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Author: Sonja Francis

  • 07/02/13……Bremond Watches founder invitation to businesses

    SOUTH Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Council’s keynote speaker at its annual business breakfast, will be Nick English, founder of the award-winning British brand Bremont that produces luxury mechanical watches.

    The event will take place on Tuesday, March 5, at Cornerstone in Didcot, between 7:30am and 9:30am.

    With a potential attendance of over 100 businesses from the two districts, the breakfast provides a unique networking opportunity. Bremont won four awards in 2012, including luxury watch brand of the year at the UK Jewellery Awards and breakthrough brand of the year at the Luxury Briefing Awards. The company’s watches are sported by many high profile personalities. The company recently moved all of its production to a new-built facility in Henley-on-Thames.

    To register your attendance, visit: www.surveymonkey.com/s/SouthernOxBB2013

  • 06/02/12….Festival prize dinner party hosted in Thame Show home

    THE winner of a fabulous raffle prize at last year’s Thame Festival Festival finally got to hold her ‘Dream Dinner Party’ in one of the stylish new houses on David Wilson Homes? Windmill Place development in the town.

    Thame caterers, What?s Cooking, provided the fabulous food for the dinner party of eight, donated by David Wilson Homes, for the lucky winner, Tricia Newbury and her family from Stokenchurch.

    Paul Moran, Sales Director for David Wilson Homes Southern commented: ?David Wilson Homes was proud to be a sponsor at the fourth annual Thame Food Festival last year. We launched our involvement with the festival at Windmill Place, so were delighted that Tricia was able to enjoy an exclusive three course meal at the development over the weekend. The luxury meal was cooked by local caterers What?s Cooking and was a real treat for our winner.?

    Tricia Newbury added: ?I need to thank David Wilson Homes for donating the fantastic prize and What?s Cooking for catering for us. I have never won such a great raffle prize and probably never will again. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, the food was wonderful and the show home provided the perfect setting for the meal.?

    Paul Moran added: “The show home accommodated the lucky guests with ease and demonstrated the fantastic spaces for living and entertaining within the house.”

    For anyone interested themselves in seeing the range of properties available on the Windmill Road development, there is currently a range of three and four bedroom properties available at Windmill Place, with prices starting at

  • 06/02/12…Category for the over 50’s Mixed added to Racketball Closed Championships

    NOT long left now to get your entries in for the South Regional Racketball Closed Championships to be held at Racquets Fitness Centre in Thame, on March 3 and 4, 2012 !!

    An extra category – over 50’s mixed has now been added.

    For more information and an entry form either follow the link below:

    http://englandsquashandracketball.com/news/new-category-added-to-south-regional-racketball-closed-championships-2012

  • 06/02/12…Chiltern fly on after win against Thame (Contributed)

    IT was always going to be tough for Thame netballers, The Hurricanes against top of the league, Chiltern Flyers, but they gave it their best shot after a hard start in the first quarter.

    Signs were looking ominous as Chiltern stormed into a 4-1 lead, but Thame held on in there. Things looked brighter in the second quarter as the team relaxed more and began to produce some fine passing moves. The quarter was a lot closer with Carol finishing off a nice move.

    Thame again kept in touch with the lead in the third quarter but could never get too close to them. As soon as they looked like they were getting close, Chiltern sparked into gear to keep Thame at bay.

    Thame still stood an outside chance going into the final quarter and things looked positive at 22-26. But this is as good as it got for Thame as one of the Flyers called for an unexpected time out to have a drink! This took the wind out of Thame?s attack as the game ended 22-29.

    Bradley Rose

  • 06/02/12…Chiltern fly on after win against Thame (Contributed)

    IT was always going to be tough for Thame netballers, The Hurricanes against top of the league, Chiltern Flyers, but they gave it their best shot after a hard start in the first quarter.

    Signs were looking ominous as Chiltern stormed into a 4-1 lead, but Thame held on in there. Things looked brighter in the second quarter as the team relaxed more and began to produce some fine passing moves. The quarter was a lot closer with Carol finishing off a nice move.

    Thame again kept in touch with the lead in the third quarter but could never get too close to them. As soon as they looked like they were getting close, Chiltern sparked into gear to keep Thame at bay.

    Thame still stood an outside chance going into the final quarter and things looked positive at 22-26. But this is as good as it got for Thame as one of the Flyers called for an unexpected time out to have a drink! This took the wind out of Thame?s attack as the game ended 22-29.

    Bradley Rose

  • 06/02/12…WARNING: Skimming devices on cash machines – Oxfordshire

    THAMES Valley Police is urging people to be vigilant when using cash machines after skimming devices have been used in Oxfordshire.

    The first incident took place at 2.05pm on Wednesday (1/2), at the Co-operative store in Old Marston Road, Oxford. The cash machine was targeted by offenders who placed a sticky silver/grey strip across the cash dispensing slot. This prevents the cash from being dispensed to the user after they have entered their details.

    When the user walks away from the machine, the offender approaches it, removes the strip, and collects the money, which is now attached to the strip.

    The second incident took place between 4.25pm and 4.45pm on Wednesday (1/2), when the cash machine at the Co-operative store in Lobstock Place, Didcot was targeted.

    PC Martin Whaley, of Didcot police station, said: ?I appeal to anyone who has seen people acting suspiciously near to cash machine in Oxford and Didcot to contact police as you may be able to assist with our enquiries.

    ?I would also like to speak to anyone who thinks they may have been a victim of this to come forward and contact us. We believe the two incidents are linked.?

    Anyone who witnessed the incident, saw anyone behaving suspiciously in the area, or has any other information which may assist police with their investigation is asked to contact PC Whaley via the 24-hour Police Enquiry Centre on 101.

    If you don’t want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously 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.

    To prevent cash point fraud, please follow this advice:

    Check the machine you are using for evidence of tampering, particularly the card reader slot and PIN panel

    Stand close to the cash machine screen and shield your keystrokes with your hand as you enter your PIN number
    Check no-one is spying on you over your shoulder
    If you suspect a cash machine is not working properly, press cancel and remove your card, then report the incident to your bank

    Do not remove any suspicious device you find, as they are valuable to the criminal and they may use force to retrieve them

    If you notice anything suspicious with a cash machine, report it to the bank or shop it is located at, or to the police

    Note down your debit and credit card details, so that you can cancel them quickly if they?re stolen or lost
    Never write down your PIN number in case thieves find it after stealing your purse or wallet.

    SOURCE: Press release
    Image: Courtesy of themissinglist.co.uk

  • 06/02/12…..Chance for final say in the future development of Thame

    ANYONE with an interest in South Oxfordshire?s Core Strategy, the document that will determine future development in Thame and the rest of South Oxfordshire, has an opportunity to have a final say.

    In January, the inspector appointed to examine the strategy published his conclusions on changes he considers should be made to the strategy. He has also published revised conclusions on Thame. These can both be viewed at http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/news/2012/2012-02/core-strategy-changes-advertised-3-february-16-march-2012

    SODC has now produced a list of the main proposed changes. This is being advertised for comment from February 3 to March 16, 2012, on the council?s website. Copies are also available to view at South Oxfordshire District Council’s offices, libraries and one-stop shops (Thame town hall) to enable local residents and other interested parties to have their say.

    Some of the key changes now being advertised are:

    The deferral of the strategic allocation at Thame to the Neighbourhood Plan

    The exclusion of a Green Belt review at Wheatley

    The acceptance of a housing allocation cap at Henley of 400 new homes, but with a suggestion that this cap could be eased by up to 50 homes if detailed work shows that this can be identified

    The changing of the site for the housing allocation in Wallingford from Site B (west of the town) to Site E (south of the town)

  • 05/02/12…Police warning after car hits tree near Thame

    DRIVERS were warned to slow down in the current freezing driving conditions, after a car left the road earlier today and hit a tree.

    Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a road traffic collision today on the A40 near Wheatley, where a car had left the road, rolled over and hit a tree. Fire Fighters from Oxford and Kidlington attended, and released two people from the vehicle using specialist cutting gear. They also had to use chainsaws to remove part of the hedgerow in order to get to the vehicle which had rolled down an embankment and come to rest on its side.

    The occupants were released from the vehicle and treated at the scene by Paramedics. Station Manager Simon Belcher warned: “With the snow melting and the likelihood of freezing weather over night, we’d like to remind all drivers to slow down and take care in what will be dangerous conditions.” For more advice take a look at the Thames Valley Police web site –

    http://thamesvalley.police.uk/rdsafe

    and Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue 365alive website

    www.365alive.co.uk

  • 04/02/12….Be prepared for the ice and snow

    AS the promised snow begins to dust Thame (5pm), there’s lots of good advice from South Oxfordshire District Council about how to prepare for severe weather and how to cope when it comes.

    http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/news/2012/2012-02/be-prepared-ice-and-snow

  • 03/02/12…..From Caesar salad to a greenhouse!

    A THAME pub has raised