Branching out

Thame Mayor Adrian Dite has officially opened a new branch of independent builders’ merchant MKM, located in Lupton Road. The outlet will mark MKM’s 123rd branch in the UK and has created 18 n

Art on the move

If you love a bit of art, why not join in the fun at this year’s Thame Art Crawl? Returning for a seventh year, it takes place from 17-21 October and many of the businesses in Thame High Street

Mr Mayor in the frame

Councillor Adrian Dite has been Thame Mayor for four months now and to celebrate, here is his official photo in the Town Centre.Usually people come in for their photo with the Causton Town Hall si

Caught cold on camera

It difficult to think about freezing winters shortly after an unseasonal heatwave, but Thame is forward planning. This winter people will be able to borrow a thermal imaging camera from Thame Town

Thames Water row

A council has got tough with Thames Water over traffic management during current roadworks.During the past few days there have been significant traffic disruptions along the A418 near Stone as a r

Avril celebrates sweet smell of success

Thame-based Floralia Perfume Boutique has been selected as one of the nation’s 100 most impressive small firms.So says the Small Business Saturday UK campaign, as it begins its second decade in

Town's health tonic

A new initiative called ‘health on the high street’ is being trialled in Aylesbury town centre.The first such pilot scheme involving Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is set to open later t

Born to be wild

The Little Car Company - Bicester-based manufacturers of hand-built electric scaled motors - has launched a full-sized car that is born to be wild.Based on the original Tamiya Wild One radio-contr

'Pedal power' hailed

Introducing a ‘pay-as-you-go’ bike hire scheme in Oxford could cut tens of thousands of car journeys in the city, according to new research. Estimates show that there could be as many as 1

Waste dumping fine

A man has been ordered to pay more than £1,400 after garden waste was found dumped near Great Haseley, in South Oxfordshire.Karl Horwood, 60, of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, appeared at Oxford Magi