WEST Berkshire councillors have blasted the council’s education department after new figures revealed that the district’s GCSE results have fallen below…
One of Newbury’s much loved and much missed shops - the Invicta bookstore - has a presence again in the town having re-opened a unit inside the Craftsman…
SEVERAL firework displays are taking place in West Berkshire tonight (Sat). Thatcham fireworks, organised by the Rotary Club, will take place at Henwick…
A SERVICE dedicated to supporting carers in the area has closed its Newbury branch. As of October 1, the Princess Royal Trust Carers Service Berkshire…
NEWBURYTODAY.CO.UK is pleased to carry the results for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust’s weekly lottery. The air ambulance has responded…
THE Countess of Wessex visited Prior's Court School on Tuesday to meet the pupils and see how money from the Jubilee People’s Millions has been spent.…
THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery in Monks Lane, Newbury on Saturday. A statement released by the police today (Fri)…
TWO Thatcham brothers have been found guilty of murdering a Newbury man in his flat earlier this year. Darren Lock (pictured right), aged 38, bled to…
TWO teenagers have been arrested following a blaze at a Burghclere school on Wednesday. These dramatic pictures show the moment the blaze spread through…
A READING-based nursery is looking to open up a new service in an historic Greenham building. Forbury Gardens Day Nursery has put in an application to…
TESCO is being called to account by Greenham Parish Council for failing to address litter problems. Eight binbags of rubbish were collected by a team…
THE INJURED Jockeys Fund (IJF) has announced that former National Hunt Champion Jockey John Francome is to be its new president. He succeeds the late…
MORE than 5,000 tones of salt are in stock in preparation for the forthcoming winter weather in West Berkshire. From November to March, West Berkshire…
PIPPA Middleton was in Bucklebury on Friday, helping raise funds for West Berkshire Mencap. Miss Middleton signed copies of her book, Celebrate: A Year…
Paintings of the marsh landscape of Western France and its rare salt pans, by highly regarded painter Peter Joyce, are currently on show at Jenna Burlingham…
As a solicitor practising in family law, Helen Bishop is well aware of the turmoil and unhappiness caused to children when their parents divorce or separate.Many…
THE BP petrol station on London Road, Newbury has been evacuated due to a petrol leak on its forecourt. A spokeswoman from Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue,…
THE man who died this morning (Thurs) after his car crashed into a tree was a 38-year-old from Tadley. Police were called at 6.45am after a green MG ZS…
COUNCILLORS unanimously rejected plans for a travellers’ site in Beenham last night (Wednesday), overruling their own officers’ firm recommendation for…
A MAN died this morning (Thurs) after his car crashed into a tree in Padworth Common. Police, ambulance and the fire crews from Mortimer and Dee Road…
