2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (98+ words) A man has been acquitted of harassing a woman. Thomas Daddow appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, August 24. The 47-year-old, of Barley Close, Thatcham, had been accused of harassing a female with intent to cause her…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (107+ words) Firefighters rescued a trapped person after a road traffic collision in West Berkshire. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call from South Central Ambulance Service at 6.21pm on Tuesday alerting it to the incident on Goring Lane between Burghfield…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (235+ words) A gardening club will be hosting a popular horticulturalist lecture following its move to a new venue. Newbury and District Gardeners Club has found a new home and will host its first meeting of autumn on Monday, September 14, at 7pm. The…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (311+ words) A new art@acespace exhibition has opened in the ACE Space bar and runs to December 7. Rachel Cheesman is a North Hampshire based painter and printmaker whose work primarily explores themes from the natural world; from both the internal and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (580+ words) Down at The Abbey returns to Reading Abbey Ruins tomorrow (Friday). The 2026 event is supported by Arts Council England and their Supporting Grassroots Music grant award. Created by award-winning independent Reading-based festival and event promoters Heavy Pop, Down at the…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (432+ words) A father is lobbying for a change to the way free school bus passes are issued in West Berkshire after being charged more than £1,000 for his son’s school travel despite choosing their ‘catchment’ secondary school. Brett Melvill-Smith lives in Hermitage…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (286+ words) A quarry near Thatcham will be producing 100,000 tonnes of recycled aggregate following an investment. Waste management company Grundon has invested £2.6m in a project to upgrade facilities at its site on Kennetholme Quarry. The money will be used to upgrade facilities…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (96+ words) in Chantry Mead, Hungerford Newbury Today Kitten gets head stuck in grill in Chantry Mead, Hungerford Firefighters had to rescue a kitten with its head stuck in a metal grill. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service received reports of an…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (369+ words) Thatcham-based business owner Cheryl Carroll-Smith was named in the UK Top 50 for ‘Skin Specialist of the Year’, placing 33rd in the country, while her business partner Andrea King placed 75th in the UK for ‘SPMU Artist of the Year’ at the official…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (218+ words) Plans have been submitted for a vast industrial estate on the old Quantel site on Turnpike Road in Newbury. A local residents’ campaign to stop it has already started. The scheme proposes approximately 127,210 sq ft of floorspace configured across four…...