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10 Years Ago
15/05/23
TWO friends from Shiplake have won a Bafta. Christine Drew, 33, and Fraser Davidson, 30, picked up the award on Sunday for their work on new BBC comedy show The Revolution Will Be Televised. Mr Davidson created the animated sequences between ...
10 years ago
13/11/23
THREE new war memorials to Henley’s “forgotten” servicemen are to go ahead thanks to a grant. The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £8,200 to the Lest We Forget project, which now needs only another £3,300 in donations from the community. ...
25 years ago
06/11/23
A HIGH-POWERED steam cleaner could be banned from Henley after a claim it damaged the very pavement slabs it was hired to clean. Traders also complained it splashed dirty water on their shop fronts and town centre residents were annoyed ...
12/06/23
HOLLYWOOD stars descended on a Chilterns village to shoot scenes for a new film. George Clooney, who stars in and is producing and directing Monuments Men, was among those who had their photos taken by residents of Fingest. Other ...
04/09/23
SEVENTY plucky contestants are preparing to step out on the catwalk at the Henley Show. The final line-up for this year’s Miss Henley competition is complete. The competitors will have the first opportunity to meet each other ...
28/08/23
POLICE in Henley want to catch youths vandalising property on film and show the evidence to their parents. Parents would then have to take responsibility for punishing their children. The initiative, which has been ...
Headline
07/09/23
HENLEY station was evacuated on Monday evening and two trains were stopped because it was thought there was a bomb on the platform. The police arrived at about 7.40am and the station was closed for an hour. It was ...
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HENLEY MP John Howell said he was “disappointed” that Parliament failed to agree a united approach on Syria. Prime Minister David Cameron proposed a motion to support the principle of military action if it was ...
THE fate of Henley’s trial traffic scheme is to be decided no later than six months into the project. Members of Oxfordshire County Council’s highway sub-committee demanded a full review as one of its ...
100 years ago
24/04/23
AT a meeting of Henley Town Council, the town clerk said that the Superintendent of Police had written stating that the temporary refuges which had been placed in Hart Street and the Market Place had ...
25 Years Ago
17/04/23
ENGINEERING experts have been left baffled by a mysterious hole which appeared in a Henley resident’s garden and swallowed him up to his knees. The mysterious sighting of the hole at the bottom of ...
AT the meeting of the Easter vestry in Peppard, at the conclusion of the ordinary business, the rector asked if anyone hand any suggestions. Capt Perowne said he hoped in the near future to bring ...
20/11/23
THE long-awaited redevelopment of Townlands Hospital won’t start until next year at the earliest. NHS Property Services, which is now in charge of the £8.7 million project, says it is still ...
CHANGES to Henley roads to accommodate the pedestrianisation and trial traffic scheme have been revealed. The scheme will come into force in January. Town councillors heard that a new mini ...
50 years ago
FOR the first time in its history, Henley has been officially twinned with a foreign town. On Saturday, the public filled every inch of the town hall to watch the Mayor and town clerk ...
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