Woolton Hill villagers are currently affected by another power cut, after a generator brought in to restore supplies broke down, following a cable fault…
THE jury has retired and is now considering its verdict in the murder trial of a Newbury nanny who was killed nearly 46 years ago. After five weeks of…
A CAR has veered off road on the A339, close to Newb ury Libr ary. The driver of the Subaru Forester involved, Robert Booth, aged 37 of Thatcham, said:…
TWO people who were arrested at Saturday’s Newbury Racecourse brawl have been released on police bail. Meanwhile police are still appealing for witnesses…
POST mortem tests were due to be carried out tomorrow (Tuesday) on an elderly couple who died at their Newbury home. Police were called to Heather Gardens…
Ten years or so ago a girl trying to break into the jazz singing game was performing in the open air to handfuls of diners outside a restaurant in Marlborough,…
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a mass brawl broke out at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday afternoon. At around 4pm a fight broke out, it is believed,…
VILLAGERS in Lambourn have branded the CCTV camera that supposedly scans the market place as an expensive white elephant .Some residents believe the cameras…
A DECISION is due tomorrow (Tues) on whether Calcot will be picked as the place to house the proposed new joint control centre for Berkshire and Oxfordshire’s…
THE LAMBOURN Valley has a new minister. Rev Martin Cawte will take over as priest in charge of the parishes of Lambourn, Eastbury and East Garston later…
A TAKEAWAY in Thatcham has been given the green light to stay open, despite running for months without planning permission. Members of West Berkshire…
FLOWERS placed at a child’s grave in Bucklebury are being repeatedly dumped inside a bin. Heartbroken Linda Goodwin, from Thatcham, said she had been…
A TEENAGE tae kwon do champion from West Berkshire says his inspiration for taking up the sport was the television programme the Power Rangers. Fifteen-year-old…
Bill Hall on day 2 of Marlborough Jazz FestivalThe organisers of the 26th Marlborough Jazz Festival had every reason to be hugging themselves with sheer…
HUNGERFORD turned out for its annual carnival yesterday evening (Saturday) despite some Biblical weather. The heavens opened on the parade, which had…
THE PROMISE of some rare sunshine was expected to swell the numbers on the last day of Newbury's epic beach tournament festival today (Sunday).Rugby,…
SEAN Doyle was crowned winner of this year’s You Must Be Joking comedy competition at the Corn Exchange last Tuesday evening. The judges for the final…
MANY of this week’s My Newbury photographer’s joined thousands of others at Wednesday’s Olympic Torch Relay. Ed Balch and Anneli Gooding took and sent…
NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon has responded to a huge public campaign to end the illegal ivory trade. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) handed…
AMBITIOUS new Thatcham Town FC manager has targeted a place in the playoffs for the coming season. Former Reading and Southend player Neville Roach (pictured…
