PLANS for homes to replace the area surrounding one of Thatcham's longest standing shops have been approved. Creative Planning on behalf of Y Developments…
TADLEY boyband, Concept, who broke from their European tour to perform in the town on bank holiday Sunday (May 4), helped to raise £5,500 towards a Tadley…
AFTER nearly nine years of planning, designing, fundraising and building, the Catholic community of Hungerford has a new spiritual home. Our Lady of Lourdes…
A RESIDENT at a Thatcham nursing home, who still enjoys trips to the seaside and a glass of sherry turned the grand old age of 104 last week. Kay Jackson…
THATCHAM town and district councilor, Roger Croft, has been appointed as the deputy leader of West Berkshire Conservative party. Mr Croft was appointed…
Sir William Benyon, father of Newbury MP Richard Benyon, died on Friday (May 2). Sir William, who owned Englefield Estate after inheriting it from a cousin…
ROAD signs in Newbury were torched last night (Sun/Mon) in two separate incidents, being treated as suspected arson. Crew manager of white watch at Newbury…
THAMES Water is to offer £100 in compensation to each household affected by last week’s tap water issue.Thames Water issued a ‘do not drink’ notice to…
A CAKE sale and a sponsored walk have raised a combined total of more than £800 towards the costs of a nine-year-old boy having a life-altering operation…
A fraudster has tried to bully a Newbury woman out of more than £500 by claiming that he worked for Visa Verification. Over the phone, he said a card…
THE branch of the Halifax in Newbury was at targetted in an alleged £2 million bank scam, the Old Bailey in London has heard. The operation involved planting…
A CAMPAIGN to increase awareness of financial scams is being rolled out across the area throughout May. The West Berkshire branches of the Citizens Advice…
NEARLY £800, raised by local school children, was handed over to Thatcham Rotary Club recently. The president of Kennet School Interact Club, Laura Young,…
THE Busy Bees Nursery in Newbury has been ranked as ‘good’ in a recent report by Ofsted - an improvement on it’s previous rating. It was described by…
UPDATE: Anthony Horne successfully appealed against the assault conviction which is the subject of our court report, below. Reading Crown Court overturned…
AFTER miles of thrills, spills and fun, the results for this year’s Crafty Craft are in!Hundreds of people enjoyed the sunshine and entertainment in Victoria…
AND they're off!The majority of the 29 entrants for this year's big race have set off from the Dundas Arms in Kintbury this morning - where more than…
CANCER patients in West Berkshire will no longer have to travel to Reading for treatment anymore - thanks to a state-of- the-art mobile chemotherapy unit…
IT'S Crafty Craft day!With the weather forecast so far giving cause for optimism, the 29 entrants have been making their final preparations ahead of the…
KINTBURY author, Robert Harris, unveiled a textile hanging at Newbury library last Wednesday, which showed how people imagined Newbury might look some…
