AN elderly man had £2,000 stolen from him by rogue tradesmen in Thatcham last Wednesday (21). At about 4.55pm, the 82-year-old male victim was at home…
THE chairman of Padworth Parish Council celebrated 40 years in the job this month and was congratulated by colleagues at a recent parish council meeting.…
A NEW volunteering service was officially opened up in Thatcham on Monday. Organised by the volunteer Centre West Berkshire, and supported by Thatcham…
MORE than £3,000 has been raised from Saturday's Christmas fair at Thatcham Park Primary School. On offer was stalls, games, a barbecue and visit from…
ABOUT 200 homes in Chieveley will be without power until mid-evening as Southern Electric repair a fault. Just after 1pm today (Tuesday) about 170 customers…
Police have said that post mortem results on an elderly Newbury couple who died on Sunday suggest that they were not attacked. Tests carried out yesterday…
WASTE giant Grundon has hit out at West Berkshire Council and accused it of blocking jobs and millions of pounds of investment for the district after…
Police have moved to allay concerns of residents living in the road where two elderly people died on Sunday (25). Following reports of concern for the…
POLICE are trying to track down a group of ‘mindless vandals’ who catapulted a brick at a bus in Greenham. A group of people were seen to fire the brick…
A RACEHORSE - the top lot in an auction at a dinner at Highclere Castle last Thursday evening (November 15), helped to raise a total of over £150,000…
A SIXTH form pupil at Kennet School, Thatcham, has turned her hand to many tasks to raise funds for a school trip to China. Lauren Hopes, aged 16, has…
WITNESSES are being sought following a serious injury collision on the M4 on Friday (23). The incident happened on the westbound carriageway between junctions…
FATHER Christmas is pulling on his reindeer decorated trainers in readiness for this year’s charity fundraising Santa Jog, in Victoria Park on Sunday…
NEWBURY firefighters prevented a fire spreading to the roof of a Chinese takeaway in central Newbury this afternoon (Monday). According to Richard Young…
NEIGHBOURS in a Newbury road have spoken of their shock after an elderly couple died. At 10am yesterday (Sunday), police were called to a semi-detached…
A man in his 90s who was found in a property in Newbury yesterday morning (Sun) where a woman was discovered dead, has died in hospital. Police were called…
A FLOOD alert for the River Enborne - affecting Aldermaston, Ecchinswell, Kingsclere and Tadley - has been added to the list of local rivers at risk of…
Arlington Arts director Tony Trigwell Jones has announced the cancellation of Saturday's Rainbow Chasers gig. He said: "At 10.15 this morning the Rainbow…
THAMES Valley Police has launched an investigation into an unexplained death after a woman’s body was discovered in a property in Newbury yesterday (Sun)…
FACE-to face fundraisers, dubbed by some ‘chuggers’ - short for ‘charity muggers’ - have been approaching Hungerford shoppers. A team wearing orange,…
