10 years ago

HENLEY has been awarded its fourth gold gilt in a row in the Thames and Chiltern in Bloom awards. The town triumphed in the regional competition as it scooped the award for best town at an awards ceremony in Oxford on Wednesday. Henley in Bloom is now looking forward to the national awards next month and the results of the Entente Florale European competition in Bristol today (Friday).

Angry residents of Henley have lambasted a national newspaper columnist who branded the town dull. Lucy Cavendish wrote the article for The Telegraph after comedian Russell Brand was reported to have been house hunting in the area. She described the town as “blue-rinsed and genteelly well-heeled”,