Bench spots running out

HENLEY town council’s parks services manager has confirmed all “prime” locations for memorial benches along the river at Mill Meadows have been taken. Karl Bishop said that while his team try to place benches where they will best be used, they are...

Seeing funny side of death and relationships

THE Henley Players’ next production is a dark comedy about death and relationships. First performed in the West End 50 years ago, Alan Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends looks at what happens when long-term acquaintances get together under awkward...

Fete scrapped

LEWKNOR Primary School will not hold its summer fete this year but instead will have a disco on the first Saturday of July.

Much-loved footpath fenced off

Editor, — I walk regularly in Lambridge Wood in Henley and am horrified by the huge gate and fence that have sprung up to block a much-loved footpath, one that has been used for at least 50 years by local residents. And this may only be the start. We...

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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...

Man fined for wearing fake navy uniform

Man fined for wearing fake navy uniform

A FORMER teacher and rowing coach at Shiplake College has been fined £500 after admitting he posed as a navy admiral at a Remembrance Sunday parade. Jonathan Carley, 65, from Harlech, Gwynedd, was charged with wearing uniform or dress bearing the...

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