THAMES Valley Police are appealing for witnesses after a high value burglary between Saturday (17/7/10) and Monday (19/7/10).
Sometime between 12pm on Saturday and 7am on Monday, offenders gained entry to a business property in Haddenham Aerodrome Industrial Estate, Thame Road. They entered a storeroom containing copper cabling, which is stored in drums. They stole approximately
THAME’S Mayor, Cllr Adam Buckland, will be on hand at 1.30pm on July 27, to judge the Flash of the Year contest, where traders compete to put up the best display of goods at this year?s Market Fun Day in Thame.
Stilt walkers, face painters, street entertainers, and the Town Crier will mingle with the crowds whilst kids can have free helium goods and have fun on the giant Mix FM slide.
At least a dozen groups and charities will be there to promote their cause, from the St John Ambulance to Thame Wombles, and this year the market traders have taken the Thame Youth Memorial Trust as their chosen charity.
Let?s hope for sunshine and a great day!
PHOTO: Flash back to a previous Thame market fun day
THE major road safety organisation in the county is warning that turning off the county’s speed cameras could result in more road deaths.
Oxfordshire County Council today voted to cut
A 71-year-old woman has been bailed for a second time, following a fatal road crash in which a Thame teacher died.
The woman was arrested after the crash on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. She has been bailed again until Monday, August 16.
Ellie Bongers, 32, died on Christmas Eve after being injured in a collision on the A4260 at Tackley on Sunday, December 20, 2009.
Mrs Bongers’s husband, Richard, was not seriously injured in the accidfent but there 19-month-old son Joseph was left in a critical condition and died in May.
Mrs Bongers was a former acting head of English at Lord Williams?s School, in Thame.
GET Oxfordshire Active (GO Active) and South Oxfordshire District Council are aiming to get more people out exercising with social jogging groups across the district.
TOMORROW, 21st July, Running Buddies is starting a 10 week beginner?s course on Wednesday evenings, 7 ? 8pm at Thame Leisure Centre, and cost
Soha Housing is the first social housing provider to become involved with one of the Greening Campaigns taking root in 180 communities nationwide.
The housing association, with some 5,200+ homes across South Oxfordshire and beyond, will be demonstrating its part in ?greening? Thame at a conference in London today, 20 July.
The Greening Campaign conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre will see delegates from government, business and community from throughout the UK coming together to pool knowledge on practical action to mobilise neighbourhoods to adapt to climate change.
The aim is to make it possible for everybody in some way to reduce energy consumption and their personal and community carbon footprint.
THAME businesses have welcomed a new initiative to use branding tools to help promote the town and create synergy and cohesiveness among clubs, groups and businesses.
Following consultations and workshops to investigate Thame’s distinctiveness and to use the town’s heritage, market town ambience and everything else it has going for it to attract new visitors and business to the town, South Oxfordshire District Council has, with Miller Research who oversaw the work, produced an on-line marketing tool to help design posters and other promotional tools using the new town branding.
Businesses and local groups met at The James Figg last night (July 19) to discuss the web tool and see it demonstrated.
Mary Rumsey, the proprietor of Rumsey’s, the cafe and Chocolaterie in Thame, said: “I am very impressed with this web tool and the branding idea is a good one that should benefit Thame. I will certainly be visiting the web site and using the tools within the next couple of days.”
Visit: http://www.southoxontownmarketing.co.uk/thame4me/
for the free marketing tools.
SCHOOL CHIDREN in Thame got a stark reminder of the possible consequences of not abiding by road safety rules thanks to Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service.
Seventy-five Year nine Lord Williams’s School pupils watched as firefighters cut free a live casualty from a vehicle during a mocked-up demonstration as part of a day designed to highlight crucial road safety messages.
Team building activities
The students also took part in a series of team-building activities at the recent event held at the Oxford Road school, including hose-running and dam-building. Many also completed an It’s A Knockout-style obstacle course.
Firefighters also pressed home several road safety messages, including the importance of wearing a seat beat, as part of Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service’s 365 Alive initiative, which aims to promote a safer community for everyone through safety education and prevention work.
Great success
Stuart Garner, Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service’s Risk Reduction and Strategic Partnerships Manager, said: “The day was a great success as the pupils engaged with all of the activities and hopefully learnt the importance of being able to work within a team.
“Road safety education is very important and it was good to have the opportunity to educate the pupils on the importance of always wearing a seat belt.”
Important messages
Richard Taylor, the Assistant Headteacher at Lord Williams’s School, said: “We were delighted to welcome Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service into our school. Our students had fun, worked together in teams and learned about the commitment and energy that is required to be a member of the emergency services.
“The cutting of the car was a profound but engaging demonstration of the consequences of road traffic accidents and it vividly grasped the attention of the students who watched it unfold.
“It was really a tremendous day and we’re very grateful that the firefighters who came and put so much effort into pressing home some very important messages.”
PHOTO: firefighters cutting free a live casualty during a mocked-up demonstration held at Lord Williams’s School, Thame.
THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a collision that led to three people losing their lives.
The collision happened around 6.40pm last night (18/7) on the A41 Bicester Road at the turning for Ludgershall and Brill near Aylesbury. A silver Toyota Corolla, travelling in the direction of Bicester, and a red Hyundai Coupe, travelling in the opposite direction, collided.
The driver of the Hyundai, a 28-year-old man from Chipping Norton, and the driver and front-seat passenger of the Toyota, a 79-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman respectively, both from Brackley were declared dead at the scene.
A woman passenger of the Hyundai was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital with serious injuries, and two children in the same vehicle, a boy and a girl were taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital with minor injuries. The road was closed until just before 11.30pm.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision. If anyone has information which could help police with their enquiries please contact PC Darren Carnell, Aylesbury Roads Policing Dept on 08458 505 505 quoting URN 1262 of 18/7/10.
IN 1976, Thame played the mighty Dutch team, Ajax. Were your there, and can you remember what the outcome was and any details about the match?
A ThameNews.Net reader is currently writing a book which includes a chapter about the day Thame United played one of the best teams in Europe. In a message to ThameNews.Net, Dave says:
“It was a friendly match and although I was at the game, I can no longer recall how it came about or any of the details. I’m wondering if I can reach out to your readers and see if anyone can help with memories of the match?”
PHOTO: The original programme of the match between Thame United and Ajax in 1976.