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07/09/23
HENLEY MP John Howell said he was “disappointed” that Parliament failed to agree a united approach on Syria. Prime Minister David Cameron proposed a motion to support the principle of military action if it was backed up by evidence from the United ...
10 years ago
20/11/23
THE long-awaited redevelopment of Townlands Hospital won’t start until next year at the earliest. NHS Property Services, which is now in charge of the £8.7 million project, says it is still negotiating with contractors over costs. It is the ninth ...
31/07/23
TWO families have told how their house “shook” as a car ploughed into three walls outside their homes and demolished a pump at the petrol station next door. Lucy and Richard Owen were asleep at their home in Remenham Hill when an Audi collided ...
22/04/24
PARENTS have been accused of overusing free parking when taking their children to the toddler playground in Henley. They are entitled to a free hour if they use one of the 10 designated spaces next to the playground in Mill Meadows. However, ...
25/12/23
HENLEY Rugby Club is losing up to £30,000 a year and could quit National League 1 if its finances do not improve. The Hawks are to have talks with Henley Town Council to discuss ways it could help. The club has asked the council to waive ...
03/07/23
A SCHOOL of excellence in silversmithing and jewellery manufacture has received an award from Prince Charles. The Bishopsland Educational Trust in Dunsden was presented with the inaugural Encouraging Craft Skills in Education prize at ...
10 Years Ago
06/03/23
WHEN boy band One Direction turned up at the Fawley Hill estate for a photoshoot, the lady of the house could only ask, “Which direction?” Lady McAlpine, who lives in the 25-acre estate with her husband Sir William, admits she had no ...
29/01/24
A HENLEY town councillor has refused to resign or apologise after blaming the recent floods on the legalisation of gay marriage. David Silvester, 73, has been widely condemned for calling the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act ...
21/08/23
A WOMAN has told how her horse had to be put down after it was spooked by a low-flying hot-air balloon in Henley. Liz Jones, 52, was in a field with her thoroughbred mare Della at Friar Park Stables when the red Virgin ...
07/08/23
TWO former Henley students have embarked on a year-long sponsored cycling tour of the British Isles. Ruth Carney and Laurence Ash, who met at The Henley College in 1998, do not have a support vehicle and are camping ...
14/08/23
BARBECUES have been banned from Marsh Meadows in Henley. They were already banned from Mill Meadows and have now been prohibited on the neighbouring riverside grassland, which is popular with picnickers and ...
01/07/24
10 YEARS AGO Henley Standard July 4, 2014 THE Henley College has offered its land for housing development in the hope of being able to relocate. It has offered its Deanfield and Rotherfield campuses for ...
Turning back the pages: 10 years ago
22/07/24
SINGER Jamie Bruce has apologised after suggesting on Twitter that a young Henley rock band should be working at McDonald’s. The 35-year-old’s comments were in response to an insult directed at him on ...
08/07/24
GLORIOUS sunshine and multiple victories for home town clubs helped to make the 175th Henley Royal Regatta a huge success. About 85,000 people bought tickets for the five-day event and tens of ...
09/10/23
AN appeal to equip 10 schools in the Henley area with life-saving equipment is more than a third of the way to its £15,000 target after just two weeks. The Millie’s Dream charity has secured ...
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