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,…
TEN years after the rail crash that killed seven people and injured more than a hundred at the Ufton Nervet level crossing, Network Rail has confirmed…
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RESIDENTS in West Berkshire are gearing up for a number of firework displays taking place throughout the district tonight (Weds) and on Saturday. This…
THE LICENSEE of a Newbury store sold alcohol to a 15-year-old child, town magistrates heard. But the girl was a volunteer for West Berkshire Council’s…
CHILDREN from local schools took part in a football festival which saw funds passed to local charities. Twelve teams of Year One and Two children took…
THE Lambourn Post Office will re-open tomorrow (Thursday), following its upgrading refurbishment. The branch closed on Saturday, October 25, at 12.30pm…
Ten-year old Calum Gould from Speen ran the Junior Great South Run 2.5K in Portsmouth last Saturday. He was raising funds for Children 1st West Berkshire,…
AN OUTSTANDING achievement is being celebrated at The Castle School, Donnington, following the best possible rating from education regulators Ofsted.…
THE boss of a Midgham auction firm fleeced customers to line his own pockets, a jury heard today. Customers were routinely "fobbed off" or sent dud cheques,…
