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Author: Sonja Francis

  • Shock Treatment For Seat Belt Offenders (Contributed)

    OXFORDSHIRE County Council is teaming up with Thames Valley Police to catch people who don?t wear a seatbelt – but instead of a fine, some ?offenders? will be shown graphic images of incidents where people died as a result of not wearing a seatbelt.
    Drivers and passengers who are caught in a series of roadside checks in Witney today, July 3, can choose between a

  • No Stroll In The Moonlight For Jan

    A THAME woman has raised over

  • Invitation To Thame CAB AGM

    THAME & District CAB – Annual General Meeting –
    Tuesday 24th July 2007, 7pm ? 8pm, at Thame Adult Learning Centre, Towersey Road, Thame OX9 3NW.

    The AGM is open to everyone – Tel 01844 217186 or e-mail thamecab@cabnet.org.uk, RSVP to Tom Fox, Manager.

    Thame & District CAB provides a free, independent, confidential and impartial advice service.

  • Thame School Fire Was Arson!

    A twenty three year-old man has been arrested and bailed, following the fire at Lord Williams’s lower school on Saturday (30/6).
    Police are appealing for witnesses following the fire which is believed to have started at around 8.30pm, causing extensive damage to the drama studio which is now to be demolished. The school is expected to be closed until Wednesday.

    Det Con Debs Goff, investigating the incident, said:”There were several people walking through the area at the time the fire started and I appeal to anyone who saw anything suspicious to contact me.
    “We believe there may have been more than one person involved in the arson and if you have information then please come forward.
    “We are thoroughly investigating the incident and there may be more arrests to follow.”

    Watch the school’s website: Link
     for updated information about when the school will re-open, or tune in to Fox FM or Mix’96.

  • Party For Young People At Thame Hall

    THAME Youth Council, in conjunction with 21st Century Thame, will be running a party especially for young people on Thursday, July 12. The evening will include music and DJs to dance to, and there will be a soft drinks bar.
    Doors open 7.30pm-10.30pm, and tickets are available from Sapphire Moon,

  • Knife Victim Warns Young People

    THE victim of a stabbing at Milton Common, near Thame, has warned young people about the dangers of carrying knives after he was scarred for life.
    Almost a year on from the attack, police are renewing their appeal for witnesses. A reward of

  • Hay Fever Hits Thame

    Hay Fever is expected to hit Thame. But there is no cause for alarm as the only symptoms will be broad smiles, great laughter and a feeling of contentment. For this Hay Fever is the classic Noel Coward comedy being performed by Thame Players at The Players Theatre between 10th and 14th July at 7.45pm. Probably the most successful of all Coward?s plays, Hay Fever tells the bizarre story of a social weekend at the home of the Bliss family. Each of the four members of the family has, unbeknown to the others, invited a friend for the weekend at their country house. The family?s bickering with each other over their predicament, to the bemusement of the four guests, results in a delightful feast of fun and laughter.

    Coward based Hay Fever on his experiences spent at the home of a leading actress and her writer husband who he befriended on his first visit to New York in 1921. A big hit on its debut in the West End in 1925, Hay Fever has been popular ever since. In the eighty or so years since that first performance it has seldom been off the stage, being performed somewhere in the world almost every year since.

    Tickets for the Thame Players production of Hay Fever, directed by Colleen Tudway, cost between

  • Oxfordshire Youth Games

    GET into sport – be a part of the Oxfordshire Youth Games: Athletics, cricket, hockey, tennis, high 5 netball, badminton, squash, basketball, tag rugby, football. Radley College, Radley, 9.15am to 4.00pm, July 8.
    Visit Link
     to find out more, or contact your local sports development team at South Oxfordshire District Council: allen.souch@southoxon.gov.uk, tel 07801 203 539.

  • Police Investigate Fire At Thame School

    THE extent of the fire that destoyed the drama studio at Lord Williams’s Lower school, Thame, last night, can be seen from this photograph taken by Alistair Box at the height of the fire.
    Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue Service were called 21:42 yesterday evening to reports of a severe fire in progress at Lord Williams Secondary Lower School (East), Towersey Road, Thame.

    Ten rescue pumps from Thame, Wheatley, Watlington, Slade Park ? Oxford, as well as appliances from Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue from Aylesbury, Brill & Princess Risborough with sixty five firefighters attending the incident.

    Specialist appliances attended from Woodstock, Eynsham, Kidlington, Rewley Road-Oxford & Waddesdon. Thames Valley Police & South Central Ambulance service also attended as a precautionary measure.

    A police investigation, including Forensic teams, is going on at the school today where police have set up an incident room.
    The investigation will include close scutiny of the tapes from nine CCTV cameras around the school site.

    COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK TO SEE VIDEOS TAKEN BY EYE WITNESSES:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ljrOwXwv0&NR=1

  • School Closed Following Fire

    LORD WILLIAMS’s LOWER SCHOOOL will be closed tomorrow.