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NEW ROAD HELD UP BY ‘CRAYFISH’
A PROPOSED relief road in Watlington has been delayed by the possible presence of a rare species of crayfish. Oxfordshire County Council is seeking to convene an extraordinary meeting of its planning committee next month after the £19.3 million bypass scheme missed consideration this month after ad...
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Right to wild camp
THE Open Spaces Society has called on the Government to legalise wild camping on all open country. The pressure group for public access rights, which is based in Henley, was responding to a Supreme Court decision that the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 gives walkers and horse riders a right to wild camp ...
Light of faith is vital in our troubled world
SOME time ago, I was interested to read two personal faith quotes in the press. Both were from sports people, which I found very constructive and encouraging. The British swimming champion was quoted as saying: “I’d rather have my faith and my relationship with Jesus and come second than have a ...
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Ancient art of rug-making grows in popularity online
A FATHER and daughter who run a rug business in Henley have captured a new generation of customers by showing their collection online. Bahram Javadi-Babreh, 70, owns Thames Carpets in Newtown Road, which he runs with his daughter Sophie, 27, selling, cleaning and restoring rugs. After moving to the ...
Open gardens
HOUSEHOLDERS in Hambleden will open their gardens to the public tomorrow (Saturday) from 10am to 4pm. There will also be a summer market in the village hall with a pop-up café for light lunches and teas. Parking for the gardens will be signposted on entry into the village. Entrance costs £5, which...
Vegan fiesta
A VEGAN festival will be held in Market Place, Henley, on Saturday, August 16 from 11am to 3pm. Henley Vegan Fiesta has been organised in association with the town council and there will be stalls selling deli products, baked goods, skincare products and eco-friendly gifts....
Roadworks
| Temporary traffic lights will be in place in Reading Road next week for utility repair and maintenance work. Scottish and Southern Power Distribution will be on site from 8am on Thursday, June 12 until 6pm on Sunday, June 22. |
Food hygiene ratings
TWO venues in Shiplake have been awarded food hygiene ratings following inspections. Shiplake Primary School in Memorial Avenue was awarded five stars, meaning overall standards were “very good”, while Shiplake College, off Reading Road, was awarded a “generally satisfactory” three stars....
Village fete
NETTLEBED fete will be held on Saturday, June 21 in the recreation ground off Watlington Street from 2pm to 9pm. Attractions will include a dog show, Merlin the Magician, a petting zoo, Zorbs, a rodeo bull, street food and games including fancy dress wheelbarrow races, a bar and teas. Entry is free ...
Vehicles run
DOZENS of buses, coaches and lorries will take part in a vintage vehicle rally starting in Henley next Sunday (June 15). The Ridgeway Run, which is organised by the South Midlands branch of the Historic Commercial Vehicle Society, will assemble at the Henley station car park at 7.30am. The rally, no...
Branch line set to shut for five days
TRAINS between Henley and Twyford are set to be suspended at the end of next month while track improvement works take place. The Henley branch line will be shut from Monday, July, 28 until Friday, August 1 while Network Rail carries out planned track renewal work. No trains will run between Henley a...
Police advice
| POLICE community support officer Claire Hewett will be at Henley station on Sunday, June 15 offering crime advice, discussing local issues and answering questions. |
Dog walk
A SAUSAGE dog walk will be held tomorrow (Saturday). Walkers and pets should meet at the Flower Pot in Aston at 10.50am for an 11am start. The river walk will be followed by tea, coffee and a barbecue. There will be a collection for Frankie the dachshund, who recently underwent major spinal cord sur...
Dry, warm May
THE dry weather for spring continued until the third week of May, then 33mm of rain fell on seven days from the 20th. Normally you would expect at least 40mm over the whole month. Temperatures were again well above the average and there were no air frosts. The lowest temperature was 2C and there may...
YESTERDAY afternoon a motor smash happened at the Cross. A policeman on point duty signalled to a driver of a limousine coming up Hart Street to stop so as to allow a car driven by Mr W J Borlase to cross over the road. Instead of stopping, the limousine driver continued and ran into Mr Borlase’s ...
THE move to convert the Imperial, one of Henley’s last remaining hotels, into offices is likely to be opposed by Henley Town Council. Speaking at Tuesday’s meeting of the plans, environment and highways committee, Mr Roy Sadler said: “Henley needs this hotel. If it is not doing well, that is a...
PARENTS are being advised not to panic after a boy was struck down by a lethal strain of meningitis. Luke Jones, four, of Upton Close, Henley, left intensive care at a London hospital on Wednesday and is now doing well. His grandmother Shirley Jones said: “He is fighting very hard and making some ...
HENLEY is united behind the Save Our Beds campaign. Doctors and other experts have joined residents and town councillors in demanding that the 18 beds originally promised for the new Townlands Hospital are delivered. The Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group is planning to axe the 14-bed Peppard ...
All smiles at vintage tractor run across countryside
A CONVOY of 68 vintage tractors completed a charity run on Sunday. The Chiltern Vintage Tractor Run, now in its 19th year, is a 22-mile, seven-hour route across estates and fields in the Chilterns. It raises funds for Thames Valley Air Ambulance, whose volunteers helped to steward the run. The theme...
Repair of rural road not priority
A RIDGE in a road in Nuney Green that has caused damage to vehicles has been classified as a “medium risk”. The hump in the road leading to the hamlet near Cane End is about 5m long and 20cm high in places. Last week, resident Adornino Basso told the Henley Standard that the state of the road ha...