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West Berkshire Council says it is gathering evidence to prosecute those behind the illegal development of land near to AWE in Aldermaston.

West Berkshire planners have added a clause to stop a land owner in Tidmarsh from ever being able to use a new barn as a home.

Plans are afoot to elect children and young people to West Berkshire Council.

Around 11,000 residents in West Berkshire could be missing out on unclaimed benefits.

Dementia diagnosis wait times are increasing in West Berkshire.

Writing 26 books and a memoir in his lifetime, John le Carré is widely considered to be one of the best spy novelists of all time.

Peter Greene, the actor known for roles in Pulp Fiction and The Mask, has died aged 60.

Primal Scream have said a video containing alleged antisemitic imagery was a "piece of art" and was intended to "provoke debate, not hate".

Author Joanna Trollope has died aged 82, her family has said.

Glaswegian comic actor and impressionist Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.

Two people have died in a house fire following reports of an explosion in the garden, police said.

The King’s message about his cancer recovery “will save lives”, Charles’ friend and authorised biographer Jonathan Dimbleby has said.

Martin Compston has lauded Sir Billy Connolly for dealing with Parkinson’s “incredibly bravely”.

Relatively unknown Nordic resorts are rivalling Italy and Bulgaria as Europe’s best value ski trip destinations, according to new research.

Laws governing the sale of alcohol at football matches are “outdated and out of touch”, the Scottish Government has been told as it was urged to lift the ban on drinking at games.

Half of secondary pupils have avoided school in the past year because of anxiety, a poll has found.

Shoppers increasingly turned to “alternative” ways to pay in 2024, such as buy now pay later methods, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

The UK’s economy contracted for the second month running in October, defying expectations for a rebound as car manufacturing only made a slight recovery from the Jaguar Land Recovery cyber attack

A £20,000 reward is being offered to help find the killer of a grandmother found dead in her home.

Three men have been jailed for life after an an innocent grandfather was shot through his living room window in a murder which was caught on a doorbell camera.

A city council says it is “deeply saddened” by the theft of more than 600 artefacts from its museum collection.

The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year and has jumped by 55% in a week, NHS figures show.

Liverpool is the most generous city in the UK this year, according to figures from a fundraising platform.

At least 18 million people could be offered extra help with their investments and pensions over the next decade with the “game changing” introduction of targeted support, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Social media platforms must do more to stop explicit images of children being shared online, a police chief has said.

The Health Secretary has warned that a resident doctors’ strike over Christmas would have a “much different degree of risk” than previous walkouts, adding that he “cannot think of a single other trade union in this country that would behave this way”.

English actor Ray Winstone has said he is “very proud to be a Londoner” after receiving the Freedom of the City of London.

Iceland’s national broadcaster RUV has confirmed it will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Bestselling author Sophie Kinsella has died after being diagnosed with a form of aggressive brain cancer.