A 20-year-old Newbury man has been charged in connection with an arson at a petrol station in Newbury.The man was charged with one count of arson with…
YESTERDAY’S and today's downpours have had a mixed impact on West Berkshire waterways with fewer showers than initially forecast over the weekend. On…
FOUR schoolboys are to share the role of Bert in The Watermill production of the Arthur Miller classic All My Sons when it opens at the Bagnor theatre…
A GREENHAM man’s ‘dirty protest’ in a police cell added to his charge list, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, February 6. Jorden Paul Davis, aged…
A NEW generation of chefs will be trained at Belmont, Woodspeen, after planners gave wholehearted approval for a cookery school and restaurant. The project…
Building work at the East End gothic mansion Star-groves, whose previous owners include Mick Jagger, Frank Williams and the King of Sweden has triggered…
NEWBURY department store Camp Hopson has raised well over £10,000 to boost funds for the local branch of the Alzheimer’s Society. Last Tuesday Camp Hopson…
A PURLEY man has appeared in court today (Monday) charged with the death of two cyclists, following a collision in Purley last Thursday (February 13).…
DRIVERS on the A34 are facing delays on the home commute this evening (Monday) after a car transporter overturned. Thames Valley Police were called to…
THAMES Water yesterday (Mon) moved to assure residents of Newport Road that staff will be on-site everyday for the first phase of a clean-up operation…
TEN cattle were rescued by fire crews this afternoon (Mon) after becoming trapped by floodwater between the River Kennet and a nearby railway line. The…
NEWBURY residents are still rallying to support soldiers who have been helping flood stricken communities. It is said that an Army marches on its stomach…
RESIDENTS will be able to have their questions on flooding answered at a flood information roadshow today (Monday). Representatives from West Berkshire…
A REPRIEVE in the weather yesterday (Sunday) has led to river levels dropping across West Berkshire. Figures released by the Environment Agency at 9.30am…
NEWBURY firefighters did not have far to travel to an incident yesterday evening (Sunday), after a car caught fire in the road outside the station. Crew…
HOMEOWNERS are being warned to expect further flooding to their properties with a further 18-hours of rain forecast from 9am today (Mon). The Met Office…
AN off-duty driver for the Prior’s Court Foundation was caught behind the wheel after drinking more than twice the legal limit, Newbury magistrates heard.…
EAST Woodhay parish council has adopted strict measures to tackle flooding problems, by threatening to send any bills for work to clear blocked ditches…
CREATING an ‘all-through’ superschool in Hungerford by September 2015 is a realistic goal, a meeting of the full town council has heard. Doubts had been…
A DRUG dealer was caught red-handed at Combe Gibbet, a court has heard. Mark Anthony Keepence drove to the beauty spot, a notorious haunt for drug taking,…
