Saturday, 06 September 2025

Festival and late shopping night

THE Henley Christmas Festival will take place tonight (Friday). The town council, which organises the annual event, is providing a ...

 

Expert advice from Goring’s bridal boutique

NICOLE Mae’s Bridal is an elegant bridal boutique based in Goring. At Nicole Mae’s Bridal we love elegance and want to cater for the ...

 

Man says sorry for fireworks

A MAN has apologised after letting off fireworks on Christmas Day and upsetting neighbours whose dogs were left terrified. Ben Warner ...

 

Man says sorry for fireworks

A MAN has apologised after letting off fireworks on Christmas Day and upsetting neighbours whose dogs were left terrified. Ben Warner ...

 

Women upset by theft of Christmas postbox topper

A HAND-MADE postbox topper in Goring was stolen. The knitted decoration was one of three made by members of Cleeve-by-Goring Women’s ...

 

Hungry dogs and their owners gather for annual pre-Christmas celebration

“DO dogs enjoy walking in the dark?” I asked a hatted and tightly-scarved woman, standing and surrounded by a kennel’s worth of dogs, ...

 

3,000 join torchlight parade

THE Goring and Streatley torchlight procession returned on Christmas Eve after five years. Residents and their families from the two ...

 

Homeless refugees thrown festive party by volunteers

HOMELESS refugees were given a Christmas party in Henley. Thirty-five men and women enjoyed home-cooked food, party games and music ...

 

Reader wins gin hamper worth £125

READER Iain Phillips, from Watlington, won the £125 gin hamper provided by the Henley Distillery in the Henley Standard competition ...

 

Pub cooks free Christmas dinner for pupils

Staff at the Perch and Pike in South Stoke made Christmas particularly special for the children of the village school (Oxfordshire’s ...

 

Readers win festive goodies in Standard competitions

A WOMAN from Henley won a £90 Tesco Christmas food hamper in a Henley Standard competition published on December 15. Christine Brown, ...

 

Nativity and carol service

THE spirit of Christmas filled St Bartholomew’s Church in Nettlebed for its Nativity and carol service. More than 150 people attended ...

 

Hundreds of families ‘follow the star’

HOLY Trinity Church in Henley and Trinity at Four held Follow the Star over two days, writes Elizabeth Chambers. A total of 435 ...

 

Weird, wacky and wonderful party

A CHRISTMAS party was held at the Fawley Hill Estate on Sunday, writes Alex Carter. Children and adults, who were dressed in Christmas ...

 

Unravelled: the six mystery women behind woollen post box toppers

A GROUP of women behind the post box toppers that appear in Henley have revealed themselves. All six are members of the Henley branch ...

 

Shops open to people on their own on Christmas Day

THE owner of a bookshop who opened on Christmas Day says it was “a great success”. Fourbears Bookshop in Prospect Street, Caversham, ...

 

Living Advent Calendar smashes record by raising over £10,000

THIS year’s Henley Living Advent Calendar set a new record by raising more than 10,000 for charity. The 10th annual event ended on ...

 

Customers give £800 to post office worker

A MEMBER of staff at Henley post office was given £800 for Christmas by customers to thank her for her work. Jenny Dobson teared up as ...

 

Tree shredding

HENLEY Town Council’s parks services team will be offering its usual Christmas tree shredding service at Mill Meadows car park on ...

 

Home lit up for charity

BEN Pitts switched on the Christmas lights display at his home in Wallingford to raise money for Sue Ryder’s South Oxfordshire ...