A THATCHAM mother has teamed up with a charity to help improve care in schools for children with diabetes. Juliet Rudkin has joined up with Diabetes UK…
A NEWBURY man has appeared before town magistrates charged with possessing indecent images of children. Paul David Mason, aged 49, of Aintree Close, appeared…
AN exhibition about the proposed development of The Priory has been organised by Thatcham Town Council. The council has applied to convert the Grade II-listed…
Professor Robert Winston officially opened the new science centre at The Downs School, Compton. The Hubble Centre comprises 12 purpose-built laboratories,…
READING firefighters extinguished a small fire in grounds at the rear of a Newbury hotel this afternoon (Thursday) The White Watch crew from Whitley Wood…
THE INDEPENDENT Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigating Thames Valley Police’s role in a collision in Purley last Thursday in which two cyclists…
FIREFIGHTERS from Newbury and Reading tackled a Hungerford fire in a washing machine this afternoon (Thursday). Spokeswoman for the Royal Berkshire Fire…
DROPPING river levels and receding flood waters have prompted the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) to scale back its support resources.…
A TOTAL of 1,038 entries have been unveiled for the 11 handicaps at the Cheltenham festival that runs from March 11 to 14. More than 250 of those are…
[caption id="attachment_91440" align="alignleft" width="345"] Marley Churcher - rib injury denies him worldwide audience[/caption] MARLEY Churcher’s live…
ELSTREE School will host Berkshire Junior Badminton's Charity 24-Hour Badminton-athon over Saturday and Sunday. The event is to raise money for Berkshire-based…
HUNGERFORD and Tadley Tigers meet in their delayed Berks, Bucks and Oxon Premier Division showdown at The Triangle on Saturday with both teams on promotion…
[caption id="attachment_68572" align="alignleft" width="227"] Matt Day - three match ban[/caption] HUNGERFORD TOWN will be without suspended defender…
STAFF at a shop in Burghfield Common say they were robbed at gun point yesterday (Wednesday). Police say that a man entered the Nisa and Post Office store…
Adam Brown from Hungerford is well known locally as one half of comedy writing duo Plested and Brown, who spent the first decade of the noughties touring…
A HOUSE fire in Ecchinswell yesterday (Wednesday) evening was caused by a fault in an oil tank. Crew manager of green watch at Newbury Fire Station, Neil…
THE WIDOW of a Newbury plumber who died from asbestos-related disease has told movingly of her husband’s last months. Jane Angel was speaking after the…
A DRINK driver jumped four sets of red lights before leading police on a high speed, six mile car chase, Newbury magistrates heard. He then lost control…
A PUBLIC meeting by the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) drew-in a packed audience at The Racecourse Newbury on Saturday. Nigel Farage, who…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, West Berkshire has been counting the cost of strong winds that battered the district on Friday evening, leaving thousands…
