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Fire station in appeal for recruits after eight leave
02/06/14
TWO-THIRDS of Wargrave’s firefighters have left in the past two years. If one of the remaining four retained firefighters was to resign, the Victoria Road station would no longer be allowed to respond to 999 calls. However, watch manager Dave Piercy ...
Kitten becomes escape artist
15/06/14
A WOMAN has given a kitten a home after it kept her awake for hours and then got lost under her floorboards. PR consultant Hannah Wilson was asleep at her home in Kings Road, Henley, when she was woken up at about 4am on Saturday by the sound of ...
Man dies after being rescued from Thames
06/10/14
A MAN died after falling into the Thames in Caversham on Sunday evening. Police said the man, who was in his twenties, was rescued from the river by firefighters and taken by ambulance to the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, where he died. A ...
House burglary
29/09/14
CASH, credit cards and other possessions were stolen in a burglary at a house in Westfield Road, Benson, in the early hours of September 16.
Father and daughter found
30/05/14
A MAN from Benson and his daughter who went missing have both been found safe and well. Thames Valley police said that Ewan Powell, 42, and three-year-old Tanith, from Worcestershire, were located in the Didcot area on Wednesday. The force had ...
Father and daughter missing
27/05/14
A FATHER from Benson has gone missing with his three-year-old daughter. Thames Valley Police are appealing for the publics help in tracing Ewan Powell, 42, and his daughter Tanith Powell, from Worcestershire. Tanith was last seen on Saturday ...
Pub-goers rescue trapped woman
A WOMAN had a lucky escape when her car crashed through a fence and ended up on its side. Elizabeth Wells was trapped in the Toyota after the accident in Stoke Row and was rescued by passers-by. Mrs Wells, who lives in the village, was ...
Father and girl found
A MAN from Benson and his daughter who went missing have both been found safe and well. Thames Valley police said that Ewan Powell, 42, and three-year-old Tanith, from Worcestershire, were located in the Didcot area on Wednesday. The ...
Lorry snaps pole on Hart Street
30/06/14
A HANGING basket pole was snapped after being hit by a lorry. The incident happened in Hart Street, Henley, at about 4pm on Monday. Richard Jackson, a consultant at Jacksons estate agents, was in his office when he witnessed the ...
Waste depot blaze blamed on oily rags
FIREFIGHTERS took several hours to bring a fierce blaze at a waste depot under control. There was a huge pall of black smoke over the Grundon plant in Goulds Grove, Ewelme, as the flames raged on Saturday evening. The fire is ...
Assault on Henley Bridge
06/07/14
A 38-YEAR-OLD man was attacked on Henley Bridge during the regatta. Thames Valley Police are appealing for witnesses following the assault, which happened between 10.30pm and 10.45pm on Friday. The victim was with his friend,...
Light aircraft makes emergency landing
10/07/14
THE pilot of a plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Sonning Common. The red and white Piper Cherokee 140 came down in the field next to Chiltern Edge School at about 11am last Friday. Several pupils ...
Plane’s sudden landing in corn field
14/07/14
THE pilot of a plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Sonning Common. The red and white Piper Cherokee 140 came down in the field next to Chiltern Edge School at about 11am last Friday. Several ...
Rail travellers thanked for helping woman, 89, in fall
07/07/14
A WOMAN has used the Henley Standard to thank a group of kind-hearted rail travellers who helped her elderly mother after a fall. Maureen Dougall, 67, was on a platform at Henley station with her mother Dorothy Camp,...
Football club counts cost of traveller invasion
28/07/14
TRAVELLERS have left a trail of destruction after setting up camp in Henley last week. Football pitches were destroyed and human faeces left lying on the ground after the group pitched up on Jubilee Park field, off ...
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