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ROBBERY AT WILFORD CO-OP 28th December 2007 A robbery took place at Wilford Co-op at 7:30pm on Thursday 27th December. Unconfirmed reports say that an armed gang entered the premises and forced one of the female staff to open the store safe. The Nottingham Evening Post's story of 4th January can be found by clicking here.
RAINBOWS, BROWNIES AND GUIDES - NEW MEMBERS AND HELPERS SOUGHT 28th December 2007 There are spaces for youngsters in Rainbows, Brownies and Guides groups in Clifton, Wilford, Silverdale and Compton Acres, West Bridgford. If you would like a place for your daughter, or would like to become an assistant leader or unit helper, call 0115 981 8406 for a friendly chat without obligation. (Source - Nottingham Evening Post)
SOUTH WILFORD SCHOOL SINGS ITS WAY TO £1,000! 24th December 2007
South Wilford school has won
£1,000 for coming top in the county's biggest carol singing
competition. The school was up against nine others in the
Nottinghamshire Carol Singing Competition, which was held at the
Nottingham's Cornerhouse complex. Each of the ten schools had to
perform three carols. Click here for the full story from the Nottingham Evening Post.
TRANSCRIPT OF COMMUNITY GROUP'S REPRESENTATION TO THE NET PUBLIC ENQUIRY PUBLISHED 20th December 2007 Wilford Community Group made its representation to the NET public enquiry on 5th December. A transcript of the representation and rebuttals by NET and CWYes can be found by clicking one of the following links: Transcript PDF (4.78 Mb)
UPDATED LOCAL POLICE AND PROTECTION OFFICER CONTACT DETAILS 20th December 2007
9th December 2007 At 3.30am this morning a Vernon Avenue resident was returning home after work, let the dog out and 2 guys were looking over the fence into the rear gardens of Vernon Avenue from the allotment track. Police informed.
NEW BOOK ABOUT WILFORD 1st December 2007 Wilford History Society has marked its 25th anniversary with a publication which aims to show that, while much of the village has changed over the decades, parts are still the same. The story is primarily told in photographs, one half old views the other new shots taken from the same spot and there is narrative to accompany the pictures. "Wilford, Past and Present" is now available, priced £4, at West Bridgford Library, Wilford Library or by contacting Wilford History Society secretary Jenny Black on 0115 937 4967.
PINFOLD LANE REOPENS 30th November 2007 Pinfold Lane has now re-opened.
PINFOLD LANE CLOSURE 5th November 2007 On Monday 12th November, Severn Trent will be carrying out essential work on the Pinfold Lane area and Pinfold Lane itself will be closed from 08.00 until approx 17.00hrs daily. There will be no parking spaces outside Wilford Library during these hours and access will be via the Co-Op. There will be no access to Ruddington Lane through Pinfold Lane either. For further information, call 0800 783 4444 and quote reference number 0011/271753.
A453 MINI ROUNDABOUT WORKS 3rd November 2007 A scheme to improve safety at the A453/B679 Clifton Lane mini-roundabout is due to start on Monday, November 12. The overnight work involves installing traffic signs, resurfacing the southwestern approach, realigning kerb lines and laying high friction surfacing and rumble strips. One lane of the southwest-bound B679 Clifton Lane will be changed from left turn only to a left turn/straight ahead lane. Work will be between 8pm and 6am.
MESSAGE FROM PC NIGEL BROWN 26th October 2007 "This evening a lady of Hannah Crescent found a lad in her back garden, having climbed over the fence and when challenged use the excuse he was looking for a ball. He made good his escape and was joined by a 2nd lad who was hiding close to the garden. Both were white males aged late teens in the usual hoody type tops. This is a method being used just prior to burglaries by some of our locals and the Meadows crew. There have also been a few cycle thefts in the area as well, but most not being reported to us."
OZONE FAILS IN £25M LOTTERY BID 20th October 2007 A £25m lottery bid to transform The Meadows with a 60-metre glass tower and wind turbine has failed. The Ozone Project has been removed from the shortlist to receive funding from the Big Lottery's Living Landmark programme. Click here for the full story from the Nottingham Evening Post.
WILFORD LIBRARY OPENING HOURS SURVEY 7th October 2007 Users and potential users of Wilford Library have had an opportunity to comment on the library's opening hours. This was the only opportunity for people to take part in a review of library opening hours and early indications show that the level of response has been very good. The results of this consultation will be published on this website when they are available.
ADDITIONAL LIBRARY FUNDING APPROVED 12th September 2007 The City Council's Area 9 Committee has approved funding of £5,000 for Wilford Library. £4,000 of this is to be used over the next 12 months to add an extra opening session each week. The days and times will be varied over the year to determine the most popular times. The other £1,000 will be used to publicise the library in general and the new opening times in particular.
8th September 2007 Wilford Community Group has been made aware by a resident that bikes, fishing tackle and mobile phones were taken at knifepoint from two thirteen-year-old boys, by a gang of youths while fishing in the Bee Bank / Victoria Embankment area during the afternoon of Saturday 8th September. If anyone has any information about this incident, please contact PC Nigel Brown on 0115 948 2999 extn. 6361, or 07792 437321, or Nigel.Brown@nottinghamshire.pnn.police.uk.
In the meantime, it is suggested that parents supervise any children fishing in the area.
NOTTINGHAM EXPRESS TRANSIT RESPONSE TO RUGBY CLUB CONCERNS PUBLISHED 24th August 2007 In its Statement of Case to be presented to the public enquiry, Wilford Community Group expressed concerns over the impact of the scheme on the Rugby Club. NET's response to the group can be found here.
NOTTINGHAM EXPRESS TRANSIT STATEMENT OF CASE PUBLISHED 20th August 2007 NET have published their Statement of Case for the tram project. Click here to download the document (PDF document, 2.92mb)
History Society 2007/08 Programme Announced 19th August 2007 Wilford History Society has announced its programme of events for the 2007/08 year. See the Forthcoming Events panel on the homepage, or click here.
Notes from the Iremongers Pond Meeting 9th August 2007 Click here to see the notes from the above meeting.
Wind Turbine Application Withdrawn 3rd August 2007 Wilford Community Group has received notification that the planning application for a wind turbine array adjacent to Iremongers Pond has been withdrawn.
Consultation Event 23rd June 2007 On Thursday 12th July, residents have the opportunity to quiz Councillor Tim Spencer, Neighbourhood Manager Darren Tattersall, Neighbourhood Warden Team Leader Neil Hopgood and local Beat Manager PC Nigel Brown. The event starts at 7:30pm in the Benjamin Carter Hall at the rear of the Church Hall and forms part of the Wilford Community Group Annual General Meeting. Diane Moore of Wilford Roots Garden will talk about plans her group has to work with the City Council's Don Bulmer on Iremongers Pond. Full details can be found in the Community Group's latest newsletter.
Latest Community Group Newsletter Published 23rd June 2007 Click here to view the latest newsletter, which includes details of the Community Group AGM and how you can join the committee.
Wind Turbines for Wilford? 20th June 2007 Nottingham City Council has submitted a planning application to Rushcliffe Borough Council for an array of wind turbines adjacent to Iremongers Pond. Click the ozone logo to the right for full details.
Community Group's Submission to the Secretary of State Published 4th June 2007 Click here to see Wilford Community Group's submission to the Secretary of State in relation to the Clifton-via-Wilford tram project.
Details of Community Group's Meeting with NET Published 28th May 2007 Click here for details
Main Road Parking Restrictions 23rd May 2007 As notified to residents on 30th March 2007, double-yellow lines have now appeared on Main Road and Bader Road in an attempt to resolve the "pinch-point" that has been causing traffic congestion. Wilford Community Group has requested that Neighbourhood Wardens patrol the area at school run times to monitor compliance.
191 Bus Service - Changes Announced 22nd May 2007 Following representations made to it by residents, Wilford Community Group has worked with the Transport Department at Nottingham City Council to make changes to the bus service that will allow the service to complete its route at school run time, to provide more stops into the City Centre and to prevent residents from outside Wilford and Silverdale fro using the service and getting off before Wilford.
Mark Garlick of Nottingham City Council told a meeting of Wilford Community Group on 21st May 2007 that the following changes would be made from Monday 30th July.
1. To
allow passengers from Wilford and Silverdale a full range of destinations, the
current limited stop arrangement will be lifted. Instead on journeys from the
City a "first setting down point at Wilford Green" restriction will be imposed -
this means that passengers can be picked up from any stop along the route, but
to keep the bus available to Wilford and Silverdale people only, no-one will not
be able to get off until Wilford Green.
NET Phase 2 - Residents' Feedback 22nd May 2007 The 21st May meeting of Wilford Community Group, attended by about 30 residents, the Group decided that it would not request a stop at Bader Road for the TWAO process. Residents requested that the Group include objections to the scheme on the basis of the Queens Drive route being preferred over the Wilford route. The
draft letter to be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport was also discussed.
Although this covered a number of issues, the residents who attended the
committee meeting made it very clear that the route itself was not favoured and
that the Queen Drive route would be better. Get Your Euros Locally 12th May 2007 Wilford Post Office now sells Euros over the counter.
Dorothy Boot Homes and Gardens For Sale 5th May 2007 A buyer is being sought for the eleven former almshouses known locally as the Dorothy Boot Homes. The grade II listed homes are set in 1.2 acres of land and are in need of refurbishment and modernisation. They are on the market for £1.25 million.
NET Phase 2 Planning Applications 1st May 2007 The first planning application for the Wilford-via-Clifton tram route has been submitted (a listed building consent application for the Toll Bridge). Future applications that relate to Wilford can be found by clicking the NET logo on the top right of the homepage.
Latest Residents Association Newsletter published 15th April 2007 Wilford Community Group has published its first newsletter for ten months. It contains details of the work of the Group over that time and seeks residents' views on a tram stop for Bader Road and proposed changes to the 191 bus service. Click here to read the newsletter in full.
Candidates for the City Council Election have been announced 13th April 2007 Nottingham City Council has given notice of the candidates for the forthcoming election of city councillors. The poll will be held on Thursday 3rd May 2007 between 7am and 10pm. There are two polling station in Wilford - Wilford Church Hall and Wilford Library. Residents should check their polling card for their polling station.
Changes to the 191 Bus Service - Residents' Views Sought 2nd April 2007 A number of Wilford expressed dissatisfaction with the 191 bus service to the Community Group who contacted both the operator (Nottingham Community Transport) and the City Council. Today the Group received a response from the City Council, suggesting some changes to the service. But the City Council would like the views of passengers before putting any changes in place. Suggested changes include changing the 15:00 journey from the city to avoid Wilford Village at school run times and to operate a seat-booking service for the first two journey of the day into the city, with guaranteed number of seats reserved for Wilford residents. Click here to see the letter in full. You can make your views known by either sending a note to the Secretary of the Group (David Boulton) at 6 Vernon Avenue, Wilford or by sending an email to the Group at WilfordCG@hotmail.com.
Wilford School has Highest Debt in the City 30th March 2007 Nottingham Emmanuel School has the biggest debt in the City of Nottingham at £514,844. Head teacher Carol Fearria said it was an agreed deficit that reflected the school's "new start" status. That means when it first opened in 2002 there were only year seven pupils there. It will only finally be full in two years' time. Over that time the school has run up costs without having funding for its maximum number of pupils. Mrs Fearria said: "Through effective financial management, the deficit clearance plan agreed between the governors and the local authority is substantially ahead of target." This story sourced from the Nottingham Evening Post.
New Parking Restrictions for Main Road 30th March 2007 For many years now, the parking of cars on Main Road near to Bader Road, where the road narrows on the bend, has become a pinch point for traffic causing delays and accidents and risking the lives of children. Following consultations between South Wilford School, local beat officer PC Nigel Brown, Wilford Community Group and the City Council, the latter has decided that the introduction of parking restrictions on both sides of Main Road at the Bader Road junction is the best solution to traffic holdups, restricted views around the corner and larger vehicles having to mount the embankment causing damage to it. In his newsletter to parents, Head Teacher Eric Perry reminds parents that there "is a real alternative to bringing cars into the village. The Maypole and Harvester car-parks are freely available for parents to park and walk to meet their children. It takes just a few short minutes to walk from these car-parks to the school gate and this is usually so much quicker than sitting in the long queue of cars to get out of Wilford. You could meet up with other parents and chat as you walk. This would also mean that parents would not have to park outside school at 3.00pm, or earlier, to get “pole position” at home time. Just think about the time you could save and the exercise you and your children will get! There have been a few near misses recently and it seems inevitable that a serious accident will happen if some drivers do not improve their driving skills and attitudes. There is no official crossing point in Wilford Village so drivers need to be even more aware of their responsibilities to ensure the safety of pedestrians and cyclists. Drivers are asked not to turn around directly outside school, not to park in the Bus-stops at any time and never to drive on the residents’ access road outside the school. These seem very reasonable requests, but a small number of parents and others dropping and picking up children, regularly ignore these simple safety measures".
Police Update from PC Nigel Brown 24th March 2007 There was an accident at the crossroads on Thursday 22nd March involving two motorcycles. It appears that one motorcycle was travelling from the Silverdale direction waiting to turn right into Ruddington Lane. The second was waiting on the opposite side of the lights waiting to go straight on. When the lights turned green, the first tried to cross into Ruddington Lane ahead of the oncoming traffic but did not make it and got hit by the second motorcycle. Although the residents association has requested that the sequencing of the lights be reviewed and a filter turn be installed, City Council Traffic Management have stated that this is not required as there have been only two accidents in the last three years, both minor and neither involved pedestrians.
An arrest has been made in connection with a recent burglary in Wilford where a car was stolen and some motorcycle parts taken from another house nearby.
For the whole on January and February, 34 crimes in Wilford have been reported. This is a much lower rate that the rest of the Clifton, Wilford and Silverdale area.
Letter Warning for Residents 19th March 2007 Since February at least six people have contacted the police with their concerns. The letter is from a person claiming to be a refugee from Zimbabwe living in South Africa asking for help to recover a sum of money they had to transfer before leaving Zimbabwe. The letter claims that they need someone’s bank account details in order to recover the money and anyone who helps will gain financially.
The letters are addressed to Sir/ Madam but the envelopes have full names printed on them and have been sent from several different locations in London. A number of people in Bingham, Keyworth and Tollerton received these letters.
Police would advise anyone who receives a letter of this nature not to respond to it. PC 450 Rob Inglis, who is based at Bingham Police Station, says: “Never pass on your bank details to people you don’t know. If something seems to good to be true, then it probably is.”
Trading Standards advise if you receive a letter like this that asks for your bank details not to reply to it. If you aren’t sure what to do or want advice you can call the Consumer Direct helpline on 08454 04 05 06. Anyone who receives a similar letter should send it with its envelope to Trading Standards.
MPs To End Garden Grabbing? 15th March 2007 Garden grabbing is a practice where property developers snap up large detached houses, knock them down and then squeeze a small estate of new homes onto the same plot. This erosion of Britain's green spaces is made possible by a loophole in the law which sees gardens defined as brownfield sites, making them ripe for development. With building land at a premium in urban areas, cases of garden grabbing are on the rise, with local planning authorities seemingly powerless to stop it. A decision turned down at a local level can still be approved by the Planning Inspectorate, completely disregarding town planning and the communities that live in the area. Last month, a Ten Minute Bill was introduced in Parliament calling for the removal of gardens from the definition of brownfield sites. The Bill will receive a second hearing on Friday 15 June 2007. This follows on from Greg Clark's Early Day Motion introduced to the House, which drew support from 171 MPs across the political spectrum. There have been two planning applications recently on Ruddington Lane that propose to demolish a house, build an access road and build a number of houses on the rear gardens of other houses (see here and here for details of the applications).
Members of the public can show their support for the 'Save Our Gardens' campaign by signing an online petition calling for the reclassification of gardens. The petition forms part of a downloadable lobbying kit that constituents can use to rally their MP, encouraging them to be present at the next reading of the Ten Minute Bill, when it returns to the House in June. This story sourced in part from http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/news/news_topic.php?id=345.
City Council Gives NET Phase 2 The Go-ahead 6th March 2007 An edited extract from
the papers presented to the City Council meeting held on 5th March 2007 can be
found by clicking here.
For the full, unedited document, click here.
You can also pass your thoughts and comments to the residents association by
clicking
here.
Key milestones for the project are as follows (taken from www.netphasetwo.com on 6th March 2007)
Four Years On, Council Finally Delivers On Promise 6th March 2007 At the end of 2002, the City Council proposed to move the public footpath that ran at river level between the Sewage Pumping Station and Bell Lane along the top of the embankment to remove the need for people to walk along a flooded footpath at times of high water. Historically, the route along the top of the embankment had been used as a footpath for many decades. Some residents from Chancery Court objected to the rerouting of the footpath as walkers could see in their gardens; walkers supported the move because it meant that a continuous footpath could be used that was not subject to flooding. In March 2003, Wilford Community Group called a meeting with the interested parties to discuss the issue (see here for minutes of that meeting) and a compromise was agreed whereby the footpath rerouting would be supported if the Council could provide screening to improve residents' privacy. Originally, planting took place during 2006, but the protective spirals were omitted and the plants were mown down! This week, four years on, the planting was completed, with protective spirals.
The Future of the Post Office Network 10th February 2007 The Government's
consultation on the future of the Post Office network was launched in December.
The Government is proposing some big changes, including:
Wilford Post Office 3rd February 2007 A recent
“newsletter” posted through Wilford letter boxes this week by the
ng11.info website suggests that Wilford Post Office is to close.
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