The Paralympic Flame arrives in London today, ahead of this evening’s sold out ceremony, marking the start of the biggest ever games.
This evening’s ceremony, entitled ‘Enlightenment’, is based on Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, and will begin with a fly past by Aerobility, a charity that trains disabled people to become pilots.
Throughout the show, which will be narrated by world – renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, stars from science, sport and music will pay tribute to the discoveries of figures such as [...]
In today’s news crime levels at Reading Festival are down significantly on last year.
Next month’s Challenge Henley Triathlon and Henley Half Triathlon are now both sold out.
Plus, it’s round two, as the Paralympic Games begin tonight.
Crime down at Reading Festival
Crime levels at this year’s Reading Festival were significantly down on last year.
On Sunday evening Thames Valley Police reported 53 crimes compared with 141 at the same time the previous year.
Mostly, the crimes being reported were theft from tents, of which [...]
Local Henley singer Danica Hunter performed on Friday at Reading Festival 2012, on the BBC introducing stage. After showing the world what she can do View TV caught up with her to share her experience.
Over the weekend View TV Henley went backstage at Reading Festival, where we caught up with Henley singer Danica Hunter, who was performing on the BBC Introducing stage.
Reading Festival 2012 -
Over the weekend 90,000 music fans descended on Little John’s Farm in Richfield Avenue for this year’s Reading Festival.
Reading and Leeds Festival , is one of the biggest twin site festival in Europe, the events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing [...]
Find out what events are coming up in Henley over the following month..
Iain Boulton tells us what films are coming out at the Regal Picturehouse in Henley over the following month.
In this month’s What’s On programme find out what films are coming out at the Regal Picturehouse in Henley. Hear all about Reading Festival from organiser Melvin Benn. Plus, find out what else is coming up in Henley throughout September.
Reading Festival starts today, so we caught up with organiser Melvin Benn, to find out more about it.
Whilst at Rewind we spoke to some of the performers, including Midge Ure, Wang Chung and Roland Gift, who told us what they thought of the Festival.
Rewind Festival is an annual music festival which takes place in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
The festival is a celebration of 80’s music and features a range of artists and bands that had success in that decade.
Since it was first held in August 2009, the festival has attracted thousands of 80’s music fans – this year 40, 000 people attended.
In 2011, a second festival was established in Scotland, which takes place in Perth. It features the same artists as the Henley festival [...]
Thames Valley Police are advising festival goers to this year’s Reading Festival to keep any valuable property at home.
Last year, crime figures decreased by approximately 44% with 250 crimes reported at the site over the festival period compared with a total of 445 crimes reported on site in 2010. The main crimes reported were theft from tents, for which 139 were reported and theft from persons for which 51 were reported.
Supt Stuart Greenfield who will be Silver Commander at the [...]
A new town map, signage and visitor leaflets have been produced to help encourage people to explore more of Henley, including the parts of the town centre further away from the River Thames.
There are three new leaflets, one which highlights “Ten Brilliant things to do in Henley”, one for visitors who have more time to spend in the town “Henley on Thames – Undeniably Unique” that expands on The Old Fire Station Gallery and Kings Arms Barn, and “The Henley [...]
The Henley Youth Centre was one of the chosen charities at this year’s Henley Rewind Festival, and had a stall on site all weekend, where they were auctioning celebrity memorabilia.
We spoke to Clive Wilkinson, chairman of the Youth Centre, who tells us about the auction.
Following the Festival, centre manager, Steve Curran, tells us “The weekend at rewind was very successful and almost everything was sold. We still have one or two small items left. The drum kit went for £1400.00 [...]
This month’s Visiting Henley is a Rewind Festival Special. See all the action from this year’s Festival and check out our interviews with the performers, including Wang Chung, Midge Ure and Roland Gift.
In today’s news the Henley Youth Centre’s auction at this year’s Rewind Festival was a success.
Thames Valley Police are warning Reading Festival goers to leave valuables at home.
Plus, a new town map, signage and visitor leaflets have been produced to help encourage people to explore more of Henley.
Youth Centre’s Rewind Auction is a success!
The Henley Youth Centre was one of the chosen charities at this year’s Henley Rewind Festival, and had a stall on site all weekend, where they were [...]
Friday night saw the opening of the swanky new look Regal Picture House in Henley. With modern and extremely comfortable new seats in each screen, the Picture House is the perfect place to catch all the latest movie releases.
The route of the Challenge Henley triathlon event will be changed next year following the death of a cyclist.
21 year old Denisa Perinova was involved in a fatal accident last month on the B480 at Stonor – one of the roads used in the cycling event.
Alternative routes are now being discussed with Oxfordshire County Council and the organisers, who say they are responding to complaints about road safety and the disruption to residents.
In todays news we follow up on yesterdays special news report to get more reaction from the stars who performed at the Henley Rewind Festival. We also had a night out at the cinema to check out the comfy new seats that have been installed as part of a swish new refurbishment. Finally there is news of a route change to the Challenge Henley Triathlon after a tragic accident last month.
View TV Henley along with 40,000 festival goers, were taken back to the 80’s over the weekend, at the fourth annual Rewind Festival.
The sun beat down over Henley as young and old descended on Temple Island Meadows dressed in eighties inspired fancy dress.
Grandmaster Flash kicked off the festival, in style on Saturday afternoon, and had the crowd on their feet, dancing to top 80’s tunes, including his 1982 hit ‘The Message’. Other acts throughout the day included, Heather Small, Starship, [...]
With the wedding season hotting up we went to Reading based Berkshire Brides, who specialise in selling top Designer wedding dresses but without the Designer price tags. Owner Vivienne Cowan tells us about her company.
Henley based photographer Giuliana Morello, has 22 years experience in photography, including music festivals, weddings and individual shots.
We caught up with her to find out how she got into photography and advice for aspiring photographers.
Kubu Spa is a unique Urban Day Spa located in Bell Street, Henley. The spa offers a luxury relaxation experience whilst providing high performance treatments, therapies and Balinese influenced rituals using a carefully selected range of spa products.
The Spa has five treatment rooms including a Ritual Suite for dual treatments, a Shower Room for body wraps plus a Relaxation Suite to be enjoyed before and after treatments.
A variety of treatments are on offer at Kubu from your everyday waxing and [...]
Estate agents Davis Tate show us around one of their Oxfordshire homes currently on the market.
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