NEWBURY firefighters tackled two incidents yesterday (Thursday) in Newbury, including a tumble drier fire and also a man stuck in a lift. Spokeswoman…
EMERGENCY fire crews will once again be called in to attend emergencies next Saturday as the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) stages a second strike in less…
WEST Berkshire motorists still reeling from a weekend of travel chaos have been hit by more bad news - a series of overnight and weekend closures on stretches…
ONE-hundred spiderlings of the country’s largest and most endangered spider are being hand-reared by staff at Beale Park in a bid to help save the species.…
TWO drunk men attacked a teenage girl in Park Way, Newbury, triggering an extraordinary affray, town magistrates heard. The drama happened in broad daylight,…
THIS year’s Thatcham Festival of Arts and Leisure has been extended by five days to accommodate the extra events that have been arranged. The festival,…
THREE women all parted with their locks at a West Berkshire pub in memory of a relative who died from Motor Neurone disease. Friends and family of Julie…
BEYONCE is back in town.The international pop superstar made a flying visit yesterday (Weds) to film some of her new music video in the silos at Greenham…
NEWBURY firefighters tackled a chimney fire in Newbury yesterday (Wed) evening. Spokeswoman for the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS), Ellie…
ENGINEERS are working to restore power to homes in Kintbury after a tree fell onto power cables this afternoon (Thursday). Around 1,200 homes were left…
A MISSING teenager from Newbury has been found safe and well. Shauna Hardy, aged 13, was last seen by a relative at her home address in Kennet Place,…
POLICE are seeking information about a statue (pictured) valued at £2,000 and stolen from a Burghclere garden. Hampshire Constabulary said the statue…
KINGSCLERE Rugby Club held their annual Chris Smith Memorial Match when an Old Boys team met the Youngsters in aid of the Sudden Unexplained Death in…
[caption id="attachment_84755" align="alignleft" width="227"] Ben West (right) training with London Welsh[/caption] LONDON’S exiled Welsh and Scottish…
HUNGERFORD TOWN face the old one-two when they travel to Poole Town on Saturday bidding for a place in the Fourth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup. Poole…
THE MAIN road through Highclere was re-opened yesterday evening (Wednesday), after a cement lorry overturned (pictured) in the village, during yesterday…
IT sounds like the scene from a sitcom – hapless workmen turn up to paint yellow lines, only to find that the road is chock-a-block with parked cars and…
THE Newbury Apple Day will return to the town this Saturday. The event was introduced to Newbury last year and proved so popular that organisers have…
A HARVEST service in Greenham went back to its roots on Sunday. More than 100 people, including the mayor and mayoress of Newbury, Anthony Pick and Catherine…
A ROOFER from Newbury who preyed on a vulnerable pensioner, charging them 30 times higher than the value of the work he carried out, has been told by…
