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Businesses say lockdown grants won’t cover losses );  ); BUSINESS owners in Henley say the grants being offered by the Government will not be enough to offset the damage of the latest lockdown. People in retail, hospitality and leisure can apply for between £4,000 and £9,000 per property depending on its rateable value. This is part of a £4.6 billion package announced by the Treasury, while the employee furlough scheme has been extended to April. The national lockdown has forced all non-...

Great Hollands Primary School (Bracknell) Speaking in a video on the trust’s website, Angie Morrish, chair of trustees at the Berkshire School Trust, and Angharad Brackstone, CEO of BST, have outlined the reasoning behind the plans. Ms Morrish said the last year of coping with Covid-19 has enabled the trustees to spend time considering the future of BST and realise their financial vulnerability. Ms Brackstone said the trust has been working very closely with Maiden Erlegh Trust in the p...

PLANS to introduce a weight restriction for heavy goods vehicles passing through Henley have been boosted. At an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday evening, ...

Guide to the latest coronavirus restrictions and the roadmap out of lockdown ); PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has revealed a “roadmap” for easing coronavirus restrictions in England. After the first stage next month, further lifting of the rules will happen if certain conditions are met, such as the continuing successful rollout of the covid-19 vaccines. The aim is for all restrictions to be lifted by June 21 at the earliest. Mr Johnson said that lockdown easing would be “cautious and ...

Miles Eglin leaves Swindon Crown Court Picture: ADVER PHOTOGRAPHER A SECOND hand car salesman was caught driving a stolen Ford Fiesta – and had a nicked Porsche Boxster on his driveway. Miles Eglin, 53, was accused by a Swindon judge of turning a blind eye and failing to do the proper checks to make easy money. At the time he was at risk of losing his £1m home. But after hearing the Melksham man was a carer for his father, who has cancer, Judge Jason Taylor QC suspended the six month j...

OYB returns  ); THE 14th annual On Your Bike event is scheduled to take place in Sonning Common on March 20 next year.  Hundreds of families take part in the event, which raises money for the village primary school. ); document.write(); document.write();

Boys arrested and two vehicles seized );  ); TWO boys were arrested and two vehicles seized from a travellers’ camp which stopped in Henley and Woodcote. Police arrested the pair, aged 14 and 17 and of no fixed abode, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit assault and theft a few days after the group left the area. Both have been released on bail. Officers also confiscated a black Saab, which was suspected of being involved in the theft of tools from vehicles, and a white Ford Focus, which had...

Villagers in fear for their lives with traffic increase );  ); RESIDENTS of Rotherfield Greys are worried about the risk of a fatal accident caused by drivers speeding. The amount of traffic going through the village is increasing with the construction of 98 homes at the Highlands Park development in Henley, less than two miles away along Greys Road. Nick Digby, chairman of Rotherfield Greys Parish Council, raised the issue during a virtual meeting of the Henley and Harpsden neighbourhood plan...

Covid-19 vaccine set to be rolled out this week );  ); SURGERIES in Henley and the surrounding area will start to roll out the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine this week. Dedicated vaccination centres have been set up in Henley, Abingdon and Chipping Norton and priority will be given to patients over the age of 80. The Bell and Hart surgeries in Henley, the Nettlebed Surgery and the Sonning Common Health Centre are all involved in the first tranche of vaccinations. These areas have been...