Parent power propels row for primary playground

A GROUP of parents and a teacher from a Henley school completed a 22-mile row to raise money for a new playground. They completed the challenge on Saturday in less than eight hours, passing through six locks along the Thames between Goring and...

Treasurer on fraud charge

A FORMER treasurer has been accused of taking more than £14,000 from a pre-school in Henley. Lydia Connery, 31, of Thames Side, Henley, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday accused of one count of fraud by abuse of position. It is alleged...

Children create song and dance at school’s carols contest

SIX schools performed in the second annual Kenton Carols event. Children from Badgemore, Valley Road, Rupert House, and Sacred Heart primary schools in Henley and Kidmore End Primary School took to the stage at the New Street venue on Monday last...

Pupils adore gardening

CHILDREN at a Henley school are benefiting from their new gardening club. Each Thursday lunchtime pupils at Sacred Heart Primary School in Greys Hill meet up in the school garden to plant seeds and water and weed the plants. The club began last year...

Pair cycle 80 miles in day for charity

THE father and uncle of a boy who died of cancer have raised more than £6,500 after completing an 80-mile sponsored bike ride. Elliott Peto, who attended Sacred Heart Primary School in Henley, was five when he died of rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue...

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PUB PAIR QUIT AFTER DEBTS REACH £1.5M

PUB PAIR QUIT AFTER DEBTS REACH £1.5M

TWO entrepreneurs were forced to give up two pubs after accruing debts of more than £1.5 million. Alex Sergeant and David Holliday ran the Bottle and Glass Inn in Binfield Heath and Hart Street Tavern in Henley as separate companies. They were wound...

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