CHARLOTTE Spencer-Ades, aged 17, from Newbury, had a festive trip to remember after she received a special invitation from the Duchess of Cornwall to…
On behalf of everyone at the Newbury Weekly News and Newbury Today, we would like to wish all of you in West Berkshire and beyond a very Merry Christmas.…
PLANS to make improvements to Warren Road in Wash Common have been approved, despite concerns that the application is being used as a “back door route”…
A SOLDIER from Newbury has returned from a sixth-month tour to spend Christmas with his family. Cpl Mark Skeavington, aged 26, was part of an 80-strong…
CHRISTMAS cheer was spread around Thatcham last Friday when fundraising carollers went door to door. Around 20 people and children, including Father Christmas…
AN APPEAL to shoppers to donate toiletries for the homeless during their weekly shop has been hailed a success by its organisers. The Northbrook Street…
NEWBURY Choral Society hosted a recent concert to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The concert, For the Fallen, at the…
LOOK up at the skies tonight and you might just see Santa on his sleigh. The rumour is that the bright light shooting above West Berkshire's is the International…
RAIL users will experience less frequent services and travel disruption over the Christmas period as Network Rail carries out work to complete the viaduct…
The brilliant 2013 Champion Chase winner Sprinter Sacre, off the track with since pulling up in the Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton last December, is set…
Penguins of Madagascar (U)Running time 92 minutesRating: ***The world as we know it – at least the one inside cinemas – is being taken over by strange…
CODIE BURNETT hopes her career will soon be heading downhill fast. The 18-year-old Park House School student is rapidly making a name for herself in the…
NEWBURY and Thatcham will put festive spirit aside when they clash in the West Berks derby at Faraday Road on Saturday (3pm). And Newbury manager Danny…
How well did you follow the local news agenda in 2014? Geraldine Gardner looks back at the year's events and asks a question from each month. Take the…
NEWBURY magistrates were told of a drunken man’s horror as he realised he had just beaten up his old school friend. Liam Raymond Seymour wept when police…
A new school is set to arrive in Newbury in January offering dance, drama and singing workshops for children. Perform started with a class of four children…
In this week’s Newbury Weekly News, bosses of the former Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers have been found guilty of nine out 11 charges. During a six week trial…
With Christmas fast approaching make sure you know your revised bin collection dates for the festive season. There is no change to normal collections…
YOUNGSTERS from Priors Court School received an early Christmas treat as Newbury-based band Watership Brass gave an autism-friendly concert last week.…
A WOMAN imprisoned for failing to pay her council tax will spend Christmas with her family after a public appeal raised enough money to pay the remainder…