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The Henley Standard, 28 Aug 2026

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ArticleBRAVE SIMON LOSES BATTLE WITH CANCER

A PUB in Hen­ley is to re-open next month with a new name. The Duck will replace The Duke in Duke Street, which closed in Octo­ber last year, and becomes the second pub in town run by Jonny Bramwell. Mr Bramwell, 39, also runs the Three Horse­shoes...

BRAVE SIMON LOSES BATTLE WITH CANCER

ArticleEx-pub land­lord had rare dis­ease

Simon Cromack died on August 19 just before mid­night and was sur­roun­ded by loved ones in his final hours. He had turned 54 the day before. Mr Cromack, who pre­vi­ously ran the Bask­erville pub in Ship­lake, was dia­gnosed with glio­blastoma on...

Ex-pub land­lord had rare dis­ease

ArticleNew homes policy ‘bad mis­take’

ANGER is grow­ing in response to a pro­posed Gov­ern­ment shake-up of plan­ning rules. The reforms will mean coun­cil­lors have no power to call in plan­ning applic­a­tions of nine or fewer homes on sites smal­ler than 0.5 hec­tares. This is part of...

New homes policy ‘bad mis­take’

ArticleCLARA ABERNEITHIE

many and use of a device called Optune, which uses altern­at­ing elec­trical fields to dis­rupt tumour cell divi­sion. The hope was to give him as much time as pos­sible with his wife, Steff, and daugh­ters, Ella, 21, and Nelle, 18. Ella has excelled...

CLARA ABERNEITHIE

ArticleCham­pagne moments as pop fans roll back years

THE fest­ive sea­son arrived early at Rewind South when Dave Hill’s Slade accom­pan­ied their 1973 Yuletide clas­sic Merry Xmas Every­body with a sprink­ling of snow at the week­end. The rock band from the Black Coun­try were among the 22 nos­tal­gic...

Cham­pagne moments as pop fans roll back years

ArticlePupils praised for push­ing

PUPILS at schools in and around Hen­ley recor­ded another strong year of GCSE res­ults. Nation­ally, the pass rate has remained stable, with 67.3 per cent of all grades at 4/C and above. That’s down only 0.1 per cent on last year. This demon­strates...

Pupils praised for push­ing