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PLANS to stop heavy goods vehicles from driving through Henley have been criticised by the chairman of Rotherfield Greys Parish Council. Nick Digby fears the mo...

A MAN from Sonning Common is to take part in an ultra-marathon to raise money for a children’s charity. Will Bevis, 33, of Kennylands Road, is running for...

Artists invited to take part in sculpture show at Greys Court );  ); THE organisers of this summer’s sculpture show at Greys Court are inviting local artists to get involved. Entries for the show, which was unable to go ahead last year, are open until the end of April. The event will run from June 10 to July 19, with the final weekend forming part of the Henley Arts Trail. John Nicholls, of the Oxford Sculptors Group, says: “The show is a partnership between the National Trust and our grou...

Chipping Norton TOWNS across Oxfordshire plagued by lorries shaking historic buildings and straining ancient bridges may soon get funding for a solution. As Oxfordshire county councillors met on Wednesday, Stefan Gawrysiak, the independent councillor for Henley, spoke about the damage and disruption caused by heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) passing through the town over its historic bridge. Mr Gawrysiak called for new environmental restrictions to be brought into towns including Burford, Chi...

Experienced pair to go head-to-head for county council seat );  ); HENLEY’S representative on Oxfordshire County Council is hoping to retain the position for another four years. Stefan Gawrysiak, who represents Henley Residents Group, is standing again in the local council elections on Thursday, May 6. He will be up against Conservative candidate Paul Harrison, from Sonning Common, a former member of South Oxfordshire District Council. Councillor Gawrysiak, who lives in Elizabeth Road,�...

Libraries will be giving residents a warm welcome back when they re-open their doors on Monday. Oxfordshire County Council is planning a phased approach to the re-opening of libraries and will be maintaining safety measures including track and trace, use of face coverings and social distancing. Since the November lockdown, all loans have been extended on a rolling basis and this will end on May 10, at which point all loans will be due for return or renewal. Items can be returned in the ...

Village pub could re-open after almost eight years ); THE White Lion at Crays Pond could re-open almost eight years after it shut. Businessman Satwinder Sandhu, who bought the former Greene King pub in 2013, is understood to be in talks with new tenants who could run it jointly on a lease of about five years. Mr Sandhu had been living at the premises with his family, despite not having permission to use it as a private residence, and only left when South Oxfordshire District Council obtained a ...

Call for night-time trial ban of HGVs );  ); A PROSPECTIVE councillor has called for a trial of a night-time ban on heavy goods lorries coming through Henley. Paul Harrison was responding to the campaign for the introduction of a 7.5-tonne weight limit on Henley Bridge to prevent HGVs using the town as a “rat run”. Later this month, Stefan Gawrsyiak, Henley’s representative on Oxfordshire County Council, the highways authority, is due to propose this in a motion. Now Mr Harrison, a Cons...

£25 bill to have fly-tipped rubbish removed from gym );  ); A GYM owner has had to pay to remove a large pile of rubbish dumped outside her premises. More than a dozen black bin bags full of household waste were fly-tipped outside Kennylands Gymnastics in Bird Wood Court Road, Sonning Common. More rubbish was left inside the large Grundon bin belonging to the building. Rebecca Taylor, the club’s manager, had to pay £25 to have the rubbish removed by a contractor. She was alerted by a neigh...

‘Saddo’ urged to stop dumping empties in the street );  ); SCORES of empty beer bottles are being dumped in and around public litter bins in Sonning Common every week. Now the parish council wants to stop the “saddo” fly-tipper by exposing their fly-tipping publicly. The pictures above show the bottles of Amstel and the packaging left at the bin near the bus stop in Woodlands Road. The council says that village warden Mark Weston has found the bin overflowing every week. Parish clerk ...