AN assault which left a door supervisor unconcsious on Sunday night has sparked an appeal for witnesses by police. The attack occured shortly before 4:30am…
A BARRIER was torn from a level crossing in Marsh Benham in a spate of vandalism in the early hours of this morning (Thurs). The CCTV relay room at the…
ONE lane of the M4 motorway is closed following an earlier accident. The lane closure is on the M4 westbound between junctions 12 (Theale) and 13 (Chieveley).There…
FOUR Thatcham players helped Berkshire to victory in their opening Middleton Cup match with Surrey. Trevor Broad, Andy Piper, Liam Stacey and David Miles…
A NEWBURY based charity which provides go-karting activities for injured troops has taken over search engine Bing’s homepage today (Thursday). Kartforce,…
STEVE DOWN was certainly feeling ‘up’ after he landed a number of the major honours at the Challis Restorations and Crucible Newbury Town Friendly League’s…
[caption id="attachment_75802" align="alignleft" width="345" caption="Celebrating five more signings - Bobby Wilkinson"][/caption] HUNGERFORD Town manager…
THAMES VALLEY ABC’s leading amateur Marley Churcher has taken the step into the professional fight game and will have his first fight at Camden on July…
NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon, a former soldier and a founding trustee of Help for Heroes, has spoken out about the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby, calling…
THERE are calls for council land due to be sold off to a developer to be turned into an affordable housing site. Last week, West Berkshire Council announced…
THE Hampstead Norreys Community Shop has been shortlisted for a national award. The shop in Church Street opened in March 2011 after a questionnaire showed…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, a West Berkshire community has rallied round a man whose home was destroyed in a blaze, leaving him with just the…
A NEW multimillion pound retirement village is due to officially open today (Thurs). Inglewood House, Templeton Road, Kintbury is a new 94-unit retirement…
A HUNDRED of the district’s primary pupils took to the stage at the Watermill, Bagnor, yesterday (Wednesday) for their first performance of Rubies and…
Film Review: Epic (PG)Running time 102 minutes Rating:*** Half the fun of going to see a supposedly children’s ‘cartoon’ film such as Epic is trying to…
POLICE have responded to reports yesterday (Tues) that a man was seen acting suspiciously and approaching children in Hampstead Norreys. Thames Valley…
The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service are currently (10am Wed) dealing with a road traffic accident on the A343 Andover Road, at Woolton Hill. A…
THATCHAM’S skateboarders, rollerskaters, bikers and scooter riders were celebrating last week when the new Dunstan Green skatepark opened, thanks to £40,000…
THE HUNT is on for a Lanner falcon that was lost from the recent Highclere Game and Country Fair. The missing bird is a male Lanner (like the one pictured)…
CHARLIE Brown will be on his way to the Racecourse Newbury to support Rita Ora on stage at the first Party in the Paddock gig of the summer on Saturday.…
