Support for mental health sufferers
PEOPLE suffering from mental health problems can find help and support from the Oxfordshire Wellbeing Mind Service.The charity provides information, short courses and peer support groups helping people...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: War Horse, Shame, Margin Call
War HorseIt’s rare you will see me criticise Steven Spielberg, but for me this is a massive misfire from a wonderful director. A theatrical triumph through imagination, this is a deeply uncinematic...
View ArticleTown mourns for its much-loved lost son
TRIBUTES have been pouring in for Ben Guest, the town’s beloved window cleaner, who tragically passed away aged 35 last week.The popular Thame figure, who was a familiar face in the High Street, died...
View ArticleMilestone for Honour
CUDDINGTON sailor Honour Schram de Jong has crossed the equator as her boat battles the high seas on its way to China. Honour, who is originally from Holland but grew up in the village, is taking part...
View ArticleLetter’s to the editor
‘We’re being held to ransom’Elizabeth Noyce,ThameSAINSBURY’S is holding the people of Thame to ransom. They are trying to make us believe that their benevolence is the only way to keep the Cattle...
View ArticleThame cases in front of magistrates
BILLY LEE JAMES 23, of Marston Road, Thame. On December 16 failed to provide a specimen of urine for laboratory test. Pleaded guilty. Disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 12...
View ArticleJohn Pilgrim: Some things are still worthwhile and free
I’M beginning to wonder just why I made all that fuss in the summer regarding home made jam and stuff. I made a half-hearted effort last weekend to tidy up the cupboards and shelves in the kitchen and...
View ArticleFront line posts among 770 jobs axed by council (from teachers to an...
MORE than 770 posts have been culled at County Hall in just 12 months, shock new figures have revealed.Teachers, youth workers, home carers, social workers and day care staff are among the jobs to be...
View ArticleWords and music with pair of stars
AN evening’s entertainment of words and music starring two famous names is coming to Thame.Written and devised by town resident Patrick Collins, the event on January 29 at The Players Theatre is...
View ArticleMummy’s Maids are here to help with all chores
MOTHERS can now find a little bit of help at home after a Long Crendon buisness woman set up a company to provide short-term household help.While many mums would love to have a nanny, housekeeper,...
View ArticleFox tells us how we can shift that spare tyre
A YOUNG personal fitness trainer from Thame is holding free fat loss seminars to give advice on how to best burn off those extra calories.Ben Fox, 22, a former Lord Williams’s School pupil runs Health²...
View ArticleFootballers left in dark over theft
THIEVES have stolen floodlights from Thame’s football ground.The four portable devices, pictured right, were taken from Meadow View Park.The lights are used by the club’s junior section for their...
View ArticleLose weight and raise cash for hospital’s great cause
LOSE those festive pounds and help cure bowel cancer.That is the message from Stoke Mandeville Hospital’s Scannappeal, which is appealing to slimmers to get together in groups of up to four to...
View Article999 is not to help find the TV remote!
AMBULANCE crews have been called to help find a TV remote and pass a woman a glass of water because she did not want to get out bed.These are two of the inappropriate real-life 999 calls received by...
View ArticleHS2 decision slammed by conservation group
A CAMPAIGNING conservation group from Chinnor has slammed the government’s decision to give the go ahead to a controversial high speed rail line.Earlier this week Transport Secretary Justine Greening...
View ArticleBig move for F1 parts designers
A THAME company that builds high-tech parts for Formula One cars is moving to a larger factory as part of an ongoing expansion.Primary Designs, which provide a range of automobile engineering, is...
View ArticlePolice union chief: ‘We’re digging trenches so morale can sink into it’
Cuts to civilian staff at Thames Valley Police have been branded a ‘false economy’ by union chiefs, who say morale has dropped to crisis point.Figures obtained by under the Freedom of Information Act...
View ArticleDan is the man to be a rally driver!
THE winner of The Thame Gazette’s competition for a rally car experience has been announced as Daniel Cross.He was randomly selected from the multitude of entrants who correctly answered the question...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: War Horse
Hello horse fans, you join us for the first marathon World War One big screen steeplechase – the going is good to firm but bogged down with far too many soggy areas… Soft-hearted billionaire director...
View ArticleCountryside hits out at HS2 decision
CAMPAIGNERS have reacted with dismay to the government’s decision to plough ahead with a £32 billion high speed rail link through protected Chilterns countryside.The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife...
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