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Views sought over Theale station upgrade

Views sought over Theale station upgrade

COMMUTERS’ views are being sought on the upgrades to Theale station. The station is set to benefit from a £2.9m upgrade, which includes a new footbridge,…


Three lose jobs as Camp Hopson concession closes

Three lose jobs as Camp Hopson concession closes

THE curtain concession department within Camp Hopson furniture centre, Park Way, closed recently with the loss of three jobs. The managing director of…


Class of ‘93 to hold reunion and mark recovery of former pupil

Class of ‘93 to hold reunion and mark recovery of former pupil

A REUNION for the class of 1993 at Little Heath School, Tilehurst, is being held this month to coincide with the recovery of a former pupil who has had…


Trainers line up for Mill Reef challenge at Newbury

Trainers line up for Mill Reef challenge at Newbury

WILLIAM Haggas will have a fancied chance when he sends out Saayerr in Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury. The two-year old has won…


Police warning issued over bank card scam

Police warning issued over bank card scam

PEOPLE in West Berkshire are being warned about a new bank card scam sweeping across the country. Courier fraud, which often targets the elderly and the…


Appeal launched following Thatcham assault

Appeal launched following Thatcham assault

AN appeal has been launched after a man was beaten during an attack in a Thatcham alleyway. The 24-year-old victim was approached by a man between Station…


Newbury battle back to take a point

Newbury battle back to take a point

Newbury 1 Thame Utd 1 NEWBURY salvaged a point after withstanding a Thame assault at Faraday Road on Saturday. The home side were marshalled at the back…


Forest cup trip for Hungerford

Forest cup trip for Hungerford

Hungerford Town 4 Cove 0 HUNGERFORD eventually coasted into a Second Qualifying Round FA Cup tie at Bashley on September 28 after Saturday’s win over…


Blues lose out in derby clash

Blues lose out in derby clash

Reading 26 Newbury Blues 15 NEWBURY BLUES could not repeat last season’s survival-winning act at Reading as they went down on Saturday to find themselves…


Train delays due to overunning engineering work today (Mon)

Train delays due to overunning engineering work today (Mon)

RAIL communters are experiencing delays and cancellations to some services to and from Newbury today (Mon) due to overunning engineering work from the…


Affordable units being withheld at Parkway until private ones sold

Affordable units being withheld at Parkway until private ones sold

AFFORDABLE housing in the Parkway Living complex in Newbury has not been made available to the public despite it being completed and ready for occupation…


Meanwhile.......at racecourse, tenants already collecting keys

Meanwhile.......at racecourse, tenants already collecting keys

LESS than a year since construction began on the 1,500-home development at The Racecourse Newbury, the first occupants have moved into the affordable…


Cops use 'Captor' spray on "drunk" woman

Cops use 'Captor' spray on "drunk" woman

A POLICE officer was forced to use an incapacitant spray on a Kintbury woman, Newbury magistrates heard last Thursday. A frightened officer used Captor…


Park Way cracks: the news from the council is... there's no news

Park Way cracks: the news from the council is... there's no news

THE leader of Newbury Town Council Julian Swift-Hook says he shares residents’ frustrations that the cause of cracks and subsidence to Victoria Park is…


Police performance 'improving' - PCC Stansfeld

Police performance 'improving' - PCC Stansfeld

THAMES Valley Police force is largely achieving its detection targets - but violence against the person is up. The figures were revealed at a policy,…


Thatcham wheelchair basketball player competes for Team GB

Thatcham wheelchair basketball player competes for Team GB

A WHEELCHAIR basketball-playing teenager from Thatcham has competed with Team GB in the UK’s first National Paralympic Day games. aged 17, of The Frances,…


Missing Speen schoolgirl found

Missing Speen schoolgirl found

MISSING Speen schoolgirl Rebecca Herbert has been found safe and well. The 14-year-old had been missing since Friday (13), but has now been reunited with…


Final losses at the double for Thatcham

Final losses at the double for Thatcham

[caption id="attachment_82905" align="alignleft" width="227"] Thatcham's Gordon Ballantyne[/caption] THATCHAM had to settle for runners-up spot in the…


Award for film of hope emerging from the Apartheid era

Award for film of hope emerging from the Apartheid era

A FILM documenting forgiveness in the apartheid era produced by a man from Newbury has won an international award. Beyond Forgiving tells a story of trauma…


Landmark Lambourn store up for sale

Landmark Lambourn store up for sale

IT’S the end of an era as Lambourn’s Universal Stores is up for sale. Forty-five years ago this month a young villager named Ros Couch took over as manager…


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