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Fire strike
11/08/14
OXFORDSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service says it will respond to every 999 call it receives during next week’s industrial action. The Fire Brigades Union has called strikes from midday to 2pm and 10.59pm to 11.59pm each day from tomorrow (Saturday) until ...
£278,000 in council reserves earmarked
28/04/14
Henley town council will save a total of £200,000 over the next 12 years to pay for a new astroturf pitch. The council has earmarked £16,667 a year in reserves to replace the pitch at Jubilee Park when it reaches the end of its usable life in 2024. ...
Council refuses to dredge river
27/10/14
DREDGING the River Thames around Marsh Lock should be down to the Environment Agency, according to Henley councillors. Members of the town council’s finance strategy and management committee rejected a proposal to set aside up to £15,000 to dredge ...
Unemployment rate drops in Henley area
18/10/14
THE number of unemployed people in the Henley constituency last month was 302, down 27 on August and 217 lower than in September last year. Henley MP John Howell told a lunch for Henley Conservatives: It is easy to become blasé about this but it ...
Council rapped over play area contract
08/09/14
HENLEY Town Council’s reputation may have been damaged by the way it handled the procurement process for its refurbishment of the toddler play area in Mill Meadows. A review of the process found that it “did not treat the contractors well”. The ...
Budget increased to fund skate park
13/01/14
COUNCIL taxpayers in Sonning Common will have to pay more for services provided by the parish council. The council has agreed to increase its precept by £16,500 to £99,000 from April 1. The budget has been more than doubled to £201,782 to help ...
Parish council agrees three per cent tax rise
20/01/14
COUNCIL taxpayers in Watlington are to pay more for the services provided by the parish council. Members agreed a rise of three per cent at a meeting on Tuesday. This means that from April 1, a typical band D householder will pay £75.47 a ...
Roof repairs
03/02/14
REPAIRS to the storm- damaged roofs of Benson parish hall and pavilion will cost £1,500. Tiles and a ridge panel were damaged during high winds in December. Benson Parish Council has awarded the repairs contract to Longpine Roofing, of ...
Council tax rise despite cut by district
17/03/14
RESIDENTS of Henley and South Oxfordshire will pay about £25 a year more in council tax from April 1. Homeowners in a typical Band D property will be charged £1,570, a 1.7 per cent increase on last year. Henley Town Council has ...
Council tax bank change
31/03/14
COUNCIL taxpayers in South Oxfordshire are reminded that they may need to change their bank account payment details before the end of the month. From Tuesday, the district council is changing bank accounts, so that anyone who ...
Decision due on cuts to subsidised school travel
10/01/14
A DECISION on plans to cut subsidised travel for school pupils will be made next month. Oxfordshire County Council, which is considering limiting free travel to a childs nearest school, has said the cabinet will make a ...
Parents forced into overdrafts to cope with rising costs
18/12/17
NEARLY a quarter of parents in the South East of England use their overdraft facility in an average month, it has emerged. Following the recent increase in the Bank of England’s base rate, research by credit ...
Council tax to increase by 4.3 per cent despite cuts
22/02/17
COUNCIL tax bills across South Oxfordshire are set to rise by an average of 4.32 per cent. The district council has agreed to freeze its share of the charge for the second year running but Oxfordshire ...
Toilet upgrade dependent on Market Place development
13/03/17
WORK to upgrade the Greys Road car park public toilets in Henley could depend on the planned development of Market Place Mews. South Oxfordshire District Council had budgeted £120,000 for the work ...
Calls to extend parish boundary
COUNCILLORS have reiterated their desire to extend the Henley parish boundary. They want Highlands Farm, a light industrial estate off Greys Road, to be transferred from Harpsden parish into ...
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