The 24th annual ceremony of the WhatsOnStage Awards, run by the theatre website of the same name, was hosted at the London Palladium by Doctor Who star Bonnie Langford and musical theatre actress Melanie La Barrie.
Sunset Boulevard, an Andrew Lloyd Web…
The incidents occurred between January 7 and January 11 and resulted in the traffic death of an elderly pensioner.
Two of these incidents were multi-vehicle collisions and one occurred between a car and a pedestrian.
On January 7, the eastbound carriag…
The crash involving a white Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van and a lorry happened shortly after 4am on Thursday.
It took place on the westbound carriageway between junction 14 for Hungerford and junction 15 for Swindon.
The road was closed throughout the mor…
There are currently delays on both the railway and the roads around Newbury today (Monday).
The M4 remains shut in both directions[1] between junction 14 at Hungerford and junction 15 at Swindon, while crash investigation work continues.
There are cu…
Much of the south was battered by heavy rain on Thursday night.Otterbourne in Hampshire[1] saw the highest total rainfall recorded in the country on the day – 35.2mm (4.1ins)A number of flood alerts in Berkshire were still in place on Saturday morning,…
Genko has unveiled details for the construction of a surface car park at the railway station, including a café and EV charging points on land adjacent to Newbury Road.
The site comprises 1.18 hectares and is bounded by Newbury Road to the east, the rai…
This is picture shows why there is chaos along the main train network between south Wales and London on Friday (January 5). Network Rail released the picture of the platform at Newbury, west of Reading.
Great Western has warned of significant disruptio…
A level crossing will be closed at the end of the month.
Hamstead Level Crossing on Park Lane, Marsh Benham in Hamstead Marshall will be closed on November 19.
The closure will last between 12.30am and 8.30am to enable Network Rail to carry out essenti…
Plymouth rail passengers hoping to travel on trains today are being urged only do so if ‘absolutely necessary’ as strikes are set to halt all bar one set of services into the city. CrossCountry Trains say none of its service will be running, while Grea…
There is further traffic chaos on the A34 today (Wednesday) after another crash just north of Newbury.
One lane is shut, northbound, between the M4 at Chieveley and East Ilsley.
One lane is shut on the A34 between the M4 at Chieveley and East Ilsley
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UPDATE: 1.30pm: A full closure of the A34 near Winchester remains in place this lunchtime as crews work to recover a lorry which overturned earlier this morning.
Both carriageways are currently shut between the A303 and the M3 and are now not expected …
A new children’s play area at Newbury Road Recreation Ground has opened today (Monday 4 September).
The new play area which features equipment, including an accessible swing, a scramble and slide, a sky swing with pod seats as well as equipment suitabl…
Newbury MP Laura Farris is entering discussions with ministers and Network Rail for a bridge at Thatcham level crossing.
She met with staff at the Colthrop rail crossing control box yesterday morning (Friday) to ask questions and better understand its …
1. The Oracle Reading incident prompts evacuation as centre shut off
A LIVE blog brought updates as they happened after the Oracle shopping centre was evacuated on Monday (July 3).
The shopping centre was closed for the remainder of Monday after a fue…