WHAT is the forward plan and who is is available to?
The forward plan is a list of the key decisions the Council intends to take from 1 October 2006. The plan is updated monthly and available to the public on request.
What is a key decision?
Key decisions are defined as decisions which are likely:
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THE Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed after an altercation in a pub in Milton Common, near Thame.
The incident took place in the Three Pigeons Pub in London Road, Milton Common at 12.50am, on Sunday morning (10/9).
The 22-year-old victim was stabbed several times in the neck and stomach. He was taken to the John Radcliffe hospital but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
There is no description of the offender beyond that he was wearing a dark coloured t-shirt.
Police are particularly keen to trace a white man with short cut dark hair, wearing jeans and a white shirt, who was in the pub at the time. It is believed he left the pub in the company of a white female. She had long blond hair and was wearing a dark dress.
Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact Det Sgt Alan Clements, of Thame CID, on 0845 8 505 505 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
DOG owners, especially those with Springer Spaniels, Lurchers and other gun dogs or Staffordshire Bull Terriers, are being warned to keep a good eye on their dogs as dog-nappers have been operating in the area recently.
It is feared that the thieves may well return in the next few weeks.
Owners are being advised to register their dogs’ DNA or to microchip them, or to have their pets’ ears tattooed. It is also recommended that dog owners lock outside kennels and/or protect them with CCTV.
A POWERFUL network of local businesses has linked up with Oxfordshire County Council to promote recycling at work.
The Oxfordshire Town Chamber Network, which links together town chambers and business partnerships across the county, including Thame First (formerly Thame Chamber of Commerce), involves more than 1,300 business members.
Director John Naish said:,”Finding ways to reduce, reuse and recycle commercial waste is a real issue for business.
“It is one that many members of the 16 town chambers and business partnerships in the Network are tackling, but still have questions about. We are very pleased to be able to link with Oxfordshire County Council?s commercial waste team to help signpost their way to sources of expertise and answers.”
The Oxfordshire Town Chambers Network aims to help its member organisations share ideas, best practice, and experience of common issues that they are tackling in their towns in Oxfordshire, and engage the groups in lobbying local authorities and other decision makers.
For more information about the Oxfordshire Town Chambers Network visit www.otcn.co.uk or email waste@otcn.co.uk
Oxfordshire County Council says that it recognises the importance of sustainability in business, and works with organisations like the OTCN as well as providing a number of free services to help local businesses go green. These include:
? Waste audits, on site analysis of a business? waste, with tailor made advice on waste reduction
? Waste workshops. Where businesses can explore everything from waste reduction to compliance with waste legislation. There are a limited number of spaces at the next waste workshops in Abingdon (21st September) and Henley OT (26th September). To book your place call 01865 815959 or email waste.management@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Cllr Roger Belson, Oxfordshire County Council?s cabinet member for sustainable development, said:”Businesses have so much to gain from becoming greener ? from saving money through resource efficiency, to improving their marketability. That?s why Oxfordshire County Council is proud to work with the OTCN on these issues.”
09-Sep Sat League Thame United v Shrivenham
16-Sep Sat League Thame United v Almonsbury Town
19-Sep Tue League Thame United v Highworth Town
30-Sep Sat League Thame United v Wantage Town
All Thame’s home games at Wallingford.
CHINNOR Rugby Club are holding a Family Fun Day tomorrow (Saturday), to help rally local support for the newly-promoted First team’s first clash of the season.
The match begins at 3pm but the pre-match fun will start at 1pm. Activities will include a bouncy castle, face painting, gladiator-type sports activities and a free barbecue for children from 1.30pm.
THE amount of recorded crime incidents in Thame has dropped dramatically over the past six months.
The news that crime in Thame was down by 50% since February, came at a meeting of the Thame Community Safety Group yesterday.
Crime Prevention Officer, Lesley Nesbitt, confirmed that, in particular, car crime in the town was down considerably following a recent campaign in conjunction with Crime Stoppers, locally businesses and pubs who were provided with special beer mats warning drivers not to leave valuable objects on show in their vehicles and reminding them how to secure those vehicle.
The decrease in criminal offences being carried out in the town centre, coincides with the installation of CCTV during March this year. Though full figures will not be available until around the middle of October, there have been several arrests each month where CCTV has played its part in securing information about crimes being committed and contributing to evidence to enable arrests and prosecutions to be made.
Thame’s two PCSOs, Police Community Support Offices, have provided extra presence in the town over the last few months which it is felt has played a significant part in contributing to the fall in the incidence of crime in the town.
Future Thames Valley Police campaigns will include Operation Rebound, aimed at cutting criminal damage in the force’s area, and Operator Monster which will target young people in the lead up to Halloween.
Thame’s two PCSOs will be on hand with Thame Town Councillors, at the council’s stand at the Thame Show on September 21.
LEAGUE MATCH REPORT By Bob Dixon – Hounslow Borough 2 Thame United 3 – September 5th
The much-improved Thame United team recorded their first win of the season on Tuesday evening. Hounslow, like Thame, do not have their own ground so the fixture took place at ?The Manor?: the home of Ruislip Manor F.C.
Thame conceded a ?soft? goal in the second minute when they failed to deal with a simple ball to the unmarked striker Gary Taylor, who slotted the ball past the advancing Thame keeper, Paul Searl, from 15 yards. The visitors quickly recovered and equalised in the 14th minute. Nick Gibson made a good run on the left wing and crossed to Patrick Johnson who finished well from eight yards. Hounslow however regained their lead five minutes later with a superb goal. It came from a corner, which seemingly Dave Tregurtha headed clear. Unfortunately for Thame, the ball fell to Phil Merritt who hit a powerful shot from 35 yards high into the left hand corner, giving Searl no chance.
Thame again countered and levelled the score in the 29th minute with an excellent move. A Beckham like, cross-field ball from Sion Kitson found Nick Gibson on the left wing. His cross fell to Nathan Jack who beat his defender well and fired home low into the right corner from 10 yards. Hounslow counted and forced four corners in succession but the sides went in for half time with the score 2-2.
The second half was 25 minutes old when Thame took the lead and followed a period of Thame pressure, during which a Graham Jackson shot hit the bar. A good ball from Simon Rogers found Nathan Jack unmarked. Before he could be closed down, Jack unleashed a thunderbolt from 30 yards, which found the left top corner of the Hounslow net. The visitors were unlucky not to be awarded a penalty a few minutes later when substitute Dave Miller was tackled from behind, but the referee waved play on. The final few minutes saw Hounslow pressurising the Thame goal but the visitors held out for a much-deserved victory.
Thame United: Searl (capt.) Gomme (Couch), Watkins, Kitson, Tregurtha, Jackson (Miller), Smith, Johnson (Raja), Jack, Rogers, Gibson
FIREFIGHTERS in the east and south of the county are appealing for both men and women in the area to join them in a bid to ease the strain at Thame and other stations across the area.
More retained (part-time) firefighters are needed to reduce the burden on existing staff at the stations.
Although retained firefighters between the ages of 18 and 55 years are still needed in all areas of Oxfordshire, these stations are desperate to boost crew numbers to support existing firefighters and to help safeguard the local community.
County Councillor Ray Jelf, Cabinet Member for Community Safety said: “Recent recruitment drives have resulted in some new retained firefighters being appointed across Oxfordshire.
“However, there are still around another 40 vacancies so I would urge anyone living or working within 1.5 miles of their local fire station to consider becoming a retained firefighter so as to help with the safety education and protection of their local community.”
Retained firefighters are professionals who respond to emergencies and are on call some parts of the week. They can work the hours that suit them and that fit around their home and working lives.
They are trained by the Fire and Rescue Service to do the same job as their whole-time counterparts, but on a part-time basis ? they are the backbone of the fire service. They are ordinary people doing an extraordinary job.
The message from the Fire and Rescue Service is clear – if you?re reasonably fit and healthy, aged between 18 and 55 and want to earn extra money ? mums going back to work or shift workers – or just want to make a difference to the local community, then please call the recruitment hotline on: 0800 587 0870.
If you have any doubts about your ability to do the job but would like to try, just ring the hotline and talk it through with the professionals. You might be surprised!
NB Oxfordshire County Council?s fire crews are now trained and ready to launch their new, high volume pumping vehicle as it goes into operation across the county.
The Fire and Rescue Service received the new equipment, which will be based at Banbury fire station, as part of the Department of Communities and Local Government?s New Dimension programme.
Capable of pumping 7,000 litres of water per minute over a distance of 3km, the new vehicle can be used to reduce the effects of flooding or to provide water for firefighting. It is similar to the pumps that were used so successfully in the Carlisle floods and the major fire at the Buncefield oil depot.
The council?s fire crews have been trained over many weeks. One of the training days took place at Blenheim Palace, where water was pumped from the Queen?s Pool through 500m of hose and then recycled back again by a 3,000 litres per minute jet, so that no water was lost.
CELEBRATED thriller writer, Francis Durbridge, provides the latest offering from Thame Players at the Players Theatre.
Deadly Nightcap is the tale of Jack Radford who wants his wife Sarah dead. He enlists the help of his girl friend, Anna, in his ingenious murder plot, but all goes horrible wrong when a body is discovered by the swimming pool.
The many twists and turns in this superb play will keep the audience guessing right up to the final scene.
Deadly Nightcap is being performed at The Players Theatre in Nelson Street Thame from Tuesday, 12th to Saturday, 16th September at 7.45pm each evening. Tickets cost between