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Updated: 4 Feb 2021, 18:29 Invalid Date, FLOOD-ravaged Britain is set to be battered with heavy snowfall in the coming days as weather warnings are extended from Scotland to southern England. The Met Office has warned a foot-and-a-half of the white stuff could cut off areas in Scotland on Saturday - as parts of the north, East Midlands, London and the south west are added to the weekend whiteout.   18 Rising floodwater continues to surround residential riverside properties in Laleham Reach, S...

The woman was walking on the beach in Hayling Island, Hampshire on Monday  A large wave washes over the woman and pushes her pet over the sea wall  Onlookers rush to save the woman who is at risk of being dragged out to sea Locals criticised the woman for risking her life and that of her dog in the storm 

Invalid Date, BRITAIN is set for six days of snow in the most disruptive blizzard since the Beast from the East. The Met Office predicts up to 11.8inches could fall, with rural areas “cut off”.   11 Britain is set for six days of snow in the most disruptive blizzard since the Beast from the EastCredit: PA:Press Association 11 The Thames bursts its banks at Sonning On Thames, Berkshire, putting George and Amal Clooneys home at riskCredit: chris gorman / big ladder 11 11 Flooding in Oxfords...

Welcome to the flake district! Snow brings chaos across northern England as experts warn more is on the way... and its flood misery for the Clooneys as Thames overflows near their luxury home There was a threat from flooding at Sonning, where waters lapped close to George and Amal Clooneys home   Motorways ground to a halt and hundreds of schools, already teaching vastly reduced numbers, were shut Overnight blizzards closed roads across the Pennines and a truck overturned on A50, shedding toi...

Dancer’s years of dedication pay off with transatlantic call-up );  ); A YOUNG dancer from Emmer Green has been signed up by two prestigious American contemporary dance companies. Teige Bisnought, 21, will perform with Dallas Black Dance Theatre this spring before joining the renowned New York company Ailey II in June. He got the call to join the Dallas company for a five-month contract earlier this month. He will take part in covid-secure virtual and live performances in Texas before return...

Fish move completed  ); THE relocation of the Fish volunteer centre in Sonning Common was completed this week after almost two years of planning.  The charity has moved from Kennylands Road to the old police station in Lea Road after raising £150,000 to fund it. It was hoping to have moved by the end of December but this was delayed by bad weather. The third coronavirus lockdown caused a further delay.  The lease at its old site, which is owned by former village GP Dr Peter Hemphill, ha...

‘I was glad to help injured walker’ );  ); A MAN who came to the aid of a walker who had broken his ankle says he was pleased to be able to help. Shane Renders was one of a number of people who helped Philip Stott (pictured), as the Henley Standard reported last week. Mr Stott, 50, was enjoying a stroll in the fields above Remenham when he slipped on a wet slope and twisted his right ankle so he was unable to walk. He was helped by an older couple and their adult son as well as Mr Renders...

New stand is underway but cup competition fails to get off ground ); 300-seater grandstand at Rams RFC has begun. It is being installed at the Old Bath Road ground in Sonning by Duncan Lynch Precision Engineering. The 60m long concrete base, which runs from one 22 line to the other on the clubhouse side of the ground, has been put in, along with the main structure. The next phase of the project will see the roof and tread boards added, with the hope the project will be completed by the end of...

BYGONES: 1970s IDR plans thrown out over route near Forbury THE Mayor and Mayoress of Reading posed for a photocall on the new second section of the IDR in 1971, but, even as they did so, controversial plans were unveiled for the third. A section of the Inner Distribution Road was to swing round from London Street, under the Prudential building and clash ‘head-on’ with the western side of the Forbury Gardens. How this monumental problem would be solved was displayed in model form, com...

Cases still decreasing CORONAVIRUS cases in South Oxfordshire have been declining for almost a month. Laboratory or lateral flow device tests have confirmed 348 new cases of covid-19 within the past seven days compared with 432 cases the week before that and a peak of 713 cases in the seven days from the beginning of January. The infection rate is down from last week’s figure of 304.1 cases per 100,000 of the population to 245. The total number of cases since the start of the outbreak is now...