THE Vale of Aylesbury PCT, which is the body in charge of Thame?s health services, recently announced that its Speech Therapy service will not be taking on any new patients and advises people to seek help privately.
The Trust itself currently has an
Author: Sonja Francis
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Cuts To Speech Therapy Service
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Join The ‘Knees Up’ At Towersey (Contributed)
THE kings of Cockney rhythm, Chas & Dave, will be visiting Towersey, near Thame, for the first time ever for a Cockney Knees-Up on Thursday, August 24. They will be taking to the stage in The Rockney Marquee, decked out like a London pub (complete with a snooker table!), which will transport revellers to London?s East End for an evening of music, song, dancing and laughter.
Chas & Dave will be performing many of their hits accompanied by their ?new? drummer Mick who has only been performing with them for 30 years! “We are still trying him out,” says Chas. To get into the Cockney Knees-Up spirit, visitors are invited to dress up in Cockney gear with a chance to win a prize.
Tickets for this rocking event are
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Gypsy Band Brings Magic To Towersey
THE Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, a spectacular Rajasathani gypsy band, will be exploding onto the Towersey Arena stage in a whirlwind of colour, music, humour and energy on Bank Holiday Monday (28 August).
This amazing brass band are just one of the many artists performing at this year?s Towersey Village Festival, Nr Thame, which takes place from 24-28 August 2006. Other special shows in the open-air Arena theatre include Kakatsitsi, a group of drummers, dancers and singers from Ghana, On English Ground, a dance extravaganza from the UK and Atlantic Flames, an Irish and American Dance Spectacular.Throughout the weekend visitors can enjoy family entertainment, street theatre, dance displays, daily processions, children?s entertainment and traditional fairground rides. They will be charmed by Hodman Dodmanott & Sally Forth?s comical walkabout, laugh at Wynndebagge?s medieval antics, be mesmerised by Will-o-the-Wisp?s stiltwalking and amazed by Magic Singh?s slight of hand tricks. Visitors can also browse around the International Trade Market, Craft & Music Fairs and grab a bite to eat and drink at one of the many catering outlets or the licensed bar, all for just
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Haddenham News
CASH MACHINE. Users of the new ATM outside McColl’s, Banks Parade, Haddenham, should note that there is now a
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Cautious Welcome For Emergency Warning System
EMERGENCY planners in the county have welcomed a new government system for evaluating any threat to the public from terrorism.
The new system uses five different grades ranging from low to critical, with an indication of what response the public should take. The previous system had seven different grades.However, the county council?s emergency planning officer, John Kelly, believes that there ought to have been a colour-coded system using green, amber and red.
In a statement, he said: “I give a cautious welcome to this but had hoped that the government would have gone slightly further and introduced a simple to understand colour-coded system as in America.
“We need a need a simple traffic light system or messages direct to telephones in the affected area when an incident happens. For a severe threat there needs to be an additional national warning system such as sirens.
“In Oxfordshire we have sirens and text messaging alerts and we would have hoped that by now there had been some movement towards a unified national system.” -
Secure Your Fertiliser Against Bombers
SECURITY concerns surrounding the use of manufactured agricultural fertilisers in the United Kingdom have inspired a new dedicated website to inform and advise farmers.
Amid fears that potential terrorists could steal, particularly, amonia nitrate and urea fertilisers to make bombs, a website launched today gives advice to farmers, growers, land-owners and farm staff about the rationale behind securing fertilisers and to offer cost effective guidance as to how to achieve this.
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Ickford School Children Get On Their Bikes
CHILDREN at Ickford School went back there for the first week of the summer holidays for two cycling courses ? Biking Basics and Introduction to Road Cycling.
Younger children enjoyed fun and games on their bikes in the playground while the older ones practised their on-the-roadskills.
The courses followed levels 1 and 2 of the National Cycling Standards under the expert guidance of cycling instructor, Cathy Gaulter-Carter.Cathy said:”It’s great to have cycling courses in a small village like Ickford, especially at the beginning of the holidays, as it will encourage families to get out on their bikes for the rest of the break and hopefully cycle to school in the autumn.
“The children can all use their new skills to become much safer cyclists with good control and, for the older children, good road sense.
“We had great fun in spite of the soaring temperatures. The younger children had lots of practice taking a hand off the handlebars to collect a water bottle or signal and we even had a bicycle limbo game! I took the older children on rides to Shabbington and Thame (thanks to the new cycle path) and we rounded off the week with a beautiful circular route to Waterperry.
“Cycling is such healthy exercise and good for the environment too. The more people who take up cycling, the less traffic we should see at school times.”National standards have been adopted to replace the outdated ‘cycling proficiency’ and the general aim is to get more people cycling more often and more safely. The three levels are for adults and children from beginner to advanced levels.
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Burglary After Keys Left In Door
RINGMASTER MESSAGE from Thames Valley Police:
Between 4.30pm on Saturday, July 29, and 2am on Sunday, July 30, a property in Seven Acres, Thame, was burgled. Entry was gained by using the keys that had been left in the front door.Items stolen included store cards, car keys and a handbag from the upstairs bedroom.
Anyone with information relating to this message, please call the police on 08458 505 505 and quote URN 656 of 30/07/06.
WHAT is Ringmaster?
Information is sent out to eighbourhood Watch co-ordinators via the Ringmaster computer system. These messages can be sent via phone, fax or e-mail to your home or business address at times that are convenient to you. You will not receive a message about every crime in your area but will be informed of spates of crime and incidents where a description of a vehicle or person has been obtained.Typical messages may be a warning of bogus callers or suspicious people seen in your area. A Co-ordinator would then pass this message on to their scheme members.
How can I find out more and get Ringmaster messages sent to me?
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or contact the scheme’s Regional Administrators at Abindgon, who are Sarah Parker, Anne Barber and Carol Rudd, on 01235 556938. -
Le Manoir settles Out Of Court
INTERNATIIONALLY renowned chef, Raymond Blanc, has settled out of court with an American couple who were burgled whilst staying at his Milton Common hotel and restaurant, La Maison Quatre Saisons.
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