TWO ex employees of Woolworths are reported to be looking at giving a new lease of life to some of the ex Woolworths shops – including Thame’s.
Tony Page, former Commercial Director of Woolworths, and two colleagues are said to be planning to open 50 shops selling ?pocket money treats and everyday items” using a name as close to the original as possible without breaching trade mark regulations.
Tony Page has apparently secured around
FOLLOWING the success of last September’s Big Tidy Up and OxClean Spring Clean 2008, Oxfordshire Waste Partnership (OWP) is coordinating another countywide litter tidy up this March.
OxClean?s annual spring clean event will take place on March 6 and 7 and this year local councils will be supporting resident tidy ups around the county for the rest of the month.
Any group can get help and support organising a spring clean. District councils will be providing litter-picking equipment and taking away any collected litter and recyclables.
In addition to this support, OWP is again offering a
TWO Thame shop works were left traumatised after a man walked into a Thame Off Licence, demanded that the doors be locked and the shop takings handed over.
The robbery took place on Friday evening (21/02)shortly after 10pm at Whittall’s (formerly Unwins)in Thame High Street.
The man, described as of dark complexion and with a northern accent, left the shop on foot. It is believed that a second man may have been involved.
The police are investigating the possibility that the offender(s) may have been caught on CCTV cameras in the area.
Anyone with information that may help the police can contact PC Matthew Hallen on 0845 8 505 505
THAME Citizens Advice Bureau is to open for three extra hours per week, because of an increase in the number of local people coming to them with financial problems.
The rise in the number of people desperate for advice in coping with money worries in the current economic crisis, is a nation-wide problem.
The government has made
THE Police are appealing for witnesses after two men tried to grab a bag from a 23-year-old student in Wheatley on Sunday (February 15).
At around 9pm, a man was walking along the High Street near Bell Lane when two people on a moped came up behind him and tried to grab his bag from him.
It is believed that the people on the moped are both men and that they were wearing dark jumpers and trousers and dark-coloured helmets.
PC Matt Rantle, investigating the incident, said: “The moped had previously been seen going the wrong way down the High Street, against the one-way system. I appeal to anyone who might have any information about this offence to get in touch.”
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact PC Rantle at Thame police station via 0845 8 505 505, or if you don?t want to talk to the police or give your name, call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
18/02/09
THE mother of a woman killed near Thame by a driver who had been texting while driving, is petitioning for the law to be toughened up for motorists caught using their mobile phones whilst driving.
Jennifer Ford, the mother of the victim, 24 year-old Victoria McBryde, has set up petitions on the 10 Downing Street site, Facebook and Twitter.
Philippa Curtis, aged 21, was sentenced to 21 months by a judge at Oxford Crown Court recently and given a three-year driving ban for causing death by dangerous driving. She crashed into the back of Victoria McBryde’s stationary car at 70mph on the A40 near Wheatley. Victoria had pulled over after puncturing a tyre.
Currently, anyone caught driving using a mobile phone receives a
A NEW library for Thame will come a step closer, when demolition work on the old Pied Pedaller toy shop site begins in two weeks.
The demolition work is expected to be completed by April 10. The main tenders for the building of the new library are due in to the county council on February 20. The council says that it expects the building work to begin shortly after that.
The design of the new library has been very controversial, twice being rejected by Thame Thame Council’s planning committee, one of whom described the new design as ‘horrendous’ and looking like a greenhouse.
Picture: An artist’s impression of how the new library will look in the townscape
THAME Networking Lunch for Voluntary & Community Groups – Thursday, February 26 – 12.30pm ? 2pm
at The Barns Centre, Thame. More information:
OCVA (Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action), working in partnership with Soha Housing, is inviting representatives of local voluntary and community groups in Thame to a networking lunch. The event will offer an opportunity to share ideas, meet with others in your community and hear the latest updates in the world of volunteering. There will also be a short workshop session on Getting Fit for Funding.
To book your place on this FREE event, please contact OCVA at The Old Court House, Floyds Row, St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1SS. Tel. 01865 251946, Fax 01865 204138, or email admin@ocva.org.uk
About OCVA
OCVA is the main umbrella organisation for community & voluntary organisations in Oxfordshire. Its mission is to enable a diverse voluntary and community sector to flourish. They do this by providing advice, information and training, acting as advocates and representatives, and building partnerships. The group also runs the OXNET web portal for local voluntary groups ? visit www.oxnet.org.uk
A MAN charged with the robbery at the Londis Store in Wheatley recently, has appeared in court today.
John Shirley has been charged with three other counts of robbery at houses in High Street, Beckley, and Ambleside Drive, Headington, as well as one charge one of attempted robbery and two firearms offences.
During the robbery in Wheatley, a member of staff at was beaten over the head with a weapon before cash was stolen. John Shirley was remanded in custody`
Jamie Worthington-Hale, 35, of Stockleys Road, Oxford, has been charged with assisting an offender and was also remanded in custody.
The pair will appear at Oxford Crown Court next Monday, February 23.
JON Shirley, aged 23 has been arrested on suspicion of robbery. The arrest was made on Friday evening at an address in Marston.
Shirley was wanted in connection with an armed robbery at the BP Garage in Marston last Friday (6/2). He will be questioned about a further 11 robberies that have taken place across the county since beginning of December, including one on the 280 Arriva bus, another at the Thame Service Station, Long Crendon Road and another on the Oxford tube bus.
Det Ch Insp Colin Paine, leading the investigation, said: ?The team of detectives in Oxford has been working relentlessly over the past weeks to track down and arrest the suspect.
?30 specialist officers were deployed to the address where the arrest took place.
?I would like to thank the public and the media for their support in this investigation which has assisted us with this arrest.?
Another man at the property has also been arrested on suspicion of robbery and is currently in police custody.