MORE people in Thatcham will get the chance to live the good life as more land for allotments has been found. Thatcham Town Council approved plans to…
A NEWBURY mother has raised more than £2,700 for cancer charities by shaving off her 13-inch locks. Katherine Stevens, aged 36, of Speen Lane, went under…
Newbury firefighters are curently (6pm Mon) at the scene of a fire at a caravan park in Crookham Common. One pump from Newbury was called at 4.15pm, with…
A WHEELIE bin fire in a Thatcham field close to Thatcham Railway Station during the early hours of this morning (Mon) was being treated as suspected arson…
A man has been arrested following a fire at a Compton house on Saturday night (Jun 1). As a result of the fire which police are treating as arson, one…
A MAN has been airlifted to hospital following a four-vehicle collision on the eastbound carriageway of the M4 this morning (Mon). Drivers are still experiencing…
A TELEVISION crew trying to capture the history and charm of Newbury for a BBC series were told to stop filming and were moved on by Parkway security…
THEALE station is to benefit from a £2.9m upgrade. The project will involve a new ticket office, footbridge and lifts as well as the development of a…
WOOLTON Hill villagers turned out in force last Tuesday evening to voice concerns about proposals for a substantial housing development in the village.…
A NEW weekly social group, aimed at new mothers, is to hold its first meeting in central Newbury this morning (Monday). Chairwoman of the newly formed…
A NEWBURY veteran has been awarded a medal in recognition of service on dangerous maritime missions, 68 years after the end of the Second World War. Don…
A GAS-fuelled barbecue fire at Wash Water this afternoon (Sun) has prompted a firefighters’ safety warning, as the summer barbecue season gets underway.…
A NEWBURY road was closed last night (Sat) whilst emergency services dealt with an incident involving a woman, who was taken ill and was believed to have…
AN INVESTIGATION into the cause of a fire last night (Sat) at a house in Compton - following which one person was taken to hospital - was ongoing this…
A MARSH Benham man is facing a possible jail sentence for making and supplying the bizarre psychedelic drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Stephen Andrew Allen,…
A RESHUFFLE of West Berkshire Council’s Conservative executive has seen two new faces introduced to the committee. Council leader Gordon Lundie (Lambourn,…
Looking for something to do this weekend? Then look no further than the host of events taking place in West Berkshire.Today, Hampstead Norreys is continuing…
SIXTY years ago today, on the morning of June 2, 1953, three million people lined the streets between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey to witness…
A WOMAN was repeatedly struck by a man with a stick, then punched in the face by another female, Newbury magistrates heard last Thursday, May 23. In the…
A Nepalese dinner and talk by a Woolton Hill mountaineer, to mark today's 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s conquest of the…
