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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Father and son try to sell shop after eight months

Father and son try to sell shop after eight months

CONCERNS have been raised about the future of a shop and post office in Shiplake after it was put up for sale. The property in Station Road has been listed for sale with a leasehold for almost £150,000. Owners, father and son Andrew and Archie...

Pub staff in miracle escape as car hits wall

Pub staff in miracle escape as car hits wall

THE landlord of a pub in Henley said it was “miraculous” that his staff escaped without serious injuries after a car crashed into the kitchen wall in the middle of dinner service. At around 6.45pm on Sunday, a car left Remenham Lane and ploughed...

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