Late draw for Thame as West makes the perfect substitution
THAME United drew 1-1 at home thanks to a late goal from comeback king Adam Rhodes.An early free-kick from Wantage was parried to the feet of a visiting striker who poked home to put Wantage into a...
View ArticleYoungsters are making waves
A PAIR of swimmers from Thame have been given young achievers awards for their remarkable success.Georgia Cahill, 16, and James Goetz were honoured by South Oxfordshire District Council for their...
View ArticleMore than 700 people log into council cuts webcast
PLANS to webcast council meetings have proved extremely popular so far – with over 700 people logging-on to see where the latest cuts are likely to fall.This month Bucks County Council started a...
View ArticleIn the courts this week...
Oxford man racks up 13 offencesTONY ATTWOOD, 30, of Phipps Road, Oxford, admitted burglary of £30 cash from De Wani Shah’s Indian Restaurant and burglary of £5 from Auto Parts in Thame on January 4....
View ArticleCampaigners told to stop worrying people over HS2
THE boss of HS2 Ltd has fuelled anger after suggesting campaigners ‘could cause unnecessary concern for residents in the area’ by guessing which homes will need to be demolished.But Roger Waller from...
View ArticleTomorrow’s tennis stars are on the ball
HALTON Tennis Centre hosted a primary school tennis festival on Saturday January 14.Pupils from Aston Clinton School, Haresfoot School, Halton and Weston Turville all took part.The Halton coaching team...
View ArticleUnusual ostrich fighting panto – or Essex’s Sleeping Beauty
KING Arthur will be performed this weekend by the Wendover Theatre Society – although unlike the traditional story, this version includes a battle scene on an ostrich.The outlandish play, written by...
View ArticleOpen mic night will deliver once again
THIS month’s First Thursday Music Club night promises to be bigger than ever.The open mic night in the Stables at the James Figg pub on Thursday, February 3, is already shaping up to be quite a night...
View ArticleThe Big Picture: Thame back in 1915
WHILE leafing through the paper’s archives Thame Gazette photographer Richard Duggan unearthed this picture of The Greyhound Inn, North Street, taken in 1915. Now a private house, The Greyhound was one...
View ArticleFears for future of a popular Red Lion pub
CONCERNS are growing that plans to build houses on a pub car park could be the ‘death knell’ for the popular watering hole.The application to develop the land behind the Red Lion in Haddenham has been...
View ArticleNew homes money ‘hijacked’ for £2 million Aylesbury waste depot
SMALL communities are set to be hit by a ‘deplorable’ ‘hijacking’ of new homes cash, angry critics have warned.Leaders at Aylesbury Vale District Council heard that a government New Homes Bonus –...
View Article‘Stoked’ to give you helping hand
STOWE House is holding a volunteering open day on Tuesday as it prepares for record visitor numbers during 2012.The open day runs 10am-2pm at Buckingham Community Hall and is designed to highlight the...
View Article‘The cap will not affect the disabled or those who work ...’
THE new year has started with a row in the House of Lords over the government’s Welfare Reform Bill and changes to the benefits system. This is a subject on which I get a steady flow of emails from...
View ArticleFunds needed to stop HS2 in its tracks
THE Chiltern Countryside Group is aiming to raise £15,000 to help bring about a judicial review against the government’s HS2 decision.The move is backed by the Stop HS2 national campaign group – and...
View ArticleNeate’s new team for 2012
AYLESBURY racing driver Andy Neate is ready for a new season with an exciting new touring car team.The Fairford Leys speedster will compete in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship as part of...
View ArticlePlanning applications
Applications considered by Thame Town Council’s on January 24.8973 P11/E18521 CHINNOR ROADDemolish garage buildings and construct five new homes (as amended by drawings 101A, 102A, 103A & 104A...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: ‘Bemused but not surprised’
Council is acting in wider interestNichomI MUST admit to being rather bemused (but sadly not surprised), by the local response to the proposal for Sainsbury’s to invest in Thame town centre. Yes, Thame...
View ArticleConsultation is ‘in favour of store bid’
THE supermarket chain planning to build a controversial new store in the centre of Thame says it has had a positive response from its most recent consultation.More than 2,100 households and businesses...
View ArticleCould Thame man be first ever RAF officer?
THE commissioning certificate of a Thame man who joined the RAF on the service’s founding day has been discovered in an attic.The historic document, which dates back to 1918, formalises Lieutenant...
View ArticleWheelchair Ace Clare is on TV
Wheelchair basketball: Aylesbury wheelchair basketball star Clare Strange featured in a BBC documentary about her Paralympic hopes at the weekend.Clare, who has competed in two Paralympics already,...
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