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Opposition growing to plan for hotel on station car park '); OPPOSITION is growing to plans for a hotel on the car park at Henley station. Neighbours and town councillors are concerned that the Premier Inn would be an “eyesore” and bigger than necessary. The company is seeking feedback on the proposed five-storey hotel before applying for planning permission. Blocwork, a partnership between landowner Network Rail and London developer Bloc Group, unveiled the plans last month. The hotel would have 115 bedrooms and a restaurant with 92 covers. About 60 of the station’s 249 parking places ...

Christmas tree shredding raises £1,000 '); A CHRISTMAS tree shredding service raised £1,000 for Henley in Bloom. Scores of residents took their trees to Mill Meadows on Saturday to be shredded by Henley Town Council’s head of parks services Karl Bishop and Deputy Mayor David Eggleton. The pair threw the trees into a mechanical chipper. Residents paid £2 each to have a tree shredded and £5 to have one collected from their home. Councillor Eggleton, who is also the chairman of Henley in Bloom, carried out the collections and made £600 from that alone. He said: “It’s an amazing am...

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 irreversible”. Stage one — March 8: re-open. University students can return for practical cours...