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Langtree pupils stage music festival
25/09/14
A music festival at Langtree School in Woodcote raised £2,000 for a new artificial outdoor sports pitch.
520 cyclists enter eighth On Your Bike
01/05/14
More than 500 cyclists entered the eight annual On Your Bike charity challenge in Sonning Common.
Henley children in festive concert
04/12/14
Children from Henley Children's Theatre and Rupert House School took part in a charity concert at the town hall.
Henley salsa night raises cash for Nepal
08/06/15
A salsa night at Pachangas Mexican restaurant in Henley raised money for victims of the Nepal earthquake.
Goring man's 10,000 km challenge
14/02/14
Parkinson's sufferer Alex Flynn, from Goring, has run, cycled and walked 10,000 km for the Cure Parkinson's Trust.
Living Advent Calendar smashes £4,000 mark
27/12/12
This year's Henley Living Advent Calendar has raised more than £4,000 - and other towns could soon be following its lead.
Are schools properly funded in order to maintain standards? NO
20/11/17
NO: Catherine Darnton headteacher of Gillotts School in Henley, and Rick Holroyd, headteacher of Langtree School in Woodcote, respond. JOHN HOWELL has certainly put great effort into the task of improving funding for education. We appreciate what he ...
Are schools properly funded in order to maintain standards? YES
YES: Henley MP John Howell says that campaigners and the media don't paint a fair picture of the Government's investment. IN recent years I have supported our schools over funding in many ways — arranging meetings with the Prime Minister and other ...
'Difficult' decision over fire station's future
22/02/17
FIRE chiefs say they have to make “difficult” decisions to save money, which could include closing Wargrave fire station. The Royal Berkshire Fire Authority needs to save £2.4 million by 2020 and has suggested seven cost-saving measures, three of ...
New children's centre awarded £21,900 grant
15/02/17
THE future of Henley’s children centre looks to have been secured after it was awarded £21,900 in start-up funding. Henley Baptist Church will manage the “healthy living facility” with youth and community group Nomad at the d:two centre in Upper ...
Academy to axe support staff to save cash and stay 'sustainable'
01/06/17
STAFF are set to be axed from the Piggott School in Wargrave in order to save £200,000. Librarians and technicians are among those expected to lose their jobs at the Twyford Road secondary. Headteacher Derren Gray has written to parents warning ...
MP protests at plan to revamp schools funding
03/04/17
JOHN HOWELL has raised his concerns about schools funding with Education Secretary Justine Greening. The Henley MP said it was “not acceptable” that many schools in Oxfordshire would lose out in the Government’s proposed new funding formula. ...
Council set to withdraw cash for regatta toilets
24/04/17
PUBLIC funding for the toilets at Henley Royal Regatta could be withdrawn after this year’s event. Wokingham Borough Council is considering ending an agreement to pay more than £2,500 per year for the toilet blocks on two sites along the ...
PCSOs face chop in council cuts
13/02/17
UP to six police community support officers in South Oxfordshire are facing the axe. The district council, which part-funds the roles, is expected to cut £100,000 from its contribution, saying Thames Valley Police should meet the full ...
Church's 21st snowdrop festival gets off a... snowy start
14/02/17
SNOW fell at the start of the 21st annual snowdrop teas to be held at St Botolph’s Church in Swyncombe. Dozens of people visited the Norman church on Saturday and Sunday to see the carpet of white flowers in the graveyard and then ...
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