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…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (233+ words) Thatcham Town Kingfishers fell to a 4-1 defeat at Denham United Reserves in the Thames Valley Counties Women’s Football League Division 2 South. Denham United Ladies Reserves made home advantage count on opening day, delivering a strong first-half performance to put the…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (327+ words) A judge took pity on a former drug dealer – after it took around seven years for him to be brought to court for sentencing. The justice system’s delay in finally dealing with Nicholas Hutchins meant the former crook was now…...

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, 15+ hour ago   (465+ words) The final Saturday of the Thames Valley Cricket League Division 2A season saw dynamic action at both ends of the table. It was a story of title glory for Theale and Tilehurst and decisive wins for Thatcham Town and Sulhamstead & Ufton....

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (654+ words) Newbury Town produced a thrashing on Saturday, putting 11 goals past a ten-man Cookham Dean side in a Thames Valley Premier League victory. Playing their home fixture at Hungerford Town’s Bulpit Lane, the opening stages belonged entirely to the Faraday Road…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (351+ words) A new collective is aiming to bring together young professionals from the West Berkshire area to connect through ‘genuine face-to-face relationships’. Newbury Young Professionals, founded by Ella Buckley from Howden, Emilia Cole from Horsey Lightly Solicitors, Ella McCarthy from Handelsbanken…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (735+ words) When you initially imagine the idea of conservation work, it is easy to think of far-away images of elephant hunting, or nearly-extinct species in the depths of the ocean. But the answer to survival for some endangered birds lies closer…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (253+ words) Organisers, sponsors and supporters of N-Fest gathered at Newbury Racecourse on Wednesday to raise a glass ahead of the beer festival’s return next month. The special launch event brought together committee members and key stakeholders to mark the final countdown…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (302+ words) CBD products have arrived on Newbury's high street with the unobtrusive completeness with which most national retail trends arrive in Berkshire. They sit on the supplement shelf at Waitrose and Sainsbury's, in the dropper-bottle bay at the larger Boots and…...