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Increased profit for Vodafone

Increased profit for Vodafone

Newbury-based mobile phone operator makes £11.8bn NEWBURY-based mobile phone operater Vodafone has announced profits of £11.8bn for the year ending March…


Inkpen drinking hole scoops best pub award

Inkpen drinking hole scoops best pub award

The Swan Inn has picked up the West Berkshire CAMRA award and now goes head to head with other pubs in the region THE Swan Inn at Inkpen has scooped the…


Police close down cannabis factory in Thatcham

Police close down cannabis factory in Thatcham

A warrant was executed at an address in Rydal Drive yesterday (Monday) and 374 plants were found POLICE swooped on a cannabis factory in a residential…


Police seek man who exposed his chest in Tilehurst

Police seek man who exposed his chest in Tilehurst

A man exposed part of his body to two young girls in a car park outside of the Co-op in Tilehurst POLICE are trying to track a man who whistled at two…


Record number of runners joined Silchester fun run

Record number of runners joined Silchester fun run

Saturday's fun run attracted more entrants than ever, boosting funds for village community events RUNNERS were put through their paces on Saturday…


Social enterprise looks to 'fill the vacuum'

Social enterprise looks to 'fill the vacuum'

The Yume Project is taking on some activities affected by the cuts in adult social care within West Berkshire A SOCIAL enterprise has recently been formed…


Stranger tried to urge girl into car

Stranger tried to urge girl into car

Police are appealing for information after the incident in Hungerford yesterday (Monday) A TEENAGE girl was approached by a suspicious man as she walked…


Wild men reunited

Wild men reunited

John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett at Arlington this weekend John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett celebrate 40 Odd Years at Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, on…


Celebrating the achievements of adult learners

Celebrating the achievements of adult learners

The annual West Berkshire Learner Achievement Awards were held at Shaw House last Friday THE learning achievements of individuals, organisations and businesses…


Children enjoy VIP tour of Parkway

Children enjoy VIP tour of Parkway

A group of children from Victoria Park Nursery School visited the Newbury development on Thursday WITH their hard-hats at the ready, a group of children…


Double dose of defeat

Double dose of defeat

Falkland crash at home and Thatcham take a beating at Kew FALKLAND were sent to the bottom of the embryo Home Counties Premier League table as Oxford…


Facelift for Tilehurst school

Facelift for Tilehurst school

Denefield School is set for a £9m refurbishment after West Berkshire Council recently granted planning permission A SCHOOL in Tilehurst is to get a £9…


Local runners gear up for annual memorial run

Local runners gear up for annual memorial run

The five mile Ollie Johnson Memorial Run will take place in Kintbury on Sunday, June 5 LOCAL runners in West Berkshire are busy preparing for the Ollie…


Months of living in damp bedsit damaged our health

Months of living in damp bedsit damaged our health

Thatcham couple are finally being re-housed after a mystery leak in September caused mould to grow up walls A THATCHAM couple are finally to be moved…


No early prison release for Great Shefford murderer

No early prison release for Great Shefford murderer

Former Great Shefford woman Rena Salmon has failed in an appeal to reduce the length of her jail term for murder A FORMER Great Shefford mother-of-two…


Tea party at Shaw House

Tea party at Shaw House

West Berkshire Council is holding an event to celebrate the 10th birthday of the district's Walking for Health scheme WEST Berkshire Council is holding…


Thatcham ticket machine was faulty, admits car parking firm

Thatcham ticket machine was faulty, admits car parking firm

APCOA says it will look into individual cases after 49 motorists were fined at train station A NATIONAL car park management company has admitted that…


Bluebell walk for charity

Bluebell walk for charity

The walk, which is to raise money for the West Berkshire Rapid Response Cars, will take place at Fishers Farm A BLUEBELL walk is to take place today (Sunday)…


Newbury set to welcome in new mayor

Newbury set to welcome in new mayor

The annual mayor making ceremony will take place in the town today (Sunday) THE 415th mayor of Newbury will be sworn in today (Sunday) at the annual mayor…


New mayor in town

New mayor in town

Town councillor Jeff Beck is sworn in as the new mayor of Newbury at a ceremony this morning (Sunday) NEWBURY has this morning (Sunday) seen the inauguration…


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