A PLAN to scrap GCSEs and replace them with O-levels has been criticised by education figures across West Berkshire who have told the Government - ‘stop…
Newbury Athletic Club juniors were rewarded for two seasons of competition with club tracksuits paid for jointly by the Athletic Club and the Ollie Johnson…
POLICE are re-appealing for information after two young girls were exposed to in West Berkshire. The incident happened on May 19, when two 11-year-old…
A WEST Berkshire girl who was crowned BBC Junior Bake Off winner last year has raised £600 for new cooking equipment at her school. Ten-year-old Freya…
THATCHAM-based company Reading Freight Services has ceased trading. The company ran more than 30 vehicles, from one ton vans to 44 ton lorries, out of…
NEWBURYTODAY.CO.UK'S guide to gigs in and around Newbury Thursday, June 28:The Monument, Newbury – Street Corner Talking (9pm)The Joiners, Southampton…
THE chance of blood found at a West Berkshire murder scene not being that of convicted child murderer David Burgess is ‘smaller than one in a billion’,…
THE A34 was re-opened at 4.43am today (Wednesday) after an overturned lorry yesterday evening prompted police to close the northbound carriageway. Police…
NEWBURY Market Place will be turned into a huge BMX display when the Olympic torch comes to town, it has been announced. The Olympic torch is scheduled…
NEWBURY Young People's Council is to hold a concert to raise money for West Berkshire Mencap. The concert will be held at Newbury Corn Exchange on July…
PLANS have been submitted to build houses on a former Thatcham plant hire facility site. The proposed estate at Station Road, submitted by MatchBox Architects…
A WATERLOGGED field forced the Thatcham Family Fun Day and Junior Fun Run in the Field to be rained off on Sunday, but organisers are hopeful they can…
RESIDENTS in Aldermaston have been warned to wake up over plans to increase a significant gravel extraction operation in the village. Should their application…
SHHH....a team of Year 3 pupils from Hungerford Primary School have been getting some coaching on the quiet ahead of a big tournament. They picked up…
THE A34 northbound near East Ilsley has been closed after a lorry overturned. Police were called at 4.06pm to reports a lorry had jack-knifed on the A34…
Newbury has two Young Musicians of The Year as judges at Sunday's final were unable to split 19-year-olds Emmanuel Bach on violin and Drew Steanson on…
POLICE in Newbury have appealed for the owner of these First World War medals to come forward. The items, which are engraved with a name, were seized…
POLICE were called to a home in Hungerford yesterday afternoon (Monday) after a body was discovered. Detectives were alerted at 1.08pm and raced to Kennedy…
WACKY and creative ideas were to the fore at a recent competition involving local schools. The competition, Think BIG was organised by the Education Business…
OPERATION Tornado, introduced by Thames Valley Police to crack down on the sales of stolen metal, came into effect yesterday (Monday). The operation aims…
