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.…
UNWANTED doorstep salesmen will be banished from parts of Donnington under a no-cold calling scheme. It is being introduced by West Berkshire Council’s…
A FRUSTRATED Hungerford mayor has launched a withering attack on Co-op bosses over the state of a distinctive High Street building. Martin Crane (pictured)…
EAST Ilsley is celebrating one of its most successful annual sheep fairs to date after more than 3,000 people attended the East Ilsley Sheep Fair on Sunday.…
A female motorist has been arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit through drink or drugs after the car she was driving left the M4 this morning…
A CROOKHAM Common man has been left devastated after his home went up in flames during a blaze at Crookham Common caravan park last night (Mon). Firefighters…
A DEVASTATED Thatcham man is appealing for information after the boat he spent a year painstakingly restoring was burned in a suspected arson attack.…
HIGHWAYS chiefs have rejected criticism of “shoddy work” on the A4 between Halfway and the Kintbury turnoff. Instead, they blamed motorists, claiming…
THATCHAM could soon have new affordable housing as a disused waste depot has been put on the market. ‘For sale’ signs were spotted going up last week,…
A COUNCIL clerk’s quarter of a century of service to Baughurst Parish Council was recently marked with a special presentation. Penny Waterfield was presented…
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…
