CARERS refused to help a 99-year-old great grandmother climb her stairs — in case she fell and hurt them! Edna East, who lives with her daughter Suzanne Singer in Peppard Road, Sonning Common, was told new health and safety regulations meant she would have to use a stairlift. Mrs Singer, a chiropodist, called it “health and safety gone mad” and another example of the lack of care for the elderly.
Thousands of new homes have to be built in South Oxfordshire by 2026 — and hundreds of them could be in Henley. The draft plan for South-East England tells the district council that 10,200 homes are needed. It has launched a consultation which includes a list of sites suggested for development, such as Gillotts School, Townlands Hospital and Highlands Farm in Henley.
Seven-year-old James Bonner has handed two months worth of pocket money to the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance as a thank-you for saving his mother when she suffered heart problems. James, of Churchfield, Nuffield, gave £32 and for each £1 the charity gave him a small cuddly toy.
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TWO entrepreneurs were forced to give up two pubs after accruing debts of more than £1.5 million. Alex Sergeant and David Holliday ran the Bottle and Glass Inn in Binfield Heath and Hart Street Tavern in Henley as separate companies. They were wound...
A PUB in Maidensgrove will be protected for five years as an asset of community value. A group of residents has successfully registered the Five Horseshoes as an asset of community value with South Oxfordshire District Council. The pub closed in...
A MAN died in Bell Street in Henley last night Thames Valley Police responded to an ‘unexpected death’ in the town yesterday. It released a statement at 8.38pm urging the public to avoid the area. It said: “Sadly, officers are responding to an...
