Legion members inspired to fundraise by Captain Tom );
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A MAN from Maidensgrove is attempting to walk 100km while wearing a replica First World War army uniform to raise money for the Royal British Legion.
John Green, 85, who is chairman of the Henley and Peppard branch of the charity, hopes to walk 20 miles each day between today and Monday.
He will be wearing a Sherwood Foresters replica uniform and carrying a deactivated rifle.
Mr Green is among people nationwide taking part in the Captain Tom 100 Challenge, a UK-wide initiative started by the Captain Tom Foundation.
This was set up to honour Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised more than
Takeaway scores poorly in latest hygiene inspection );
A TAKEAWAY restaurant in Henley has scored poorly in two consecutive food hygiene inspections.
Herbies Pizza, which is based at the “top shops” in Greys Road, was awarded two stars out of a possible five at its most recent visit by South Oxfordshire District Council’s environmental health inspectors.
The score, meaning “improvement needed”, follows the one-star rating, or “major improvement needed”, which the business received after the previous inspection in January.
On that visit, the inspectors found the cleanliness of the premises was “generally satisfactory” but improvements were needed in the handling of food, including preparation, cooking, reheating, cooling and storage.
Get creative and beat those lockdown blues );
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ARTISTS from the Henley area say that getting creative has helped people get through the coronavirus pandemic.
As the country plunged into the third national lockdown this month, more and more people are turning to art to keep themselves motivated.
But it’s not just “ordinary” people, artists, too, have been hit hard by the covid crisis with galleries closed and exhibitions cancelled and many have had to find new ways to keep themselves going.
Denny Webb, who has a studio in Ipsden, says being creative is very important for people’s wellbeing.
Gas-fired power station could be built on disused farmland );
A MINIATURE gas-fired power station could be built in the countryside near Goring.
Balance Power Projects, of Merseyside, is seeking planning permission for a “transitional hybrid energy project” on a piece of disused agricultural field to the west of Wallingford Road.
The 0.42-hectare site is next to Thames Water’s sewage processing plant and would be accessed by a new track off the main road, which would also serve the Hildred family’s “pick your own” farm to the south.
The farm’s old entrance would be removed and new hedgerows planted to fill the gap.
1/1 ROWAN Atkinson has said he does not much enjoy playing Mr Bean and finds it “stressful and exhausting”. The South Oxfordshire actor first debuted the childish character, accompanied by his brown teddy bear and yellow Mini, in his self-titled sitcom in January 1990 and it has been a global phenomenon, spawning films, books and an animated series. In 2012, Rowan reprised his character for a live performance as part of the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Mr Bean continues to be popular 30 years later, amassing more followers on Facebook than Justin Bieber but Rowan now says: “Mr Bean’s success has never surprised me. Watching an adult behaving in a childish way without being remotely aware of his inappropriateness is fundamentally funny.