IMAGINE sharing a ‘stage’ with the US president Barack Obama, double amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius, and the daredevil who free-fell from the edge of…
THEALE Primary School has been judged to be ‘outstanding’ following a recent Ofsted inspection. The school, which was inspected by Ofsted in October 2012,…
A NEWBURY youngster is going the extra mile, or rather an extra 20 kilometres, to fund a school trekking adventure to Morocco. Connor Davis (pictured),…
RUBBISH and recycling collections will be rescheduled over the New Year period.Rubbish due to be collected on:Monday, December 31 will be collected on…
THREE highly regarded staff have retired from St Bartholomew’s School in Newbury, having accumulated more than 100 years’ teaching there between them.…
WEST Berkshire Masterchef finalist Annie Assheton has joined forces with a canal hire boat operator to launch a floating restaurant on the Kennet and…
A PUBLIC hearing will be held into A4 Metal Recycling Ltd’s appeal against West Berkshire Council’s decision to throw out the firm’s plans to extend its…
AN APPEAL has been lodged by Sovereign Housing after its proposal to build eight flats in Pond Close, Newbury, were thrown out by West Berkshire Council.…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, read about a Thatcham man who admitted in court to throwing a severed pig’s head at a mosque in Newbury. Rory Daly…
HELEN and Douglas house, a hospice charity based in Oxfordshire, celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. A paediatric palliative consultant from Stroud…
THE choir of St Mary’s Church, Chieveley, visited four houses in the village on December 19, where they sang carols to guests. Their activity raised £443…
IT’S A scene unchanged for generations: the scarlet jackets, gleaming boots and magnificent horses amid the baying of hounds. The Vine and Craven Hunt…
POLICE are warning shoppers to be vigilant after a card skimming device was found on a cashpoint at a Tadley supermarket. Officers investigated after…
THE Tadley teenager who died in a collision with a car last Friday (21) has been formally identified. Sam Owen Belcher, aged 15, of Bowmonts Road, was…
HUNGERFORD Town Council is seeking a volunteer to fill a vacancy for the post of councillor. Mother-of-one Alana Wilson has already applied to fill one…
AN 18-YEAR-OLD from Calcot charged with attempted murder has appeared in court. Marlon Rowe, from Mey Close, Calcot, is accused of stabbing a man in the…
THAMES Valley Police has said a Tilehurst boy who went missing last month has now been found. Saif Mohammad (pictured), aged 15, from Tilehurst, was last…
WEST Berkshire Indoor Bowls Club, Pyle Hill, has raised £2,500 over the past 12 months for Macmillan and fundraising for the charity is continuing at…
FOURTEEN years of unbroken festive tradition continued in Stockcross this year, with one couple’s fantastic display of Christmas lights. The Fosters –…
THE frantic festive fixture list resumes tomorrow (Saturday) for our football clubs. Following their home draw to Swansea on Boxing Day, Reading welcome…
