Wednesday, 16 August 2017
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A NEW branch of Tesco has opened in Goring. Scores of shoppers visited the supermarket giant’s new Express store on its first day of trading at the old Queen’s Arms pub in Reading Road on Thursday last week. The former Greene King pub had been vacant...
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CHILDREN from Nettlebed Community School were among the exhibitors at the village’s annual art and craft show. The two-day event, organised by the Nettlebed Art Society, featured more than 130 paintings by dozens of contributors from within 20 miles...
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HUNDREDS of people attended a car boot sale in aid of the RNLI. About 180 sellers set up stalls on a field at the Swiss Farm campsite off Marlow Road, Henley. As well as purchasing second-hand goods, visitors could enjoy ice-creams and refreshments....
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A WOMAN escaped with minor injuries when her car flipped on its roof following a crash in Shiplake.
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GUNFIRE and explosions rang out around Mapledurham as the village hosted a weekend of Second World War battle re-enactments. Hundreds of visitors attended the fifth annual Mapledurham at War event, which took place in the grounds of Mapledurham House...
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RESIDENTS of the Gainsborough estate in Henley enjoyed a family fun day. The fourth annual event, held in Makins recreation ground on ...
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THREE generations of one family travelled to Belgium to pay tribute to relatives who fought in the First World War. Chris Copland, ...
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THE Deputy Mayor of Henley has been kicked out of the local branch of the Conservatives after more than a year of internal ...
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RESIDENTS of Shiplake are continuing to fight the development of 95 homes at Thames Farm. Villager Richard Verrall has launched a ...
THE chairman of a Henley Town Council working group has come under fire for holding a meeting to discuss trade waste in private. ...
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AROUND 40,000 music fans will descend on Temple Island Meadows in Remenham next weekend for the ninth annual Rewind Festival. The ...
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Skate park closed for two weeks after arson attack
THE skate park in Sonning Common will be closed for up to two weeks after it was targeted by vandals. Three golf buggies, fencing, bins and benches were set alight at the facility ... [more]
THE 116th Caversham Allotment Holders and Garden Association’s annual show will take place at Caversham Hall in St John’s Road on Saturday, September 2 from 2.15pm to 4.45pm. ... [more]
CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for housing on a wildlife haven in Tokers Green have received a boost. The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England and Oxfordshire County Council ... [more]
THE Friends of Sonning Common library are planning two fund-raising events. A quiz will be held at the village hall on October 6 at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £20 per team with a ... [more]
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