Calls on rise

SOUTH Central Ambulance Service has seen a 19 per cent increase in 999 calls with the cold weather. Over the Christmas week, there were 14,769 calls to 999 but, last week, there were 17,468 calls recorded.

Woman, 88, had to wait over three hours for ambulance

AN ELDERLY woman who injured herself after she slipped and fell in Crazies Hill had to wait almost three and a half hours for an ambulance. She had been walking from a meeting of the Cockpole Green Women’s Institute at the village hall on Wednesday...

MOTORCYCLIST DIES AFTER HITTING DEER

A MOTORCYCLIST who died after hitting a deer in Nettlebed has been described as a “gentle giant”.Yawo Avou, 63, from Medmenham, was travelling on the unlit A4130 towards Wallingford at around 5am on Monday last week when the fatal collision took...

Pedestrians hit in collision

TWO pedestrians were hit by a car while walking along a pavement in Henley today (Wednesday). Abe Elliott, 20, and Olivia Bryon-Scott, 20, were walking along Reading Road with their dogs, towards the town centre at about 3pm, when a white Renault Zoe collided with them. The female...

Dog rescued

A DOG was rescued after it got caught in barbed wire at Gillotts Corner Field in Henley on Monday. The border terrier got a leg trapped in the discarded wire at the junction of the path leading to the Highlands Park development. Another dog walker was...

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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...

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