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Boris Johnson's deputy to stand as candidate for North West Hampshire seat

Boris Johnson's deputy to stand as candidate for North West Hampshire seat

The deputy mayor of London has been selected as the future successor to Sir George Young in parliamentary constituency North West Hampshire. Kit Malthouse…


Police to hold tack marking events in West Berkshire next weekend

Police to hold tack marking events in West Berkshire next weekend

TACK marking events are being held throughout rural West Berkshire by Thames Valley Police from next weekend. The first will take place at Bucklebury…


Autism home given council approval

Autism home given council approval

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…


Party in Parkway tomorrow (Saturday)

Party in Parkway tomorrow (Saturday)

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),…


Solar farm gets the go-ahead at Lambourn

Solar farm gets the go-ahead at Lambourn

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 recalls 333,000 dishwashers due to fire risk

Hotpoint recalls 333,000 dishwashers due to fire risk

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…


Boules-la-la! £2,000 rolls in for Rotary

Boules-la-la! £2,000 rolls in for Rotary

A LITTLE taste of France came to Newbury on Sunday when a charity fundraising boules tournament rolled into town. Charity fundraisers Newbury Rotary Club…


Hospital to review procedures after staff members receive chemical burns

Hospital to review procedures after staff members receive chemical burns

BASINGSTOKE and North Hampshire Hospital is reviewing its procedures after two members of staff received minor burns from a chemical spillage.The spillage…


Newbury mother jailed for grooming boys for sex

Newbury mother jailed for grooming boys for sex

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…


Northcroft outdoor lido opening postponed

Northcroft outdoor lido opening postponed

THE opening of Northcroft Leisure Centre's popular outdoor lido has been postponed due to "technical issues" discovered while filling the pool.The swimming…


Woman airlifted to hospital

Woman airlifted to hospital

A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital from Hampstead Norreys yesterday (Wednesday). Ambulance crews were called to reports of a road traffic collision in…


Plans for slurry lagoon kick up stink

Plans for slurry lagoon kick up stink

PLANS to site a slurry lagoon near Yattendon have kicked up a stink. Yattendon Estates Ltd has instructed Reading Agricultural Consultants Ltd (RAC) to…


Speed of traffic in Ecchinswell raises concerns with villagers

Speed of traffic in Ecchinswell raises concerns with villagers

WORRIES about the safety of villagers owing to traffic speeding through Ecchinswell were highlighted at a recent parish council meeting. One villager…


Newbury MP hits back at "deeply inaccurate" national article on raising rent prices

Newbury MP hits back at "deeply inaccurate" national article on raising rent prices

NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon says he has received threats and abusive comments after a national newspaper claimed his family firm was responsible for ‘evicting…


Goldy Horn comes to Hungerford

Goldy Horn comes to Hungerford

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 in the pink on Sunday at Race for Life

Newbury showground in the pink on Sunday at Race for Life

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

In this week’s Newbury Weekly News

IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, Newbury MP Richard Benyon has hit back over a “grossly unfair” and “deeply inaccurate” national newspaper article…


Race and status

Race and status

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…


Care home nurse weeps as she is cleared of neglect

Care home nurse weeps as she is cleared of neglect

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…


Care home nurse denies neglect

Care home nurse denies neglect

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…


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