NEWTOWN Common working party meets this morning (Sunday), 10am to 12.30pm, to work off Christmas calories and keep the common tidy. Follow the signs from…
FROM Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to Phantom of the Opera and Cats, stallholders at this year's volunteer recruitment fair pulled out…
A SULHAMSTEAD eleven-year-old has donated 10-inches of her hair to be made into wigs for children suffering with hair loss-related illnesses. Gemma Davies,…
A KINTBURY man was caught with crack cocaine in Station Approach at Reading railway station. Thirty-nine-year-old Gregory Paul Osborne, of Kennet Road,…
NOT sure what to do today? You could walk off some of those Christmas calories at Bowdown Woods from 10am in a walk organised by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire…
THE EARL of Carnarvon has dismissed reports that his family estate could be dropped as the location for the award-winning ITV series, Downton Abbey as…
C ALLING all aspiring volunteers! Grab your glad rags, pick your favourite musical and head down to the Corn Exchange Newbury today (Saturday) for the…
A SHOPLIFTER who attacked a security guard who confronted him is facing a possible prison sentence. Darren Mark Howe of Newtown Road, Newbury, appeared…
A SMALL milk leak on the M4 between Newbury and London last night (Thurs) was tackled by Reading firefighters. Two pumps and a chemical response unit…
JUDO: FIVE Newbury Judo Club members have been called into the England squads for 2015. Bradley Chick has earned his reward for winning a bronze medal…
ELECTRICAL items rendered obsolete by new Christmas gifts can be taken to the Newbury recycling centre. With electrical items one of the most popular…
THE THAMES Valley and Chiltern and Hampshire and Isle of Wight air ambulance services came into sharp focus this week when a new satellite television…
A SHIRE horse trapped in a wire fence in a Curridge field on Sunday morning, was hauled to safety, thanks to the efforts of a team of Newbury and Reading…
NEWBURY Cancer Care Trust snapped up a cheque from Thatcham Photographic Club recently. The club raised £570 for its chosen charity through raffles and…
MORE than 1,000 patients were kept waiting for more than four hours at the region’s four local accident and emergency departments in the final week of…
NOMINATIONS are now being accepted for the Freedom of the Town of Hungerford awards for 2015. Inaugurated in 2012 by the mayor at the time, Martin Crane,…
THE Newbury Champions League returned after a one year gap to raise £450 for the charities Sense and ABF The Soldiers' Charity at Northcroft Leisure Centre.…
Local celeb' Keith Chegwin, has been hotly tipped as a likely contender to win the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother. Veteran television presenter,…
A SIGNALLING problem at Bedwyn is currently causing disruption to train services between Westbury and Reading. Network Rail says that the following alterations…
A CAR has been stolen from the driveway of a home in Newbury. The BMW series 3 car was taken from a property in Yates Copse, off Waller Drive, between…
