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THE Checkendon Equestrian Centre has won the British Horse Society’s Unsung Hero Award. The staff have been recognised for their efforts to keep the centr...

AN environmental fair held in Henley for a second year has been heralded a success by the organisers. The Great Big Green Fair took place in Market Place on Sat...

A RAMBLING day to raise money for Children in Need will take place next month. The event is being organised by Walkers are Welcome Henley as part of a national ...

A TEENAGER with dyslexia who left school at 16 to join the army took part in a ceremonial gun salute for the Queen in Hyde Park. Millie Cooke, 19, from Caversha...

A MAN who attempted to walk 70km in 70 hours for the Poppy Appeal had to stop before the end because he was exhausted. But 87-year-old John Green still raised m...

A PHOTOGRAPHER who suffered life-changing injuries in a showjumping accident is to receive a new £20,000 wheelchair. Charlotte Snowden, 49, from Checkendo...

A STALWART of the Royal British Legion is planning to march 70km in 70 hours dressed as a First World War soldier to raise money for the Poppy Appeal. John Gree...

The following cases were heard at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Courts:

RESIDENTS across South Oxfordshire were kept awake by an all-night “rave” on Saturday. The party, which was held on farmland in Checkendon, went on ...

A COUPLE from Checkendon rescued an extremely rare white badger after they found her dehydrated and underweight due to the recent hot weather. Julian Pucill, 62...