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Ploughwoman wins prize with granddad's old tractor

A WOMAN won a first prize at the Henley ploughing match with a tractor she restored. Tamsin Stamp, 24, was competing in a restored Nuffield DM4 that used to bel...

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My kids like me acting ...as long as it's in farce

THERE must have been an extra loud cheer at the end at last night’s opening of the latest production at the Mill at Sonning. That’s because actress ...

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Developer appeals over controversial site for new homes

A DEVELOPER which is planning to build houses over an aquifer that supplies drinking water to Henley and Shiplake is appealing against the refusal of a lawful d...

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Fears over threat to drinking water

RESIDENTS have made an official complaint over fears that drinking water in the Henley area could be affected by the construction of a housing development above...

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Dusty Springfield's old home is going... but not for a song

THIS splendid country house was once the home of Dusty Springfield. The singer was renting it from the owner Andre Sypkens before her death in 1999. Little Hill...

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Landlady crowned coronation cake champion

A PUB landlady won the new showstopper award at the Binfield Heath Flower Show with a cake “fit for a king”.Wendy Oxlade, who runs the Shoulder of M...

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Felling of diseased ash trees ahead of schedule

WORK to fell trees affected by ash dieback is progressing ahead of schedule. Up to 120 diseased trees are being felled on a 19-hectare site of ancient woodland ...

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Extra care flats 'would make us like Eastbourne'

PLANS to turn the Smith Centre in Henley into specialist housing for older people would turn the town into “an Eastbourne populated only by the over-Seven...

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Pony Club camp prize-winners

CHILDREN from the Henley area enjoyed success at Woodland Hunt’s pony club summer camp, with many winning prizes. About 46 under-12s attended the junior c...

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200 trees being felled due to ash dieback disease

ALMOST 200 diseased ash trees are being chopped down. The felling of more than 60 trees at Ipsden Heath began on Tuesday last week and is due to be completed to...

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