TRAVELLERS have set up camp on Warwick Spinney in Benson. Several caravans and cars arrived on the meadow on Sunday but they have been ...
Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Community hub honoured for service in pandemic
THE Millstream Centre and community hub in Benson has received an award for supporting the community during the coronavirus pandemic. ...
BENSON antiques and collectors fair will take place at the parish hall in Sunnyside on Sunday, April 18 from 9am to 4pm. There will be ...
Councils welcome axing of link road
THE leader of South Oxfordshire District Council has welcomed the cancellation of the £3 billion Oxford-Cambridge Expressway project. ...
Villager concerned about effect of pruning oak tree
AN oak tree in Benson could be damaged if it is pruned, claims a villager. Janice Selkirk wrote to the parsh council after the Henley ...
Fifty-eight women working at RAF Benson honoured
WOMEN working at RAF Benson have been presented with a series of awards celebrating their contributions to operations, leadership and ...
Fifty-eight women working at RAF Benson honoured
Women working at RAF Benson have been presented with a series of awards celebrating their contributions to operations, leadership and ...
PEOPLE in Benson are to be taught how to take care of chalk streams. Benson Nature Group has set up a project with the support of ...
Woman jailed for five years for stabbing trainee vicar
A WOMAN has been jailed for five years for stabbing a trainee vicar in Benson with a vegetable knife. Yvonne Martin attacked Valerie ...
BENSON Nature Group is seeking a new secretary. The role requires organisational skills but you don’t necessarily have to be a ...
PERSONNEL at RAF Benson who are shielding or self-isolating can now access a free service delivering boxes of non-perishable food. The ...
RENOVATION of the Sunnyside play area in Benson has begun. The work, which began on Monday last week, will make the facility more ...
FOOD donations are needed to support Benson’s older villagers. The Millstream Centre and help hub needs pasta, toiletries, washing-up ...
THE post office in Benson is appealing for donations of puzzles and books. Theese will be sold to raise money for charities and groups ...
Villagers in dark over parish hall extension
RESIDENTS were “kept in the dark” on plans to extend Benson parish hall, it has been claimed. The parish council was granted planning ...
THE owner of a farmhouse in Benson has applied for planning permission for two conservation roof lights. The windows would increase ...
TWO men armed with a plank of wood broke into a woman’s home in Bonners Mead, Benson. They left when they heard the owner moving about ...
A £250,000 overhaul of the Sunnyside play area in Benson may have to be funded entirely by the parish council. A council meeting heard ...
A GRASS-CUTTING contract for Benson with Azalea Landscapes, of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, has been renewed by the parish council for a ...
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