Henley has left rivals from three counties wilting by winning the annual regional Britain in Bloom competition for the second year running. Now the town's organising team is keeping its fingers crossed that Henley will also be top dog when the national results are announced later this month.

The annual HRG Summer Barbeque was held on Sunday 29th July and, as the floods across the country receded, the weather held off allowing Barry and Chris to demonstrate their culinary skills.

Henley-on-Thames is one of seven towns in the final of this year's RHS Britain In Bloom competition. No longer just about flowers (floral displays count for just 30% of the overall mark), the competition is very much community focused.

HRG's Liz Hodgkin has a blog at http://henleyinbloom.blog.co.uk/ which she'll be updating as the work progresses - click below to find out more.

On 6 June HRG members gathered in the Margaret Day room to hold their 2007 AGM. HRG leader Terry Buckett MBE opened the meeting by welcoming the membership and paying tribute to outgoing Chairman Allan Follett for leading the successful election campaign on May 2003 which saw HRG retain control of the town council despite the loss of some District and Town Council seats.

At the traditional Annual Meeting of the Henley Town Council on 14 May, HRG Councillor Terry Buckett, MBE received a unanimous vote of approval from his fellow councillors as he was elected for Town mayor and Chairman of the Council for 2007/8. In proposing his nomination Cllr Allan Follett told a packed Council Chamber about Terry's substantial record over the past 12 years as a Town Council and his recent re-election to SODC.

Two families are celebrating a double election success as two Pyes and two Woods are elected HRG Councillors. Barry & Jeni (husband and wife) and Chris & Laura (father and daughter) were voted onto the Henley Town Council at the 3rd May Elections.

As councils swing to the Conservatives across the country, HRG retain a 9 to 7 majority over Conservative Councillors in the Town Council.

For full details of the results, please click the link below...