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A WISTERIA covering the former Red Lion Hotel in Henley is to be restored. The climbing shrub has collapsed in places and needs to be reattached to the wall of ...

Call for river slipway to be reinstated after flooding );  ); A SLIPWAY that was filled in last summer was re-opened temporarily when it flooded following heavy rain. Sorbon Estates removed the access to the River Thames in Thames Side at the bottom of Friday Street in Henley to create space for parking despite not having planning permission, Resident John Whiting photographed the flooded slipway following days of heavy rain caused by Storm Bella last month. He said he wanted the slipway reins...

Hero members of public dive into River Thames to save man’s life after Chertsey crash Police have praised the "brave and quick" actions of the two individuals Updated The crash took place close to Chertsey Bridge (Image: Graham Dash Chertsey Camera Club) Get the latest email updates for Surrey with our FREE daily newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Somet...

Santa’s socially distanced grotto in Henley’s ‘secret gem’ garden ); SANTA’S Grotto will be open at the Spice Merchant restaurant in Henley on Monday. It has previously been at Regal Picturehouse and the Kenton Theatre but both venues are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organisers Paula Price-Davies and Tom Ryan, of Tipi Events, decided to move it to the restaurant in Thames Side, where it will be open from 10am to 6pm. Entry is free and every child will receive a goody bag. M...

Author’s relative goes back to where it began ); A Christmas Carol in Henley. Gerald Dickens will present his one-man show at the Spice Merchant restaurant at 7.30pm next Sunday (December 20). The performance will see Gerald playing all the characters from Ebenezer Scrooge to the three spirits. Gerald, 57, who lives in Abingdon, said: “ A Christmas Carol was Dickens’s most popular reading when he toured Britain and America. “So we know what part of the story he thought was importa...