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WILFORD CRIME UPDATE
17th May 2010
At tonight's Community Group meeting PC
Nigel Brown reported that there has been an increase in crime (particularly
burglaries) in Wilford in the past seven to ten days (you may have noticed
an increase in police patrols recently).
(Report in the Nottingham Evening Post, Friday 21st May 2010)
The main trend is that break-ins have been to get hold of car keys to steal
an attractive vehicle that is on the drive. While they are in the property
they take the opportunity to steal small but high-value items such as
laptops.
PC Brown reassured the meeting that Nottinghamshire Police are currently
targeting Wilford in an attempt to solve and prevent these crimes - three
individuals have already been arrested and night patrols are to be stepped
up. The advice from PC Brown is as follows:
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do not leave car keys on view,
especially from outside your house (e.g. do not leave them where they can
be seen by looking through a letter box) and conceal them within the house
where they cannot be found even if a break-in does take place. |
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conceal any small but valuable items. |
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if you spot ANY suspicious activity,
call the police. PC Brown said that they would prefer to be called out to
false alarm than to a break-in. |
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now that the weather is warming up,
make extra checks that all windows and doors are shut, even if you are at
home - remember that you cannot watch every window and door. |
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if you do some gardening, remember to
put your tools away at night - spades make very good tools for prising
open doors and windows. |
PC Brown did, however, say that the crime rate in Wilford is still low
compared to most other areas of the city, but we should not let our guard
down.
NEW FREE ADVICE CENTRE
FOR WILFORD
7th April 2010
Nottingham City Council's ONMAP (One Nottingham Money Advice Project) will
be offering free confidential advice and help on matters such as tax/pension
credits, debt, housing, council tax, DLA/AA and other welfare benefits. The
centre will be open every Wednesday between 12:00pm and
3:00pm at Wilford
Bowls Club.
Phone 0115 940 5551 between 10:00am and 1:00pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
or Friday and ask for an appointment at Wilford Bowls Club.
NEW STREET DANCE CLASSES
3rd April 2010
Street Dance classes for all ages start
on Tuesday 13th April 2010 and Thursday 15th April 2010 at Silverdale
Community Centre.
Tuesdays - 5:15pm to 6:00pm - 5 to 7
years
Tuesdays - 6:00pm to 6:45pm - 8 to 12
years
Thursdays - 4:30pm to 5:15 pm - 2 to 4
years
Thursdays - 5:15pm to 6:00 pm - 13+ years
For further information, email Emma Heath
at emmaheath.dance@googlemail.com
WILFORD AND SILVERDALE
CRIME STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER 2009 TO FEBRUARY 2010 PUBLISHED
29th March 2010
Crime figures for December,
January and
February are now available on this website. Click
here for details.
LATEST LIBRARY NEWS
27th March 2010
The campaign to save Wilford library continues with more
mentions in the press, a newsletter campaign and a visit to a volunteer-run
library in Hackney, London.
Click here to more
details on all of the above,
here for the latest article in the Nottingham Evening Post and
here to download the latest
Community Group newsletter that contains a form for you to send to the City
Council.
Go the the Library Closure
News page for more details and the latest news about the library.
LINK CASH WITHDRAWALS AT
THE CO-OP
26th March 2010
If you have been having problems using LINK cards at the cash
machine at the Co-op, we have been informed by a resident that the problem
(in existence since December, it seems) has now been resolved.
"KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOUR"
PICNIC
21st March 2010
Did you know that:
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Less than 30% of the population that lives in urban areas
knows the first names of at least one of their neighbours? |
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Even fewer people know their neighbours' full names?
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More than 25% of the country's population have not even
made conversation with their neighbours? |
Nottingham Emmanuel School's Community Action Group is
organising a community picnic to be held at Iremongers Pond between 12:00
and 3:00pm on Sunday 25th April 2010. Click
here for full details.
LATEST LIBRARY NEWS
21st March 2010
Members of the Wilford Library Action Group met again with
the City Council this week. Unfortunately, no Councillors were present so
the meeting took place with only officers of the Council, who took a "we are
only following orders" approach to the meeting. Click
here for details.
An article has been written by the Chair of the Action Group
and has been sent to the Nottingham Evening Post and Neighbourhood News, so
watch out for it when those publications drop through your door. In
addition, a newsletter is to be distributed to Wilford and Silverdale
addresses with a protest form to be sent to Councillor David Trimble. The
newsletter will also be published here for you to download.
Go the the Library Closure
News page for more details and the latest news about the library.
POLICE ISSUE E-FIT OF
WILFORD PETROL STATION ROBBERY SUSPECT
12th March 2010
An e-fit has been released of a member of a gang who posed as
police to raid the Silverdale Service Station on Clifton Lane at 10pm on
March 6. Click
here to see the full story in the Nottingham Evening Post and to see the
e-fit.
Anyone with information should call 0300 300 9999 and ask
for the Meadows CID.
LOCAL SCHOOL TAKES PART
IN BBC'S SCHOOL REPORT PROJECT
10th March 2010
The Nottingham Emmanuel School has produced and broadcast a
live news bulletin as part of the BBC's School Report project. Click
here and
here
to see pictures of the day.
LATEST LIBRARY NEWS
21st February 2010
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Library Service presents Community Group with its three
options for the library - with costs |
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Residents' meeting confirms campaign to save the library
must go on. |
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Action group set up. |
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Campaign in the Nottingham Evening News |
Go the the Library Closure
News page for more details and the latest news about the library.
LATEST LIBRARY NEWS
13th February 2010
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Petition with over 800 signatures presented to Nottingham
City Council meeting. |
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Library Usage figures published. |
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Wilford Community Group meets with Alan Simpson MP.
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Alan Simpson to write to the City Council with suggestions
how to save the library. |
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Is the decision to close the library simply an extension of
government policy? |
Go the the Library Closure
News page for more details and the latest news about the library.
WILFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE
REOPENS
12th February 2010
After an eighteen-month closure and £1.9 million, Wilford
Suspension Bridge has finally reopened. Click
here for the story from the Nottingham Evening Post.
M1 SPEED LIMIT
CONSULTATION
5th February 2010
PLANS to introduce variable speed limits and permanent speed
cameras on the M1 in Nottinghamshire have been announced. A 12-week
consultation is now under way on proposed changes to the section of the M1
currently being widened between junctions 25 and 28. A new system would use
sensors in the road surface to detect the speed, volume and flow of traffic.
The consultation ends on 29th April 2010 and the consultation
documentation can be found by clicking
here.
SUCCESS!
LIBRARY REPRIEVED - FOR SIX MONTHS
5th February 2010
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Wilford Community Group meets with City Council and Library
Service. |
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Wilford Library will NOT close on 31st March....
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....but, pressure to be maintained. Petition (748
signatures) to go to City Council on Monday.
108 members of "Save Wilford Library" group on
Facebook (have you joined yet?).
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Latest media coverage. |
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Alan Simpson requests a meeting with Community Group.
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Freedom of Information requests. |
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Important residents' meeting on Monday
15th February to discuss next steps. |
Go the the Library Closure
News page for more details and the latest news about the library.
LATEST LIBRARY NEWS
29th January 2010
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Community Group on BBC Radio Nottingham again
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Email from Councillor Trimble causes more confusion than
clarity |
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Council library consultation branded "a joke" by City
Councillor |
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Alan Simpson MP writes to Nottingham City Council
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Petition to be signed and presented to the City Council.
Download your copy of the petition here
(PDF) or here (MS Word), collect
signatures from friends and neighbours and send to David Boulton, 6 Vernon
Avenue, Wilford, NG11 7AE by Sunday 7th February 2010 - every signature
counts! |
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Other options for the site |
Go the the Library Closure
News page for more details and the latest news about the library.
DECISION TO CLOSE WILFORD
LIBRARY WAS MADE TWO YEARS AGO - BUT NO-ONE TOLD WILFORD!
21st January 2010
At a meeting between Wilford Community Group and Councillor
David Trimble, it emerged that the decision to close Wilford Library was
made two years ago and despite correspondence between WCG and Councillor
Trimble in the intervening period about improving the library, not
once did the Councillor indicate that he had decided to close it. The full
notes from this meeting (including potential options for the future) can be
found on a new page on this website (click
here or the new link on the left of
the homepage) which will be updated as and when new information is available.
(Did you know that each edition of the Nottingham Arrow
costs £38,000 to produce and distribute? The
ANNUAL running cost of Wilford Library is ......
£38,000)
A PUBLIC MEETING is to be
held at 7:30pm on Tuesday 26th January 2010 at Wilford Social Club to
discuss the options - all local residents are encouraged to attend.
LIBRARY LATEST -
COMMUNITY GROUP IN THE LOCAL MEDIA
15th January 2010
Some Wilford Community Group committee members were
interviewed yesterday by BBC Radio Nottingham about the library.
There is also
an
article in today's Nottingham Evening Post putting a slightly different
spin in the story.
WILFORD LIBRARY TO CLOSE
6th January 2010
Wilford Community Group has been informed by a local
Councillor that Wilford Library is one of five that will be closed in the
near future. If you are as unhappy with this decision as we are please come
to the next Community Group Meeting at the Bowls and Social Club on Main
Road, Wilford, on Monday 18
January 2010 at 7.30pm where you can add your
opinion/ideas to our discussion. The library is yet another valued local
service that is about to be removed. We can’t let it go without considering
ways of trying to save it.
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