IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, renewed demands to make the A4 a safer road have been prompted after another serious accident which has left an elderly…
RETROSPECTIVE grants of up to £5,000 are now available to fund flood alleviation schemes for flood-hit homes and businesses. The government launched its…
STREATLEY C of E Primary School has maintained its good Ofsted rating following its latest inspection. The education watchdog found that the achievement…
A BARRISTER has been labelled a hero after jumping into the canal fully suited and booted to retrieve a youngsters toy from the water. Steven Molloy (pictured),…
HUNGERFORD Town manager Bobby Wilkinson has described his side’s recent form as “absolutely unbelievable.”The statistics don’t lie. Hungerford have the…
THE Mayor of Newbury has thrown his weight behind a local historian’s campaign to have the public right of way to one of the town’s most historic roads…
Film review: Muppets Most Wanted (PG)Running time 107 minutesRating:**When the Muppets first hit the big time in the 1960s, they managed to achieve that…
TWO of Lambourn’s most successful sporting figures -Tony McCoy and Nicky Henderson - have given their reaction to their performances in last Saturday’s…
A PLAYGROUND in Burghclere remained partially fenced off this week, after a fallen fir tree damaged equipment . At a Burghclere Parish Council meeting…
FRUSTRATIONS at being left without a working phoneline for over four weeks have been exacerbated by a lack of communication and poor customer service,…
NEWBURY firefighters extinguished a chimney fire at a West Berkshire pub this afternoon (Wednesday). Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) spokeswoman,…
IF you missed the International Space Station last night (Tuesday) - don't worry as there are still plenty of chances to catch a glimpse this month. The…
A YOUNG Reading Football Club player from Thatcham narrowly avoided prison yesterday (Tuesday) after club officials appealed to a judge. Twenty-year-old…
A COFFEE morning and cake sale held to help raise funds to enable a nine-year-old boy to have a complex operation in the United States has raised £685.…
FORMER Tadley boyband Concept are to headline a concert at a May bank holiday fundraiser in the town. The ‘homegrown’ five-piece boyband have taken time…
TADLEY swimming pool is set for a major facelift, after a £150,000 National Lottery award. Basingstoke & Deane Community Leisure Trust, which manages…
COLD calling has been banned in nine more West Berkshire streets. In Speen, the ‘no cold calling’ zones will be enforced in Groveland Road, Chaucer Crescent,…
AFFORDABLE homes at the Parkway development in Newbury remain empty almost a year after they were built. And it could be another two months before a housing…
THATCHAM Town Council is planning to borrow £760,000 to renovate The Priory. Members have agreed to seek approval from the Department for Communities…
MOTORISTS on the M4 eastbound are at a standstill following an accident between two vehicles which damaged the central reservation and left debris across…
