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THAME Cattlemarket Action Group (Cmag), has a new website.
The group was formed to ensure that whatever happens on the Thame Cattlemarket site when the cattle market itself moves, is predominantly something for the whole community and not just a supermarket or a housing development.
Visit LINK

to see some ideas of what could be built on the cattlemarket site and learn more about Cmag itself.

DESPITE unprecidented amounts of rainfall this summer, the gardeners of Thame have overcome less than ideal gardening conditions to produce a stunning show of gardening skill and colour for this year’s Thame In Bloom competition.
After much deliberation, the judges awarded the garden of 2 Churchill Crescent, owned and managed by Mr and Mrs Johnson, with the Overall winners award.
The other section winners were as follows:

LARGE GARDEN – 1ST Mr and Mrs Partner, 2 Blake Way
2ND Mr Feasey, 70 Queens Road
3RD Mr and Mrs Raven, 23 Cedar Cresent
HC Mr Dodd, 43 East Street

MEDIUM GARDEN- 1ST Mr & Mrs Johnson, 2 Churchill Cresc
2ND Mr & Mrs Clark, 69 Cotmore Gardens
3RD Mr & Mrs Frands, 6 Croft Road
HC Mr & Mrs Verney, 8 Croft Road

SMALL GARDEN – 1ST Mr & Mrs Stockwell, 21 Kings close
2ND Mr & Mrs Tack, 90 Aylesbury Road
3RD Mr & Mrs Sellwood, 13 Hampden Ave
HC Mr & Mrs Fuller, 98 Churchill Cresc

FACADE 1ST Mr & Mrs Conibear,10 Mitchell Close
2ND Mrs Peace, 18 Willow Road
3RD Mr & Mrs Spokes, 22 Ireton Court
HC Mr & Mrs Wilson-Brown, 5 Charles
Drive

MAISONETTE 1ST Miss Selwood, 12c, Pearce Way
OR FLAT 2ND E. Williams, 10 Lee Court
3RD Mr Payne, 16 Lee Court
HC Mrs Hamilton, 18, Lee Court

INDUSTRIAL GLENCORE GRAIN UK LTD, Bell Lane
SECTION

SHOPS & SMALL ELEGANCE, 16 High Street
BUSINESSES

PUBS & STAR AND GARTER
HOTELS

SCHOOL GARDENS JOHN HAMPDEN SCHOOL

BEST STREET OR ROAD SEVEN ACRES

The presentation evening for the Thame In Bloom 2008, awards will be on September 4, at the Guide Headquarters in Southern Road, Thame, at 7pm

Photo: GLENCORE GRAIN UK LTD, in Bell Lane, Thame, who won the Industrial section of this year’s Thame in Bloom competition.

SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is encouraging local residents and community groups to get involved in The Big Tidy Up ? a national campaign running throughout September, which aims to get everyone involved in tackling the problem of litter.
The Big Tidy Up could be the county’s biggest ever litter clean up. The month-long event aims to get communities together to tackle the tide of litter and all the councils in Oxfordshire, working together as Oxfordshire Waste Partnership (OWP), are lending their support.

Thame Town Councillor, David Dodds, who is also the Cabinet Member for environmental services, said: “We can all do our bit in September by not dropping litter and picking up the rubbish left by other people. Cleaner streets and parks benefit us all and save taxpayers? money. We?ll certainly be carrying on with doing our bit throughout the year.
“I?d encourage people to visit www.oxfordshirewaste.gov.uk, to find out how to take part in the Big Tidy Up. Why not join an event in South Oxfordshire or even organise a rubbish clear-up yourself??.

The council will lend litter-picking equipment to anyone in the district who wants to organise a clean up of their area and will also take away any litter and recyclables after the event.

Figures released by Keep Britain Tidy, organisers of the national Big Tidy Up, reveal that council taxpayers in the UK fork out

STUDENTS, parents and staff of Lord Williams?s School in Thame, had a great deal to celebrate today following the release of this year’s ‘A’ level results this morningv(14/08.
Out of 582 examination entries, 98% achieved pass grades, with 50% achieving A or B grades.
Headteacher, David Wybron, commented: “I would like to congratulate all our students who have gained such pleasing results and to thank staff for all they have done, through their teaching and pastoral support, to bring this about. Today, students, staff and families share feelings of great pleasure in individual achievement at a very high level”.

Five students, Harry Allen, Lucy Burgess, Rachel Forsyth, Kirsty Harris and Christopher Williams all achieved four A grades. The following nineteen students achieved three A grades: Harriet Buggey, Jasmine Coll, Ashley Cooke, Bonnie Cooke, Laura Crowland, Hannah Danks, Jim Furness, Peter Gaultney, Elizabeth Greaves, Bethany Hamlin, Claire Lasko, Jack Morrice, Eilise Norris, Rachel Rice, Melanie Rose, Elliot Stevens, Suzie Watson, Dan Wazynski and Harriet Westby.

Kate Sheehan, Head of Sixth Form, said that the achievements of all students across the ability range is cause for celebration. “We are so proud of the fantastic achievements of our Sixth Formers,” she added. “Many are now able to take up their places at university and have very bright futures ahead of them”.

Four successful Oxbridge applicants are particularly pleased with their results: Christopher Williams will take up his place at Cambridge and Elizabeth Greaves, Claire Lasko and Eilise Norris will study at Oxford.

Photo: Ash Cooke, Claire Lasko, Chris Williams, Harriet Buggey and Dan Braithwaite all achieved good enough grades to take up their University places, either this autumn or next year after a gap year.

NB If you?ve got your results and are not sure what your next steps are, help is available from schools, colleges, universities and Connexions Direct (080 800 13 2 19 or www.connexions-direct.com). If you would like additional impartial guidance, you can access your local Connexions adviser at www.connexionsoxfordshire.com or by calling 01235 813115.

FIFTY five million leisure trips to the Chilterns in 2007 resulted in

A CHARITIES Fair is to be held in Thame town hall on November 18, and the organisers, led by Cllr Beatrice Dobie, need local groups which would like to take part should register by August 18.
To apply, contact Mrs Dobie through the town hall One Stop Shop. Entry is FREE – Charity number must be given.

National Volunteering Day – October 25

OCVA is a registered charity in Oxford which helps organisations and volunteers come together and work as a team. October 25 is a national volunteering day called ‘Make A Difference Day,’ and OCVA, as the Volunteering Centre for the County, has secured the use of the indoor part of the Clarendon Center to fill with stalls, leaflets, information and general fun to promote volunteering in the area.

A link to the event at a national level is here: LINK

PROVISIONAL results of this year?s Key Stage 2 tests for 11-year-olds in Oxfordshire have been published.
The results for 2008, when compared with previous years, are affected by changes in the marking process for borderline exam papers. This is estimated to reduce the percentage level achieving the expected level; by up to 1.2% in English, 0.2% in mathematics and 0.5% in science.

Because today?s announcements only cover provisional results, statistics must now be verified before any complete announcement can be made about trends.

However, early indications are that:

The percentage of pupils achieving both English and Maths at Level 4, the expected level, is above the national average.
The percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 and above in English and in maths is in line with the national average.
The percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 and above in mathematics has increased this year and is in line with the national average (78%), up from 76.9% last year.
The percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 and above in English is in line with the national average (81%) but has dipped slightly compared with last year.
The percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 Science has dipped from 88.2% to 86.5% – although there has been a dip nationally on this measure.
Head of Oxfordshire County Council’s Raising Achievement Service Paula Tansley said: “Oxfordshire’s results have held steady and improved in some areas. We are pleased that there have been some improvements and congratulate the pupils and their schools who have have worked hard to achieve these results.

“We recognise there is still work to do and the county council is determined to see big improvements in Key Stage 2 results in coming years.

“It must also be remembered that we do not yet have complete results and must view these provisional figures with some caution.”

Missing results
The statistics should also be viewed with a certain amount of caution as 15 Oxfordshire schools appear to have some missing results ranging from a few missing results to larger gaps. This is due to the well-publicised national problems with Key Stage 2 marking.

Ed. No primary schools in the Thame area are affected.

SIMON Draper, long-time auctioneer for Thame Farmers Mart Ltd, based at Thame cattle market, has left Thame to become livestock manager and auctioneer at Kirkby Stephen Mart, in Cumbria.
From September 1, he will be working for Harrison and Hetherington at the start of the autumn sheep and cattle sales.

Simon will also be involved with sales at Lazonby, Middleton-in-Teesdale and St John?s Chapel in Co. Durham.

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P06/E1170 BARN AT CHESTNUT FARM, MORETON
Change of use and barn conversion to offices (as amended by site location plan received 18 December 2006).
Amendment No. 1 has the following changes: conservation rooflights to South West Elevation; re-arrangement of glazing to North East Elevation; internal alterations, including mezzanine level for storage and removes the first two bays of this farm building. TTC recommended approval of the original application in December 2006 and SODC subsequently granted approval.
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P08/E0768 51 CHURCHILL CRESCENT
Single storey rear extension.
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P08/E0810/LD 1 GRIFFIN ROAD
Single storey rear extension.
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P08/E0827 27 BEECH ROAD
Single storey front and rear extensions and first floor side extension.
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P08/E0800 5 CHURCH ROAD
Single storey extension.
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1. Not in sympathy with the character of the area
2. Design inappropriate in the surroundings

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5 CHURCH ROAD
Removal of recently inserted appliqu

AN article in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph has drawn attention to the high cost of defeat in the recent Henley by-election – particularly for the Labour party.
Read the full article. LINK