STOCKCROSS recreation ground’s dilapidated sports pavilion will have a swish replacement - thanks to a £50,000 windfall. Speen Parish Council and AFC…
MORE than £16,000 was given out to local charities and organisations by Thatcham Town Council at its grants committee meeting on Monday (23) evening.…
West Berkshire is the fifth happiest area in the UK to live, in a list of 143 places, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics…
A POWER cut is currently affecting 1,600 properties in North Hampshire for the second time in two weeks. Spokeswoman for Southern Electric, Hannah Gleave,…
NEWBURY firefighters are currently dealing with a multi vehicle collision on the A34 north of Chieveley towards Oxfordshire. According to Phil Knight,…
JOHN Lewis at Home, Newbury, hosted a tea party last weekend to celebrate the Olympic Games and to help tackle lonliness and isolation amongst the elderly.…
NEW Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling banks have been installed across the region and West Berkshire Council and Veolia Environmental…
TWO 15-year-old boys have been arrested following a burglary in Newbury. The Thames Valley Police force helicopter and dog unit were among the resources…
A CHIEVELEY woman pregnant with her first child has walked 180 miles from her home village to Cornwall for charity. Swollen ankles are often a given for…
THREE West Berkshire day centres could be turned into a late night venue for discos and stag parties, residents fear. At the centre of the controversy…
NEWBURY firefighters were called to the scene of an abandoned vehicle which was on fire on the A4 between Newbury and Hungerford during the early hours…
VISITORS flocked to this year’s Newbury Waterways Festival in Victoria Park on Sunday, as the sun shone down. An hour after the festival opened at 10am…
TRIPLE child killer, David Burgess, has been sentenced to life in prison this morning (Monday) for the murder of a Beenham nanny. Burgess, who last week…
THE man found guilty of murdering a Beenham nanny 46 years ago is due to be sentenced today (Monday). Sixty-four-year-old David Burgess, formerly of Stoneyfield,…
NEWBURY’S hopes of lifting a pre-season trophy were undone when they went down 3-1 to Wessex League Whitchurch United in the final of the Glenn Anderson…
FORMER Reading star James Harper has joined Hungerford Town after being persuaded by his long-time friend Bobby Wilkinson to come on board. The 31-year…
NEWBURY Rugby Club have unveiled a new three-pronged coaching team in a bid to halt the rollerball slide that has taken the club to its lowest-ever position…
FALKLAND and Thatcham retained their outside chances of snatching promotion spots with wins on a welcome return to action on Saturday. Falkland scored…
BELEAGUERED rail passengers in West Berkshire look set to benefit from a £9bn programme of rail investment, but are likely to see their pockets raided…
NEWBURY Racecourse will keep its alcohol licence despite being caught selling alcohol to teenagers. Between November 2010 and November 2011, the venue…
