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Henley and District Stamp Club
16/01/23
CHRISTMAS is over and we are now heading into the New Year full of new optimism. To learn more about stamps and postal history, why not visit the club at Bix one Wednesday evening? You can meet people who find postal history and the story of stamps ...
Sofa dumped
01/08/22
A SOFA and armchair were dumped beside a road in Russell’s Water at the weekend. South Oxfordshire District Council, the waste authority, was informed.
Reading and District Probus Club
11/04/22
SINCE restarting meetings in September, Reading and District Probus Club has been meeting every month. The March meeting featured a talk by Bridget Britton entitled “Saving lives at sea” about the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. She told us ...
Rail HQ bid
28/02/22
A NEW national body for the country’s railways could be based at Didcot. South Oxfordshire District Council is to submit an expression of interest to host the headquarters for Great British Railway, which will be responsible for setting ticket ...
£88,000 for deep cleans
04/07/22
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is putting money into a deep cleaning project to tackle areas which need a spruce-up. It has set aside £88,000 of its Climate Action Fund to pay for extra work at nominated sites over the next nine months. ...
Henley and District Talking Newspaper
21/08/23
THE Henley and District Talking Newspaper’s annual meeting took place on July 25. In his report, chairman Richard Hodgkin said: “Firstly, I would like to say a big thank you to our committee and readers for helping us complete another ...
Councils to produce local plan together
05/04/21
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is to produce a new joint local plan with a neighbouring authority. It has agreed to join forces with Vale of White Horse District Council less than four months after approving its current plan. The ...
Council rose to challenge
29/03/21
THE leader of South Oxfordshire District Council has reflected on a “challenging” year the first anniversary of the original coronavirus lockdown. Councillor Sue Cooper praised the council for acting quickly to establish a community ...
SODC offers free parking for Christmas shoppers
13/10/14
DRIVERS may be able to park in Henley free of charge on Tuesday afternoons in the run-up to Christmas. South Oxfordshire District Council has offered a half-day of free parking in its car parks in each week of December. The annual ...
Councillor honoured
29/09/14
A MINUTE’S silence was held in Henley in honour of the leader of South Oxfordshire District Council. Ann Ducker, who represented the Goring ward, died of cancer on Sunday, aged 71. Henley Town Council held a minute of silence ...
Drivers ban to cut pollution
16/06/14
DRIVERS could be banned from Henley town centre if a low emission zone is introduced. It is one of a series of measures designed to improve air quality in the town, which has some of the highest pollution levels in South ...
Improving air quality
27/05/14
HENLEY residents are being invited to have their say on plans to improve the town’s air quality. South Oxfordshire District Council is producing an action plan to reduce pollution in its towns and villages. A draft of ...
Air quality plan unveiled
02/06/14
RESIDENTS are being asked for their views on an air quality action plan for South Oxfordshire. The district council will be consulting on the plan from Monday until July 4 and will hold a drop-in session for ...
£9,000 fines for fly-tippers
THE people responsible for 106 cases of flying tipping have been identified by environmental enforcement officers at South Oxfordshire District Council over the past year. The council says a “significant ...
£9m household waste deal extended to 2024
09/06/14
WASTE disposal company Biffa has signed an extended deal to collect household rubbish in Henley and South Oxfordshire. The contract with South Oxfordshire District Council is worth about £9 million and ...
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