annual lantern procession. Hundreds of families…
Special awards were recently presented to seven local early year organisations at Shaw House. Seven early years education groups received a Quality Award,…
BUSINESS in Thatcham is on the up, as has been exemplified by recent openings in the town centre. The proof was in the pudding when Warings Bakery opened…
The number of children taken into care across the district is “too high” according to the communities director for the West Berkshire Health and Wellbeing…
