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Lottery cash boosts sports facilities

Lottery cash boosts sports facilities

TADLEY Rugby Football club has revealed what a National Lottery award of almost £50,000 will be spent on at the club, while sports facilities in Silchester…


Boy arrested following Thatcham assault

Boy arrested following Thatcham assault

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested in connection with an assault in Thatcham. Last Thursday (15), a 20-year-old man was walking home along Bath Road…


Concerns grow over High Street building

Concerns grow over High Street building

ONE of Hungerford High Street’s distinctive buildings is so neglected it could become a serious public safety risk, town mayor Martin Crane has warned.…


Did you ear about the volume warning?

Did you ear about the volume warning?

[caption id="attachment_55989" align="alignright" width="345" caption="Reporter Ellis Barker takes part in some of the tests on the stand"][/caption]…


'Exceptional' bassoonist lands place in National Youth Ochestra

'Exceptional' bassoonist lands place in National Youth Ochestra

AN “EXCEPTIONAL” talent for playing the bassoon has seen a West Berkshire musician become the youngest member of the National Youth Orchestra. Helen Fraser,…


Villagers' concerns about proposed housing development

Villagers' concerns about proposed housing development

BURGHCLERE villagers have raised concerns about a proposed housing development on a large site, which they fear will threaten the future of around 40…


Former mayor's big band concert for stroke funds

Former mayor's big band concert for stroke funds

FORMER Hungerford mayor Chris Jennings is organising a ‘big band’ concert to raise funds for a local stroke-related charity. Mrs Jennings, who lives in…


Grand shopping spree for BID competition winner

Grand shopping spree for BID competition winner

[caption id="attachment_56038" align="alignright" width="345" caption="Chris Godding collects his prize from Russell Downing, of Newbury BID, with manager…


Free flu jabs for people 'at risk'

Free flu jabs for people 'at risk'

FREE flu vaccinations will be available from West Berkshire community pharmacies to people aged between 16 and 64 years considered most at risk. Those…


Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance lottery results

Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance lottery results

THE THAMES Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Lottery draw results are as follows: Week Number 209 – Friday November 16 PRIZE LUCKY NO TICKET…


Burghclere woman raises £25,000 for Help for Heroes

Burghclere woman raises £25,000 for Help for Heroes

BURGHCLERE villager who has raised over £25,000 for the charity Help for Heroes, has just returned from her latest trip to Jordan, which she completed…


Mayor's coffee morning in aid of NWN Parcels fund

Mayor's coffee morning in aid of NWN Parcels fund

THE MAYOR of Newbury will host a coffee morning at Newbury Town Hall today (Saturday) in support of the Newbury Weekly News Over 80's Parcel Fund. Join…


British sausage week goes with a banger

British sausage week goes with a banger

Jan Murray and Pam Hillier-Brook, from the Newbury & District Agricultural Society, with Jasmine Wickens, Robert Horner, Meredith Gavin and Cecily…


Being Playful on Sunday afternoon

Being Playful on Sunday afternoon

Caroline Woodhouse will be giving a clarinet recital - Being Playful - as part of the series of Tea and Cake concerts at the Old Bluecoat School, Thatcham,…


Stansfeld is region's new Police and Crime Commissioner

Stansfeld is region's new Police and Crime Commissioner

CONSERVATIVE Anthony Stansfeld is to be Thames Valley Police’s new Police and Crime Commissioner. He got 18,227 of the second preference votes compared…


Newbury firefighters prevent Beedon chimney fire

Newbury firefighters prevent Beedon chimney fire

NEWBURY firefighters prevented a fire in a flue at a Beedon cottage from spreading to the chimney on Thursday morning (Nov 15). According to Lee Glover,…


Police commissioner election goes to second vote

Police commissioner election goes to second vote

WEST Berkshire councillor Anthony Stansfeld has polled the most votes in the first round of counting in the Thames Valley police and crime commissioner…


Thatcham motorcyclist seriously injured in Thatcham collision

Thatcham motorcyclist seriously injured in Thatcham collision

A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital with serious injuries, following a collision in Thatcham yesterday (Thursday) According to Thames Valley Police,…


Appeal for witnesses for Greenham burglary

Appeal for witnesses for Greenham burglary

THAMES Valley Police is appealing for information about a burglary in Greenham. A property in Night Owls was broken into after thieves gained entry through…


Walls lowered at Marco Pierre White's Carnarvon Arms

Walls lowered at Marco Pierre White's Carnarvon Arms

TWO walls erected in front of Marco Pierre White’s Carnarvon Arms without planning permission have been lowered.Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council…


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