Berkshire County, England News Archives

Two people have died after falling into rivers in the past 24 hours. Their deaths come as the Met Office issued a severe weather warning for South-West England today.

FOR FIVE YEARS the residents of Hambleden, near Henley-on-Thames, tried in vain to get broadband connections in their pretty village.

Big Brother-style CCTV masts installed in the Berkshire village that was the setting for the Wind in the Willows were torn down today in a victory for residents and business owners.

A woman died after falling into a river in Cornwall as torrential rain and high winds created treacherous conditions across the South of England.

A teenage girl was kidnapped and subjected to a "horrific" sexual attack, police said today.

A man was thrown from his car when it left the M4 motorway in Berkshire and crashed into a ditch on Friday night.

A West Reading woman who died after a collision with a truck on Tuesday afternoon has been named as Noreen Edwards.

Three members of a Slough family have been jailed for a A 771,000 tax fraud. Company director Amarjit Singh Sidhu, his wife Balwant Kaur Sidhu and his cousin Surjit Singh Dhindsa were convicted of cheating the public revenue after a trial last month.

KPMG said 391 stores would close with the loss of 2,140 jobs, although it remained hopeful that some of the outlets would be sold as going concerns before the closure process was completed.

A sex pest netted two decades after he tried to rape a woman in Reading has been told jail is certain.

People who like to sing along with the X Factor stars can join a new choir in Reading.

The number of people killed or injured in hit-and-runs in Reading East almost doubled last year, recent figures show.

The news has been praised by the 16-year-old's dad, John, who has been campaigning for action to make the town safer for young people since Paddy fell from cliffs in July.

Six arrests have already been made this month as part of a police crackdown on burglary.

A 44-year-old man has admitted the attempted rape of a woman in Berkshire 22 years ago after new forensic evidence came to light.

Following on from yesterday's news that a couple were caught having sex on a clock tower in the middle of a busy shopping centre in Sydney, we take a look at some of the most unusual places people get down and dirty in public: The Queen's lawn In May this year, a couple were arrested after being caught having sex on the Queen's lawn at Windsor ...

A MAN has appeared in court charged with grievous bodily harm following a stabbing outside a Weybridge pub last Friday night.

A FORMER RAF technician who broke his neck during a fun day at an Air Force base has launched a 6 million compensation bid in London's High Court.

Man escapes jail for attacking his wife after he catches her flirting with another man in a Thatcham pub A HUSBAND attacked his wife in a pub after he caught her flirting with another man, Newbury magistrates heard last Thursday, November 19.

Householders will be rewarded with cash incentives for recycling at home under radical new Conservative plans aimed at tackling global warming.

A drummer got the chance to strut his funky stuff at a performance in honour of the special anniversary of a top BBC recording studio.

A West Reading man has been found not guilty of burgling a house with a crowbar.

A 21-YEAR-OLD Wycombe man was in a "trance-like state" while beating a businessman to death outside his home, a psychiatrist told a court.

A prolific burglar who claimed he learned his lesson after becoming a victim of crime has been jailed once again.

Global drinks giant PepsiCo is eyeing up an audacious move to Reading's striking skyscraper The Blade, getreading can reveal.

The jury in the case of a carjacker accused of deliberately injuring a mother of four he ran over in her own car in Berkshire has been sent out to consider its verdict.

It is crunch time for Reading's retailers. That is the message from business bosses who have claimed Christmas is a - make or break' period for the town's shops.

A multi-car collision on Monday evening resulted in the closure of a busy commuter route and traffic chaos between Reading and Bracknell.

A pair of boots thought to have belonged to Oliver Cromwell are to be sold at auction.

A HAZLEMERE man saw his best friend fatally shot during an armed robbery in a Texas bar.

A mother was run over and dragged up to 65ft by her own car after a laughing thief leapt behind the wheel and drove off, a court has heard.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Local Government and also in Communities Wednesday 18th November 2009 - 9:29am Big lights switch-off in Wokingham gets police backing The part-night street lighting trial being tested out in various roads across the Wokingham Borough has been met with support by residents and the police as it approaches the ...

A woman who turned to heroin after her drug-user fiancA© died of an overdose has begged for a jail term so she can give up the drug.

A hammer-wielding robber leapt from a car and mugged a businessman of his takings in Woodley on Saturday afternoon.

A Winnersh man is due to appear in court charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm following an incident in Bracknell.

A fresh new version of the pioneering Safe Drive Stay Alive campaign is set to be shown to thousands of students and young drivers across the Thames Valley.

TWO men who handled stolen goods worth A 170,000 amassed from an eight-month burglary spree are behind bars.

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I am delighted to hear that South Oxfordshire vineyard owner, Phil Rossi, is celebrating becoming the first John Lewis employee to win a contract to sell his wine to sister company, Waitrose.

A police crackdown on burglary has seen further arrests this week as part of Operation Breaker.

A Lower Earley man - " the first person in Berkshire West to be arrested under a new law forbidding the possession of extreme pornography - " has been re-bailed. The law was brought in following a campaign by mum Liz Longhurst, from Whitley in Reading, whose daughter Jane was murdered by a man with a fixation for violent porn, and Reading West MP ...

Cars had to take evasive action to avoid a child in a pram being pushed around by drunk former junkie Darren Wooldridge.

Thursday, 12 November 2009, 5:24 pm Press Release: Auckland Theatre Company Auckland Theatre Company will recreate the giddy glamour of 1930s' Berlin in 2010 with its production of CABARET in Salon Perdu Spiegeltent, the Company's very own Kit Kat Klub, just one of the fantastic shows Auckland Theatre Company is offering theatre lovers in 2010.

A BURGLAR used a ladder to break into a Booker home. A computer games console and accessories and digital camera were stolen.

From left: Hoffman, Rhys Ifans and director Curtis share a laugh on the set of 'Pirate Radio.' Courtesy Focus Features Sure, it's only rock n' roll, but Richard Curtis likes it - " so much that he wrote and directed Pirate Radio , a joyous ode to the irrepressible spirit of rock, put to the severest of tests in the '60s by closed-minded British ...

Victoria Cross recipient Mark Donaldson meets the Queen at Windsor Castle. Mark Donaldson never dared dreamed he would one day be the boy from the Australian bush who went to England to meet the Queen.

DETECTIVES in Staines have released an image of a teenager they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a Poppy Appeal collection tin from the offices of Spelthorne Borough Council.

A taxi driver who has been the victim of violent and racial attacks claims police are not dealing with behaviour plaguing Wokingham's ranks.

A MUGGER threatened a woman at knifepoint while she got into her car on November 5. The incident happened outside Wessex Court, in De Havilland Way, Stanwell when the 24-year-old woman was getting into her car at around 7.30pm. The victim, who is from Staines, was talking on her mobile phone when she was approached by the suspect.

A COUPLE found dead at their Newbury home have been named. The bodies of Dennis Milner, aged 83, and his 81-year-old wife Flora, who was known as Billy, were found at their Enborne Road home early on Sunday morning.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Staines businessman and Rotarian who has died of a rare disease.

Controversial plans to change the bus routes and services in Woodley will be discussed next week.

Elton John has been released from hospital and is preparing to resume his tour. The Rocket Man fell ill last month with a nasty bout of influenza - but the star sparked serious fears for his health when he was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor, England after medics diagnosed him with an E.coli bacterial infection.

Friends and family of Juan Claude McKenley have vowed to campaign against knife crime in his memory.

A 37-year-old man died of injuries he suffered in a three-vehicle accident Monday in an I-78 work zone in Berks County.

Jobseekers can pick up advice and meet potential employers at a job fair on Friday.

MORE Poppy Appeal collections have been stolen in the county, with two doctors' surgeries in Woking targeted as well as the offices of Spelthorne Borough Council in Staines.

A passenger is in hospital seriously ill after the specialist - kit car' he was travelling in smashed into a tree in Lower Earley.

Controversial plans to build hundreds of homes on Sandford Farm have been approved by a Government inspector.

The ringleader of a gang who attacked and sexually humiliated a teenage boy with learning difficulties in a Reading park will have to serve at least three years in jail.

A stroll in one of Bracknella s Green Flag parks can considerably reduce the chances of mental health problems and make people more immune to disease, a new study reveals.

Two men have been jailed for handling stolen goods worth more than A 170,000. Thomas Frank, 25, from Deveron Drive, Tilehurst, and tattooed Nicholas Shackleford, 20, from Blandford Road, Whitley, handled property stolen from 22 burglaries, including raids in Caversham and Newbury.

In New York, "Leonardo Da Vinci's Workshop: Inventor + Artist + Dreamer," opens Nov.

Britain's Prince Charles, left, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, right, are seen in a carriage during a state procession with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and visiting Indian President Pratibha Patil, not seen, at Windsor Castle, England, Tuesday Oct.

Woodley's precinct has lost 53,000 hours of shopping time because of the increase of car parking charges, an opposition councillor has claimed.

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A hard-hitting play will be performed to hundreds of young people throughout the Thames Valley, warning of the dangers of becoming involved in violence.