A WEST Berkshire pub has been crowned with the title of the tastiest scotch eggs in the country. The Bladebone Inn, Chapel Row, won the gold medal at…
"We've only gone and got one of the best classical guitarists in the world coming here!," says Arlington Arts director Tony Trigwell Jones. Celebrated…
RAIL passengers travelling toward Reading are facing delays this morning following problems on the line. Signal problems at Langley have caused delays…
FLYING doctors will be taking to the skies of West Berkshire for the first time this week. As of October 1, Thames Valley and Chiltern and Hampshire and…
THE recently appointed West Berkshire Conservative party leader, Gordon Lundie, has now been elected as the council’s leader. The 44-year-old was elected…
MOTORISTS are still risking their lives driving through Headley Ford, despite the closure of the ford earlier this year, following a fatality, when the…
PLANS for a new teaching block with specialist facilities for physically disabled and hearing impaired pupils at Kennet School in Thatcham have been approved.…
A PUPIL from Kennet School in Thatcham has been showing entrepreneurial spirit in her bid to fund a charity trip overseas. When she was tasked with fundraising…
BUDGET cuts have forced changes to how the police helicopter is deployed across the region. The new National Police Air Service (NPAS) launched on Monday…
ONE lane of the motorway is currently closed after a car was involved in a crash earlier today (Mon). Lane one of the eastbound carriageway is closed…
A SCHOOL building near Bucklebury constructed without planning permission has been demolished. West Berkshire Council took enforcement action against…
NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon has defended controversial plans for badger culls aimed at reducing bovine tuberculosis (TB). Mr Benyon, Parliamentary Under-Secretary…
DOGS Trust Newbury has launched its 2012 Junior Canine Carer competition with a nationwide search for the best photo capturing “A Dog’s Day”. The UK’s…
WEST Berkshire Council has completed preparation work for a major road resurfacing programme during October. Thirty-eight roads have been machine-patched…
THREE local charities collected cheques from John Lewis at Home last week, as a result of the company’s first Community Matters handout. The Community…
A PENWOOD children’s rugby coach has told how she used her first aid training to save her husband, who was potentially choking to death. Barbra Frost,…
OLYMPIAN, Max Whitlock, visited the Argyles Nursing home in Newbury recently to encourage the residents and local school children to get active. The gymnastics…
A CANCER sufferer’s lit cigarette ignited a support cushion, causing a fireball which engulfed him, an inquest heard. David Kenneth Carden, known to friends…
DECADES ago, thousands of young American soldiers marched and trained on land surrounding their Littlecote House base. On Sunday, October 7, the area…
Budgens 27th annual 10km run takes place in Mortimer on today (Sun). The event is open to runners, joggers and walkers and has been organised by Reading…
