THE 5th Thatcham Brownies recently celebrated their 30th Birthday. The unit was formed by Denise Newport on May 1, 1984 but was officially registered…
THOUSANDS of plastic ducks will be floating along the River Kennet today (Sunday) as the Great Thatcham Duck Race returns. The race, organised by the…
PROOF that two St Bartholomew’s School pupils have been paying attention in their language lessons was demonstrated last week as they made it through…
A MAN who stalked and harrased a Lambourn woman has been barred from entering the village. Jake David Chamberlain is also prevented from entering Hungerford…
A PIANO teacher had his musical instruments confiscated and must pay £2,500 after breaking a noise abatement notice. Graham Warriner gives lessons from…
POLICE have released this picture of a man they wish to speak to in connection with an incident of outraging public decency in a Reading supermarket.…
A KALEIDESCOPE of colourful entertainment and activities came to Newbury racecourse today (Saturday), in the shape of the CultureFest 2014 - to be followed…
A NEWBURY man has been arrested in connection with a rape in the town. The 23-year-old has been charged with raping a woman over the age of 16 years,…
Jodie Prenger shot to fame as the winner of I’d Do Anything on BBC TV, giving her the opportunity to play Nancy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End revival…
FIREFIGHTERS from several local stations battled for around an hour to cut a man free from a vehicle following a collision involving an artic lorry on…
THE closure of a Thatcham town centre road has come under fire once again. High Street will be closed between 8am and 5pm for four days while West Berkshire…
A KALEIDESCOPE of colourful entertainment and activities comes to Newbury racecourse today (Saturday), in the shape of the CultureFest 2014 - followed…
IN September this year, seven dogs and seven human members of the Berkshire Search and Rescue Dog team will embark on a gruelling challenge to scale three…
Local dyslexia specialist Jacqui Flisher will be holding her regular monthly help and advice session for parents and adults, on the second Saturday of…
A THATCHAM family are calling for donations in a final push to raise the remaining funds needed to refurbish an Oxford hospice. Charlotte Spencer-Ades…
A PENSIONER has suffered agonising blisters believed to have resulted from an outbreak of poisonous giant hogweed on her property. More than 20 of the…
FIREFIGHTERS cut a trapped driver out of a car on the M4 between Reading and Newbury this morning (Friday). Crew manager Ken Bell of Blue Watch at Dee…
GRAB your party hats - it’s carnival time in Hungerford on Sunday. The fun begins at 1pm, with fun fair, stalls, medieval stocks, Punch and Judy and lots…
A CONCERT organised in memory of a devoted married couple who both lost their battles with cancer last year raised an almighty £15,000 for charity last…
A HANDBAG was snatched last Tuesday (July 1) from a coffee shop in Newbury town centre. Thames Valley Police (TVP) spokeswoman, Rhianne Pope, said a handbag…
