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THE future progress of the Thame Youth Memorial Garden looks set fair after a lucky black cat passed through, just as a time capsule was being buried this morning.

After several weeks of delay awaiting delivery of paving slabs from India, doing the honours was TYM committee member, Iain Biddle of Thame Round Table, who have been instrumental in raising funds for the scheme.

On a grey, murky morning, the rain stopped just long enough for two members of the Contractor, Stuart Barr’s team to finish digging the hole ready for the capsule to be interred.

Among the capsule’s contents are pictures of Thame life taken by local people, including interiors of homes and shops. Everything has been recorded on a hard drive donated by CAAOS, Thame.

The TYM will be a place for reflection and remembrance for the friends and relatives of the young people of Thame and the surrounding area who’s lives were tragically cut short. It will be officially opened on September 29, by the Mayor of Thame. (Postponed from September 8, due to a delay in delivery of materials).

Currently the project needs to raise at least another £8500, but a series of fund-raising events coming up in the town should help towards that target:

Coming up soon is an 80s Disco on September 6, at the Spread Eagle Hotel. Tickets are £17.50 each, and include a buffet. This will be limited to 160 seats, half of which have alrady been sold so pop along to Fore Golf in the Buttermarket, and Wallace’s Home Boutique in Cornmarket, for tickets.

Enquiries by email for this and any TYM event to tymevents2013@gmail.com.

Later on in September Sue Boyle will be organising one of her now famous quiz nights at Barley Hill School. 

Donations can be made by texting ‘TYMM03 £5’    to 70070- the amount though can be whatever anyone likes.

A planning application to build 175 residential dwellings – including ‘up to 40% affordable houses’ on land west of Thame Park Road, Thame, has been submitted. The site is known as Site D in the Thame Neighbourhood Plan, as one of the designated sites for development.

The Plans will be considered by a meeting of the full Thame Town Council on Tuesday, August 20, to decide the council’s recommendations and comments to be made to South Oxfordshire District Council. 

Consultation on the plan started on July 26 and any representations on this application should be made in writing, ideally by using the web-form which can be accessed via the link below, no later than August 29, 2013 – that’s 13 days!

Tuesday’s meeting is a public meeting and anyone wishing to speak must apply to the town council by 5pm the day before the meeting. Instructions HERE

The plans are available to view at Thame Town Hall’s Information Centre, or online at:

HERE

DESIGN & ACCESS ILLUSTRATION Courtesy of http://www.civicstudio.co.uk/

THAME Firsts put on another impressive display against Banbury Seconds at Church Meadow on Saturday (10/08), in Cherwell League Division One. The nine-wicket win moved Thame up to third in the table, as Banbury were made to struggle with the bat, and then overwhelmed by Taylor and Soni who put on an undefeated 173 for the second wicket.

Thame won the toss and asked Banbury to bat as their trio of seamers sought to restrict the experienced Banbury top order. Will Rooney, Sam Lachlan and John Maynard duly bowled tight spells to apply the pressure and the visitors were soon 83 for four, and then 132 for seven. It was spinner Mike Higgs, however, who had the best analysis of three for 46 as Banbury finished on 172 for seven in their 53 overs.

When Thame batted, Mike Higgs was out first ball of the innings, leaving an in-cutter from veteran Banbury and Oxfordshire bowler, Keith Arnold. However, from this start Will Taylor and Phil Soni didn’t look back and commenced to hit the Banbury bowlers all over the ground. The partnership was unbroken when the total of 172 was passed with Taylor on 88 not out and Soni 74 not out.

Twyford Seconds vs Thame Town Seconds

The Seconds also had an emphatic win away at Twyford, posting a large total of 292 for nine, and dismissing Twyford for 191.

Richard Carr hit 97, Daniel Patey 58, James Adams 44, and Sam Alexander 41.

George Patey took six for 63 off 13 overs when Twyford batted.

The Thirds lost away to Kingston Bagpuize.

A group of young people mainly based in Thame and Princes Risborough, are taking part in a charity rally in aid of Prostate Cancer. They will drive 1500 miles from Princes Risborough to Spain, over four days in two, £200 ‘bangers’. 

If the team of nine, Ben Jones, Lee Dearman, Courtney Cox, Will Wright, Jonas Wright, Tim Graves, Teff Burnham, Mike Pearce and Kieran Ratcliffe, are victorious in all the tasks set by Ramshackle Rally, they will win the grand prize which they will donate to Prostate Cancer UK, as well as all the donations made via their ‘Just Giving’ page.

For more information, go to:

http://www.justgiving.com/Ben-Jones20

http://theshirefolkelite.weebly.com/index.htm

PHOTO: ‘The Shirefolk’ who will drive 1500 miles for charity.

THE waiting is over for this year’s A level students at Lord Williams’s school, Thame, this morning and there was a mixture of nervousness and excitement as A level results were revealed. There was much to celebrate as out of the 644 entries, the pass rate rose to 98%, with 48% of grades at A*, A or B level.

Headteacher, David Wybron, paid tribute to the achievements of this year’s cohort: “It is a great pleasure to celebrate with our students and to congratulate them on their achievements. We have talented, hard working students at Lord Williams’s and very dedicated teaching and support staff teams; that combination is a key reason why there are so many smiling and happy faces today among students, staff and parents.”

The following students achieved A* or A grades in three or more subjects: Iona Caseby, Sarah Dore, Christopher Kew, Chris Leaney, Cameron McGarry, Caitlin Stanway-Williams, Hattie Bailey, Jessica Ballantine, Layla Batchellier, Tanya Batchellier, Sophie Crowe, Matthew Faulkner, Jamie Goetz, Hilary Goode, Emma Hornett, James Myerson, Alice Niedzielski and Emma Pearce.

Iona, Cameron, Chris, Jamie and Emma (Hornett) will be taking up their places at Oxford and Iona and Chris are recipients of New College bursaries. Sarah will be taking up her place at Cambridge.

Kate Sheehan, Head of Sixth Form, was also delighted with the results: “This cohort has had a very positive impact on the life of the whole school and not just the Sixth Form. It is very pleasing to see so many of them achieving the grades they need for the next stage in their education or employment. They will certainly make a big impression wherever the next stage of their journey takes them.”

BETWEEN 11am and 12pm yesterday (12/8), a vehicle parked in Tythrop Way, Thame was broken into.

Offender/s gained entry by drilling out the offside locks and stole power tools. 

If you have seen any suspicious looking people or vehicles in the area or have any information relating to this message, please ring the 24 hour non-emergency telephone number 101. 

Alternatively if you have information but wish to remain anonymous, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online @ crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.

INFORMATION about the movements of a BMW with Italian licence plates sought: THAMES Valley Police is appealing for information after a fail to stop collision on the northbound carriageway of the M40 between junction three at Loudwater, and junction four at High Wycombe.

Officers were called shortly after 10am on Saturday (10/8) after reports that an Audi A2 was involved in a collision with dark-coloured BMW with Italian licence plates that failed to stop at the scene of the collision.

The driver of the Audi A2 was taken to Wexham Park Hospital for treatment to his injuries after the vehicle he was travelling in overturned on the road as a result of the collision.

Investigating officer, PC Kay Dickinson, said: “I am keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed this collision or seen the movements of the BMW either before or after the collision.”

Anyone with information can contact PC Dickinson via the 24-hour Thames Valley Police Enquiry Line on 101.

If you don’t want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at Crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.

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A 47-year-old woman has been convicted of drink-driving after her BMW car collided with a building in Thame Park Road.

Trelawney Jane Hill, aged 47, of Chinnor Road, Watlington, had pleaded not guilty to one count of drink-driving.

However, following a trial at Oxford Magistrates’ Court, which concluded on Wednesday, August 7, Hill was found guilty of the offence, which occurred on the evening of December 14, last year (2012).

Following the collision, the defendant gave a positive breath test of 70ug in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35ug/100ml of breath.

At Oxford Magistrates’ Court, Hill was disqualified from motoring for 16 months, which can be reduced to 12 months if the defendant completes a rehabilitation course before June 2014.

THAMES Valley Police will take no further action, following accusations of malpractice in the recent Referendum to decide the fate of Thame’s Neighbourhood Plan.

At a meeting of South Oxfordshire District Council on July 18, to make the Thame Neighbourhood Plan part of the Development Plan for South Oxfordshire, Thame Landowner, Mr J. Castle, who admitted to the council that he had a beneficial interest in Site F, said that he considered it premature to make the Thame Neighbourhood Plan part of the Development Plan for South Oxfordshire whilst a police investigation into possible breaches of the legal referendum expenditure limits by the ‘Yes’ campaign was ongoing. He questioned whether, in light of this, the referendum could have been considered free and fair.

But today, Thame Valley Police told ThameNews.Net: “A number of allegations of election malpractice from both parties involved in the Thame referendum were made to the police.

“These have been fully investigated and all parties were written to in mid-July to say there will be no further police action as no crime had been committed.”

In response to the issues raised by Mr Castle at the district council meeting on July 18, Mrs Reed, Head of Legal and Democratic Services, advised that even if there were criminal proceedings, prosecutions and a conviction, it would not have resulted in the referendum result being set aside.

“There was a six week period from publication of the referendum result within which a legal challenge of the conduct of the referendum could be brought by way of
judicial review. That had passed and there had been no such challenge,” she said. “Council could therefore act on the referendum result without awaiting the outcome of the any other investigation underway and act on the recommendation of Cabinet.”