STAFF and supporters of the Helen and Douglas House charith shop in Upper High Street, Thame, were joined by Fireman Sam on Monday, to celebrate their first birthday.
As well as a
Author: Sonja Francis
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100 sign up for plastic shopping bag reminder service
OVER 100 customers signed up for the text reminder service on the first day of Thame’s ‘Plastic bag free Thame? promotion running all this week (1-6 June,2009)and given the chance to win a
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Battery recycling system to be considered by town council
THAME Town Council is to consider installing a Battery recycling point in the Information Centre at the town hall.
The Government has set new targets to increase the recycling of batteries to 25% by 2012 (the current level is 2.8%)and so hundreds of battery recycling points are being set up all over the country.
The recommendation for the setting up of the collection point, made by the Planning and Environment committee of the town council, will go to full council at its next meeting.
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Marmite milkshake will help buy a cow!
A THAME cafe has this week launched a scheme which will see 10% of the money paid for every milk shake purchased, go towards buying a cow for a family in Africa.
The Well, in North Street, Thame, is now offering a milkshake bar selling every imaginable flavour from Mars bars to Marmite!
The Buy a Cow scheme is in association with Oxfam and The Well aims to send a whole field full of cows over the coming months!
Over the next few weeks, images of Clarissa the Cow will be appearing everywhere.
The Well is now open all day until 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays for what they are calling, their Coffee and Pudding Nights – Cafe Culture in Thame for all!
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Polling ‘slow’ so far in Thame
THAME is going to the polls today, for the County Council elections and the European elections, and so far polling has been described as ‘slow’.
The Polling stations are open until 10pm tonight, so we may yet see a surge in polling this evening. Local pundits though are predicting a turn-out of around 25%.
Oxfordshire County Council will be publishing the county election results live on its website and on Twitter tomorrow, Friday, June 5, 2009. The results, which will be announced throughout the day on Friday 5 June, will appear instantly on the web site: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk, using maps, charts and tables to allow people to easily follow which divisions have changed hands, how many seats each party has won so far and the overall political landscape of the county.
Those who don’t want to sit in front of a computer all day can follow Oxfordshire County Council on Twitter to get each result texted to their mobile phone (twitter.com/OxfordshireCC).
The results of the European Parliamentary Elections for the South East Region should be available from Sunday onwards at www.europarl.europa.eu. The local results will be available from Monday on the South Oxfordshire District Council web site: www.southoxon.gov.uk.
Photo: A Lib Dem and a Conservative candidate supporter enjoy the warm sunshine outside the Polling Station at Barley Hill School, this afternoon.
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M40 reopened after fatal accident (Status: Press release)
THE M40 motorway has now reopened following a collison earlier today (3/6/09)in which a lorry driver died.
The collision occurred around 5.43am, between junctions 10 and 9 on the southbound carriageway of the M40 and involved two articulated lorries and a van. The driver of one of the lorries died and two other drivers suffered shock but did not require hospital treatment.
Police officers worked closely with the Fire Service who had to assess oxy-acetylene cylinders that may have become unstable on one of the vehicles. The primary concern was public safety and the safety of the emergency services working at the scene.
Anyone who witnessed the collision is urged to contact Sgt Pete Jell at Bicester Roads Policing department via 0845 8 505 505.
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Boris’s Thame wreath claim ‘a mistake’
THE Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has been in the national press today, following a revelation that he claimed expenses for a Remembrance Sunday wreath that he laid in Thame.
Boris, who was Thame’s MP at the time he made the claim in 2006, has said that he “mistakenly” included the
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Thame gardens to open for charity
THREE of Thame’s most attractive gardens will be open to the public, as part of the National Gardens Scheme Open Day, on Sunday, June 14, 2009.
The Thame gardens taking part are:
[a] 143 Chinnor Road
[b] 12 Park Terrace
[c] Pots ‘N’ Rocks – 18 Willow Road
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Kingsey crash – Police seek vehicle towing horse box
POLICE Officers investigating the fatal collision that occurred on Sunday, May 17, 2009, on the A4129, Risborough Road, outside Thame, are appealing for the driver of a vehicle towing a horse box to come forward.
Greg Stiles was pronounced dead at the scene and his girl friend, Abigail Dowdy, is currently in the JR2 in a critical condition.
PC Phil Hanham, who is leading the investigation, said: “We are trying to trace the driver of a vehicle towing a horse box that was travelling between Kingsey and Towersey that afternoon between 2.30pm and 3pm. We are making contact with local riding stables in the area and distributing leaflets in the hope that it might jog someone?s memory. We would urge this person to come forward as they may have some vital information that might be able to help us with our investigation.”
An unknown 4×4 vehicle was also involved in the collision, but did not stop at the scene. Police have been appealing for help from the public in tracing the vehicle.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has been released on bail until Wednesday July, 15.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Operation Tahiti incident room via 0845 8 505 505. If you don?t want to talk to police, or leave your name, please contact the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
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Charity box thieves caught on camera
A CHARITY box has been stolen from a busy Thame butcher’s shop after thieves cut the string securing it.
The charity box, which the shop owner, Tom Newitt said raises between two and three hundred pounds a year for MacMillan Cancer Support, is suspected to have been taken by a couple seen behaving suspiciously by other customers.
The theft was however caught on the shop’s CCTV and an image of the suspected thieves is currently being prepared to be distributed to the media and local businesses.
Tom Newitt told ThameNews.Net today: “Its just unbelievable that anyone could do such a thing as take a charity box. The money is donated by our customers who come in for a bone for their dog, or to have their knives sharpened and odd things like that which we don’t charge for and just ask them to put something in the charity box. Or they come in for their lunch and put their change from the cost of a sausage roll or something in the box.”
Another member of Newitt’s staff said that her and her colleagues felt “disgusted”, especially since children come into the shop and actually give some of their pocket money to the charity.
Staff are continuing to accept money for MacMillan Cancer Care while they await a replacement, official charity box.
NB As soon as the CCTV image of the suspected thieves is available, it will be published on ThameNews.Net