TOTS and toddlers can now enjoy a new playground in Wash Common after it was officially opened by the mayor of Newbury, Anthony Pick, on Sunday. A basket…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (PG)Running time 125 minutes Rating:***If anyone was going to play the downtrodden, daydreaming wimp that is Walter Mitty,…
A WELL-known family GP and his wife took their own lives in a suicide pact, illegally assisted by their devoted daughter, an inquest in Newbury heard…
THE eastbound carriageway of the M4 at Membury Services has now fully reopened following an earlier incident in which a horse was killed and four people…
FIREFIGHTERS removed a car roof at the scene of a collision on the A34 at East Ilsley yesterday (Tues) evening, before the occupants were removed from…
MOTORISTS on the M4 eastbound are experiencing severe delays to their journeys this morning (Weds) after an incident involving a horse and rush-hour vehicles…
WEST Berkshire councillors meet this evening (Wed Jan 15), to decide on whether to give the go-ahead to a Greenham distribution centre. If approved, the…
A GOVERNMENT minister has questioned local council claims – including those by West Berkshire Council – that they have not received money intended to…
PEOPLE in Goring-on-Thames can air their views tonight (Wednesday) on whether a pub should be turned into a supermarket. Tesco has announced that it plans…
STORMY encounters are inevitable when you’re a town councillor, but not the type of terrifying Force Nine gales that have just left Gabrielle McGarvey…
THATCHAM Vision has now published the results of its community survey for 2013. The response to the survey was higher than expected with 1,870 people…
WELFORD and Wickham Primary School has opened its extension, after two years of planning and construction. Newbury MP Richard Benyon pulled a ribbon at…
HUNGERFORD Town's scheduled Red Insure League Cup tie at Cirencester Town tonight has again been called off. The Corinium ground surface is waterlogged,…
A SONG penned by a WOOLTON Hill teenager has gone straight into the top 40, after being released yesterday (Mon). Emma Lawrence, aged 16, was one of the…
A LORRY driver used a bottle of Coke to extinguish a blaze after the brakes caught fire on the A339 through Newbury yesterday (Mon). Crew manager of Blue…
West-Berkshire-based rock band Fragile will be playing at a charity gig in Hungerford on Sunday to raise funds for a cause close to their hearts.The concert…
A “LONG-term” solution is now being sought by the council after the traffic lights at the Robin Hood roundabout froze for the third time in five days…
NEWBURY is facing traffic chaos once again this morning (Tuesday) after the traffic lights on the Robin Hood roundabout stuck on red. The lights are reported…
BEER fans are being offered the chance to part-own a local brewery. The founders of the award-winning independent West Berkshire Brewery, Dave (pictured…
PARTS of the M4 at junction 14 (Hungerford) are to be closed for surface repairs later in the week. Lane closures will be in place on the westbound carriageway…
