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Killer driver, 18, jailed and banned from road

A TEENAGER has been jailed for almost five years after admitting causing death by dangerous driving. Daniel Beaumont, 18, of Springfield, Ipsden, was drunk when he caused a crash involving his Vauxhall Corsa, a lorry and a motorcycle on the A4074 ...

19 Apr 2017 at 09:00

Garage pays £2,000 after car wash damages two 4x4s

THE owner of a petrol station has agreed to pay £2,000 for two drivers’ vehicles to be repaired after they were damaged in its car wash. Paul Fewtrell, of Manor Wood Gate, Shiplake, said the Tiger Wash at the Esso Regatta garage in Reading Road ...

01 Apr 2017 at 01:00

Gardener dies in shed blaze

A WOMAN is in hospital with serious burns after a fire in which a man died. The victim of the blaze in a wooden garden shed in Gravel Hill, Henley, has been named locally as Mark Sayer, 43. He ran a landscape gardening business and is ...

02 Mar 2017 at 11:40

Runners called 'idiots' after crossing line in front of train

TWO runners risked their lives by crossing the railway line at Shiplake as a train was leaving the village station. The pair have been branded “idiots” after they ignored warning lights at the level crossing and ran around the ...

27 Feb 2017 at 13:08

Post office back online

THE post office in Hambleden is up and running again after losing its internet connection for more than a fortnight. The branch could not process card transactions or provide many of its regular services after its satellite ...

27 Feb 2017 at 10:30

Burglars flee

CAMPING equipment was stolen when the garage of a house in Wargrave Hill was broken into on Wednesday last week. The burglars fled after being disturbed by the owner.

20 Feb 2017 at 10:30

My disabled daughter could have been killed by train

A WOMAN says her disabled daughter is lucky to be alive after her wheelchair was hit by a train. Jane Holmes, from Ruscombe, was with 15-year-old Kitty, who has cerebral palsy, at Twyford station in April last year when a ...

06 Feb 2017 at 16:18

Balloonist stuns residents by landing in street

ONLOOKERS were stunned when a man flying a hot air balloon without a basket touched down in a Henley street. Mark Shemilt landed in Valley Road as pupils were making their way home from the nearby primary school. He was ...

30 Jan 2017 at 10:30

Bus abandoned with engine on

A BUS was left unattended with its engine running in Henley town centre for almost half an hour. The Whites Coaches vehicle was spewing diesel fumes as it was parked at a bus stop in Upper Market Place. The incident ...

27 Jan 2017 at 13:16

Elderly woman rescued after accidentally driving into river

TWO passers-by rescued an elderly woman from her car after it ended up in the River Thames in Henley. The front of the Mercedes hatchback dipped into the river after the driver accidentally went over the edge in ...

23 Jan 2017 at 10:30

Driver injured

A DRIVER was injured when his van left the road and hit a tree, uprooting it. The man had to be cut free from his vehicle by firefighters following the crash on the A4074 near Tokers Green at about 9.40pm on ...

23 Jan 2017 at 10:30

Hoax 999 call

FIRE crews, police and paramedics raced to the River Thames in Remenham after receiving a hoax report of a burning boat at about 8pm on Tuesday. A river rescue boat from Caversham fire station searched the ...

23 Jan 2017 at 10:30

Ford 'rescue'

FIREFIGHTERS took part in a water rescue exercise at a ford near Charvil which regularly traps unsuspecting drivers. Three crews and a specialist water rescue unit waded through the water at Land’s End ...

16 Jan 2017 at 19:24

Breeder banned for neglect of cats

AN award-winning cat breeder has been banned from keeping animals for three years after RSPCA officers found more than 60 neglected cats in “chaotic” conditions at her home. Elizabeth Richmond- Watson,...

16 Jan 2017 at 15:18

Man rescued from toilet

FIREFIGHTERS rescued a man from a public toilet in Henley after the lock on the door broke. The crew from West Street fire station was called to the toilet in King’s Road car park on Thursday last ...

16 Jan 2017 at 12:52

Car ablaze near closure-threatened fire station

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blazing car in Wargrave. The Audi burst into flames, sending black smoke billowing into the air, in Victoria Road at about noon on Wednesday last week. A crew from ...

16 Jan 2017 at 10:30

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