THREE Pangbourne College students are setting their sights on playing hockey for England after coming through a stern examination at regional level. Under-17…
A third of police stations across the Thames Valley area, including sites at Hungerford, Theale and Tilehurst are under threat after the police force…
FIREFIGHTERS from three local stations were called to a lorry fire on the M4 between Reading and Newbury yesterday evening (Wed). Spokeswoman for the…
ALMOST 2,500 patients rushed to hospital in an ambulance had to wait in excess of one hour before they could be admitted to A&E departments figures…
A THATCHAM teenager is setting her sights on singing stardom in a national competition. Charlotte Lloyd-Butler, aged 17, has made it through to the regional…
MEET this year’s winners of Newbury Town Council’s Allotment Awards 2014. Each year, the town’s six allotment sites are inspected and an award for best…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, more details of a new primary school which could be built on the grounds of Newbury College, in addition to the one…
A middle-aged Newbury man who knocked himself unconscious after attempting to do a ‘wheelie’ on a petrol powered scooter had been drinking, magistrates…
CHANGES to a vital post office service in Thatcham have been shelved – for now. Earlier this year, Tesco announced the possibility of combining…
Magic in the Moonlight (12a)Running time 97 minsReview rating **** It must be a great comfort to older people to watch someone such as Woody Allen…
Several major roadwork projects are expected on the M4 across Berkshire in October and November, the Highways Agency has announced. £10m in road improvements…
THE A34 northbound at Sutton Scotney remains closed - and is likely to for some time - after a lorry overturned earlier this morning. The road is closed…
A WOMAN was knocked to the ground during a robbery in Newbury. The 45-year-old was walking in Ewing Way between 8.20pm and 8.50pm on Friday, September…
HUNGERFORD TOWN missed the chance to move into second place in the Southern League’s Premier Division when they were held to a goal-less draw by Dunstable…
KINGSCLERE’S Fieldgate Centre now has a lifesaving defibrillator to honour the memory of a rugby-playing colleague, who died while playing last year.…
SNAPSHOTS of Thatcham are set to be displayed with pride, thanks to work by a local club. The ‘Hidden Thatcham’ collage shows images unique to the town,…
“BANNING dogs from Victoria Park would be like banning hundreds of Newbury residents from enjoying it,” said one Newbury Town Councillor on Monday night…
AN extremely rare 1,250 year-old silver coin found by a treasure hunter with a metal detector in a field near Newbury last year, has sold at auction for…
A PLANNING application to create a garden at a well known Highclere gastro pub proved successful last Thursday evening (Sep 25), despite strong opposition.…
TWENTY pence might not seem a lot to some of us, but for children in a remote community in north west Ghana it is a potentially life changing sum of money.…
