Pub news:

• The newly refurbished letting rooms at the Royal in Wallingford are now open.
• The owner of the Horse & Harrow, West Hagbourne has appealed against the refusal of their first planning application (to run it into several dwellings).
• The Perch & Pike, South Stoke reopened in September – possibly being run by the same team as the King William IV.
• The John Barleycorn in Goring is back on Brakspear’s ‘available’ list.
• The Bottle & Glass, Binfield Heath is down to a single handpump – a varying Loddon beer.