ELECTRIFICATION of the rail line is key to developing Hungerford as a viable business centre, it was claimed this week. Newbury MP Richard Benyon was…
AHOY me’hearties! Meet the pirates of Hermitage Primary School, who ditched their usual uniforms for their best hats, eye patches and stripy socks recently.…
AN increase of 24 per cent in leisure centre visits, and a 54 per cent reduction in crime are among achievements being applauded by West Berkshire Council…
A MAN who stole more than £16,000 from his Newbury employers has been committed to the Crown Court for sentence. Robert Edward Jones, aged 37, of Berrow…
A SPEEN man who made headlines after a car crash succumbed to his injuries nearly two decades later, an inquest heard. Forty-seven-year-old Christopher…
THREE West Berkshire villages are setting off to play their part in a challenge in which the community aims walk the equivalent distance from Earth to…
A LIVELY, friendly English bull terrier is looking for a new home, complete with an energetic owner. Pippa, an eighteen-month-old English bull terrier,…
THE WARTIME history of a Greenham ballroom, along with commemorations to mark World War One and the 70th anniversary of D-Day, were recently marked with…
FETES, food festivals and fun days make up an exciting day of events for all ages in West Berkshire today (Sunday).Newbury will be transformed into a…
TWO young gymnasts from Thatcham have tumbled into success again. Loui and Maddie Gardiner, aged 13 and 10, have been selected to represent England by…
A CASH-STRAPPED voluntary group aiming to keep a Tadley sports complex financially afloat, have appealed for £20,000 to pay for an entrance gate to be…
THE death of both parents within two months of each other has prompted Inkpen resident Sarah Harry to organise a fundraising concert in their memory.…
MIDSUMMER madness descended on East Ilsley on Saturday when the village held its annual fete. The event, at Penn Meadow, replaced the village’s annual…
TADLEY has not one but two clay pigeon shooters representing the country in the English Skeet Home Internationals this year, after two members of the…
NEWBURYTODAY.CO.UK is pleased to carry the results for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust’s weekly lottery. They work around the clock,…
SOLDIERS based at Denison Barracks in Hermitage exercised their freedom of Newbury in a historic farewell ceremony last weekend. The Corps of Royal Engineers…
TASTY treats and the fun of the fete will be top of the bill today. St Mark’s Primary School, Cold Ash, will be hanging out the bunting for a vintage…
A man and a woman needed hospital treatment and their two dogs had to be treated by a vet after they were attacked by Staffordshire Bull Terriers in Thatcham.…
FIREFIGHTERS battled a Mortimer boiler fire in a smoke-logged house this morning (Friday). Green watch manager, Mark Brown Smith, said two pumps were…
STRICTLY Come Dancing star Ian Waite brought some showbiz pizzazz to the launch of a Newbury care home last Friday. The Reading-born professional dancer…
