Saturday, 06 September 2025

A blunder by a council over the ownership of a Henley cul-de-sac cost taxpayers £240,000. The High Court ordered Oxfordshire County ...

 

Furious residents have hit out at Brakspear over the closure of their “community” pub, A. E. Hobbs and the mystery over its future. ...

 

Today (Friday) marks the Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs C Hughey, of 63a Luker Avenue, and tomorrow a special party is being held for ...

 

A gallant rescue from drowning was effected near Caversham by Patrick Ronald Rouse, a fourteen-year-old scholar at Caversham Council ...

 

A wedding in which a great deal of local interest was taken, due to the popularity of the bride, was solemnised at the Congregational ...

 

A HENLEY man suggested an appeal should be made to residents of the town in a bid to tidy up the streets and pavements. At a council ...

 

THREE men were injured on Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a field. The private helicopter made an emergency distress signal ...

 

lookbacks 2208

A YOUNG woman was rescued by a Henley town councillor after her car left the road and overturned. The accident happened at a black ...

 

50 years ago

POLICE are still hunting for the man they believe started four farm fires near Henley, causing thousands of pounds’ worth of damage on ...

 

25 years ago

RAM raiders destroyed a shop front as they dragged a cash machine containing up to £25,000 down a street. Residents living near ...

 

10 years ago

A HENLEY gym that closes today (Friday) could re-open under new ownership. LA Fitness in Newtown Road is being evicted by its landlord ...

 

50 years ago

THE scale of entries for this year’s Henley Town and Visitors’ Regatta to be held on the Henley Reach tomorrow (Saturday) recalls the ...

 

100 years ago

ON Monday, the inmates of the Poor Law Institution were taken to Shirburn Castle, where a fete was in progress in the charming grounds....

 

25 years ago

CALLS for CCTV installation have been renewed after Henley was hit by graffiti “artists” on Tuesday night. Two houses on Marlow Road ...

 

10 years ago

THREE suspected illegal immigrants made their way to Wargrave by hiding in a £250,000 motor boat. Two Pakistani men, aged 26 and 29, ...

 

50 years ago

TODAY (Friday) is very special for Henley Town football player Andy Painter — he is signing on with Fourth Division Reading FC as an ...

 

100 years ago

IN one of the heats of Sonning Regatta on Saturday, a canoe occupied by L Norcott and T Edwards was overturned. The prow of the canoes ...

 

25 years ago

THE search is on for the first Miss Henley of the new millennium. The lucky winner — who will take over from the reigning Miss Henley, ...

 

10 years ago

AN investigation has been launched into claims that the Townlands Hospital redevelopment is in breach of planning rules. It’s believed ...

 

100 years ago

ON Monday a little boy, the son of a visitor to Henley, was with his nurse on the riverbank near Leander Club. He was sailing a small ...