Wednesday, 25 May 2022
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Pupils from Rupert House School delivered 108 Easter eggs to the Henley food bank, ensuring a treat for children on its books and some elderly members of the community. Headteacher Nick Armitage said “I am very grateful to all the Rupert House...
RESIDENTS of a care home in Sonning Common will be sending homemade clay hearts for Valentine’s Day. The Abbeycrest Care Home in ...
A LANTERN procession which took place in Kidmore End on Christmas Eve raised £250. The money will go towards the primary school in ...
A NEW year’s brunch will be held at Springwater Church in Blounts Court Road, Peppard, on Sunday from 10.30am. It will include a ...
A PROFESSOR from Sonning Common wrote and performed a Christmas song for charity. Ben Cosh penned Christmas is Coming to raise money ...
A DOG walk in Charvil raised more than £1,149 for the charity Blood Cancer UK. Julie Barnes organised the walk on Boxing Day for the ...
THREE Paralympic rowers from Henley have been made MBEs. Ellen Buttrick, Giedre Rakauskaite and cox Erin Kennedy, who won gold at the ...
THE NHS vaccines chief is among people from the Henley area to be recognised in the New Year Honours list. Other recipients include ...
RETAILERS in Henley experienced a busy Christmas trading period. Most traders say they saw an increase in sales compared with last ...
RICHARD PINCHES has been a Desert Rat re-enactor for about four years to keep the memory of his father alive. Peter “Ginger” Pinches, ...
ABOUT 200 people attended a recreation of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. The Christmas Eve procession began at Ewelme village ...
FATHER Christmas helped raise £843.13 for two charities by visiting Sonning Common. The village’s fourth annual Santa on a Tractor ...
FORTY veterans in the Henley area had Christmas hampers delivered to them by RAF Benson officers. The food hampers, which ...
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All events free at ninth alternative gardening festival
CHELSEA Fringe Henley, a celebration of alternative gardens and gardening, begins tomorrow (Saturday). It is the ninth year that the town has participated in the festival, which ... [more]
Plaque to honour woman who saved village library
A PLAQUE has been unveiled in memory of a woman who saved Sonning Common library. Cecily Hunt, who died in 2020, started the Friends of Sonning Common Library in 1998 when it was ... [more]
We found 6in fossil in river from 95 million years ago
A FAMILY from Sonning Common found a 6in fossil on the banks of the River Thames. Matt and Kat Young and their children Lucas, four, and nine-year-old Lily-May, were walking their ... [more]
Archaeologists open window on past as they return to Blounts Court dig
PARTS of a Roman wall and another wall from the 1400s were found by archaeologists during a dig in Sonning Common. Members of the Berkshire Archaeological Society were at the ... [more]
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