Pupils given hockey masterclass by Olympic medallist
PUPILS from four schools were given a hockey masterclass by an Olympic medallist. Mandy Nicholson, who won bronze at the Barcelona ...
Monday, 19 November 2018
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£5,000 classic car stolen while in garage for MOT and repairs
A CLASSIC car owner is fuming after his “pride and joy” was stolen from a garage where it was being repaired. Matt Bennett’s 1984 ...
Internal category nominees for Sue Ryder women of achievement awards
THE nominees for this year’s Sue Ryder women of achievement awards have been announced. Ahead of today’s (Friday) awards ceremony, ...
THE annual meeting of the Friends of Nettlebed and District Commons will take place at Nettlebed community hall on Wednesday at 7.30pm....
HUNDREDS of volunteers cleared tons of rubbish in Henley and South Oxfordshire at the weekend. They were talking part in the Great ...
A CHEESE-tasting event will take place at the Nettlebed Creamery on March 17 at 10.30am. The morning will start with a 40-minute ...
THE Nettlebed and District Commons Conservators will hold its annual friends of the commons meeting in the community hall at ...
Leo, 11, to take reins at royal horse show
THE ever-smiling Leo Selcon Park is busy preparing for the imminent show season, writes Amanda Stewart. Leo, 11, from Nettlebed, is ...
Singer goes back to roots of land and sea
STEVE KNIGHTLEY, one half of acclaimed folk/roots duo Show of Hands will be performing at the Nettlebed Village Club on Monday. The ...
Wishart awarded for top junior GB ride
AN event rider from Nettlebed picked up a trophy for the highest placed British rider at Stoneleigh Park last Friday. India Wishart, ...
Olympic champion launches charity's cycling fund-raiser
DOUBLE Olympic rowing champion Alex Gregory launched a new fund-raising initiative for the Sue Ryder hospice in Nettlebed. Fund-raiser ...
'Bad guys' entertain children with slapstick comedy show
THREE comic actors performed for children from Nettlebed Community School. The Three Half Pints, alias “cowboys” Richard Franks, ...
School wants to renovate overgrown garden
A SCHOOL is appealing for help to renovate its garden for pupils. The garden at Nettlebed Community School was created when the school ...
Invesco staff run charity shop for fund-raising challenge
STAFF from Invesco Perpetual took over the Sue Ryder store in Henley for a charity challenge. The team of five from the Henley ...
Volunteers who befriend patients facing the end
ALISON CLEMENTS says she has found her true calling. She is the head of befriending at the Sue Ryder hospice in Nettlebed, a role she ...
Pupils perform carols for Sue Ryder patients
about 80 pupils of Nettlebed Community School performed a Christmas concert for patients at the Sue Ryder hospice in the village. The ...
Villagers enjoy Christmas lunch
DOZENS of pensioners attended a free Christmas lunch at Nettlebed Village Club. Guests at the annual event, which is open to all ...
A DEVELOPER has made a £1,000 donation to the Sue Ryder hospice in Nettlebed. The money was awarded as a part of Persimmon Homes’s ...
The Crib Scene tells traditional story
FOUNDATION pupils performed The Crib Scene, which follows the traditional nativity story. The parts of Mary and Joseph were played by ...
Nettlebed children let snowman take centre stage
PUPILS performed Snowmen at Sunset in which they helped create their own snowman. The children had made all the props for the show.
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