CHAMPION jockey Tony McCoy was guest of honour at Newbury College this week, unveiling a commemorative plaque and announcing the new sports hall officially…
THEALE’ S district councillor has called upon West Berkshire Council to provide free parking in the village while lengthy gas works are carried out. Southern…
HERMITAGE Parish Council has agreed to part-fund a new £1.3m village hall. A referendum was held in the village in May to ask parishioners whether they…
N this week's Newbury Weekly News, the MP for Newbury, Richard Benyon, is the only hope of a homeless former Buckingham Palace guard from the town reduced…
THE VERDICT of a Greek murder trial, involving the Tadley family of a young man who died from fatal stab wounds during his first holiday abroad with friends,…
THAMES Valley Police has put out an appeal for witnesses to a serious injury road traffic collision on the A34 north of Chieveley on Monday morning. The…
The Watch (12A) film review Rating:*In Britain, Neighbourhood Watch risks being stereotyped as nosy old busybodies, making notes behind net curtains of…
UNEMPLOYMENT in West Berkshire has risen. The latest figures showed that the job centre queues in West Berkshire lengthened by 27 claimants in August…
A NUMBER of schools in West Berkshire have been closed today (Wednesday) after 4,000 properties in the district experienced problems with water supply.…
ABSENTEEISM at West Berkshire schools has remained lower than the national average. This week the Department for Education released figures on school…
TADLEY police are seeking information in connection with assaults on two men at a garage in the town during the early hours of August 18. Hampshire Constabulary…
WEST Berkshire Council has launched its annual Junior Citizen award this week. The prize is specifically for anyone aged 18 or under who lives in West…
NEWBURY Rugby Club has landed in hot water after a gig held in its grounds sparked a string of noise-related complaints. West Berkshire Council’s Environmental…
A FREE training course on how to perform CPR will be held at the Burghfield Community Sports Association Club in James Lane on September 20. The event,…
CATH Kidston and L’Occitane are the latest brands to open their doors in Newbury Parkway. Both stores opened on Thursday last week, offering promotional…
THAMES Valley Police has curbed its officers' unfair use of stop and search powers on black and Asian people. The force signed an agreement with the Equality…
A CROP of much-needed affordable homes are to be built on the dilapidated site of a former Newbury care centre, six years after they were first promised.…
OFFENDERS who ransacked Highfield Development in West Mills, Newbury, are being sought by Thames Valley Police. Sometime between 12pm on August 25 and…
PRIME Minister, David Cameron has appointed Reading West MP Alok Sharma as vice chairman of the Conservative Party. Mr Sharma, whose constituency includes…
MORE than 150 runners filled the streets of Peasemore last Sunday as the village hosted its sixth annual five mile run. Steve Naylor, of Bedford and County…
