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THE latest crop of offenders appearing before Oxford Magistrates include two from Thame and two from the Chinnor area.

Darren Constable, 31, of Hopton Road, Thame, admitted drink driving in Rycote Lane, Thame, on November 5, 2013. He had 135mg of alcohol in 100ml of urine, above the legal limit of 107mg and was given a 38-month driving ban and fined £600. He was also ordered to pay a £60 Victim Surcharge and £85 costs.

Liam Strachan, 23, of Pearce Way, Thame, admitted shoplifting food worth £34.39 from Marks and Spencers in Thame on November 10, 2013 and stealing food worth £45.72 from the same company on October 9, 2013. He received a Community Order with a supervision requirement and ordered to pay £80.11 compensation.

James Bonwick, 21, of Crowell, Chinnor, admitted driving without due care and attention in Nettlebed on May 3, 2013. He was fined £200 and ordered to pay a £20 Victim Surcharge, £85 costs and received six points on his driving licence.

David Kingham-Cooper, 32, of Sydenham Road, Sydenham, Chinnor, admitted drink driving in Stert Road, Kingston Blount, Chinnor, on December 6, 2013. He had 72 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35 micrograms and was given a 20-month driving ban and fined £274. He was ordered to pay a £27 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

SOURCE: Oxford Mail

RESIDENTS in Emmington and Sydenham near Thame, are pleading with drivers to drive very slowly through their villages which are currently severely flooded following the extended period of rain being experienced all over the south of the country.

Driving through flooded roads at speed causes bow waves which send flood waters into homes and gardens. Residents ask drivers to only go to Sydenham to access the village itself .

Currently the  Thame to Chinnor road is severely flooded from the Towersey triangle in both directions, especially deep towards Chinnor.  It is also flooded at the junction with Sydenham Road at the Inn at Emmington.

The sewage system in the area is being inundated with groundwater which is bubbling out of manholes. Tankers are  in use to reduce the volume.

At Thame’s Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve, the new Watkins Bridge is surrounded by water and the ditches draining water from Chiltern Vale are full to the brim. With memories of flooded gardens and houses in Cedar Crescent, Thame, in 2008,  in the minds of affected householders,  David Laver, of the Cutttle Brook Volunteers, told Thame.Net: “At the moment the water is pretty high but the lower meadow is not flooded yet although it is waterlogged. So with a couple of drier days, I think we should get away without any houses flooded. It will depend on how much water is still to come down off the Chilterns into the river.”

UPDATE:  Robert Crosby, who was missing from Thame, was located safe and well yesterday (4/1).

Thames Valley Police would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance in helping to trace him.

Original appeal – January 3, 2014

THAMES Valley Police is appealing for information to trace a person missing from Thame, Oxfordshire. Robert Crosby, aged 38, has been missing from his home in Thame since December 2, 2013.

Mr Crosby is 5ft 8ins, of heavy build, and has ginger cropped hair. He occasionally wears glasses. He has links to Oxfordshire and to Ealing in London.

Sgt Jonathan Shaw, of Thame police station, said: “We are appealing for anyone with any information about Mr Crosby’s whereabouts to contact police. If anyone recognises anyone matching Mr Crosby’s description please contact officers.

“We are concerned for Mr Crosby’s welfare and possible deteriorating health and would like to know he is safe and well.”

If anyone has any information about Mr Crosby’s whereabouts, please contact police on 101 quoting URN 1173 2/12.

THIS month’s Thame Sector Neighbourhood Team Newsletter has been published by Thames Valley Police.  The main incidents reported include the following but the full report can be read here.

PCSO Michelle Jacques has issued a Section 59 warning for anti-social use of a motorbike, as well as a warning letter to the tenants of the address involved.

A neighbourhood dispute has been resolved through both parties agreeing to ABCs. The ABCs have been put together with the police acting as impartial adjudicators and contains a set of rules that the neighbours have agreed to. It is hoped that this will discourage any behaviour that may further upset or antagonise each other. The contracts remain in place for six months and can be adjusted to encompass any new issues.

In the last month 24 offenders were brought to justice for a number of offences including: Public Order Act offences, Shoplifting, Criminal damage to a vehicle, Making off without payment, Burglary other than a dwelling. PCSO Diane Jackson witnessed a shoplifting and then detained the offender until they could be arrested.

There is an opportunity to attend Have Your Say meetings in person. Upcoming Have Your Say meetings are:–
· Monday 6 January, 3pm – 5pm at the Co-Op cafe, High Street, Thame with PCSO Diane Jackson.
· Wednesday 15 January, 11am – midday, at the Memorial Hall, Chinnor Road,Towersey with PCSO Jacky Madden.
· Friday 24 January, at the Chinnor Village Centre, High Street, Chinnor, with PCSO Jacky Madden.

These meetings are an ideal opportunity for local residents to speak to their local police officers and PCSO’s about any local issues, no appointment is necessary just turn up and speak to your local officers.

THE Technical Director of Thame engineering company, J&P Building Systems, Cliff Billington, has been made an MBE in this year’s New Year’s Honours list. The award, for Services to Construction, recognises a 40 year career in precast concrete. Cliff is an acknowledged expert in his field, writing many technical pieces and also representing the UK in Europe.

Although his permanent home is in Nottingham, Cliff is a very frequent visitor to Thame, where he stays for several days a month, and is well known on  Thame’s pub quiz circuit.

FOLLOWING  the death of an elderly woman in a car crash on the road between Thame and Aylesbury yesterday (Sunday), and a series of road crashes over the Christmas period, the Watch Manager at Thame fire station, Andy Ford, is warning drivers to take extra care in the changing weather conditions. Andy and his crews have been very busy attending 13 call outs from 23rd Dec over the Christmas period.

Following the fatality on Sunday (29/12), the Police are appealing for witnesses after the  red Renault Kangoo car the woman was travelling in, came off the road near The Bottle and Glass pub at Gibraltar.

The accident happened at 10.15am and the woman, aged 81, was one of three people in the vehicle. Anyone with information about the crash is urged to contact PC Julia Stroud through the Thames Valley Police Enquiry Centre on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

On Christmas Eve, Thame Fire and Rescue crews attended two serious road traffic collisions (RTCs),  one on the B4011 near Bullingdon prison and the other involved three cars on the M40 motorway. The B4011 incident was attended bycrews from Bicester and Thame and one person was extricated by Fire and Rescue personel having sustained serious injuries.  The M40 crash involved three cars attended by Thame and Watlington. One driver had a very lucky escape after his car left the motorway and ended up upside down in a field. A female was taken to hospital with potentially serious injuries.

In the last two days (28-29/12),  two more RTCs, due to the icy conditions in the morning, have been dealt with by the Thame team. One on the A329 near Rycote Lodge on the Milton Common Road out of Thame, and the other on the B4011 just outside Long Crendon.

Two more calls resulted from damage caused by the weather, and other incidents have included a car fire and a Chimney fire in Tiddington, water leaking into electrics in Victoria Mead Thame, and a  scaffold structure blown over on Kingsey road, just outside Thame, which closed the road for several hours.

Andy Ford said: “I would remind people that the changing weather is causing hazardous driving conditions and drivers should take extra care and take note of the weather conditions and leave more time to get where you are going.”