WEST Berkshire’s core strategy, which outlines the district council’s plans for 10,500 new homes in the next 14 years, has been found sound. However,…
IN THE Hungerford edition of the Newbury Weekly News this week tributes are paid to father of two Peter James Wright, found dead at his home in kennedy…
WALKING 13 walks by the end of 2013 to raise £2013 is the target set by local care worker, Sandra Owen. After losing her Mum to breast cancer in 2006,…
A TALENTED West Berkshire musician has been chosen to perform at the Olympics in an initiative designed to showcase unsigned artists. Edward Bell, aged…
A FLOWER shop in Theale has been targeted by thieves. Croppers in Bloom, in High Street, was broken into overnight between Wednesday and Thursday.A sat-nav,…
THE cost of living in rural West Berkshire will add an extra £2,000 to your annual shopping bill compared to urban areas, a new study has claimed. Inflation…
ALE mugs at the ready, the date for the ninth annual Newbury Real Ale Festival has been set. The event will be held in Northcroft Park on Saturday, September…
THREE of Reading FC’s Barclays Premier League fixtures have been moved for live broadcast. The Royals’ clash with Tottenham at Madejski Stadium, alongside…
A SUSPECTED shoplifter was wrestled to the ground by local shop-workers on No rthbrook Street, Newbury, this afternoon (Thursday). The police were called…
By Georgina Campbell and Mark Taylor AS one door opens another one closes at the Kennet Shopping centre in Newbury following the collapse of health food…
IN this week's Newbury Weekly News West Berkshire is bracing itself for an Olympic extravaganza as the iconic torch heads our way. We have a free route…
HUNGERFORD Town FC manager Bobby Wilkinson has said his team is hungry for success in the coming season following playoff heartache during the last campaign.…
NEWBURY based charity, Swings and Smiles has experienced another set back on its road to finding a permanent home. Charity founder, Sian Cook, was hoping…
AGGREGATES firm Lafarge has defended plans which could result in up to 120 extra HGV trips a day through Aldermaston should its sand and gravel extraction…
ST Bartholomew's School in Newbury is preparing further development and residents are being invited to have their say on its plans. A planning application…
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (15)Review rating ***You have to admit, it’s a good title. Sadly though, we’ve been here before as far as genre “mash-ups”…
THEY did it! Intrepid Guy Parkes and his team have smashed their way into the world record books by rowing across the English Channel in a Cornish fishing…
MORE misery has been heaped on long-suffering A34 drivers following two rush hour incidents today (Wednesday). A two vehicle collision near East Ilsley…
The man largely responsible for Bob Dylan’s interest in folk music is coming to Arlington Arts on Saturday, July 14. Spider John Koerner was a contemporary…
THATCHAM Memorial Playing Fields played host to the Festival of Spirit held on Sunday (1). Organisers, Nigel and Pippa Furlong-King, both spiritual healers…
