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Sales spurt for hanging baskets ');  '); HENLEY in Bloom sold 129 hanging baskets in the first week they were available, which is already 54 more than at the same stage last year. Residents and businesses are now able to order the baskets as part of the annual campaign supported by the Henley Standard. Windowflowers, which is based in Burnham, will supply and install the baskets at the end of May and beginning of June and maintain them all summer. The contents of this year’s baskets have not yet been decided but the flowers will be bright to help celebrate conquering the coronavirus crisi...

Town falls silent to mark death of Duke of Edinburgh '); HENLEY fell silent for one minute to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. A brief ceremony was held on the steps of the town hall at 3pm on Saturday, when Prince Philip’s funeral service at Windsor Castle started. The silence was led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson from his official home at Chequers and thousands of towns across Britain took part. Mayor Ken Arlett, his wife Mayoress Dorothy Arlett and deputy Mayor David Eggleton were joined by Oxfordshire deputy lieutenant Lynda Atkins and Ann Evans and John Green, who are chairwo...

Leads may have to be used by river ');  '); DOG owners might have to keep their pets on a lead at all times while walking in Mill Meadows in Henley. The town council, which is responsible for the riverside beauty spot, is considering introducing the rule as part of a new policy for users of all the green spaces it manages. It was proposed by Mayor Ken Arlett at a meeting of the council’s recreation and amenities committee. He said: “We’ve all seen owners letting dogs go wherever they like to do their business so I’d like them to stay on a lead until they get further along the towpath...

Paula Morris on the Ockhams most diverse shortlist ever 5 Mar, 2021 07:00 PM 5 minutes to read Hinemoana Baker. Photo / Ashley Clark The shortlists for the Ockham NZ Book Awards, announced this week, revealed one big and long-awaited surprise. Just last year, Kiri Piahana-Wong — convenor of judges for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry — said she was dismayed "to see that only a tiny number of writers of colour" were in contention for the prize. Now, for the first time in the 50-plus years of book awards, the four poets shortlisted are Māori, Pasifika, Asian and ...

Why I quit Henley Residents Group by Deputy Mayor ');  '); HENLEY’S Deputy Mayor has explained why he quit the ruling party on the town council. David Eggleton resigned from Henley Residents Group following a heated debate at a meeting of the council’s town and community committee about plans to replace the town’s 22 heritage litter bins at a cost of £19,000. He advised it would be cheaper to refurbish the mainly cast iron bins but when colleagues disagreed he became annoyed and quit before the online meeting had finished. Councillor Eggleton, who now sits as an independent councillor...