Suspected heroin trafficker charged
A MAN has been charged on suspicion of importing £80,000 worth of heroin hidden in clothing from Pakistan.Abuzar Khan, 24, of Fowler Road, Aylesbury, was arrested and charged with importation offences...
View ArticleDinton knocked off top spot after draw in top-of-the-table clash with Slough
Dinton’s eagerly anticipated top-of-the-table clash against Slough saw first take on second in what looked to be a promotion crunch match. Dinton won the toss and asked Slough to bat first on what...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter, Chernobyl Diaries
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterIf aliens are orbiting in radar-defying craft, looking for signs that Earth is weak, lacking heart, imagination and fight, they’ll take great strength from this film. I’d...
View ArticleWebber hopes repeat performance will point to podium at European Grand Prix
Aston Clinton F1 star Mark Webber is hoping to close on championship leader Lewis Hamilton with a ‘repeat performance’ of last year’s podium at the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Sunday.It will be...
View ArticleCarnival is throwback to the ‘good old days’
As disco fever descended on Thame at the weekend, the town’s mayor said it was a throwback to ‘just like carnivals used to be’.More than 1,500 people turned up to Saturday’s event which saw a...
View ArticlePupils bury time capsule
Staff and children at a Thame primary school buried a Jubilee time capsule for discovery by generations to come.The youngsters at Tetsworth Primary School buried their commemorative Jubilee time...
View ArticleWoman is chosen to carry Paralympic torch in relay
A Thame woman has been nominated to carry the Paralympic torch.Patsy Baker, from Coombe Hill Crescent – who is joint manager of the Barns Centre, was chosen to carry the famous flame after being...
View ArticleMan assaulted by two attackers
A man was assaulted by two men who tried to steal his mobile phone in Aylesbury on Tuesday evening. The 22-year-old man was walking down an alleyway between Whitehill Park and Palmer Avenue at 10.45pm...
View ArticleTHAME Chamber Choir will perform a programme of choral portraits at St Mary’s...
CHoir concertThe show will also feature music by TCC2, the choir’s youth branch.Songs will range from St Cecilia, Shenandoah and Danny Boy.The choir was formed in 1999 by four former members of The...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the new movie releases: The Five Year Engagement, Abraham...
YOU want to know what a high concept movie is? It’s the sort of film which tells you everything you need to know in the title, and makes you want to see it. Snakes On A Plane was a good example – and...
View ArticleOne act plays not to be missed
YOUNGSTERS are busy putting the final touches to a series of one act plays, which are being performed next weekend.Haddenham Youth Theatre’s juniors will perform pirate story Captain Blackboot’s Island...
View ArticlePinter play in Brill
Brill Windmill Players are performing Harold Pinter’s Party Time this weekend.“But this isn’t any kind of party. There’s music mixed with gunfire. “The next Windmill Players production is a one act...
View ArticleNew date for the duck race
The ninth annual Thame Duck Race is back on the calendar.After a few weeks of weather that was too wet even for the ducks, the postponed event has been put back on the agenda for July 15 to start at...
View ArticlePatients over pensions for doctors in Thame
Doctors in Thame chose not to take part in the strikes on Thursday as they ‘did not want to disrupt patients’ care.Across the country the British Medical Association (BMA), the union representing two...
View ArticleEntry limit reached as CPM looms
Thame’s largest mass participation sports event of the year, the CPM 10km road race, takes place on Sunday.The organisers, Thame Runners, say the race is full with the 1,000 entry limit reached last...
View ArticleRain proves a pain for Thame
Thame Town made the trip to rural West Oxfordshire on Saturday to take on Shipton, newly promoted to the Home Counties Division Two West.Asked to bat first in overcast conditions, Thame made a good...
View ArticleNew autism unit for school
ST ANDREWS Primary CofE school in Chinnor unveiled its new autistic unit last week.Headteacher Wendy Heritage said: “We are absolutely delighted. It’s been a long time coming.”The building has been...
View ArticleForums will hear views against HS2 rail scheme
HS2 Ltd will hear the views of campaigners against the controversial rail scheme in a new series of community forums.HS2 Ltd will hear the views of campaigners against the controversial rail scheme in...
View ArticleTracking down the real Midsomer Murder locations around Thame
FANS of the long-running drama series Midsomer Murders can now track down the real locations with the help of a new book.The Thames Valley, Aylesbury Vale and the Chilterns make up the deadly fictional...
View ArticleHow good would the PM have been at the ‘Yes, No Interlude’?
WHILE I was flicking my TV between Russia v someone or other at football and Midsomer Murders (repeated for the umpteenth time) my mind wandered off to those far off television days of my youth. For...
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