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Author: Sonja Francis

  • 30/04/10….New Chinnor village hall extension opened

    THE people of Chinnor now have a smart new extention to their village hall.

    The Chair of SODC, Malcolm Leonard, formally opened the new extension on Monday, April 26, and said: “The council is very pleased to see the completion of this wonderful project, which gives local residents superb facilities for a wide variety of activities.”

    Captain Martin Reed, Chairman of the Village Hall Charity said: “The builders B G Richardson & Sons have been absolutely marvellous contractors. They provided us with this wonderful building for all the community to use as well as enabling the continued use of the main hall throughout the build.”

    South Oxfordshire District Council (

  • 30/04/10…..Candidates quizzed by ThameNews.Net

    FOLLOWING a lack of press releases, statements etc from most of the candidates (except the Conservative Party), ALL the candidates for the Henley Constituency have today been sent a series of questions about local issues, from readers of ThameNews.Net.

    Hopefully, their answers will be available for publication by tomorrow afternoon so watch this space!

    If you have any Thame or South Oxfordshire related questions you would like forwarded to the candidates, email: editor@thamenews.net.

    The Liberal Democrat candidate, Andy Crick, is giving out his mobile number for voters to contact him with a question direct. You can call him on: 07906-097167

    The candidates for the Henley Constituency are:

    John Roger Bews – British National Party
    Andy Crick – Liberal Democrats
    John Michael Howell – Conservative Party
    Laurence Hughes – United Kingdom Independence Party
    Richard Mark McKenzie – Labour Party
    Mark Christopher Stevenson – Green Party

    The questions emailed to each of the candidates today are:

    1. Do you think that the proposed 850 new homes earmarked for Thame by the South East Core Strategy will be good for the town, or not?

    2. What will you do to persuade the government (if your party forms or is part of a balanced government) to do something about the economic viability of market towns?

    3. How will you ensure that Thame Community Hospital remains as such and that the promised future development of is services will good ahead, without losing the 12 beds currently available?

    4. Thame is trying to ‘go green’ with several groups springing up, ie Greening Thame and Transitions Towns; What will you do to ensure that Thame and other market towns can move towards becoming a sustainable community?

    5. Some people in Thame are concerned about decisions being taken by their local councils without consultation, i.e the transfer of the town’s swimming pool from town council control to district council control, after the people of Thame campaigned for a pool and raised thousands of pounds for it?
    What will you do to increase local democracy – if of course you agree that it is a good idea!

    6. What is your view on the future of education in this country?

    7. Would your party (if it gets into power) reduce funding to Oxfordshire’s county and district councils for such things as social services and eduction?

    8. Would your party (if it gets into power) cut funding for Thames Valley Police Force?

  • 30/04/10….Man found dead at Chinese take-away in Thame

    THE area around Gas Alley and its exit into Wellington Street, Thame, was taped off by police for several hours earlier today, after a man was found dead at the chinese take-away, Tommy Yaki in Wellington Street.

    A police statement said: “Just before 1pm today police were notified of the unexpected death of a young male at the premises. Police attended and in line with TVP policy, a supervisor was called together with local CID.

    “There are no apparent suspicious circumstances at the premises and a post mortem will be taking place tomorrow to establish cause of death.”

  • 29/04/10….Bank Holiday Waste Collections

    BECAUSE of the bank holiday coming up, waste collections will change between May 3 June 5, collections being a day later than normal.

    If you are unsure of your collection day, go to the collections page
     at the South Oxfordshire District Council website and search by postcode, area or download a calendar.

    If you?re worried you?ll forget the right day, why not sign up for a text reminder. Just send a message saying: ?waste? and then your normal collection day to 07797 870370 and you will get a reminder the day before your collection.

  • 29/04/10….Watch Election Night Special on the big screen for charity

    WANT to watch the Election Night Special on TV amongst like-minded people? Why fall asleep in the armchair when you could share the fun and trade some banter?

    WHERE? The Cross Keys, Park Street, Thame – Large Screen TV –
    Tickets

  • Volunteer Advocates wanted

    OXFORDSHIRE Advocacy, which helps people in crisis get their wishes and choices heard, are looking for volunteer Advocates.

    WHAT IS ADVOCACY?

    Advocacy at its heart is really very simple. It is making sure people get their wishes and choices heard and taken into account on matters of importance to them.

    This can be difficult due to comprehension difficulties, health problems etc. However as a volunteer for Oxfordshire Advocacy, through frequent training and support, you can ensure that their voices are heard!

    Oxfordshire Advocacy runs three schemes- OSTAS for people who need help with a short term issue, CAPOLD for those with learning disabilities and ADAPT for people with dementia.

    Volunteers attend a training course which leads to a formally recognised qualification with the Open College Network. They also receive expenses.

    If you are interested in becoming a volunteer advocate or want more information, please contact us.
    We would love to hear from you!

    Reg. Charity No. 1131403 Co. Ltd. by Guarantee No. 6845465; Tel: 01865 741200
    Email: oadg@oadg.org.uk
    Website: www.oadg.org.uk

  • National and International players attracted to Squash Tournament

    THE RACQUETS’ Open Squash Doubles Tournament held in Thame this week, April 23/25, 2010, attracted entries from all over the UK and even included one from Australia. As it was a graded event, the tournement also attracted a number of social players, junior and senior, and was sub-divided into mens, ladies and mixed Categories.

    The ladies event was won by the Ealing pairing of Helen Creak and Stacey Sephton (Australian Sydney province champion) with a good effort from Anne Terry (Racquets ladies 1st team) and emerging Racquets Junior, Aisling Guerzoni, as runners up.

    In the mixed event the Ealing pairing of James Tewson and Stacy Sephton proved too strong for the Somerset pair of Martin and Tessa (ex England under 19s international) Healey. The mens tournament was a great affair with several new pairings put together in an effort to try and beat last year’s champions and the professional pairing from Birmingham.

    Local players, Simon Martin and Tom Power, were beaten 11/10 in the final game after a very close match in which, with the score at 2 games all, they were leading 10/5 to the eventual losing finalists, Guy Tupper & Jo Brooke (recently selected to represent England at junior level).

    Another local pairing of Will John (Welsh junior international) and Dave Herron did well to overcome Mark Webster and Clive Johnstone but went on to lose in the semi finals to the pro?s who proved too strong for them.

    Surely after an amazing and tiring semi final Tupper and Brooke would not be able to defeat the Berks doubles champions Paul Johnston and Simon Rodwell? However, they dug deep and produced yet another classic 11/10 victory on the 5th game to reach the final. But, with a combination of tiredness and the superb touches and movement of the pros, they went down 3/0 to Chris Truswell and Jamie Haycocks in the final.

    Racquets are indebted to the tournament sponsors, Terry Bradon, Eddy Smythe and Brian Cummings for their generosity in putting up the

  • Weather man bowled over to meet Tory candidate

    EX weatherman, Bill Giles, met the Conservative candidate for Thame, John Howell, yesterday, while drumming up new membership for Thame Bowls Club.

    Bill was busy talking to prospective new club members at Thame’s Tuesday market, when he met John Howell on a campaigning Walk-about through the market.

    To find out more about Thame Bowls Club, visit:
    www.thamebowlsclub.co.uk

    John Howell will be at the Cross Keys pub in Thame on Thursday, April 29 (7.30 – 9.30pm) to meet and talk with any voter/constituent in informal surroundings. All are welcome.

  • 28/04/10….Thame Scouts parade though Thame to celebrate centenary

    THE First Thame Scout Group celebrated St George’s Day on Sunday, by holding a parade along Thame High Street.

    This was followed by a service in St Mary’s Church, Thame, attended by over 80 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers, supported by leaders and parents.

    Each boy and girl was presented with a centenary scarf, celebrating 100 years of scouting in Thame. The Mayor, Jeanette Matelot Green, read a lesson and a collection of

  • 28/04/10…..Go Green for this year’s Thame Carnival

    Saturday, June 12, 2010