A NEW community radio could soon be on the airwaves in Newbury and Thatcham. A group of local community members are planning to bid for a community radio…
WEST Berkshire’s schools are set for a ‘once in a generation’ change as GCSEs are to be scrapped in favour of new English Baccalaureate Certificates.…
GROUPS hoping to book a visit to Highclere Castle next year (2013), where the period drama, Downton Abbey, was mostly filmed, could be in for a disappointment.…
PUPILS at Yattendon Primary School celebrated the opening of a new purpose built classroom this week. The occasion was a bittersweet occasion for the…
Lawless (18) Review rating ***Politicians have silly ideas sometimes and possibly the silliest was in 1920 when the US government decided that all alcoholic…
A GREEK taxi driver has been sentenced to 11 years for killing Tadley teenager, Robert Sebbage. Robert Sebbage, aged 18, was fatally stabbed while on…
A GREEK taxi driver was today (Wednesday) cleared of murdering Tadley teenager Robert Sebbage. However Stelios Morfis was convicted of a lesser charge…
FIREFIGHTERS helped paramedics remove a taxi driver from his vehicle and place him on a spinal injury board, following a collision near Tesco in Pinchington…
A WOOLTON Hill nature reserve has re-opened to the public, following a sewage leak over two weeks ago, due to a pumping station failure. The National…
TWO railway bridges in West Berkshire are finally back open, following a four month delay to the end of planned works. The bridges, the A340 bridge and…
WAITROSE has apologised after a live worm was discovered inside a packet of fish from its Newbury store. Newbury resident Carl Dixon said his partner…
A WOMAN who lives near Kingsclere was the first British woman to referee an Olympic shotgun final. Sarah Daly, aged 57, local shotgun coach and international…
HUNGERFORD Town Council planners have decided not to stand in the way of proposals to build two large, new houses at 4 Bath Road. However, the decision…
A NEWBURY to Bath cycle ride is planned to raise money for a life-saving Gambian vegetable garden. Inspired by Trish Butler’s trip to Gambia, friends,…
AN 18-year-old from Thatcham has shown entrepreneurial spirit by setting up a business on the side of her college course. Saffron Walker, who lives in…
THE A34 is closed in both directions tonight (Tuesday) due to an accident involving overturned boat. More typically spotted on the high seas the vessel…
Expect great things from Laura van der Heijden, the BBC Young Musician 2012.At the age of 15, her mesmerising performance of the rarely-played Walton…
Comedian Imran Yusuf tours to The Haymarket, Basingstoke, with his new show Bring The Thunder!! on Friday (7.30pm). This second show follows the sell-out…
TWO Thatcham homes were targeted over the weekend. Sometime between 10.30am and 10.45pm on Saturday, September 15, offenders got in through the front…
BASILDON Village Hall will host a market selling fresh food and local produce on the last Saturday of each month. The market in Bethesda Street will run…
