POLICE are warning residents in Thatcham, Cold Ash, Bucklebury and Hermitage not to hand over money to two men who claim to be collecting money for Mary…
THREE men are facing a spell behind bars after pleading guilty to a spate of rural burglaries across West Berkshire. They are Jesse Gregory (pictured…
RESIDENTS in West Berkshire are being warned to be on their guard for fraudulent phone calls from people pretending to be from banks/police officers and…
DOG owners are being warned to be on the lookout for a disease which has caused kidney failure in canines in Hampshire. So far the outbreaks of the disease…
THE district is set to welcome its first snow shower on Monday, with the Met Office forecasting sleet and light snowfall in the early hours of the morning.…
A VAN was destroyed by fire in the car park of a West Berkshire pub this morning (Friday). Firefighters from Whitley Wood and Dee Road stations were called…
THATCHAM Rugby Club’s Richard Browne has won a call-up to the England Deaf side and will turn out against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park on Sunday. The 31-year…
A SCHOOL has vowed to build on the legacy of a “superstar” teacher who died just months after marrying her childhood sweetheart. Helen Thompson, a reception…
SANITATION conditions previously described as medieval returned to a West Berkshire village this week, as sewage again began running down a main street.…
A MOTORIST has avoided a normally mandatory ban for drink driving. Newbury magistrates took the “unusual step” of allowing 27-year-old Michal Jata to…
THE recent spells of sunny weather has been the calm before the storm, with further downpours forecast for most of the weekend. The Met Office has put…
TECHNOLOGY gives this year’s (2014) Big Garden Birdwatch the cutting edge this weekend (January 25 to 26), with schools, children and all households across…
INSPIRED by hit BBC show The Great British Bake Off, staff at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, have raised £282.16 for the Salvation Army by putting their…
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent after a fire at a petrol station in Newbury.At around 3am on January 5, a man unsuccessfully…
HUNGERFORD CC have snapped up young Australian prospect Robbie Ringland as the club’s overseas players in next season’s Hampshire League campaign. The…
HUNGERFORD TOWN'S early start went to waste as their scheduled Calor League Premier Division game at Truro City was rained off on Friday night. Most of…
WEST Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau (WB CAB) has published a new leaflet about the rights of those who have taken out a payday loan, with worries including…
A NEWBURY family is raising funds for the local air ambulance after the service battled to kept a 23-year-old man alive long enough for them to say their…
Shaw-cum-Donnington residents who have formed a protest group over a plan for 500 homes on green field land will be holding a public meeting tonight.…
In this week’s Newbury Weekly News, a West Berkshire school has vowed to build on the legacy of a “superstar” teacher who died just weeks after marrying…
