THE popular festive song goes “Run, run Rudolph,” but it was Father Christmas who had to make his own way to town on Sunday for the first ever Great Thatcham…
A girl broke all records at the 100th Newbury parkrun at Greenham Common on Saturday, finishing in the fastest time ever run by a 10-year-old in any parkrun…
A HERMITAGE school has topped a bank’s local voting poll to scoop £3,000 towards school funds. Registered charity, Priors Court school, whose pupils aged…
A NEWBURY woman’s embroidery which featured in an advert on national television over the last month will continue to hit screens over Christmas Ellen…
A PLAN for a café in Wash Common has been submitted to West Berkshire Council.An application has been submitted to turn the former pet shop, Tadley Pet…
A NEWBURY tot who couldn’t wait to open her Christmas presents was rescued by firefighters today (Friday) from a locked room. Applications manager at…
A WEATHER warning for strong winds and heavy rain has been issued for the south east tonight (Fri) and over the weekend - with those at risk of flooding…
A JET ski was among items of stolen property found at a West Berkshire caravan site. Officers executed two warrants at Four Houses Corner in Burghfield…
SANTA is returning to Hungerford after town councillor Alana Wilson helped to resurrect an annual tradition this year. She said: “When I first joined…
THE owner of a car which struck a four-year-old girl when it rolled down a hill was fined £330 at Reading Magistrates this month. In May, Ellie Drwal…
A NEWBURY company has made the dreams of a five-year-old boy come true after seeing his pleas for a toy car in his Christmas wish list. Newbury boy Charlie…
A ROGUE Newbury builder has been given a 15-month jail sentence for defrauding vulnerable, elderly customers. But 50-year-old Richard Wade, of Park Lane,…
RUBBISH and recycling collections across West Berkshire have been rescheduled due to the Christmas and New Year bank holidays. Rubbish collections have…
Full details of proposals to redevelop a housing association estate in Speen have been released. The site in Kersey Crescent, owned by Sovereign, currently…
TEN-MAN Hungerford Town progressed to the last 16 of the FA Trophy for the first time in their history with a narrow 1-0 victory over Evo-Stik Premier…
A FORMER jockey, paralysed after a racing fall, has finally achieved his dream of owning a sports wheelchair. Wayne Burton, aged 30, even took part in…
TWO men have been convicted of "degrading and damaging" sexual assaults on a teenager in a West Berkshire park. Mohammed Sajad Asghar, aged 22, and Toseef…
CONGRATULATIONS to all those who won prizes in the competitions which featured in this year’s NWN Christmas Supplement. 4 Kingdoms Action Park: First…
THE wedding dress was brought using ration coupons and their honeymoon was interrupted by an air raid siren - but one loved-up West Berkshire couple who…
PARISHES could be forced to cut services and raise precepts after West Berkshire’s Conservative-controlled council voted 34 to 11 in favour of not transferring…