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David Rouane: New Year Message
03/01/22
ANY review of the last year has to, once again, start with covid. First of all, let me express my sympathies to anyone who has lost a loved one during this terrible period. I would like to thank all of those who have stepped forward to help people ...
John Howell: New Year Message
WILL the glass be half full or half empty for 2022? That is the honest reflection we must all make as we leave 2021 behind and try to move on. Personally, I think the glass is half full and I, for one, start the year with bags of optimism. I wish ...
Fr Jeremy: New Year Message
ONCE again we have had a Christmas in which things have not gone to plan. It has not been the Christmas that many of us wanted. At both of our churches a couple of months ago, we were planning Christmas with all the trimmings: not only the usual ...
What are your New Year's resolutions?
30/12/14
We spoke with Henley shoppers about their goals for 2015.
Will you be making New Year's resolutions?
27/12/12
We ask Henley residents about their hopes and plans for the coming New Year.
What are your hopes for Christmas?
18/12/12
Henley shoppers share their thoughts on the upcoming festive season.
John Howel MP - New Year message
01/01/18
NEW Year is often a time of mixed feelings but I look forward with optimism to some of the achievements I hope we will make. I hope that we will think of all those who volunteer across our society and provide valuable service to our communities....
Councillor Kellie Hinton - New Year message
2017 has been a glorious year for Henley, despite some harrowing times as a nation. The return of the May fayre to Market Place, the opening of the new skate park and our many events throughout the summer and up to the annual Christmas ...
Veteran filled with emotion as he receives royal honour
01/06/17
ARMY veteran Brian Hughes shed a tear as he was honoured at Henley town hall on Sunday. The 84-year-old was presented with the British Empire Medal by John Harwood, the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, at a ceremony in front of ...
Rev Canon Martyn Griffiths - New Year message
ONE of the privileges of being a priest in an “ancient” parish is that very often there are very old records of the lives and deaths of parishioners easily at hand. This is the case for both the parishes of St Mary’s, Henley, and ...
Pride as local people receive New Year's Honours
03/01/19
THE founder of an organic baby food company was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list. Paul Lindley, 52, who lives near Henley, started Ella’s Kitchen in 2006. He named it after his daughter, who is now 19. The company, ...
Liz Leffman: New Year Message
IT has become a tradition that the leader of the county council provides a New Year message to the Henley Standard and this is the first time I’ve had the pleasure of undertaking this task. The Oxfordshire Fair Deal Alliance ...
Niki Schafer: New Year Message
IT has been another testing year for many businesses and we must congratulate the tenacity and creativity it has taken for many in the travel, entertainment and hospitality businesses particularly, to stay afloat and, ...
Paralympic rowers made MBEs in New Year’s Honours
01/01/22
THREE paralympic rowers from Henley have been made MBEs in the New Year’s Honours list. Ellen Buttrick, Giedre Rakauskaite and Erin Kennedy, who all won gold in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as part of the PR3 ...
Charity walk volunteer receives British Empire Medal
12/01/18
A CHARITY volunteer who leads walks for the visually impaired was awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s New Year Honours. Alan Futter, 78, of Orwell Close, Caversham Heights, was a trustee of Reading ...
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