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Survey ordered to find cause of pond’s falling water levels
A HYDROLOGICAL survey of a village pond which started losing water at the beginning of the year will take place after deliveries of water failed to stabilise water levels. Sonning Common Parish Council’s Finance Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to appoint Water Resource Associates, a speci...
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Rail user group celebrates 10 years of helping commuters
A TRAIN passenger support group has celebrated its 10 year anniversary. Henley Trains was set up by Neil Gunnell, of Blandy Road, in 2015 to assist passengers on the branch line while providing information and timetable help and building a better relationship with railway staff. The group also runs ...
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Farmers in and around Henley have warned of limited winter feed for their livestock and inflated food prices after a dry summer cut crop yields by up to two thirds. The Met Office is on track to record one of the warmest summers since 1884, following hot spells in May, June and July. Last month it r...
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TRAINS from Henley, Shiplake and Wargrave to Twyford were cancelled on Wednesday after a tree fell onto the tracks. Great Western Railway laid on rail replacement taxis to transport passengers in the morning and the line reopened at about 10.45am. Trains from the branch line had been cancelled since...
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AN IBIZA-themed party will be held at Henley Town Hall on Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20 from 7pm to 12am. On the Friday, there will be a DJ set from Seb Fontaine, who has performed sets at clubs including Ministry of Sound and former Ibiza club Cream. Electronic music duo N-Trance ...
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A COFFEE shop in Duke Street has been awarded the top food hygiene rating. Costa Coffee was rated five stars, meaning overall standards are “very good” at the venue following an inspection on July 29. The venue was rated “good” across the board for its food hygiene and safety, structural com...
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A WALK in aid of Parkinson’s UK will be held in Henley on Sunday, September 28, from 11am. The event will start and finish in Mill Meadows and entrants can choose a 1.3-mile or six-mile route. Tickets cost £12, children under 18 go free. To sign up, visit tinyurl.com/35a84yx2...
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| THE next meeting of Henley Card Club will take place at the Angel on the Bridge on Thursday, September 4, from 7pm to 9pm. The event will raise money for the Chiltern Centre which helps young people with disabilities. Entry costs £2. |
FASHION designer and TV presenter Jeff Banks, pictured here with Amanda Stewart and her pomeranian, Cola, was guest of honour at the Binfield Heath Flower and Dog Show on Saturday. He presented trophies awarded across classes including produce, cookery, flowers and handicrafts. More than 1,600 peopl...
Are you beyond learning? I hope not! Well done to those who have succeeded in their GCSEs or A-levels; spare a thought for those who have to have another go. But how wise are those who know they still have things to learn? Pity those who think they have got it all sussed! It is always lovely to visi...
PCC’s society talk
THAMES Valley Police Commissioner Matthew Barber will give the first of the Henley Society’s autumn talks at the Eyot Centre in Wargrave Road on Thursday, October 2. Tickets to ‘Protecting the Thames Valley — cutting crime and catching criminals', cost £8.50 from thehenleysociety@btinternet.c...
| A HEN rehoming day will be held in Nuffield on Saturday, September 20. Volunteers from Fresh Start for Hens will be looking to rehouse the birds which were used in the production of commercial eggs. To register, visit freshstartforhens.co.uk |
THE owners of Old Grey Cottage in Old Greys Lane, say they have “no intention” of closing off a footpath after applying for a Notice of Land Deposit on an area of the lane. This land includes an area with the bottom part of a footpath running through it, which has steps leading up to Makins Recr...
A blunder by a council over the ownership of a Henley cul-de-sac cost taxpayers £240,000. The High Court ordered Oxfordshire County Council to pay the sum to a developer who bought 10 parking spaces on a section of Bell Street in 2007, saying it was negligent. Chesterton Commercial was initially to...
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THE Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) award is starting at the Eyot Centre this autumn, This year’s courses of bronze, silver and gold awards for people aged 14 to 24, will be run by Kevin Nutt. Two open meetings will take place on Monday, September 8 and Tuesday, September 16 from 7pm. The award develops ...
Bear necessity
A COUPLE who run Henley Scan had their work cut out after they “teddy bear sat” a Henley shop over the weekend. Eva and Graham Rickett looked after Asquiths in Hart Street, owned by Rachel Hollinrake and learned about Steiff bears, a high quality, collectable teddy and the shop’s doll accessor...
This is another subject that requires a visit sooner rather than later since the weather is inevitably taking its toll on the stonework decorations and the inscription. This curious Mackenzie mausoleum in nearby Fawley churchyard may be overshadowed by the eye-catching one for the Freeman family but...
| A LANDSCAPE oil painting exhibition will be held at The Old Fire Station Gallery in Market Place from next Thursday, September 4 to Tuesday, September 9 from 9.30am to 5pm. |
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THE HENLEY Sea Cadets will hold an open evening on Friday, September 5 from 8pm at their unit in Wargrave Road. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the team, receive a tour of the facilities and ask any questions they may have to members and volunteers. For more information, email info@henley...
A gallant rescue from drowning was effected near Caversham by Patrick Ronald Rouse, a fourteen-year-old scholar at Caversham Council School. This young lad was fishing near the bridge when he saw a five-year-old child, F. Lovegrove, fall from a barge. He was quickly taken into deep water, but young ...