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VOLUNTEERS are needed to check defibrillators in the Henley area which are once again at risk of failing. Many of the 72 devices, which the Millie’s Dream...

Villagers split over footbridge plan );  ); RESIDENTS of Shiplake are divided on plans to install a foot and cycle bridge linking the village with Wargrave. The Wargrave Shiplake Bridge Campaign was launched last summer with the aim of resurrecting a project from the Nineties. Members have identified the St George & Dragon pub on the Berkshire side of the River Thames as the most suitable site for one end of the bridge. However, as they are mostly from Wargrave, they want to engage with people...

The incident occurred in Maidenhead in November 2019. Generic image of a dog 39-year-old Reid appeared at Slough Magistrates Court in December 2020, where she was also told to pay an £81 victim surcharge and £973 in costs. In total, she was forced to fork out £1,861 for Samson the dog’s actions. Emily Craig, of Abrahams Road, Henley, pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dangerous Daschund at Reading Magistrates Court in March. This came after the mutt, who is called Jeffery, ...

Museum under fire for loss of learning space );  ); THE former head of learning at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley has spoken out against plans to introduce more office space. Christina Parker, who held the role from 2009 to 2012, has formally objected to the museum’s application to South Oxfordshire District Council. It wants to change the use of the learning space to make it suitable for commercial, business and office purposes. The museum, which is a registered charity, intends to le...

I had stroke in middle of 1,083-mile charity walk ); A WOMAN suffered a stroke as she was talking part in charity walking challenge. Joanne Bell, 52, was more than halfway to completing 1,083 miles — the equivalent distance from Land’s End to John O’Groats — when she was taken to hospital on day 55. She was at home after a day’s work at the Mill at Sonning theatre, where she works in the box office, when she realised there was something wrong. “It was totally out of the blue,” sa...

How I coped with losing my schizophrenic son );  ); A MOTHER whose son died after being diagnosed with schizophrenia has shared his story in a book to help others affected by mental illness. Gill Mann, a former trustee of the Riverside Counselling Service in Henley, will donate proceeds from sales of A Song Inside to the charity as well as national charities Rethink and Sane. The book tells how her 22-year-old son Sam Roberts became increasingly ill in his late teens and was hospitalised thre...

Retirement complex ‘would free up family homes’ ); A RETIREMENT village in Sonning Common would help release family homes, an inquiry heard. Inspired Villages, now known as Senior Living, wants to build 110 flats on a field in Blounts Court Road. The land is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where development can only be considered in exceptional circumstances. South Oxfordshire District Council refused to give planning permission so the developer appealed and a hearing b...

Disabled man bids to run 75 marathons in 85 days );  ); A MAN with cerebral palsy will attempt to run 1,900 miles in 85 days to raise money for charity. Tom Crossland, 40, from Gallowstree Common, is to take part in the Run To Refuge challenge, which comprises 75 marathons in 85 days between June 2 and August 28. He will be raising money for the TRIBE Freedom Foundation, a British charity fighting to end modern slavery and human trafficking. Mr Crossland, who is a clinical psychologist for the...

4pm update: In our first seat switch of the day, the Liberal Democrats have gained a seat from the Conservatives in the Chalgrove and Watlington ward. Freddie V...

Died: March 30, 2021 MYRA Frances, who has died of cancer aged 78, was an actress who became a taboo-busting pioneer when she shared British television’s first romantic kiss between women. That was in Girl (1974), James Robson’s play for BBC Birmingham’s Second City Firsts series of short standalone dramas by relatively new writers. Frances played Christine Harvey, the seemingly stern army corporal who appears opposite Alison Steadman’s discharged pregnant squaddie, Jackie. As J...