Slimmers can lose weight to help hospital
DIETERS likely to need motivation to stick to their New Year’s resolution are being challenged to see if they can lose weight for charity.Scannappeal is offering help and support to groups of friends...
View Article‘Inflammatory’ jibe as fire bonus row heats up
FIREFIGHTERS have been challenged to take a basic pay cut as authority chiefs defended a £35,000 bonus fund for senior managers.At an authority meeting, frontline staff were told they had ‘fantastic...
View ArticleLetters to the editor
Think before you fight Sainsbury’sKathy Ellis,ThameMY family have been residents of Thame for the last 18 years and appreciate the rural aspects of this market town.While the invitation to comment will...
View ArticleHow to make our resolutions stick
EVERY January sees scores of people embark on a series of New Year resolutions and training programmes, the vast majority of which are broken within a couple of days.Thame-based fitness guru George...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
“Rape, torture, fire, animals, religion. Am I missing anything?” Welcome to the dark, lurid world of Stieg Larsson’s multi-million selling novel, wonderfully reworked here in English by master director...
View ArticlePoetry on our own doorsteps
A POET from Great Haseley has had a book of his work published, taking inspiration from Thame and the surrounding area.Roy Davids, who has lived in the Oxfordshire village for more than 20 years, has...
View ArticleNew Year’s message from MP for Thame John Howell
LET me start by wishing everyone a peaceful and prosperous 2012. I also want especially to thank all those who have worked so hard for the many charities and voluntary organisations which make this...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Time to log off to prevent a potential logjam
IT won’t surprise any regular readers to know that on Saturday night I steered well clear of Hogmanay hooligans and was tucked up in bed long before Big Ben tolled. After all, if you can’t be a killjoy...
View ArticleHigh winds blamed as tree falls onto car in Tesco Broadfields
IT was a dark, wet and windy return to work for most people today – but for one Aylesbury man the New Year started with a thud after a tree fell onto his car whilst he was shopping.The incident...
View ArticleMorris dancing brings a smile to the Camerons
DAVID Cameron has been entertained by the Whitchchurch Morris Men and afterwards spoke to the group and showed off his knowledge of the tradition.The Whitchurch men have danced at the Plough at...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: Your thoughts on Sainsbury’s
Concerned over negative impactQuirky shops are just not enoughJennifer Evans,ThameI’M sure that you have been bombarded with emails regarding this matter – however after weeks of silence I wanted to...
View ArticleDrugs factory raid following a tip off
POLICE raided a suspected cannabis factory in Aylesbury on Wednesday and seized roughly 300 plants.A team of eight officers stormed the doors of the house in Monmouth Close just after 8am.A man aged 59...
View ArticleHonour mission across the ocean
A CUDDINGTON adventurer who is taking part in a long distance sailing race to raise money for an African school, has embarked on her epic journey from Australia to China.Honour Schram de Jong, who is...
View ArticleGet fit with a new year’s Nordic walk
THE opportunity to learn a new style of exercise is coming to Thame as part of South Oxfordshire’s GO Active project.Four-week courses on Nordic walking are on offer at Thame Leisure Centre from...
View ArticleBobby gets thumbs up from the Queen
A SENIOR policeman who covers the Thame area has been given the Royal seal of approval in the New Year’s Honours List.Deputy chief constable Francis Habgood was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for...
View ArticleTrust board slash ‘not right’ - critic
A HOUSING trust is at the centre of an accountability row over plans to slash the number of leaders.This week Aylesbury Vale District Council confirmed a challenge had been mounted over plans to reduce...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s pick of the week’s TV
SaturdayTake Me Out (ITV1, 7.30pm)If you’re unfamiliar with the premise of this unashamedly addictive show, where have you been? A bloke stands in front of a gaggle of 30 shrieking ladies and does...
View ArticleWho’ll join me for a game of Town Centre Dead Pool?
I’VE come up with an interesting game which could offer a welcome diversion for the long cold months ahead.I call it Town Centre Dead Pool, and I can’t claim any great Monopoly or Trivial pursuit...
View ArticleHS2 route revised in bid to provide better mitigation
planned changes to the line include digging into land outside Aylesbury and Stoke Mandeville.The government is proposing to run trains at six-and-a-half metres below ground level to reduce the impact...
View ArticleFlat’s da Vinci masterpiece is food for thought
A VALE man has created a brilliant replica of da Vinci’s Last Supper in his one-bedroom housing association flat.Ray Charman, 75, of Bankside in Wendover, recreated the masterpiece as a joke to amuse...
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