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Author: Sonja Francis

  • Is Robin leaving Thame?

    ACCORDING to a report in the Sunday Times this weekend, Bee Gee, Robin Gibb, who has lived in Thame for the past 20 years, is thinking of selling up.
    The article was written by Lucy Denyer in the ‘Property News’ section of the paper, and claims that the converted 12th century monastery, The Prebendal, in Thame, would go on the market for something in the region of

  • Ex Lord Williams’s student smashes swimming record

    AT the Beijing olympics, a former student at Lord Williams’s school in Thame, swam in the British men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team final, during the early hours of this morning.
    Simon Burnett from Tetsworth, broke the British record for the 100m freestyle with a time of 3:12.87 secs, but his relay team came in overall in only eighth place in a race won by the Americans.

  • Boat owner cleared over Haddenham man’s drowning

    THE owner of a boat hire company has been cleared of Health and Safety breaches, brought after a Haddenham man drowned on Lake Vyrnwy in Wales.
    See Full report
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  • Thame cattle market auctioneer moves on

    SIMON Draper, long-time auctioneer for Thame Farmers Mart Ltd, based at Thame cattle market, has left Thame to become livestock manager and auctioneer at Kirkby Stephen Mart, in Cumbria.
    From September 1, he will be working for Harrison and Hetherington at the start of the autumn sheep and cattle sales.

    Simon will also be involved with sales at Lazonby, Middleton-in-Teesdale and St John?s Chapel in Co. Durham.

  • Follow the Rail Ale Trail – (Status: Press release)

    CHILTERN Railways and CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) have launched a pint sized guide to good food and real ale at CAMRA?s 31st Great British Beer Festival at Earls Court.
    The Rail Ale Trail lists CAMRA recommended pubs within easy reach of stations along the Chiltern route, allowing you to enjoy a quality drink without worrying who?s driving home!

    Jon Howard, press officer at CAMRA said: ?Wherever possible we encourage drinkers to act responsibly and use public transport, and this initiative really takes these points into consideration.
    ?The Ale Trail is a great way to get people out and about, and enjoy many of the region’s historic public houses. We hope that in conjunction with the ‘CAMRA Good Beer Guide’, which also contains directions to public transport links, real ale drinkers will be fully equipped to find the best pint in their area.?

    You can pick up your leaflet from all staffed stations.

  • Planning Applications Considered by Thame Town Council?s

    8180
    P06/E1170 BARN AT CHESTNUT FARM, MORETON
    Change of use and barn conversion to offices (as amended by site location plan received 18 December 2006).
    Amendment No. 1 has the following changes: conservation rooflights to South West Elevation; re-arrangement of glazing to North East Elevation; internal alterations, including mezzanine level for storage and removes the first two bays of this farm building. TTC recommended approval of the original application in December 2006 and SODC subsequently granted approval.
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8506
    P08/E0768 51 CHURCHILL CRESCENT
    Single storey rear extension.
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8507
    P08/E0810/LD 1 GRIFFIN ROAD
    Single storey rear extension.
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8508
    P08/E0827 27 BEECH ROAD
    Single storey front and rear extensions and first floor side extension.
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8509
    P08/E0800 5 CHURCH ROAD
    Single storey extension.
    RECOMMEND REFUSAL
    1. Not in sympathy with the character of the area
    2. Design inappropriate in the surroundings

    8510
    P08/E0699/LB
    5 CHURCH ROAD
    Removal of recently inserted appliqu

  • Venture company boss says safety sweeps WERE carried out

    THE man who hired out a canoe to a Haddenham man who later drowned, told a court today that safety sweeps were carried out and that boundary warnings were given to the man and his wife.
    See the latest report from the court here.

    Photo: Canoeists on Lake Vyrnwy, from the website of the Venture company whose boss is on trial for Health and Safety breaches.

  • The cost of defeat in Henley by-election

    AN article in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph has drawn attention to the high cost of defeat in the recent Henley by-election – particularly for the Labour party.
    Read the full article. LINK

  • Letter to the editor supports views on road re-surfacing

    THE following letter has come from a ThameNews.Net reader in response to the on-going battle of words between Andy Ford and Oxfordshire County Council’s Highways department and their contractor.
    “Dear Editor
    I have to agree with Mr ford’s opinion; the roads are dangerous with the chippings and rifts.
    I’ve already had my car window chipped as have many people I know, along with chips of paint.
    “They mentioned 10mph signs – I’ve seen no sign of them; maybe for the first day but now the signs are gone, but the stones are still there.”

    Paul Nicholas

  • Widow of drowned canoist says no warning given

    THE widow of a Haddenham man who died when their canoe capsized on a lake in Wales, told a court hearing that the couple were not warned about the risks of taking a boat out onto the lake.
    Mrs Brenda Phillips was speaking yesterday at the trial of David Proctor, the manager of Bethania Adventure at Lake Vyrnwy.
    Follow the report on the Shropshire Star newspaper’s website LINK

    Photo: The late Mr David Phillips
    Photo courtesy of Wales Daily Post