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A man has been arrested after this morning’s five-vehicle crash, on the M40 near Beaconsfield, in which one person has died and several others injured.
An articulated lorry, two vans and two cars were involved in the crash between Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross at around 8.40am.
The motorway has now been closed southbound between junctions 4 and 1A, to help ease the congestion on the diverted A40 routes.
This accident comes only four days after three people died in a collision on the M40, near High Wycombe.

Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact Sgt Steve Madoc-Jones atAmersham police station via 0845 8 505 505, or if you don?t want to talk to the police or give your name, call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

Further updates will be placed on the website as soon as they are available.

Photo:Courtesy of BBC – for illustrative purposes only

PASSENGERS travelling from Thame and Parkway Railway Station between London Marlebone and Birmingham, will soon start to see improvements to Chiltern Rail’s entire fleet of Clubman trains.
Chiltern Railways has began a

FROM July 1M smoking will no longer be allowed on any railway stations across Britain, including your Thame and Haddenham Parkway.
From 0600 am July 01, government legislation prohibiting smoking in public places in England comes into effect. This will mean that passengers will be unable to smoke on all station concourses, ticket halls, platforms – covered and uncovered – and all footbridges at station premises.

The ban also affects railway offices, station offices, canteens and all workplaces which are covered by the legislation. However, smoking will still be permitted on most station forecourts and in (uncovered) station car parks.

No Smoking areas will be clearly signed and will include booking halls, platforms, footbridges, subways and lifts.
The existing ban on smoking on trains and London Underground managed stations will continue.

For help and advice on giving up smoking:

Call the NHS Smoking Helpline free on 0800 169 0 169 (Daily, 0700 to 2300).
Text ‘SMOKEFREE’ and your full postcode to 88088 to find your local service.
Check the Go Smoke Free website.

SEWER repairs will be taking place between May 29 and June 1, in East Street, Thame.
Traffic will be restricted to a single lane. Contact Paul Marshall, Clancy Docwra on 01865 845396 for information.

CYCLING Instructor Cathy Gaulter-Carter is organising a leisurely bike ride for women down the Phoenix Trail from Thame to Towersey, on June 3, a round trip of approximately five miles, stopping at the pub for a quick drink. Or, if you prefer, you can stay there for lunch and make your own way back.
All you need is a roadworthy bicycle. If you need to borrow a bike, Cathy might be able to help. Check the brakes and pump up the tyres the day before so that you are well prepared.
Phone 01844 261430 for further information. The ride is free but bring some money for a drink in the pub. As this is one of many rides promoted by CTC, there is even a prize draw to win a bike worth

CHILTERN RAIL is running an enhanced service all this week to accommodate passengers travelling to Wembley Stadium for the Cup Final on Saturday, May 19, between Chelsea and Manchester Utd.
DETAILS FROM CHILTERN RAILWAYS
Wembley Stadium station is just a short walk from the stadium and we will be running a direct service from the West Midlands to Wembley Stadium. On Saturday, we will be running direct trains between the West Midlands and Wembley Stadium.

Please remember that the match will start at 15:00 and the event is due to finish about 17:30.

If you’re a Wembley Event Customer, please remember:

Please travel early to avoid the busiest times and to beat the crowds on the day.
Please buy your ticket in advance to avoid any queues on the day. You can either do this at the ticket office at any staffed station, or you can buy online.
Please have your tickets ready to hand because there will be full ticket checks taking place on the day.
After the event, there will be a frequent train service running. Please note that queuing systems will be in operation at Wembley Stadium station after the event has finished.
Please do not take alcohol on board any Chiltern Railways trains as we have a no alcohol policy on event days.
If you’re a non Wembley Event Customer, please remember:

If you are not travelling to the Wembley Event, you may wish to avoid trains arriving into London between 1300 and 1500 and trains leaving London between 1730 and 1930 to ensure a more comfortable journey.
If you would like further information on trains and times, please visit www.chilternrailways.co.uk

A normal service will run all this weekend between London Marylebone and Aylesbury via Amersham.

A normal service will run on Saturday between Birmingham Snow Hill/Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa

On Sunday, buses replace trains between Birmingham Snow Hill/Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa until 12:30pm

You could also take advantage of out free car parking, which will be available all weekend at Princes Risborough, High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Seer Green, Gerrards Cross and Denham stations.

The website has full timetable information, as well as a summary of Chiltern Railways’ great value fares, such as Just

DESPITE the wet weather on Sunday, a group of Thame cyclists, including one celebrating her 50th birthday, cycled 100 miles to raise money for a re-cycling charity.
Cecilia Fry, from Thame, a keen cyclist and member of the Transport Working Group of 21st Century Thame Partnership, decided to celebrate her forthcoming 50th birthday, by organising a 100 mile bike ride – and she’s going to do it twice!
On Sunday, May 13, Cecilia was accompanied by Carol Furness from Morton, Bryony John, who used to live in Towersey, Cathy Gaulter Carter and two men who are on their way today, to France to tackle part of the more mountainous route of the Tour de France – Robin Aicheson and Harry Williams.
For the two men the ride was part of their training for this weekend’s big climb.

Cecilia told ThameNews.Net: “We had about three hours of pouring rain and for the rest of the 10 hours, it was either drizzle or light rain until the end when it finally cleared up.
“I must admit, we felt quite a feeling of achievement!”

The route taken by Cecilia and her friends went from Thame, over to Brill, taking a National Byway loop to
Buckingham, and back through Marsh Gibbon and then on to Winslow using Sustrans route 51. They had Lunch at Winslow (55 miles) then set off back to Quainton, a
loop round Quainton. Later on, they made a tea and cake stop in Westcott then headed back over Ashendon hill, through Dinton to Longwick and back to Thame via the Phoenix Trail.

For anyone interested in pedalling in the tyre treads of Cecilia and friends, she will be repeating the ride on Sunday, June 24, and is inviting anyone who would like to join in, to contact her via email: cecilia.fry@tiscali.co.uk.
Details about the charity she is raising money for can be found on: Link

Photo: Cecilia Fry and friends on the Phoenix Trail, on their way back to Thame after cycling almost 100 miles in one day. (Harry Williams and cycled off home before the picture was taken).

FIND OUT by visiting the ‘Public Transport and the Private Motorcar’ exhibition, currently on at the Oxfordshire Records Office, St Luke’s Church, Temple Road, Cowley, which explores the relationship between the two.
Called Life?s Highway, the exhibition, by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, includes a replica petrol pump showing two short films, as well as images that show how owning and using vehicles has changed over the years.

The free exhibition will runsl until the end of June. Opening hours are 9am to 5pm, Wednesday to Saturday. Refreshments available. Tel 01865 398200.

Photo: Courtesy of www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk

CHILTERN RAILWAYS will be running an enhanced service this weekend (May 12 and 13)due to Wembley Stadium Events.
We expect that our services will be busier than usual. Therefore, we have accommodated this demand by strengthening our service and we will also have an additional trains stopping at Wembley Stadium.

On Sunday, we are advising our passengers travelling from Birmingham to use connecting Virgin Cross Country trains between Leamington Spa and Birmingham New Street until 12.30pm. This is because there is engineering works occurring in the morning. We will be providing a bus service for any passengers travelling during this period.

This weekend, we will not be running trains between Aylesbury and London Marylebone via Amersham. This is due to track improvements and we are advising our passengers to travel via High Wycombe where a number of additional train services will run. We will also run replacement bus services between Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Wendover, Great Missenden, Amersham and Beaconsfield where connecting train services will run to London Marylebone.

If you are travelling this weekend on Saturday for the FA Carlsberg Trophy Kidderminster Harriers vs Stevenage Borough (14.15 KO) or on Sunday for the FA Carlsberg Vase AFC Totton vs Truro City (15.00 KO), please note the following:

THERE will be a temporary closure of a section of Nelson Street and Southern Road, Thame whilst essential gas main replacement works are carried out.
The closure will operate on Nelson Street from 4 June for 1 week, and on Southern Road from 11 June for 8 weeks.
Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and those residents within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works. A copy drawing showing the extent of the temporary road closure and also alternative routes for traffic is available for viewing in the Thame Information Centre in the Town Hall.
For further information contact Colin Horne on 07774 956649.