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Author: Sonja Francis
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20/07/12…Police warning for Land Rover drivers
THE Police are asking Land Rover owners to be extra vigilant following an increase in the theft of Land Rovers over the past week. Recent thefts in the South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse area have occurred in Kingston Blount, Chinnor, Russells Water, Henley and Fernham, Faringdon. Four further thefts have been reported in the Swindon area.
Please click on the link below to obtain crime prevention advice on car security & information on security devices:
If you see any suspicious looking people or vehicles in the area try to obtain descriptions and vehicle details, including make, model and registration number. If you have any information relating to this message, please call the police on the new national single non-emergency telephone number 101 and state you are responding to a Community message.
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.
SOURCE: Community message from Thames Valley Police
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20/07/12…Thame councillors to be given ipads
IN a paper and cost-cutting exercise, Thame Town Councillors are to be issued with ipads to replace paper copies of committee papers and other council correspondence.
The council claims that it will make a saving of
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20/07/12…..Thame school children won’t get their jubilee mugs
A Thame Councillor has expressed her disappointment that a request for funding towards jubilee mugs for all Thame’s school children, has been turned down.
Cllr Mary Stiles told fellow town councillors at Tuesday’s council meeting: “This is an historic occasion and the people who raised
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20/07/12……Go Wild in the Chilterns! – August 4, 2012
TAKE the family to Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, near Stokenchurch on Saturday 4th August between 11am and 4pm to discover more about the wildlife and countryside of the Chilterns.
?Go Wild in the Chilterns!? is organised by the Chilterns Conservation Board and Natural England. This family event with lots of interactive displays and activities for all ages, takes place in the field opposite Cowleaze Wood Car Park on the Christmas Common Road.
Animal lovers can get up close and personal with live owls, reptiles and amphibians and even microscopic mini-beasts.
Feeling creative? Why not get involved with building wildlife habitats, making creatures from clay and natural materials and helping to construct a giant willow head for this year?s Oxford Wicker Man? Visitors can also enjoy displays of traditional crafts like bodging, chair making, straw plaiting and hedge laying and have a go at some of them.
There will be guided walks throughout the day including wildflower rambles at 12 noon and 2pm, sensory Earth Walks at 12.30pm and 2.30pm and trips to discover ants, the reserve?s tiniest farmers at 1pm and 3pm.
The event costs
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20/07/12….Events in Haddenham
PLAYSCHEME: The Haddenham annual playscheme will run from August 6 to 11 (9am-12noon). This is a community scheme run for children aged 5-11 who live in Haddenham or go to school here full-time and parents are expected to volunteer for one morning for each child who attends. If you have not already signed up for the scheme call Shelley Smith 290171 or Rachel Bamford 295893 for details. Olivia Mott and Lynn Buckingham will be running dance workshops this time and Haddenham Beer Festival has kindly donated
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19/07/12…Bin confusion? There’s an App for that !
STAYING up to date with your waste collections just got easier, and has become a lot more fun too. South Oxfordshire District Council has come up with a new app called Binfo. The Binfo character knows everything there is to know about when your bins will be collected.
If you own an iPhone or an Android smartphone you can download and install the Binfo app; he?s eager to inform you and he?s completely free as well! Simply input your postcode and select your address or use the handy GPS location feature when you?re at home, and Binfo will tell you when your next waste collection will be.
He will also let you know whether it?s your green or grey bin that will be collected. That?s not all ? Binfo will also notify you when there is a change to your collections due to bank holidays or adverse weather. He will also help you sign up to the garden waste scheme if you aren?t already a customer.
Don?t worry if you don?t have an iPhone or an Android phone. You can continue to use all of the traditional channels such as regular waste collection calendars delivered to your door in the District Council?s Outlook and at www.southoxon.gov.uk
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19/07/12…Getting rid of unwanted electrical waste
DISPOSAL banks are being installed all over the south Oxfordshire district, including Thame, where residents can take unwanted waste electrical and electronic equipment (or WEEE).
Broken or unwanted small items such as hair-dryers, telephones, electrical toys, hand-held video games,
lamps, electrical tools and much more, can now be taken to a bank in the Cattlemarket, in North Street, Thame.Larger electrical items can be taken to the county council?s waste recycling centre in Oakley Wood and others throughout the county.
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19/07/12…. Thames Valley Police shows second largest crime fall nationally
THAMES Valley Police has recorded the second largest fall in crime out of all 43 forces across England and Wales, according to Home Office figures released today (19/7).
The recorded crime statistics, which are the number of offences recorded from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012, show the Thames Valley had 149,766 offences compared to the 172,422 recorded in 2010/11, a drop of 13.1 percent.
The national reduction is 4.2 per cent, meaning Thames Valley Police are the second best performing force in the country, coming second to Gwent with a reduction of 14.7 per cent.
One of the biggest reductions is in violence against the person offences, which dropped from 35,906 in 2010/11 to 27,327 in 2011/12, a drop of 23.9 per cent compared to the national average of 7.2 per cent.
Sexual offences also fell from 2,195 to 1,961, a change of 10.7 per cent compared to the national average of 2.3 per cent, and robbery fell from 2,082 to 1,726, a fall of 17.1 per cent compared to the national average of 2 per cent.
Domestic burglary offences fell by 8.1 per cent and other burglary by 10.4, compared to national averages of 5 and 3.3 per cent respectively. Offences against vehicles fell by 17.4 per cent.
The figures released also show that 67.8 per cent of respondents to a national survey in Thames Valley agreed that the police were doing an excellent or good job, compared to a national figure of 62.3 per cent.
Chief Constable Sara Thornton said: ?The latest figures show another welcome reduction in crime across the Thames Valley and as always, it is encouraging to see the more serious categories of crime, such as sexual offences, violent crime and robberies, on the decline.
?This performance is down to the hard work and commitment of officers and staff, as well as the continuing support from our local communities, who have shown a real dedication to helping with the fight against crime.
?In real terms, these figures show there have been 22,656 less victims of crime in the Thames Valley this year compared to the previous, which is fantastic news.
?There is no room for complacency, and we will continue our efforts to reduce crime even further and make the communities we live and work in safer.?
Khan Juna, Chair of Thames Valley Police Authority said: ?I?m delighted to see that crime has continued to fall in the Thames Valley. It is great news for the communities of the Thames Valley and confirms our commitment to our priorities, being to cut crimes that are of most concern to the community and to increase the visible presence of the police.
“I would also like to pay tribute to officers, staff and volunteers for their hard work and dedication in achieving this further reduction in crime.
“The Police Authority will continue to work closely with the Force to ensure that the residents of the Thames Valley are provided with the best possible Police service.”
SOURCE; Press release
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18/07/12….Tragedy on the Phoenix Trail
THE body of an elderly woman was found by a member of the public, near a bridge on the Phoenix Trail in Thame, early this morning.
The police say that they are not treating the death as suspicious at this time.
The woman is believed to be from the local area.