THE READING West MP has launched a petition calling for crowded trains between Reading and London to be declassified. Alok Sharma yesterday (Thurs) launched…
A MOTHER’s passion and the power of social media have reunited a little girl with her cuddly toy. Little Holly Davies, aged 19 months, lost her toy rabbit…
A SIMMERING feud between neighbours descended into violence, Newbury magistrates heard. The final straw was a dispute over a bag of rubbish, the court…
AN INQUIRY has begun into a fire brigade’s response to a fatal fire in Aldermaston on Saturday. The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) was…
A WOMAN was caught stealing cash intended for her own children...by a spy camera installed by her mother-in-law, Newbury magistrates heard. Hayley Anna…
A CROOKHAM Common man has been jailed for just over six years for sexually abusing 25 boys he taught in the 1970s. Keith Cavendish-Coulson, 71, of Crookham…
THIS year’s local Poppy Appeal activity has suffered a setback after Membury Services chiefs announced they were giving priority to Children In Need this…
HUNGERFORD Town are down to the bare bones for Saturday’s Southern League trip to Cambridge City .Manager Bobby Wilkinson may have to gamble with defeder…
THE Highways Agency has said that the M4 is now flowing freely following an earlier multi-vehicle accident. Two lanes were closed this morning on the…
A CROOKHAM Hill man is due to be sentenced today (Thursday) after admitting sexually abusing 25 boys at a Holmes Chapel school, Cheshire, in the 1970s.…
NEWBURY firefighters were called over the Berkshire/Hampshire border yesterday (Wed) evening, to extinguish a Penwood bonfire. One pump from Newbury Fire…
A CAR fire in Hoe Benham during the early hours of this morning (Thurs) was a suspected arson. One pump from Newbury Fire Station was called at 3.05am…
A NEWBURY woman has told a jury how she lost £10,000 to Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers. Earlier this week, in the case brought by West Berkshire Council's…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service has launched an inquiry after it took 41 minutes to reach the scene of…
Ten years ago today (Thursday) saw one the worst rail disaster’s in the country as a train hit a car at the Ufton Nervet level crossing killing seven…
THAMES Water officials were last week grilled by councillors in Woolton Hill over the sewage and flooding problems in the village, following last year’s…
THOUSANDS of visitors streamed into Mortimer over half term last week as a part of the annual scarecrow competition - and were photographed via a camera…
SYSTEMS are go for this year’s Thatcham Firework Display as organisers and Memorial Hall trustees reached an agreement at the eleventh-hour to hold the…
A MEETING to raise awareness of cold calling activity and advice on how it can be dealt with is being held at Newbury library today (Thursday). Officers…
Fury (15)Running time 117 minutesRating:****Ever since Saving Private Ryan, film buffs have preferred their war films to be grim, realistic and bloody,…
