A WOMAN from Shiplake has opened a dog grooming parlour from her family home. Demi Cookson, 22, operates Dog Grooming by Demi, where she lives with her parents in Reading Road. After sustaining an injury while studying performing arts, she ditched her...
PLANS to build 25 homes in Lower Shiplake have been refused. L Wilson wanted to develop the land behind Audley Shiplake Meadows, which is to the north of New Road. South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee rejected the plans, saying...
A RESTAURANT in Shiplake has retained a culinary award for the ninth consecutive year. Orwells, in Shiplake Row, has been awarded four rosettes from AA. The awards, which are given out by the British Automobile Association, range from one to five...
ENTRIES have opened for a photography competition in Shiplake. The event has been set up as part of the centenary celebrations to mark the laying of the foundation stone at Shiplake Memorial Hall. Residents should enter a photo taken in village or...
ABOUT 100 villagers came together to mark the centenary of Shiplake Memorial Hall. Guests joined the hall’s trustees for strawberry teas made by the village branch of the Women’s Institute while about 20 cars from 1925 to the present day were...
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...