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Demon pumpkin and vampire queen bee

Demon pumpkin and vampire queen bee

A KPOP Demon Hunters character was one of six winning pumpkins at a primary school pumpkin carving competition. Pupils at Valley Road primary carved and designed about 80 pumpkins. Headteacher Tim Coulson chose the winners, which were lit with...

School ball raises £7,000 towards new playground

School ball raises £7,000 towards new playground

A PRIMARY school in Henley raised £7,000 towards a new playground thanks to a black-tie ball. About 100 people attended the dance at Badgemore Park Golf Club on Saturday night, which was organised by Valley Road School’s parent-teacher association....

Children show confidence in playing for each other

Children show confidence in playing for each other

NINE soloists and two groups played for one another at Henley Youth Festival’s Music Makers day. A choir and recorder ensemble and individual performances featuring an array of classical, soul and popular music was staged in the Rupert House School...

Runner loses shoe but gains top spot as 31st youth festival gets underway

Runner loses shoe but gains top spot as 31st youth festival gets underway

Children create song and dance at school’s carols contest

Children create song and dance at school’s carols contest

Financier writes children’s book with message to follow dreams

Financier writes children’s book with message to follow dreams

Boy, five, raises £600 cycling 15km for primary school

Boy, five, raises £600 cycling 15km for primary school

Spooktacular pumpkins mark start of spooky season

Spooktacular pumpkins mark start of spooky season

School dancers finish in top eight at national competition final

School dancers finish in top eight at national competition final

Let’s hear it for Swimarathon

Let’s hear it for Swimarathon

SWIMMERS raised £3,341 for charities at Henley Lions Club’s Swimarathon 2024. Eleven teams took part in the event at the Henley leisure centre pool on Saturday, swimming as far as they could in 40 minutes. This was the 30th year of the fundraiser,...

Children reading right way

Children reading right way

A SCHOOL in Henley has been congratulated by the schools minister for being in the top three per cent for phonics skills. Tim Coulson, headteacher of Valley Road primary, received a letter from Damien Hinds, lauding the school’s “outstanding...

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Tributes to Henley pub landlord who ‘made customers feel valued’

WILLIAM Dobson, known as Bill, was for more than 40 years a familiar and respected figure in Henley.

Man, 54, charged with multiple rapes over attacks on women in Henley and West Berkshire

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Man, 54, charged with multiple rapes over attacks on women in Henley and West Berkshire

Andrew Dent, of Desborough Road, High Wycombe, is accused of attacking two women on separate occasions after meeting on a dating website or app.

Newly refurbished tearoom at a National Trust site in Henley re-opened

Former rowing coach's mental health suffered after wrongful ban

Father and daughter duo close popular Watlington bakery

'It's like driving on roads in a third world country'

Car park pothole which exposed mains wires deemed safe by council

Biker hits crater and cracks rib on road in Henley

Henley demonstrator "vindicated" after Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful

Jail for Waitrose Twyford shoplifter who returned to thieving 'within hours' of court hearing

Henley Mayor's message of peace for revellers at club night

Henley butcher stranded in Dubai amid air strikes

Flowing Spring pub remains open for business despite flood-hit car park

Town with ‘story to tell’ to enter culture competition

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