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FIVE swimmers are to attempt a series of challenges this year to raise money for charity and awareness of river conservation. The Henley Mermaids plan to swim t...

PLANS to build affordable modular homes near Woodcote have received a mixed response from councillors in the area. They were responding to a proposal by two ent...

A SWIMMER has criticised MPs for not backing a proposal to stop water companies dumping sewage in rivers. Gareth Dean, 41, from South Stoke, runs his own compan...

A DECISION by MPs not to vote in favour of reducing sewage discharge into the River Thames has been met with fury. Henley MP John Howell and Theresa May, MP for...

THE chairwoman of South Oxfordshire District Council is supporting the Earth Trust as one of her chosen charities for her year in office. Jo Robb began by helpi...

A COUNCILLOR is encouraging people to do a sponsored walk at Earth Trust as part of their fundraising for the nature centre.

A GROUP of women are planning to make their second attempt at swimming 45km across the Bristol Channel later this month. The Henley Mermaids came within 4.5km o...

Jellyfish, saltwater and huge waves... women ready for swim ); THE Henley Mermaids will attempt to swim Bristol Channel in relay on July 22. Laura Reineke, Jo Robb, Joan Fennelly, Susan Barry and Fiona Print would become the first all-female team to achieve the feat. Last summer they swam the Channel and raised more than £34,000 for Henley Music School, which was founded by Ms Reineke in 2010. The Bristol Channel is a 45km stretch of water from Ilfracombe in Devon to Swansea in South Wales, wh...

AN environmental campaigner has become the new chairman of South Oxfordshire District Council. Jo Robb was elected at the authority’s annual meeting on Th...

A FORMER Olympic rower has praised five women for attempting to swim the Bristol Channel. The Henley Mermaids will take on the 25-mile relay challenge from Ilfr...