Tuesday, 16 October 2018
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THE Henley Standard is this week launching a new campaign to encourage the use of quiet fireworks. The Ban the Bangs initiative is in response to an appeal by Wargrave woman Jane Foddy, who says the loud noise made by some fireworks can be distressing...
SCHOOLS clubs and community groups in the Henley area are set to receive more than £6,000 in funding from the town council.
NEWSREADER Cathy Newman says political discourse has been eroded by social media. Speaking on the final day of this year’s Henley ...
AN artist who installed a 26ft “living” wall of plants on the side of his home in Henley last year is now seeking planning permission ...
AN actor and writer from Swyncombe has won an award for an advert about cancer research. David Chistie-Miller, 27, scooped best script ...
THE former manager of Henley’s parks has been given a posthumous award. Gareth Bartle, who died in May, won the Thames and Chilterns ...
THE director of the Henley Literary Festival says this year’s event was the strongest and most diverse yet. Sue Ryan praised the ...
PLANS for a large complex of “extra care” flats and cottages for the elderly near Shiplake have been revived. Retirement Villages ...
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Fireworks are lovely to look at but I never really liked the loud bangs
A WOMAN has called for fireworks organisers to use quiet displays to protect animals and vulnerable people. Jane Foddy says the loud bangs made by some fireworks are distressing ... [more]
Housing could help pay for new school says developer
A DEVELOPER wants to build 27 homes near Peppard Common which could help fund a new village primary school. Elegant Homes, of Patrick Road, Caversham, has earmarked land north of ... [more]
Developers try again after rejection of housing plans
A DEVELOPER has revived plans for up to 80 homes on a site in Woodcote not earmarked for housing. Custom Land has asked South Oxfordshire District Council, the planning authority, ... [more]
Sanderson breaks Frieth 5km record
MORE than 300 people, including a school headteacher and her parish councillor husband, took part in the 11th annual Frieth Hilly on Sunday where runners competed over 5km and ... [more]
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