Christmas

THIS year’s Christmas Festival in Henley will be held on Friday, November 27. The date was agreed at a meeting of the town council’s ...

November 21 “To be positive”, wrote the late great Ambrose Bierce in his Devil’s Dictionary, is “to be mistaken at the top of one’s ...

THE journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem was recreated in Ewelme on Christmas Eve. Rev Stephen Cousins and two donkeys led more ...

MORE than 30 guests were treated to lunch at Sonning Common village hall on Christmas Day. The 10th annual event was started by ...

THE organiser of the Henley Living Advent Calendar says he is proud after it raised a record sum. The ninth annual charity initiative ...

DEBBIE McGEE celebrated Christmas Day with victories on two television contests. The radio presenter from Wargrave was crowned the ...

SISTER Carol came on duty at 5pm on Christmas Eve. She’d been the ward sister at the special care baby unit for 12 years. She saw ...

MORE than 120 elderly residents attended a Christmas high tea party held at Colleton Primary School in Twyford. The guests enjoyed ...

RESIDENTS of the Albert Court retirement homes development got into the Christmas spirit with a party. They were served mince pies and ...

RESIDENTS of Binfield Heath bid farewell to their postman at the village’s annual carol concert. Tim Randall, 58, who had held the ...

BOOTS the chemist in Bell Street, Henley, is open from 8.30am to 6.30pm on Monday and Tuesday but closed on Christmas Day. It will be ...

BRITONS are expected to splash £4.8 billion this Christmas, almost four per cent more than last year. But how much of that will be ...

ABOUT 60 members of the South Oxfordshire Mencap Society attended a Christmas party at Harpsden village hall. The event featured a ...

THE autumn term drew to a close at Caversham Preparatory School with its annual Christingle service held in the chapel at nearby Queen ...

THE Millie’s Dream appeal presented a Christmas hamper gift to the Henley food bank run by the youth and community project Nomad. The ...

TWO NHS nurses in Henley say they will be happy to care for patients over the busy Christmas period instead of having time off. Angie ...

MORE than 200 toys and gifts were handed out on the children’s ward at the John Radcliffe Hospital on Saturday thanks to donations ...

A NEW Christmas-themed pop-up shop has opened in Henley. Greg and Gina Hope have taken over the former Creative Duck temporary shop in ...

THE 14th annual Hambleden Valley railway nativity took place on Sunday — with the odd mishap. More than 200 people attended the ...

DRIVERS from the Fish volunteer centre in Sonning Common sang carols at a Christmas bazaar held at the village hall. They were ...