Category: Thame news

THAME’s town councillors, and their County Councillor seem unconcerned that an independent commission has found that nearly half of rural people do not believe that they can influence decisions, and that a quarter would not channel their views through their local councillor.
At a meeting of Thame Town Council’s Policy and Resources committee recently, the committee was asked to consider taking part in an Enquiry into strengthening the role of rural councillors, to be carried out by the Commission for Rural Communities, an independent body set up after the 2006 Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act came into force.
County Councillor, Nick Carter told the meeting:”This is just another trendy body set up by this government, that should be treated with circumspection and not touched with a long barge pole.”

The Commission wants to hear from rural councils, parish clerks, community groups, local partnerships, council officials, business associations and anyone with ideas and experience they want to share eg:
* examples where rural councillors are helping their community influence local decisions
* the barriers and constraints that stand in the way of rural councillors doing more
* why people sometimes chose other routes, such as charities or community groups to influence local decisions
* what the role of councillors should be in the future and what’s needed to unlock that potential.

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The committee concluded that individual councillors could look up the details themselves on the Commission’s website if they wanted to.

FOUR fire crews, including one from Thame, were called to a kitchen blaze at Long Crendon’s scout hut during the early hours today.
It is not yet known when the building will re-open nor the cause of the fire.

THE Police are appealing for witnesses to a distraction burglary that took place on Monday (12/3) in Little Milton.
At around 4.30pm a man called at the house of an 85-year-old lady in Old Field. He said that he had come to fix her broken fence. She did not let him into the house, but instead let him down the side gate into the garden. She then went through the house and out into the garden to speak with the man about the fence, leaving the back door open. The man eventually left through the side gate and the woman returned to the house. She found that someone had searched through some of the rooms and cash had been stolen.

Det Con Georgina Bradley, from Thame CID, said:”In this instance the offenders have seen that the lady had a broken fence and used it as a way to get her out of the house and distract her. People should be aware that if a company does need to do some work to their house, they will usually call in advance. If you do receive a cold caller, then ask for identification or failing that, call the company to check.
“If anyone did witness this incident or saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area, then they should get in touch.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det Con Bradley via the 24-hour Police Enquiry Centre on 0845 8 505 505, or if you don?t want to talk to police or give your name, call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

THE Rycote Practice, at the East Street Health Centre, Thame, are holding an Open Morning on Saturday, March 17, between 10.30am and 12.30pm.
The purpose of the event is to allow registered patients the opportunity to:-

AN expert has said that the burns on the face of a man accused of murdering a Thame man, are consistant with those caused by a flammable vapour.
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THAME town council wants to extend the town centre Designated Drinking Area Order, to cover the whole of Thame.
The decision to seek to extend the current order came at a meeting last night (13/03) of the town council’s Policy and Resources committee, in an effort to curb increased anti-social behaviour associated with alcohol consumption in some residential streets off the town centre and in the town’s recreation areas, especially Elms Park and Southern Road Recreation Ground.
The way the order works is that it gives extra powers to the police and Police Community Support officers to demand that drink in open vessels be handed to the officers if they believe that drunken behaviour is anti-social. It is not a blanket ban on drinking within the area, for instance picnicing in parks or street party events.
The council’s aim is to extend the current Order to include the whole town and Moreton Lane, and consultation with the police and the district council will be carried out to see if the extension is practical and enforceable.

THE estranged husband of a woman found murdered in a bungalow with her lover from Thame, had a used book of matches in his coat on the day after their violent deaths.
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THAME POLICE are seeking any information about a burglary that took place yesterday (Monday, March 12)in the town.
Simetime between 9.30am and 2.30pm yesterday, a burglary occurred in Priest End, Thame. The offenders smashed a pane of glass in the rear door to gain entry, carried out an untidy search and stolen jewellery.

Any one with any information is asked to call Thames Valley Police on 08458 505 505 or crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Photo: Courtesy of 1st Security Concepts (for illustrative purposes only)

SOMETIME Between 3pm on Sunday, March 11, and 8.30am the following morning, March 12,a vehicle was damaged in Youens Drive Thame.
The car had one of its tyres slashed.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the police Enquiry line: 08458 505 505, or crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 anonymously.