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  • A SHOP worker has been fired by his employer over his social media posts. Ben Woods, 41, said he was sacked from his job as a wine specialist at Henley Waitrose, off King’s Road, over a series of posts he made on X, formerly Twitter. Mr Woods has accused the store of impeding his right […]
  • CAMPAIGNERS in Henley have condemned Thames Water after it was found that it discharged raw sewage for almost 300,000 hours last year. Data released by the Environment Agency showed that the company was responsible for 298,081 hours’ worth of “spills” into waterways. This was a rise of 50 per cent o
  • THE leader of the Liberal Democrats learnt to hobby horse at the launch of the party’s local election campaign at Badgemore Park on Monday. Sir Ed Davey was joined by Oxfordshire’s five Lib Dem MPs, Freddie van Mierlo, Layla Moran, Calum Miller, Olly Glover and Charlie Maynard. Leigh Rawlins, from S
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    A MOTHER from Henley has set up a second-hand buggy cleaning business to give them a new lease of life. Danielle Fahey, 32, took apart her first buggy during the covid lockdown in 2021 when her youngest son outgrew it. After buying a slightly unkept used pushchair on an online marketplace she took i
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    THE president of the Henley Royal British Legion branch attended the funeral of a former RAF pilot. Peter MacGregor died at the Townsend House care home in Headington, Oxford, aged 87. But because he had no family left to attend the funeral a call went out to the Legion to help with the service. As