A KINGSCLERE charity set up in memory of a toddler from the village was celebrating this week, on becoming the chosen charity this year (2014) of a Theale…
FIREFIGHTERS from two local stations rescued a stranded motorist from flood water on the Wiltshire border near Hungerford this morning (Tues). Crew manager…
THE KENNET and Avon Canal has burst its banks to the east of the Newbury Weekly News offices this afternoon, following hours of heavy rainfall in the…
HUNGERFORD TOWN’S scheduled Red Insure League Cup trip to Cirencester Town tonight has been postponed and has been re-arranged for next Tuesday, January…
TWO men and a teenage boy have been arrested after people were seen tampering with the fuel tanks of lorries parked in Ely Road, Theale. At about 8.20pm…
FOLLOWING a further heavy downpour at lunchtime, roads have been closed and residents are taking measures to protect their homes. NewburyToday has also…
RESIDENTS of West Berkshire are being warned that flooding is likely on a number of the district’s rivers, with another full day of heavy downpours forecast…
A BAUGHURST resident has been left to foot the bill for thousands of pounds to repair her listed cottage, after Hampshire County Council deemed a drain…
IT'S the end of an era for Thatcham town centre as one of the town's longest standing shops is closing down. Stephen Walker, who has run the Family Bookshop…
WITH further forecasts for downpours across the district today (Tues) the ground is set to become more waterlogged, fields more flooded and river water…
BEAUTY treatments, cookery demonstrations and hair and clothing consultations will be on offer at the Chequers Hotel, Newbury, this morning (Tues) as…
A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with theft from a motor vehicle in Hermitage. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested…
A WOMAN was the victim of a sexual assault in Newbury in the early hours of Saturday morning (4). British Transport Police received a report that a woman…
THE Newbury News Group has appointed James Gurney (pictured) as its new managing director. Mr Gurney, aged 38, takes over from Adrian Martin, who held…
A KINGSCLERE woman was in a critical condition in hospital today (Monday), following a collision on a road between Kingsclere and Whitchurch yesterday…
EMERGENCY services were called to a four car collision on the A4 near Speen this morning (Mon).No one was hurt in the collision, which involved a black…
A YELLOW warning for rain in West Berkshire has been issued by the Met Office, hours after it forecast downpours to last late into tomorrow (Tues) afternoon. The…
POLICE have appealed for information about a collision on a road between Kingsclere and Whitchurch yesterday (Sunday), in which a woman sustained serious…
NEWBURY firefighters had a busy time yesterday evening (Sunday) and also earlier this morning (Monday), at suspicious car fires in Yattendon and Hermitage.…
PLANS for a housing development of almost 40 homes in Thatcham have been refused. Newbury firm Ressance applied to demolish numbers 131 to 141 Bath Road…
