SITE INDEX

Delivering the news from Henley-on-Thames since 1885

Buy a photo

Submit a story

Short story competition

Henley Reporter

webmaster@baylismedia.co.uk

09:30AM, Monday 08 September 2025

A SHORT story competition returns for the 11th year.

Run by Oxfordshire County Council’s library service, the contest is a chance to discover “new writers, original stories and unique voices”.

The winners will have their story published as an ebook and eaudiobook on Oxfordshire libraries’ OverDrive platform.

It’s free to enter and there are three age categories — seven to 11, 12 to 17 and 18 and above. Children’s stories can be up to 1,000 words. Stories by young adults and adults can be up to 3,000 words.

Entries can be submitted from Monday until Sunday, November 9. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/bdzxwch4

Competitions

Turkey winner

Win turkey and trimmings from Gabriel Machin

Short story competition

pumpkin day wargrave 280825

Stinger ‘race’

Walk together

Golfing day

Golfers raise £5,800 for charity

Runners keep their cool as hot weather brings out the crowds

Runner loses shoe but gains top spot as 31st youth festival gets underway

Author talk

Teen kickboxer eyes Team GB after two world titles

Henley private members’ club bids to expand spa and fitness centre

Moving on: James Corden and his wife Julia Carey have sold the C-shaped property near Henley after six years

TV star James Corden abandons plans to demolish and rebuild home

Ofsted shuts Caversham nurseries over safety concerns

Rewind Festival: The Human League and The Proclaimers confirmed as headliners

Parking fines issued in Henley town centre hit £120,000, FOI request reveals

Budget supermarket Aldi reveals further details on planned Henley store

Baylis Media Photo Galleries

MAIDENHEAD 137174

The annual Swimarathon returns for its 41st year. Braywick Leisure Centre, Maidenhead Schools and organisations taking part in the event Furze Platt School

RW 137165

(RW) Remember When, Maidenhead Advertiser

RW 137151

Remember When, Maidenhead Advertiser

MAIDENHEAD 137176

Staff are going on strike at three Windsor Forest College Group sites in Berkshire. Striking staff on the picket line outside BCA

MAIDENHEAD 137193

Byran Staples at the Breadcroft Road Allotments. He's concerned that the allotment space is being left to fall into disrepair despite the waiting list. Breadcroft Road, Maidenhead

MARLOW 137197

Flooded Higginson Park in Marlow

MARLOW BOTTOM 137196

Gianluca Paletta has been trying for six years to get a new outdoor seating area put up outside his restaurant Da Luca in Marlow Bottom. An application was finally on appeal.

WHITE WALTHAM 137195

The Beehive in White Waltham is reopening after a refurbishment

Days Gone By - Photos

Photos from The Maidenhead Advertiser 150th Anniversary book 'Days Gone By' are now available to buy.

Charity Events

Galleries of local charity events. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption

Her Majesty the Queen

View Her Majesty the Queen in our local galleries. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Theresa May

Pictures of Maidenhead MP, Theresa May. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Galleries from Slough and its surrounding villages. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Galleries from Marlow and its surrounding villages. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Galleries from Windsor and its surrounding villages. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Galleries from Maidenhead and its surrounding villages. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Hockey

Maidenhead Hockey Club, Marlow Hockey Club, Slough Hockey Club, Windsor Hockey club and more...

Bowls

Desborough Bowling Club, Maidenhead Town Bowls Club, Slough Bowls Club, Windsor & Eton Bowling Club and more...

Football

Maidenhead Utd FC, Windsor FC, Slough Town FC, Burnham FC, Marlow FC, Flackwell Heath FC, Wycombe Wanderers and more...

Rugby

Maidenhead RFC, Marlow RFC, Windsor RFC, Slough RFC, Phoenix RFC, Drifters RFC and more...

ALDI announces plans for Henley store

SUPERMARKET chain Aldi has confirmed that it plans to open a new food store in Henley. The Henley Standard revealed in May last year it was looking at the Jewson site, off Reading Road, with the materials firm set to move to the former Gibbs and Dandy...

Charlie Anderson-Jeffs, from Harpsden

WHEN I was 13, I worked at Bix Manor and met Katie, who worked in the kitchen. Our friendship blossomed and I used every excuse to go to the kitchen. We even used to pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend to get each other out of sticky situations. I...