Hurst’s band of more than 60 volunteers have performed hundreds of acts of kindness to help fellow villagers through the Covid-19 period. Grateful residents, marooned at home shielding or self-isolating,...

A remarkable young writer’s poem about her father’s death and much more has won a prize in a competition. Molly Akers, 18, of Lower Earley, won the 12-18 section of...

“At the front the builders had to remove some of the render to do this properly. They discovered the render was loose and it all had to come off there....

Spirits were high at the first-ever Virtual Hurst Show and Country Fayre. The mixture of many virtual and real events proved that the popular annual show could continue to be...

A teenager who became passionately enthusiastic about painting during the coronavirus lockdown has just exhibited his work. Ted Barnard, 19, who has cerebral palsy and lives in Hurst, uses a...

Gardeners can stock up their gardens from a plant stall in the car park of Hurst Convenience Stores in Wards Cross (the main A321 through the village), Hurst on Saturday,...

BBC sports presenter Mike Bushell will be lending his support to the first ever virtual Hurst Show and Country Fayre this year. The show’s hobby horse competition, where households are...

A village shop is going the extra mile during the virus pandemic to ensure vulnerable and self-isolating customers get food. Manager at Hurst Convenience Stores, Jayne Overington, says the store...

Our windows have been filled with children’s cheering and colourful paintings during the virus pandemic. In this week’s quiz you are looking for the name of the colour which will...

World Health Organisation coronavirus professor Ben Cowling says China has acted swiftly to clamp down on a new outbreak of Covid-19 in their capital, Beijing. And he has a warning...