Get 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 ArticleRead transport secretary Justine Greening’s HS2 announcement
The Transport Secretary Justine Greening has today released this statement on high speed rail, which she will base her speech to the House of Commons on.The consultation High Speed Rail: Investing in...
View ArticleSpeak to Thame MP about your issues
THE town’s MP, John Howell, will be holding a surgery at Thame Barns Centre on February 11 to meet his constituents.Call his office on 01491 613072 to book a meeting with Mr Howell, unfortunately they...
View ArticleFull speed ahead – but HS2 battle to continue
‘WE are in this together’ was the warning to the Prime Minister after 18 largely Tory-run councils vowed to take legal action against the government’s HS2 decision.On Tuesday in the Commons the...
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 ArticleAll fired-up making animals in Aylesbury Vale
STEEPLE Claydon is probably not the first place that you associate with Japanese ceramics – but Richard Ballantyne has been producing raku pots and sculptures there for years.The 62 year old’s work is...
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...
View ArticleSupport 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 ArticleKeep our ‘Brill’ radio station on the air
POPULAR community radio station Brill Oldies is planning a fresh bid to stay on the airwaves full-time.The station, which is run by volunteers, broadcasts twice a year for 28 days at a time – playing...
View ArticleTalented youngsters set to grace Aylesbury Waterside
YOUNGSTERS who dream of appearing on stage have a chance to star in a major production at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, alongside some of the country’s finest dancers.The English Youth Ballet is holding...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the new cinema releases
THERE’S a varied field of runners and riders under starter’s orders for this week’s Box Office Stakes, but there’s one nag which is undoubtedly installed as odds-on favourite.It has the pedigree, it...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the best TV of the week ahead
SaturdayThe Magicians (BBC One, 6.35pm)Four magicians – double act Barry Jones and Stuart MacLeod, alongside Pete Firman and Jason Latimer – team up with assorted celebrities to perform four illusions,...
View ArticleA rocky road ahead in Bucks as repairs horror dawns
A TRANSPORT boss has likened taking on the role of improving Bucks’ roads to a house renovation horror story.Councillor Peter Hardy made the reference at a Bucks County Council meeting this week which...
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 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 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 ArticleThame hockey going for a treble of titles
THIS weekend see the restart of the hockey action after the winter break and Thame Hockey Club is hoping the second half of the season will prove as successful as the first.At the halfway-point in the...
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