Category: Thame news

THE Police are working with forecourt garage owners to reduce the number of so-called ?bilkings? in Oxfordshire and reduce the number of crimes that last year were worth

THE Police are urging Thame residents to be on their guard following several burglaries and attempted burglaries in the area.
On Friday, December 8, at 2.15am, a resident in Sedgemoor Drive found the front door open but nothing was stolen.
On Saturday, December 9, at 1.40am, a house was broken into on Horton Avenue. Thieves broke in through a window and cash was stolen.
At around 6pm on Sunday (10/12), a suspicious caller went to an address on Ludsden Grove but was denied entry by the owner. The male youth concerned is white, 15-18 years-old, 5ft 3ins to 5ft 5ins tall, medium build, with short dark hair, wearing a green pullover and wearing glasses.
On Monday, December 11, at 2.30am, a house in Kings Road was broken into by smashing glass in the front door. Electrical items, jewellery and cameras together with vehicle keys and two cars standing in the drive were stolen.
At 2am on the same night (11/12), thieves attempted to steal car keys by reaching through a letter box on Glenham Road but they were unsuccessful.
Between Saturday (9/12) and Tuesday (12/12) in Ludsden Grove, a door was forced but nothing was stolen.

Lesley Nesbitt, Crime Reduction Advisor for Thame, said:”There has been a steady increase in the number of burglaries and attempted burglaries in the Thame area over the last two months. A number of burglaries have been committed by fishing keys out through letter boxes.
“Offenders have also opened doors by inserting something through the letter box and pulling down the inside handle.
“Always remember to double lock your front door especially if it is a UPVC door and don?t keep your keys by the front or back door within reach of your letter box.
“Christmas time always sees an increase in the number of burglaries so don?t forget to use timer switches on your table lamps and radios and ask a neighbour or friend to keep an eye on your home whilst you are away.”

If you have information or if see a suspicious incident or person contact the police on 08458 505 505. If you do not wish to speak to police you can call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

For information on house security contact Crime Reduction Advisor Lesley Nesbitt via 08458 505 505.

OVERNIGHT, between Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th December, a property in Horton Avenue, Thame, was burgled and cash stolen. Entry was gained via a rear ground floor window. This was a repeat victim and anyone living nearby, are asked to keep an extra look out for anyone suspicious in the area. URN 474 of 10/12/06.

The second burglary occurred between 9th & 12th December in Ludsden Grove, Thame. Entry was gained by forcing the rear door, it is not known if any property has been stolen. URN 50 of 12/12/06.

The third burglary occurred in Kings Road, Thame, on Monday 11th December during the early hours of the morning. At 02:40hrs offenders broke into the property by smashing the glass in a front door window. Property stolen included, laptop computers, electrical items and two cars, a silver VW Golf and a silver VW Polo. URN 97 of 11/12/06.

There was also an attempted burglary to a property in Glenham Road, Thame, at 02:00hrs on Monday 11th December. It would appear that the offenders tried to push an instrument through the letterbox in an attempt to get car keys left on a ledge inside, by the front door. URN 383 of 11/12/06.

If you have seen or heard anything suspicious, or have any information relating to any of the messages, please call the police on 08458 505 505 and quote the relevant URN Number.

AN innovative craft centre at Long Crendon recently held a ‘Charity Pink Page Day’ to raise money for the Breast Cancer Campaign.
The Company that run the centre, A Maze of Memories, invited adults and children to the centre, which specialises in scrapbooking and card making workshops, to create a pink scrapbooking page and donated all the crop fees to charity. The day was a great success and raised

MOTORISTS travelling on the M40 near Thame will be able to stop off for some crime reduction advice as well as a cup of tea today (11/12) at a crime reduction exhibition at the Welcome Break services.

The exhibition will be running between 10am to 3pm and will be staffed by Police Community Support Officer (PSCO) Chris Ratcliff, who regularly patrols the service station to help prevent crime.

He will be joined by the Thame PCSO Zoe Eele, PC Russell Hounslow, the area beat officer for Thame and Lesley Nesbitt Thame Crime Reduction Advisor and together they will be promoting crime prevention techniques to help reduce car crime.

PCSO Chris Ratcliff, of Thame police station, said: ?The services are unfortunately somewhere that opportunist criminals like to strike as they know that cars are left unattended and that there may be valuables such as laptops, mobile phones and satellite navigation equipment inside.

?We need the public to realise that they need to heed our advice on removing all valuables whenever they leave their car unattended and that they should invest in good security measures to help prevent crime.

?We will be on site at the services throughout the day to help motorists realise the dangers and to promote awareness of crime prevention techniques so if you are in the area pop in, meet the local officers and take away some useful advice.?

ON Friday December 08, at 02:30hrs, a property in Sedgemoor Drive, Thame, was burgled.
Entry was gained via the front door. The aggrieved was woken and disturbed by the offender, who is described as a white male, early 20’s and wearing a hooded top.

If you have any information relating to this message, please call the police on 08458 505 505, or anonymously on Crimestopper number 000 555111

A THAME restaurant received a very special blessing this afternoon, when three Buddhist monks visited to help bring good luck and prosperity to its new extension.
Cross-legged on the floor of the new extention to the Pad Thai restaurant at The Rising Sun in Thame’s High Street, the monks chanted and burned a candle into a copper bowl of water, to trap all the good feelings in the room and around the world.
The three monks came from the Amaravati Buddhist Centre near Hemel Hempstead.
Attending the ceremony were the Managers of the Rising Sun, Jay Phanthamat and Patsy Kansikam, other members of the staff and their children and Jeremy Coulton and collegues from Brakspear, the owners of The Rising Sun.
After blessing a variety of dishes, the three monks, who are not allowed to ask for food or shop for it, accepted the food for themselves and ate it.

To find more about the Amaravati centre, visit its website at: http//www.amaravati.org

SHOPPERS and visitors to Thame recently, could not help but have noticed several large white vans, catering units, lighting units and film crews in and around the town.
Bentley Productions Ltd., who make the ITV series ‘Midsomer Murders’, starring John Nettles, has been filming in and around the town since Friday, December 1, for episode six in a series of ten, called “Picture of Innocence”.
Particular attention has been attracted by the transformation of the former Pickles Deli in the Upper High Street, into a 1950’s Camera Shop – a reincarnation so realistic that the crew have had to put a notice in the window, “No digital cameras in stock!”
Interior shot have been filmed there today, and tomorrow, filming will take place outside 15 Upper High Street, for about half an hour from around 8am, and then back at Pickles from 9am to 7pm for some more interior shots.
On Friday, December 8, the crews will be filming inside The Coffee House, in the Buttermarket between 8am and 11am, and then at Pickles again from 11am to 7pm.
The crews will return to Thame on Sunday, December 10, for some outside shots at Pickles, between 8am and Mid-day, followed by filming at Reproset Ltd., at 12 Buttermarket from Mid-day to 7pm.
On Monday, December 11, Pickles will again be the location for an exterior scene to be filmed from 8am for about one hour. After this the crews will move inside for rest of the day, moving outside once it is dark for the final scene of the day. Work is due to finish by 7pm.
Finally, filming will again take place outside Pickles on Wednesday, December 13, from 8am to mid-morning, inside, and then outside for the rest of the day, finishing around 7pm.

THAME town council has been asked by the Post Office to come up with a street name for the new housing development currently being built on the site of the old Thame workhouse and Rycotewood college.
Some of the street names put forward by councillors include:
Union Street, Lazenby, Michaelis (the founder of the college), College Close and Workhouse Way.
Members of the public are welcome to forward any other suggestions to the town council, via the Thame Information Centre at the town hall.

A ROAD accident that closed the B4009, Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, for most of today, has left two people in hospital.
One man was airlifted to Stoke Mandeville hospital and a second taken by ambulance to the JR in Oxford.
The accident involved an articulated lorry, a black Toyota Aygo and a blue, Peugeot 206 van.
The cause of the accident is not know at this time.