A BODY body found at the foot of Beachy Head is understood to have been that of a 45-year-old man from Thame.
The man?s family apparently reported him missing at 4pm on Wednesday, (08/09) just hours before his body was found yesterday at around 9am.
A Sussex Police spokeswoman yesterday morning confirmed that a police helicopter had been scrambled after reports of a person in the area, a notorious suicide spot.
The man has not yet been named.
THIS is a Community Message from Thames Valley Police. Officers from Thame police station recently carried out a series of anti crime operations which have resulted in five persons being arrested following a spate of criminal damage in the area.
One person was interviewed in relation to graffiti being sprayed on buildings at a local secondary school and four youths were interviewed in relation to criminal damage caused to a vehicle.
One person was arrested following a report that a member of the public had been sprayed with a pepper spray device. Following this arrest, other offences came to light, resulting in the individual being charged with a total of seven offences and remanded in custody to appear in court.
FOLLOWING controversial changes to the route to be taken by the 280 bus through Haddenham, representatives from Arriva and Transport for Buckinghamshire will be attending a meeting on September 15, (7-9pm) in the Haddenham Community Junior School hall, Woodways, to answer questions from villagers about the changes, due to take effect on Sunday, September 12.
In an update form Christina Jeffery, from Haddenham, she explains that Arriva says that they have ?withdrawn the service from the Church End ‘leg’ due to the need to maintain reliability on the 280 service? – they have a legal duty to run 95% of the journeys on a service within a ‘window of reliability’ as set by the Traffic Commissioner.
It would appear that it has become increasingly difficult for them over the years to keep to the timetable due to more and more traffic congestion, new speed limits and traffic calming measures. As the route is a fairly direct one between Oxford and Aylesbury, apart from the duplication of going to Church End and back, there was little scope for finding more time – to achieve their reliability goals and thus satisfy the majority of their passengers – by cutting out any other part of the route.
Compared with, for example, bus-stops in Wheatley, relatively few passengers use the Church End bus-stop (although a number do use the one near Crabtree Rd, outside Haddenham Hall).
In addition to the problems stated above, it seems that Arriva has also responded belatedly to a request made by councillors before the new Medical Centre opened in Stanbridge Road in 2005, for a frequent bus service via the new centre (although this was provided for a short while by the 2-hourly 260 service). Re-routing the bus along Stanbridge Road has also contributed to the need to save time elsewhere.
NEW legislation, dubbed ‘a load of tosh’ by a town councillor, means that is is now illegal for town councils to confer Honoraryry Citizenship on those who have given exemplary service to their towns.
Thame town council has been told that because of the new law, they should retrospectively change the title of the honorary citizens of Thame, Len Webb, David Dodds and Arthur Staggs, to something else such as ‘Freeman of the town.’
However, following discussion about what the council should do about this dilema (and Cllr Mike Weply’s view, that the new regulations as passed down by NALC, National Association of Local Councils, are “a load of old tosh”), Thame Town Council’s Policy and Resources committee has agreed to ignore the change and take a chance that someone in the future may challenge the legality of the honours.
PHOTO: Len Webb, a former town councillor and war veteran who was one of the first allied servicemen to enter Belsen concentration camp, and who was Thame’s first Honorary Citizen.
OXFORDSHIRE County Council?s Fire and Rescue Service and Trading Standards have today been informed by a member of the local business community that a cold caller reporting to be from the Fire Service is operating in our area.
The caller who gave his name as John, stated that ?he was producing a booklet for the fire safety department to thank them for their services and asking local businesses to put a personal thank you message in it.?
Initially this was agreed and our contact was then told it would cost
THE Farmers’ Market that visits Thame every second Tuesday in the month, is to come to the town on a Saturday – but only when there is a fifth Saturday in the month.
There will be 14 stalls selling local produce, placed along the side of the town hall, from 8am to 2.30pm.
Both October 2010 and January 2011 are the next months that have five Saturdays in them.
THE historic market town centre of Thame is set to come alive with the mouth-watering sights, sounds and smells of the third Thame Food Festival on Saturday, September 25.
And with the count-down on for what promises to be the biggest and best day yet in the festival calendar, visitors can look forward to an inspirational day of delectable things to eat and drink from some of the finest local producers around.
?This year?s festival is quite literally awe-inspiring, with stall-holder take up at an all-time high, a brilliant programme of events and even a food treasure trail around the town centre in what will truly be a delicious day of food and drink discovery,? says Alison Isherwood, Market Town Coordinator for Thame.
?We?ve got a fantastic line up of stall holders, with over 30 different food and drink producers there on the day, as well as cookery demonstrations and fun hands-on workshops with something for fanatical foodies everywhere.?
CHOCOLATE, CHEESE AND CAKES
Visitors to the festival will find the market town centre transformed with stands as deliciously diverse as local chocolaterie, Rumsey?s, who will also be organising the treasure trail, the Oxford Cheese Company, specialist cake makers, Yummy Scrummy Cakelicious, traditional bakers, The Old Farmhouse Bakery, Tims Dairy, the makers of fantastic Greek style and natural yogurts, and Mortimer Chocolate Company who specialise in powdered chocolate for drinks. The list goes on.
TURN UP THE HEAT
with Meah?s Flavours of India, Anila?s Authentic Spices and Chillies 2 U, who will be promoting their excellent home grown organic chillies.
Enjoy the best of the season?s salads and vegetables from local specialists, Bucksum, who are making their first appearance at the festival, alongside Sandy Lane Farm and their co-operative market, the newly opened Stables Farm Shop from Long Crendon, home-cooked treats from EllyBelly and Thame?s own What?s Cooking?
FREE FOOD & DRINK DEMOS AT THE JAMES FIGG
Venues including The Stables at The James Figg will be holding free food and drink demonstrations throughout the day, with plenty of ideas to inspire you in the kitchen. The pub?s invited some great guest speakers down for a day packed with delicious tastings, so whether you?re fanatical about fish or crazy for cakes, there?s something for everyone:
10.30am ? Aylesbury-based M&J Seafoods’ Mike Berthet, will be giving a talk about sustainable fish with tempting samples to try.
11.45am ? Local butcher, Tom Newitt of Newitts will be giving a butchery demonstration and a sausage making masterclass. If you think sausage making is easy then get ready to get messy…
1.00pm ? A fantastic wine and beer tasting session with the James Figg?s Frazer Sutherland leading you through the best wines, with beer and real ale tastings from one of the best local brewers.
3.00pm ? If you think you already know how to make a cup of tea, then think again as we?ve got a guide to making the perfect afternoon cuppa and ideas for scrummy cakes to go with it.
?The food festival?s going to be a great day with some of the best local food and drink producers around and we?re delighted to be able to play host to some of them,? said Frazer Sutherland, owner of the James Figg.
?If you want to come down, take part in a fun demo and learn something about where good food and drink comes from, make sure you come and see us.? The pub is offering 50 free tickets for each of the above sessions (except for the tea party for which there will be a charge of
MATCH REPORT By Jake Collinge: Monday, September 6, 2010 – BINFIELD 2, THAME UNITED 0
WITH both sides cancelling each other out in the opening half it was somewhat inevitable that the outcome of the match would rest on refereeing decisions and so it proved in the second period.
Thame had started the stronger of the two sides in the first half, testing the home defence with a number of crosses without forcing an opening. As the half progressed, Binfield came back in to the game, but with the centre back pairing of Martin Brown and James Saulsbury marshalling the Thame defence well, Binfield failed to create any goal scoring opportunities. Indeed, the best chance of the half came a minute before the break when Luke Ricketts crossed to Ben Connelly 10 yards from goal who had time to chest the ball down before seeing his effort clear the cross bar.
Five minutes in to the second half came the first controversial decision. Aaron Rogers played a first time ball through to strike partner Tom Hoskin who sprinted clear of the defence and, as he was about to shoot from inside the penalty area, was caught from behind by the chasing defender. As the vociferous Thame following called for a penalty the referee, much to the surprise of the majority in the ground, simply waved play on. A short while later Hoskin, following a goalmouth scamble, saw his initial shot cleared and as he went to hit the rebound he was pulled to the ground. Again, neither the referee nor the assistant saw fit to award a penalty.
This proved costly for Thame as five minutes later Binfield were awarded a penalty of their own when Steve Newell was adjudged to have pulled back the home striker. Carl Davies confidently beat Paul Searl with the spot kick. Thame were now chasing the game and pushed bodies forward in a bid for an equaliser. From a Thame attack, and with the ball ricocheting around the Binfield penalty area, Binfield broke quickly down the Thame left and crossed to Davies on the edge of the penalty area whose strike hit the post and, unfortunately for Thame, rebounded straight to Jamie Suarez who placed the ball beyond Searl. Thame continued to press forward in search of a goal but ultimately failed to penetrate the home defence, and were left ruing two refereeing decisions that influenced the outcome of the game.
Thame United: Searl, N.Rhodes, Newell, Saulsbury, Brown (Barr), El-Kassir (Jones), A.Rhodes, Connelly, Rogers, Hoskin, Ricketts.
United have their biggest game of the season this Saturday as they travel to Southern League side Thatcham Town in the FA Cup. Thame, who have already beaten Shrivenham and Lydney Town to progress to this stage, will have top scorers Alex Stewart and Stuart Braun back in the squad as both have been unavailable, and will be looking to cause an upset against higher league opposition. Kick off is 3pm at Riverside Park, Thatcham.
PHOTO: Courtesey of www.getbracknell.co.uk
Binfield player, James Rogers, fires in a shot in the lead up to the second goal against Thame on Monday night
NATIONAL SOUTH WEST Third Division – Saturday, September 4, 2010 – SCORE: Newton Abbot 21, Chinnor 21 – MATCH REPORT:
After a very promising start against new-comers to the League, Newton Abbot, Chinnor did well to escape with a draw. On their first visit to Rackerhayes, Chinnor started full of promise, playing the match mostly in the Newton Abbot half and with most of the possession of the ball.
An early indiscretion from the All Whites gave Chinnor their first penalty of the match through the boot of Ben Hewitt. This was repeated some five minutes later to give Chinnor a 6-0 lead. Chinnor then squandered a certain try when the last pass was woefully executed. However, Hewitt stepped up for another penalty goal to give Chinnor a 9-0 lead.
Newton Abbot was struggling in the scrum but remained competitive at the tackle and breakdown to deny Chinnor any chance of a try in the first half. In the last minute of the half, Newton Abbot scored their first points of the match with a penalty goal from full-back Mike Saxton to go in 3-9 down at the break.
Having weathered the first half Chinnor storm, Newton Abbot came out full of vim and vigour and, four minutes into the half, scored their first try in National 3 SW, courtesy of fly half Andy Birkett. Saxton duly converted to give the All Whites the lead for the first time in the match by 10 points to 9. With a much more even contest, Chinnor went back into the lead by 12 points to 10 from a penalty goal from the reliable Hewitt. On the 56th minute, Saxton, with a penalty goal, restored the all Whites lead, now 13-12. Hewitt again stepped up to give the lead back to Chinnor with a penalty goal. Minutes later Saxton reversed the lead with a penalty goal to give Newton Abbot a 16-15 lead. Two minutes later, Hewitt changed the lead back to Chinnor with another well struck penalty goal.
Five minutes from time, Newton Abbot scored their second try of the match with winger Thor Normann getting on the end of a sweeping backs move. With the conversion falling short, Newton Abbot had a 21-18 lead and four minutes to go for a fairytale start to their life in National 3 SW. However, Chinnor’s saviour Hewitt denied the home side with a long-range penalty to give the final score of 21-21.
Chinnor will be disappointed with this result after their bright start to the match. After the initial 20 minutes, Chinnor seemed to slow down and looked distinctly rusty in most facets of the game. Sam Jones for Chinnor was the outstanding player making several telling breaks but receiving slow support. Too many slow rucks allowed Newton Abbot to get back into the match. All in all, it looked like the first match of the season where execution and decision-making were not as refined as is needed in competition at this level.
New boys, Newton Abbot did well to cope with their retreating scrum and get themselves back into the match. With two tries to Chinnor’s none, the All Whites gained the moral victory and on this showing should do well at this level.
Scorers:
Newton Abbot: Birkett try; Normann Try; Saxton 3PG, 1C
Chinnor: Hewitt 7PG
Chinnor team: Williams, Seymour (Serrano 75), Goode, Powell, Shiel, Hewitt, Burns, Stock (Winpenny 50), Cawston, Pickett, Hutchings, Smith, Jones, Hastings (Fan 50), Mowbray
Replacements: Winpenny, Fan, Serrano
THAME Cycling Club, started just one year ago, is growing in populartiy, offering cyclists of all abilitities to cycle locally in small groups, according to experience and fitness.
Jonathan Cockshott has recently taken over leading the rides, which leave from the main entrance to Racquets Fitness Centre, in Cattlemarket, Thame, every Saturday morning at 10am.
Contact – Jonathan 0787 344 5631 for more information.