Teen kickboxer eyes Team GB after two world titles

A TEENAGER who has become a world kickboxing champion wants to compete for Team GB at the Olympics. Fionn Maher, 14, from Binfield Heath, began competing in November 2023 and has gone on to win 13 of medals. Then, in August last year, he became a...

Short story competition

A SHORT story competition returns for the 11th year. Run by Oxfordshire County Council’s library service, the contest is a chance to discover “new writers, original stories and unique voices”.The winners will have their story published as an ebook...

pumpkin day wargrave 280825

THE sixth annual giant pumpkin weigh-off will be held at Wargrave Nursery Plant Centre on Saturday, October 4, from 10am. Visitors are invited to unload their pumpkins at 10am before weighing and measuring will take place at noon. The results and...

Author talk

A NOVELIST will give a talk for Friends of Sonning Common Library on Tuesday. Jasper Fforde, author of The Eyre Affair and other novels, will be at the library in Grove Road from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets cost £5, which includes a glass of...

Dogs in the running to be champions at Crufts

TEN dogs from the Henley area will be appearing at this year’s Crufts. Melanie Roberson, of the Gainsborough Estate, will be showing her Shetland sheepdog at the four-day show in Birmingham, which begins on Thursday at the National Exhibition...

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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...
Cheers! Regulars celebrate as pub named community asset

Cheers! Regulars celebrate as pub named community asset

A PUB in Maidensgrove will be protected for five years as an asset of community value. A group of residents has successfully registered the Five Horseshoes as an asset of community value with South Oxfordshire District Council. The pub closed in...

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