The deputy mayor of London has been selected as the future successor to Sir George Young in parliamentary constituency North West Hampshire. Kit Malthouse…
TACK marking events are being held throughout rural West Berkshire by Thames Valley Police from next weekend. The first will take place at Bucklebury…
PLANS to convert a Greenham house into a care home for autistic children were approved by West Berkshire Council last night despite objections from local…
FANCY heading to a street party this weekend? If so, you’re in luck, as Parkway shopping centre launches its summer series of events. Tomorrow (Saturday),…
PLANNERS have given permission for a ‘solar farm’ approximately the size of 42 football pitches on land at Membury. They did so despite some local opposition…
HOTPOINT has recalled 333,000 of its dishwashers due to fire risk. The models affected are DWF30, DWF31, DWF32, DWF33, DWF34, DWF35, DWF37 and DC26, manufactured…
A LITTLE taste of France came to Newbury on Sunday when a charity fundraising boules tournament rolled into town. Charity fundraisers Newbury Rotary Club…
BASINGSTOKE and North Hampshire Hospital is reviewing its procedures after two members of staff received minor burns from a chemical spillage.The spillage…
A NEWBURY woman who groomed underage boys for sex at drugs and alcohol parties has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Thirty-six-year-old Chantelle…
THE opening of Northcroft Leisure Centre's popular outdoor lido has been postponed due to "technical issues" discovered while filling the pool.The swimming…
A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital from Hampstead Norreys yesterday (Wednesday). Ambulance crews were called to reports of a road traffic collision in…
PLANS to site a slurry lagoon near Yattendon have kicked up a stink. Yattendon Estates Ltd has instructed Reading Agricultural Consultants Ltd (RAC) to…
WORRIES about the safety of villagers owing to traffic speeding through Ecchinswell were highlighted at a recent parish council meeting. One villager…
NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon says he has received threats and abusive comments after a national newspaper claimed his family firm was responsible for ‘evicting…
COBBS Farm Shop and Kitchen in Hungerford has launched its very own brew...Goldy Horn. Cobbs director Tom Newey joked: “Because we just weren’t busy enough….our…
NEWBURY showground will be in the pink on Sunday (July 6) at Newbury’s Race for Life, 2014. Women entering this year's, Newbury’s Race for Life, at Chieveley…
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…