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A FRIEND of murder victim, Fiona Marshall, killed alongside her lover from Thame, has told a court how he desperately tried to raise her on the telephone as her bungalow burned to the ground.
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AN Oxfordshire MP has formally congratulated Oxfordshire County Council on becoming one of the best councils in England by tabling an Early Day Motion (EDM) before Parliament.
The EDM, tabled by MP for Wantage and Didcot, Ed Vaizey, has also been signed by David Cameron, the leader of the opposition and MP for Witney. Tony Baldry, MP for North Oxfordshire, has added his signature along with Boris Johnson, the MP for Henley and other MPs.

The county council was given four-star or ‘excellent’ status by the Audit Commission following a comprehensive inspection of all of its services.

What services does the council provide?

Oxfordshire County Council provides 80% of local authority services in the county including highways and transport, trading standards, The Registration Service, social care, education services and libraries and museums.

In his Early Day Motion, Mr Vaizey congratulates the county council for achieving efficiency savings of

THAME Town Council is to consider widening the area of its Designated Drinking Area Order, which currently gives extra powers to the police to control drinking in the open, within the town centre.
The Order was introduced in May, 2004, to tackle harrassment of passers-by and other anti-social behaviour associated with alcohol in and around the town centre.
Since its introduction, the Order has been successful in its aims but as consequence, has displaced some of the problem to Elms Park and the area around the Southern Road Recreation area. Elderly residents in Sharman Beer Court which overlooks the recreation ground have found it particularly upsetting to observe the drunken behaviour of those concerned.
The town council has already consulted with the district council, the police and some local people, and discuss the extention at it’s Policy and Resources committee meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, March 13).

THE sister of murdered Thame man, Richard Flippance, has been speaking in court as the trial of his lover’s estranged husband continues.
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THE trial of a man accused of murdering a Thame photographer and the lover he met over the internet, continues today.
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A revised plan to move Thame’s Cattlemarket is to be submitted within the next couple of weeks.
Bob Williams, the Developer and brain-child behind the plan to move the cattlemarket to the Thame Show Ground on the outskirts of the town, told ThameNews.Net that his amended plan includes more Landscape work and that he is hopeful that Thame Town Council will support his proposals.
The council recommended refusal of the plan four or five months ago, when some councillors expressed concern about the possibility of increased traffic at peak times on the thame By-pass.
Bob Williams however, re-itterated today that traffic counts carried out by the local Highways authority, showed that the peak of cattlemarket traffic was not the same as that experienced by residents of Lee Park, which includes Cllrs Don Butler and Nigel Champken-Woods, around 8am in the morning. (They voted against the plan)
Cllr David Dodds expressed his concern at the first consideration of the proposal, that the proposed agricultural building on the the show ground would be seen from the Scotsgrove area.
Supporters of the scheme say that the move will ensure a more stable future for the Thame show and provide much needed increased space for the cattlemarket.
Several organisations in the town are hopeful that if the current cattlemarket site is vacated, a much needed community facility could be built there.

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BETWEEN 3rd and 5th march 2007, a vehicle parked close to the cross keys public house in Park Street was damaged. It has suffered dents in the door panels.
Any information to Thames Valley Police 08458 505 505 or crime stoppers 0800555111

Between 5th March 1800hrs and 6th March 0900hrs a vehicle parked in High Street Cuddesdon was damaged. The near side window was smashed, the door was opened and the vehicle has been searched. Any information to Thames Valley Police 08458 505 505 or crimestoppers 0800555111.

On 5th March between 1000hrs and 1100hrs a vehicle was broken into in Watlington Hill Car Park in Watlington. The front windscreen was smashed and the boot of the vehicle was searched. Any information to Thames Valley Police 08458 505 505 or crimestoppers 0800 555111.

Burglary ? between 09.30 and 12.45 on March 5th a burglary occurred in a house in Queens Road, Thame. The offender(s) broke into the house by forcing open a ground floor rear window a thorough and untidy search was carried out in the house and alcohol was believed to be stolen. Any information to Thames Valley Police 08458 505 505 or crimestoppers 0800 555111

YESTERDAY’S report about a planning application for more sheltered housing at Pearce Court, in Thame, was incorrect.
Planniing for the 14 new dwellings has infact already been granted and building work has begun. The planning application being considered tonight (06/03) by Thame Town Council’s planning committee is an amendment to incorporate 13 additional car parking spaces.
According to the Thame and District Housing Association today, the two bedrooom apartments will in fact be sold to retired people over 60 years-old, as a ‘Scheme Managed Service’ similar to Sharman Beer Court, in Thame, and are expected to be completed by Christmas.
The association is asking the people of Thame to suggest a name for the development. Suggestions can be submitted via email to: editor@thame.net.

ON Monday, 5th March, between 09:30hrs and 12:45hrs, a property in Queens Road, Thame, was burgled. Entry was gained by forcing a rear window and property was stolen.

If you have any information relating to this message, please call the police on 08458 505 505 and quote URN 536 of 05/03/07.

ON Thursday 1st March, between 16:00hrs & 20:45hrs, a property in Grenville Way, Thame, was the target of an attempted burglary.
It is thought that the offender/s used a dustbin to get over a garden fence and then tried to gain entry by using an unknown instrument to force open a ground floor window, but a security lock prevented entry.

If you have any information relating to this message, please call the police on 08458 505 505 and quote URN 1369 of 01/03/07.