Fire at the Grotto
Pictures, taken from a drone, show the damage caused by a huge fire at The Grotto in Lower Basildon, in the early hours of Saturday 6 March more...
Goring Wallingford Goring Gap NewsA community effort
A community effort By the time you read this, the Christmas trees above the shops on Goring High St will have been illuminated for several days. more...
Goring Goring Gap NewsMiller of Mansfield blaze
The following report of the fire at the Miller of Mansfield is reproduced courtesy of the Henley Standard, although GGN did obtain its own photographs at the scene. more...
Goring Goring Gap NewsKeith and Sebastian’s River Thames charity kayak
Two of our local on call firefighters completed the mammoth task of kayaking the non tidal stretch of the River Thames from 30 August to 4 September for two charities. (The Fire Fighters Charity and Thames Valley Air Ambulance) Two very worthy causes. more...
Goring Goring Gap NewsSheep rescue
Not only swans but also ……. Sheep! On Wednesday 7 August at about 9.30am the Goring duty lock keeper called me over to tell me that there was a sheep standing in the water under the balcony of the burnt-out boathouse. more...
Goring Goring Gap NewsFire hits the Victorian thatched Boat House in Goring
On Friday 23 February, Jane Stafford was among the first on the scene when the Boat House caught fire. The flames could be seen as far away as Didcot. She watched and waited, horrified, until the rescue fire services arrived at 9.45pm, and began dousing the flames which continued for another 12 hours. This Victorian thatched building near the lock was badly damaged but fortunately there was no one in the building at the time and no one was injured. more...
Goring Goring Gap NewsTrip to Goring Fire Station
On Thursday 17 November children from Goring and Cleeve Pre-School had a very exciting trip to Goring Fire Station. more...
Goring Goring Gap NewsLorry crash in Streatley
At 10am on Wednesday 23 November a Belgian lorry driver coming from the Pangbourne direction and attempting to turn up Streatley Hill by driving between the Bull Inn and Elm Lodge, smashed into the chimney stack on the house and becoming jammed, caused traffic chaos. more...
Goring Goring Gap NewsDonation to the Fire Station
Smokey Paws is a charity supplying specially designed oxygen masks for pets during a fire. They are more effective on pets than the larger human masks, and increase the supply of oxygen from as low as 5%, to nearer 100% compared with the human masks. more...
Goring Goring Gap NewsChristmas trees again, and at last!
This year the Goring Gap Business Network (GGBN) has pulled together various organisations to make Goring High Street even more Christmassy than usual! more...
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