IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, Newbury MP Richard Benyon has hit back over a “grossly unfair” and “deeply inaccurate” national newspaper article…
Belle (12a)Running time 95 minutesRating:***When it comes to examining the moral fluff in its national navel, one might say that Britain can take some…
A CARE home nurse has been cleared of smearing excrement on the face of a frail 97-year-old while taunting him for being incontinent. Barbara Kowalska…
A CARE home nurse smeared excrement on the face of a frail 97-year-old while taunting him for being incontinent, a jury heard this week. Barbara Kowalska…
FIREFIGHTERS are to strike once again next week, this time joining the ranks of teachers, civil servants and health workers who will be holding a mass…
RAIL passengers are facing delays today (Wednesday), following earlier signalling problems. A damaged cable caused the fault near Pangbourne and Network…
A RAILWAY embankment may not be everyone’s idea of comfort - but it was home, sweet home to 56-year-old Simon Charles Cooper. Police asked him to leave…
THE tenth anniversary of the West Berkshire Community Hospital was marked by a visit from Princess Anne yesterday (Tuesday). The Princess Royal was shown…
A MAN battling depression was found dying on a Burghfield towpath, an inquest heard. Forty-nine-year-old Miles Drew was found on December 12 last year…
TRAVELLERS in Dunstan Green, Thatcham, were moved on yesterday (Tuesday) amid reports that children had been threatened. The travelelrs had arrived in…
AN AERIAL gymnastics display stole the show to win a recent Silchester talent competition. The Silchester’s Got Talent competition, held on June 20, at…
A TOTAL of 300 students from primary schools across Hampshire and West Berkshire went crazy for Computer Science at an event held in the district last…
TWO of Newbury’s best loved theatres will be given a cash boost of more than £2m over the next three years. The move was announced on Tuesday as part…
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a suspected arson at a grassland area in Thatcham last night (Monday). Phil Knight, watch manager of White Watch at Newbury fire…
NEWBURY firefighters tackled a car fire on the A34 near Newbury yesterday evening (Monday). Phil Knight, manager of White Watch at Newbury Fire Station,…
SILCHESTER Parish Council is looking for help in researching its First World War dead. The council has recently received £10,000 in Heritage Lottery funding…
ROAD users heaved a sigh of relief this week, after funds to repair potholes were boosted by £798,707 in West Berkshire and more than £6m was allocated…
CHILDREN with parents in the Armed Forces enjoyed some time out with other children living in similar circumstances as the district held its first Service…
A YOUTH deliberately crushed a hedgehog “for something to do” while high on drugs, Newbury magistrates heard. The 15-year-old, who told police he had…
A THATCHAM shop owner is in a good frame of mind, having won a prestigious award. Andrea Cooke, owner of Picture It in Thatcham High Street, won the Fine…