MARCH was slightly warmer than the average and much drier. Temperatures ranged from -1.7C to a high of 24C on the penultimate day, ...
Monday, 12 April 2021
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WHOEVER wins next month’s election to represent Henley on Oxfordshire County Council, the two candidates will surely remain friends. ...
IT would appear that the Easter Bunny is alive and well and living in Whitchurch. Several residents have posted on the village website ...
Warmer weather stops church clock
THE clock of St Mary’s church in Henley has stopped. Jeremy Tayler, the rector, said he noticed on Sunday morning that the clock was ...
Horse opera or hoofer... do you know the difference?
A PHOTOGRAPHER and video producer is sharing more than 30 years of knowledge and experience in a humourous new book. Richard Pinches, ...
CONTRACTORS patching roads and pavements in Whitchurch may experience a sense of déjà vu when they enter the village. The team are ...
WHITCHURCH Bridge might charge the fourth-lowest toll in Britain but a resident says this isn’t good value for money. A survey by ...
ANIMAL lovers were relieved to hear that reports of a dog being killed on the road near Henley appeared to stem from short-sightedness....
HATS off to Liz Felix, the milliner who had a shop in Reading Road, Henley, until it closed last summer — she has found a new ...
IT’S always shocking for children to learn that their teachers have a human side. Dave Dean, who recently stepped down as resident ...
Pub pals still ‘meeting up’ for games of digital darts
THREE friends have devised a high-tech way of keeping up their regular darts matches during the coronavirus pandemic. Richard Pereira, ...
AFTER a very wet start to the year, February accounted for just less than 50mm of rain, the average for the month. This fell mostly in ...
DOG owners in Goring have been given an unconventional reminder to clear up after their pets. A sign put up around the village ...
MANY of us could benefit from a holiday after months in lockdown but a Henley town councillor may have gone too far in seeking a ...
Final week of lockdown diaries featuring ideas, projects, walks and birthdays
MIKE ROWBOTTOM is a journalist, writer, musician, lecturer and theatre reviewer who lives in Stoke Row. I’M that guy in the ...
Coronavirus Diaries: David Gregory, blacksmith
DAVID GREGORY is a master blacksmith who lives in Reading with his fiancée, two dogs, cat and assorted rabbits. He has run Cobalt ...
Girl who just can’t get enough skating
AS we reported last week, Amber Kriefman loves ice skating so was delighted to discover a temporary rink in Henley when the floodwater ...
JANE MATHER lives with her husband, Rev Dr James Mather, in Kidmore End. LAST week we had a wedding and a funeral. To be fair, the ...
DESPITE his apparently strained relationship with his neighbour, Councillor Gawrysiak has retained his sense of humour. He agreed to ...
Week six of lockdown diaries featuring a short story, fresh start and a pheasant
AUTHOR Julie Roberts lives in Ridgeway, Caversham. She is a member of the Chiltern Writers, who write a weekly piece of flash fiction ...
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