PUPILS and staff at a Newbury school shocked and saddened by the sudden death of a pupil are today (Friday) to attend a special tribute service for her.…
IN less than six months West Berkshire residents will head to the polls to vote in a new US-style Police and Crime Commissioner. On November 15 for the…
THE 21st annual Hungerford and District Community Arts Festival (HADCAF) gets underway today (Friday). And a packed itinerary has already been prepared,…
A TRIO of heroic wartime bomber pilots are to join some of their former comrades at the unveiling of a major new memorial in London today (Thursday).…
AFFORDABLE opera in the open air comes to Newbury this weekend when Opera Brava return to the Racecourse for the fourth year, to perform Rossini’s The…
Red Lights (15)Review rating***Red Lights is a smart, engaging thriller that starts promisingly, but rapidly runs out of steam. Its director, Rodrigo…
HUNGERFORD town councillor David Liddiard tells us about meeting the Queen during her visit to Henley on Monday. Mr Liddiard said that the Queen was “very…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News pupils and staff at St Bartholomew’s School, Newbury, mourn the sudden death of a pupil. Tributes have been paid to…
DESPITE the recent hosepipe bans in the Thames Valley, water is still being wasted, say West Berkshire villagers who have reported ongoing leaks this…
A PLAN to scrap GCSEs and replace them with O-levels has been criticised by education figures across West Berkshire who have told the Government - ‘stop…
Newbury Athletic Club juniors were rewarded for two seasons of competition with club tracksuits paid for jointly by the Athletic Club and the Ollie Johnson…
POLICE are re-appealing for information after two young girls were exposed to in West Berkshire. The incident happened on May 19, when two 11-year-old…
A WEST Berkshire girl who was crowned BBC Junior Bake Off winner last year has raised £600 for new cooking equipment at her school. Ten-year-old Freya…
THATCHAM-based company Reading Freight Services has ceased trading. The company ran more than 30 vehicles, from one ton vans to 44 ton lorries, out of…
NEWBURYTODAY.CO.UK'S guide to gigs in and around Newbury Thursday, June 28:The Monument, Newbury – Street Corner Talking (9pm)The Joiners, Southampton…
THE chance of blood found at a West Berkshire murder scene not being that of convicted child murderer David Burgess is ‘smaller than one in a billion’,…
THE A34 was re-opened at 4.43am today (Wednesday) after an overturned lorry yesterday evening prompted police to close the northbound carriageway. Police…
NEWBURY Market Place will be turned into a huge BMX display when the Olympic torch comes to town, it has been announced. The Olympic torch is scheduled…
NEWBURY Young People's Council is to hold a concert to raise money for West Berkshire Mencap. The concert will be held at Newbury Corn Exchange on July…
PLANS have been submitted to build houses on a former Thatcham plant hire facility site. The proposed estate at Station Road, submitted by MatchBox Architects…
