Thursday, 24 January 2019
Delivering the news from Henley on Thames and South Oxfordshire for over 100 years
AFTER two days of heavy rain, I woke up to an unexpectedly bright but windy day on Friday morning. It was the last day of November and ...
THE Berry Brook is an enchanting and little-known stream, a tributary of the Thames that flows from Lower Caversham to meet our ...
THE morning is bright and sunny and I think how lucky I have been this year as I prepare to go for a walk. Only once in the summer ...
WHAT’S in a name? It’s a great question. Some of us try to decipher something about our origins. How does our surname or birthplace ...
THERE is nothing like an ancient and old hollow lane to bring the past into the present. Today we may walk along them without much ...
AS Kenneth Grahame wrote in The Wind in the Willows, “There is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing than simply ...
AS I nurse a broken shoulder, I reminisce about all the wild places that I have experienced so far in life. Since childhood, and in ...
STARING out of a window the other morning, I wondered whether the rain would ever stop as I wanted to get out and explore. Luckly, it ...
CAN we celebrate our lives while we are still alive without embarrassing others? Waking on Thursday, December 6, 2018, the morning ...
THE Rev B Railton Bax, minister of Henley Congregational Church and Free Church chaplain to the local hospitals, states he is deeply ...
THE owner of Henley’s first dedicated strip club has said it will be “a bit of fun”. As the Henley Standard revealed last week, ...
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Woman in court over death crash
A WOMAN accused of causing the deaths of a police officer and a pensioner by careless driving has appeared in court. Agne Jasulaitiene, 35, of Talavera Close, Crowthorne, did not ... [more]
A RUNAWAY rhea called Chris that has been on the loose for five weeks has been found in Peppard. The 4ft bird has been living wild after escaping from a farm nearby and has been ... [more]
Finally, rowers move into new £350,000 boathouse
GORING Gap Boat Club has moved into its new £350,000 clubhouse. About two dozen members took part in the recreational rowing club’s inaugural session at its new premises next to ... [more]
CRAZIES Hill Primary School is second best out of 71 in Wokingham borough. The Government’s primary school performance tables show that 85 per cent of pupils met the expected ... [more]
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