New hedge to help wildlife

ABOUT 100 metres of hedgerow was planted at Newnham Hill, near Stoke Row, on Saturday. Fourteen volunteers, led by Steph Rodgers, senior ranger with the conservation group Chiltern Rangers, carried out the work. Two hedges totalling 250m will be...

Clean-up day

A SPRING clean will take place in Nettlebed on Saturday, March 29. Volunteers will meet at 10am in the community car park in High Street.

Sounds of Tower Ballroom will never die, says organist

A FAMOUS seaside musician believes organ music will never die. Phil Kelsall, who has been the principal organist of the Wurlitzer organ in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom for 48 years, performed in Henley on Sunday. He played tunes from his “light music...

Mencap members enjoy Christmas party

MORE than 60 members of South Oxfordshire Mencap Society attended its Christmas party on Sunday. The event was held at Harpsden village hall and featured a visit from Father Christmas, a disco and a game of pass the parcel. There were also...

Singing and dancing for Christmas

THE second week of this year’s Henley Living Advent Calendar saw its largest collection ever received in one night. A total of £820 was raised for children’s charities ABC to Read and Clear Sky following a performance by the Average Wife Band on...

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ALDI announces plans for Henley store

ALDI announces plans for Henley store

SUPERMARKET chain Aldi has confirmed that it plans to open a new food store in Henley. The Henley Standard revealed in May last year it was looking at the Jewson site, off Reading Road, with the materials firm set to move to the former Gibbs and Dandy...

Man fined for wearing fake navy uniform

Man fined for wearing fake navy uniform

A FORMER teacher and rowing coach at Shiplake College has been fined £500 after admitting he posed as a navy admiral at a Remembrance Sunday parade. Jonathan Carley, 65, from Harlech, Gwynedd, was charged with wearing uniform or dress bearing the...

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