THE arrival of three new hardware stores in Newbury is set to create 60 jobs. Travis Perkins Group has purchased Silverbridge House on the Hambridge Road…
Trials for a new service that allows patients suffering from treatable conditions such as bronchitis and pneumonia to be cared for in their homes by doctors…
THE owner of the Zippos Circus Headquarters in Enborne has dismissed claims from local residents and the parish council that plans to allow more travelling…
AN HISTORIC Hungerford High Street building is finally being renovated - but is it being done to the appropriate standard? After years of wrangling, town…
A SPECIALIST children’s centre in Newbury could benefit from a £3,000 cash injection towards its new home – but it needs your votes. The Dingley Family…
STRUCTURAL changes planned for one of Newbury’s most historic buildings were refused last week in the hope that a ‘more sympathetic’ proposal was submitted. French…
A HELICOPTER crash which killed a Mortimer pilot came four years after safety concerns were raised about flying near a high rise building, a new accident…
A FORMER Hermitage man has been convicted for his role in a scam to con 12 women out of a total of £220,000 via a dating website. Married father-of-two…
FORMER Newbury MP David Rendel will fight for a seat in Parliament in the next general election, it was this week confirmed - however, not for the same…
STAFF at a West Berkshire pub drenched themselves in ice-cold water on Sunday in memory of a regular customer who died from motor neurone disease earlier…
THE award-winning author Sebastian Faulks returned to his West Berkshire roots to open the new Boxford Village Hall on Saturday. Mr Faulks, who is best…
A KINTBURY man was caught with cannabis in his car, Newbury magistrates heard. In the dock on Thursday, August 28, was Charlie George Jewell, of The Haven,…
A PATIENT from Thornford Park Hospital has appeared before Newbury magistrates for threatening to kill a woman with a knife. George O’Dowd was handcuffed…
DENEFIELD School is on course to become an outstanding school following its latest Ofsted report. Inspectors rated the achievement of pupils, quality…
BUCKLEBURY is once again basking in the media’s spotlight as its most celebrated daughter, the Duchess of Cambridge, announces she is pregnant with…
Fragile, featuring singer songwriter Claire Hamill on lead vocals, play an evening of classic Yes and more at Arlington Arts this Saturday.FRAGILE were…
ONE person was taken to hospital following a collision in Monks Lane this morning (Monday). Ambulance crews were called to the road at 11.23am following…
THE Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, and her husband Prince William, are expecting their second child. The news broke this morning (Monday) that…
A COMMUNITY is in mourning following the death of local Open Studios founder and long-serving Aldermaston play director, Pat Eastop, last week, following…
NEWBURY Town Council has been told it could face legal action if it fails to disclose its confidentiality agreement with Parkway developer Costain in…