10 years ago

PARENTS have been accused of overusing free parking when taking their children to the toddler playground in Henley. They are entitled to a free hour if they use one of the 10 designated spaces next to the playground in Mill Meadows. However, the town council is planning to introduce a charge of £1.20 an hour because it says parents frequently overstay the hour. It estimates the move could generate an extra £10,000pa.

Four more staff are set to lose their jobs at the Henley children’s centre. The news comes just two weeks after the Henley Standard revealed that a review is being carried out into how the Rainbow centre and its centre in Sonning Common are run. The review is being carried out by Action for Children, the charity that won the contract to run the service on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council.

Traders say their customers are still having trouble accessing the parking bays outside their shops. They say the three spaces in front of their shops in Reading Road are used by people who park there for a day or more. The Henley Standard reported on the problem a year ago but the shopkeepers say nothing has changed.