Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a robbery that occurred on Monday (16/7) at approximately 5.20pm in the car park area between Pizza Hut and Kwik Fit in the Industrial Estate, Faraday Road, Newbury. A 16-year-old boy was walking through the car park when he was approached by a group of 6 or […]


Jazz and Blues on the Town
The sound of New Orleans returned to town this past weekend (14/15 July) with Visit Newbury’s free to attend Jazz and Blues Festival. Newbury, treated to over twelve hours of great music from the era which saw some of the biggest names in music develop their craft. Saturday night saw the exceptional solo and slide […]

Banner takes a battering ahead of Storm Front.
Newbury’s freak weather storm has pulled down one of the banners along Northbrook Street. Fire services who were quick to the scene have safely cordoned off the area despite severe damage to the frontage of the offices. Traffic update from West Berkshire Council: Northbrook Street is currently closed between Albert Road and West Street due […]

Get yourself Hooked on Peter Pan this Summer
Soar away to Neverland at Shaw House this Summer as the Immersion Theatre proudly present their most magical musical to date, Peter Pan, on Monday 13 August at 6pm. The audience should get ready to think happy thoughts and fly high as the mischievous Peter embarks on an awfully big adventure, introducing the Darling children […]

Thames Valley Kings Coach Wins Development Coach of the Year Award
Kings coach Grant Barker celebrates winning Development Coach of the year at the national wheelchair basketball awards Kings coach, Grant Barker celebrated winning Development Coach of the year at the 2018 Richard Langhorn Trust Wheelchair Basketball Awards on Saturday. Grant was shortlisted for the award after an excellent year as a coach including taking Kings […]

Community Transport Needs You!
West Berkshire Council is looking to help the Community Transport Schemes in the district recruit more volunteer drivers. Community Transport Groups in West Berkshire need drivers for their community buses, Handybuses, and own car drivers for their Community Car Schemes. If you have some time to spare each week (as little or as much as […]

CPR training for Kintbury
Kintbury councillor, Jon Hemphill, attended a Heartstart Thatcham course in 2017 where collaboration was formed. Jon arranged for a hall to be made available in his home village of Kintbury where he set the target of training a quarter of the population with at least CPR and defibrillator skills by the end of 2019. That […]

Award Winners Announced at the Newbury Ladies Presentation Evening
Newbury Ladies Football Club held their end of season awards ceremony last Saturday at the Donnington Valley Hotel & Golf Club. It was attended by Steve Masters, who was representing Eight Bells for Mental Health Newbury and he collected a cheque on the evening on the charity’s behalf for £300. This amount was donated by […]

Thatcham Station Closure
Station Road will be closed at Thatcham Level Crossing overnight on Wednesday 18th July 2018 while Network Rail renew the power packs to the barriers. The closure is expected to be in place from 22:00hrs on Wednesday 18th July until approx. 05:00hrs on Thurs 19th July 2018. During the closure all traffic will be diverted […]

Waste Vehicle Stuck in Old Bath Road, Newbury
A waste vehicle has become victim of a sink hole which has opened up in Newbury. The vehicle travelling along the Old Bath Road at the time fell into a developing sink hole around 1.30pm today, Thursday 5th July. Thames Valley Police, quick to respond, closed the road for safety reasons and allowing space for […]
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