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Aug 12, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
A DRY cleaner has told of his surprise when American film star Kirsten Dunst came in with some laundry. Andy Andreou, who runs Lilly Dry Clean & Ironing Service in New Street, Henley, didn’t recognise the 42-year-old actress at first. He said: “A young lady came in and I said to her, ‘You look just like Kirsten Dunst’ and she goes to me, ‘I am Kirsten Dunst’. I said,‘Oh wow, come in’ and we just started chatting. I said to her, ‘I love your films’.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
MARY Berry and Jerry Hall will be the guests of honour at the Binfield Heath Flower Show. Dame Mary, the cook, food writer and TV presenter, who lives in Henley, will open the show and Hall, the former supermodel who lives in the village, will present the cups and prizes at the end. The show will be held in the field opposite Shiplake Row on Saturday, August 24 from noon to 4.30pm.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
AN award-winning distillery in Henley has been given a poor food hygiene rating following an inspection. The Henley Distillery at Hampstead Farm, near Binfield Heath, was inspected by South Oxfordshire District Council environmental health officers under the national Scores on the Doors scheme. It received a score of one out of five, meaning that “major improvements” were needed regarding the business’s cleanliness and facilities and building condition.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
A PUB has reopened under new landlords after being closed for more than two months. Richard and Sam Grant are the new tenants of the Maltsters Arms in Rotherfield Greys, which is owned by Brakspear. Former landlord Ben Sills left in May when his two-year tenancy ended after the pub received the lowest possible food hygiene rating last September. The Grants previously ran the Crown at Nuffield and then the Reformation pub at Gallowstree Common until 2018.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
A FATHER diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour needs more money for treatment. Simon Cromack, 51, a former landlord of the Baskerville pub in Shiplake, was diagnosed with the aggressive glioblastoma in November after noticing he was becoming clumsy and disoriented. He wants to live long enough to see his 18-year-old daughter, Ella, a professional rugby player with Harlequins, win her first senior cap for the England women’s team, the Red Roses.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
A RECORD 600 people attended the Nettlebed Arts and Crafts show at the weekend. The event, which was celebrating its 70th anniversary, was held in the village school hall on Saturday and Sunday. There were 160 works on show by 55 artists who all live within a 20-mile radius of the village. They were all available to buy with prices ranging from £25 to £1,670.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
A PHOTOGRAPHER and canoeist combined his two interests to win a competition celebrating the River Thames. Dave Olinski’s picture taken while he was on the river in his canoe on a misty morning was awarded first place in the photography contest organised by several local businesses. The 50-year-old from Whitchurch Hill is a professional photographer who specialises in outdoor scenes and took up canoeing three months ago.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
HENLEY’S Olympians will be formally welcomed home with an open-top bus parade through the town. All the Leander Club athletes who competed in Paris as well as their fellow Team GB rowers will be invited on the tour from the club to the town hall on the morning of Saturday, September 21. Thousands of people are expected to line the route of the parade, which will be led by a marching band. Details of the event are still being finalised between club officials and the town council.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
A TEENAGER from Wargrave won a gold medal in his first senior decathlon. Sammy Ball, 19, of Victoria Road, achieved the second highest score ever for a teenage British decathlete at the athletics championships event held at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Despite being the youngest competitor, he notched up a total score of 7,776 points and out of the 10 events won the 100m and 400m, shot put and pole vault. He achieved personal bests in the discus, the 400m and shot put.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
henleystandard.co.uk | Sam Shepherd
THAMES Water faces being fined £104million by the industry regulator over historic sewage spills. The penalties have been proposed by Oftwat following the largest ever investigation into the performance of water companies and are subject to public consultation. Between January 2020 and November last yar Thames Water pumped at least 72 billion litres of sewage into the river. This figure does not include illegal discharges, known as dry spills, when sewage is released when there is no rain.
