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Temma Bickley, 28, of Belconnen Road, Bestwood, is charged with making comments that were intimidating towards a witness.
A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: “We received a report on Thursday, May 3, 2018 about some comments made on Facebook.
Bickley has been bailed to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on May 22 2018.
Members of the public are invited to see first-hand how the Nottinghamshire Hospice supports people with a terminal or life-limiting illness, their families and carers.
They can learn how patients can benefit from Day Therapy services including palliative care, emotional and spiritual support, complementary therapies and support for carers, and how the Hospice at Home palliative care teams provide round the clock care for people in the community, allowing them to die with dignity in their own homes.
The Open Hospice day rounds off a week of activities marking Dying Matters awareness week. A team of volunteers will also be taking a ‘Before I Die’ chalkboard on the road to the Nottinghamshire Hospice shops at Calverton, Mapperley, Sherwood, Wollaton and Burton Joyce.
Clinical Nurse Specialist Liz Morgan says: “As a society we do need to talk about death and dying in order to be able to prepare for our own death and that of our loved ones. Dying Matters Week is an opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement firmly on the national agenda.
“Being diagnosed with a terminal or life-limiting condition can be devastating for people so the hospice is here to help. The services we provide help patients and their carers cope with such a diagnosis and make the most of the life they have left.
“We are opening our doors during Dying Matters Week and taking the hospice on the road to help raise awareness across Nottinghamshire that we are here to serve local communities.”
The Open Hospice Day runs from 10.30 – 12 and from 13.30 to 3pm on Friday 18 May. All are welcome.
Wastecycle, which has its headquarters in Colwick Industrial Estate, is nominated for Waste Transfer and Skip Hire Business of the Year.
The company, which celebrated its 20th birthday in March, transfers over 500,000 tonnes of commercial waste each year and hires out over 50,000 skips each year.
With over 97% of the waste it handles being recycled, Wastecycle is one of the country’s leading recycling and waste management companies, employing over 320 people at two sites, one in Nottingham and one in Leicester.
Winners of the awards, which will honour the efforts of businesses, community groups and councils, will be revealed on 10th May at a celebratory lunch at the Landmark Hotel, London.
Now in their 14th year, the Awards, which are organised by industry website, letsrecycle.com reward innovation, dedication and success within the waste and recycling industry.
Praising the variety of entries and ongoing enthusiasm in the sector, Mr Eminton, editor of letsrecycle.com said: “It’s great to see such an exciting and high standard of entries to this year’s Awards for Excellence. They show the innovation and drive of local authorities and businesses to promote reuse and zero waste and to increase recycling rates. Recycling is back on the agenda nationally and the judges were impressed by the valuable work being undertaken.”
This shortlisting comes weeks after Wastecycle was announced as a finalist at the prestigious National Recycling Awards in two categories – Health and Safety Initiative and Recycling Facility of the Year. Wastecycle will find out if has won the top prize in either of these categories in June.
Paul Clements, commercial director at Wastecycle, said: “It’s fantastic when your efforts are recognised and hopefully, all of the team’s hard work will be rewarded with an award next week and we will be able add another trophy to our cabinet.”
For more information about Wastecycle please visit www.wastecycle.co.uk
The Gedling Homes development at Ernehale Court in Arnold, Nottingham, was completed on time and on budget by contractor J Tomlinson .
The redevelopment involved the design and build of six two-bedroom houses and 12 one-bedroom apartments, with associated communal facilities, the ground floor flats being designed to full wheelchair standard.
Martin Gallagher, J Tomlinson’s managing director (construction), said: “As a company, J Tomlinson has worked with Gedling Homes on a range of schemes and we were very pleased to have been appointed to build this development at Ernehale Court in Arnold which will provide local homes to those who need them.
“We believe in working with and supporting local communities, and, as a Nottingham-based building services firm with strong roots in the city and its suburbs, we are proud to have helped enhance the housing provision provided by Gedling Homes.”
During the project, the J Tomlinson team took time out to visit local schools Christ the King School, Frank Seeley School, and Arnold Mill Primary School to talk about careers in construction and help with interview preparation, as well as highlighting health and safety issues around building sites. In addition, five students from Christ the King School undertook work experience at the site.
Gedling Homes development manager Deborah Higgins said: “J Tomlinson had delivered a number of smaller projects for us very successfully. This – coupled with their size and expertise – was the reason for putting them on the tender list. They won the tender against four other contractors.
“My experience working with J Tomlinson on the Ernehale Court development has been very positive; J Tomlinson have been very organised and helpful when it comes to refining the specification on site, particularly with complex M&E solutions.
“I have been impressed by the positive attitude of all the staff working on the project; they have a general can-do attitude, even when challenges have arisen. I would recommend J Tomlinson’s services to other housing groups and associations.”
During the project, J Tomlinson was able to provide value engineering by identifying and procuring money-saving products of the same quality, which led to an estimated £30,000 saving on the project for Gedling Homes.
J Tomlinson, which is based in Beeston, near Nottingham, offers a range of integrated building solutions including construction, refurbishment, repairs and maintenance, mechanical and electrical services (M&E), and facilities management. The company operates primarily across the East Midlands, West Midlands and Yorkshire. It works in all sectors, including social housing, industrial, commercial, care home, health, leisure and education.
Gedling Homes has a stock of more than 3,300 homes across the Gedling district of Nottingham, in places such as Arnold, Carlton, Gedling and Netherfield, ranging from studio apartments to large family houses.
For more information about J Tomlinson, visit www.jtomlinson.co.uk
The officers will work with the police and Angling Trust Voluntary Bailiffs to make sure anyone fishing is obeying the law including fishing in waters that are open to anglers, using the right tackle and equipment, and having a valid fishing licence.
Bank Holiday weekends are a great opportunity for families to get out and do some fishing on our waterways and the Environment Agency is keen to ensure everyone is enjoying themselves and doing the right thing.
Kevin Austin, Deputy Director Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment, Environment Agency said: “The Environment Agency conducts enforcement operations throughout the year to protect fish stocks and improve fisheries.
“Our enforcement officers, Angling Trust Voluntary Bailiffs and police are out there to make sure everyone is fishing legally this weekend. Anyone caught can expect to face prosecution.
“Our work is intelligence-led, meaning we target known hotspots and act on reports of illegal fishing.”
Anglers are also being reminded it’s currently the closed season for coarse fishing and fishing for coarse fish on rivers and streams is not permitted.
This is done to protect breeding fish, helping to safeguard stocks for the future. However, there are still plenty of places anglers can wet a line.
Anglers are encouraged to check which waterways are open to fishing. They can visit http://fishinginfo.co.uk/ to find more information.
There are nearly 500 Angling Trust Voluntary Bailiffs doing a great job keeping watch on their local rivers and working alongside local police. However, the Environment agency is also asking the public to report any suspicious activity.
Money from rod licence sales is invested in England’s fisheries, and is used to fund a wide range of projects to improve facilities for anglers including; protecting stocks, restoring fish stocks through restocking, eradicate invasive species, and fish habitat improvements. Fishing licence money is also used to fund the Angling Trust to provide information about fishing and to encourage participation in the sport.
You can check local fishing byelaws and get your fishing licence direct from https://www.gov.uk/fishing-licences
People are urged to report illegal fishing to the Environment Agency’s incident hotline on 0800 807060, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Mr Lee Foster of Highfield Drive, Carlton, Nottingham was prosecuted by Gedling Borough Council in a joint operation with Rushcliffe Borough Council and with support from Nottinghamshire Police.
Foster was tracked down after officers found multiple documents which contained information and addresses. These led officers to the residents who had hired him to safely dispose of their waste and provided witness statements which helped to prove the offences.
The initial investigation by Gedling Borough Council found that Foster had replied to a Facebook advertisement in January 2017 for a “man with a van” to dispose of household rubbish.
In his response to the advert, Foster stated he worked for a council and would dispose of the waste correctly for a charge of £60. In this instance Foster fly tipped the waste including household items, a metal bed frame, breakfast bar stool and others in a fly tipping hotspot in Gedling.
Foster’s fly tipping continued and a further two investigations by Rushcliffe Borough Council discovered that Foster replied to another Facebook advertisement in April 2017 which led to fly tipping of more waste including an estate agents board, a bath and panelling, bathroom flooring, a toilet seat, a child’s chair, toys and household furniture. In this case Foster charged £120 to dispose of the waste and fly tipped the waste in East Bridgford.
The third offence occurred in Radcliffe on Trent in May 2017 where CCTV equipment had been in place to catch fly tipping incidents and identified a partial vehicle registration number on a van that had been used to fly tip two sofas and a mattress. This partial plate and unique markings on the van seen in the CCTV footage, and with assistance from Nottinghamshire Police, led officers to track down the van which was owned by Foster.
At Nottingham Magistrates’ Court, Foster admitted the offences and was sentenced to a 12 month community order with 80 hours unpaid work. He was also ordered to pay compensation and costs and a victim surcharge.
Councillor David Ellis, Portfolio Holder for Public Protection said: “We’re very pleased with the Courts’ decision and that perpetrator has been given an appropriate sentence. This prosecution is a great example of councils working together to tackle the issue of fly tipping. The extensive investigative work carried out by both councils shows the commitment to bring culprits to justice and this case sends a very clear message to people that we are working hard to rid our boroughs of fly tipping.”
Residents can help to ensure fly tipping does not occur by ensuring they only use Environment Agency registered waste carriers and keep a receipt for waste that is taken.
Nottingham City, Gedling, Rushcliffe, Broxtowe, Bassetlaw and Newark & Sherwood have all signed the ‘Cross Border Enforcement Protocol’, which gives officers from each council the ability to check, challenge and enforce against each other’s licensed private hire vehicles and hackney cabs.
The agreement follows concerns that private hire drivers are illegally operating across different areas without the fare being ‘pre-booked’ – a criminal offence known as illegally plying for hire.
Under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, private hire taxis cannot be hailed in the street and councils are urging to people to ensure they travel safely by pre-booking through a reputable firm or using a licensed hackney cab.
As well as a criminal offence, the act of plying can also leave the driver and passengers uninsured. There are a number of other offences, behaviours and standards officers will be looking out for.
Nottingham City Council’s portfolio holder for community and customer services, Councillor Toby Neal, said: “The joint protocol will allow officers to work together with the aim of keeping the public safe, as well as helping to ensure we have a healthy private hire trade operating in our area. Illegally operating private taxis are a real concern but we also need to ensure suitable driver behaviours, safe vehicles that are maintained to high standards and be allowed to manage our streets.
“We will now begin to take a zero tolerance approach to taxis needlessly parking in bus stops, pedestrianised areas or parking dangerously. While we are working hard to support the trade, drivers need to understand their responsibilities.”
Under the protocol, officers will be able to check vehicle standards and remove its licence if they believe it poses a risk. They will also be able to check the driver’s identity and ensure they are operating legitimately.
Gedling Borough Council’s Portfolio Holder for Public Protection, Cllr David Ellis said: “This joint work will raise the standards we provide for customers using taxis across the region and will give our officers the tools they need to continue to enforce against illegal pickups, wherever they happen. This should act as a warning that we will prosecute drivers, wherever they are, who pick up passengers knowing it’s illegal to do so.”
An increased number of joint operations will now start as the joint effort seeks to catch those who put the public at risk.
Nottinghamshire Police say they are currently investigating a number of reports including an attempted theft which happened on Wednesday (2) in the Gleneagles Drive area of Arnold.
At about noon a man knocked on a door of a house saying he was a police officer from the Metropolitan Police; he showed the woman a fake identity card with his photo on it.
He asked her if she would help in a police investigation in order to catch a criminal who was in the area.
The man told the woman that this criminal would knock on her door and tell her that she needed some work doing and that she should agree and pay the man £1,800.
He told her that she would need to go to the bank with him to withdraw the money in order to pay the criminal.
At this point the woman became suspicious of the man but before she could ask him to leave there was a knock at the door. A second man had arrived and told her she needed some work doing to her roof.
The victim said she wasn’t sure and would need to think about it at which point both men left and she called 101.
One of the men is white, aged 28-32 and about 5ft 10ins tall. He was wearing a white shirt with buttons on the collars, a black Nike baseball cap, black jeans and shiny black shoes.
The second man who called at her home is white, aged in his late 20s and around 5ft 8ins tall. He was wearing a high visibility jacket, dark jeans and black and white trainers. He also had a black baseball cap on.
If anyone saw these two men in the Gleneagles Drive area of Arnold or has any other information we’d urge them to call us 101, quoting incident number 313 of 2 May 2018.
PC Kulvinder Dosanjh, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “A genuine police officer would never ask you to hand over money, would never ask for your bank details and would never ask for items to be left out for them to retrieve.
“We’d urge people to always ask for ID if someone calls at your home and if you are in any doubt or have any concerns please call the control room on 101 and ask to be put through to an officer for confirmation.
“We’d also appeal to people to look after their elderly neighbours, friends and family. Remind them to be vigilant and make them aware of these particular scams.
“People should make sure they keep their front and back doors locked, even when they’re at home. If you decide to open the door put the chain or door bar on first, if you have one, and keep the chain or bar on while you’re talking to the caller.”
If anyone has any information about the attempted theft in Arnold please call us on 101, quoting incident number 313 of 2 May 2018.
For more advice on dealing with unexpected callers at your home visit https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/advice/prevention/distraction
Volunteers are being invited to help halt the progress of Himalayan balsam, an invasive plant near Netherfield Lagoons.
The pink-flowered non-native species smothers waterside habitats, harms native plants and leaves banks bare and subject to erosion when it dies down.
The plants have to be pulled up before seed pods explode and spread along the water.
Now Gedling Conservation Trust, which manages Netherfield Lagoons, is holding a Himalayan balsam “bashing” event next weekend (12-13).
Volunteers are being invited to come along and help the team deal with this year’s arrival of the invasive plants
“The enemy is at the gate – or at least on the banks of the dyke! This year’s balsam plants are emerging and now is the ideal time to tackle the problem as the plants are not too big –
Mark Glover is one of the trustees of Gedling Conservation Trust and is helping organise this year’s event.
He said: “We are planning to make this year the most effective by tackling the problem both at the lagoons site and up stream to head off the problem in future years. We aim to achieve a permanent solution.
Please let organiser know which session you would like to attend, which take place at the following times:
Saturday, May 12 10.00 am to midday
Saturday, May 12 2.30 pm to 4.30pm
Sunday, May 13 10.00 am to midday
Sunday, May 13 2.30 pm to 4.30pm
People are being asked to meet at the end of Teal Close by the Ouse Dyke before the session starts
For more information, call Mark Glover on 07850 768337.
A network of footpaths and cycle paths around the borough will eventually take visitors around the cultural highlights of the area, including information about some of its most famous residents.
In future, people who come to visit the borough will be able to learn more about the likes of poet Lord Byron, engineer Thomas Hawksley and artist Richard Bonnington.
Ancient monuments and landscapes including the Dumbles and the valley of the River Trent will also be included.
Newstead Abbey will be included in the buildings promoted by the strategy.
It is part of Gedling Borough Council’s new heritage scheme, which was given the green light at the cabinet meeting today.
It is hoped that the increased focus on heritage could attract more tourists to the area, as well as bringing more investment into the borough.
The project has received funding of £75,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and has the support of Historic England and Nottinghamshire County Council.
Currently, some of the planned footpaths have not been built, but council bosses hope to be able to connect the existing network of paths.
A new website celebrating the area’s heritage will also be launched in the coming months.
John Clarke is the leader of the council, and said the area had a ‘very rich and important history’.
He said: “We’ve been working with the excellent groups and communities across the borough, who have been involved throughout to make sure we showcase the great people, places and landmarks of Gedling.
“The borough has so much to offer and this heritage strategy signals our long-term ambitions to increase tourism in Gedling and bring in more economic growth.”
Lance Juby is one of the council officers who has worked on the scheme, and said he hopes it will create a ‘greater sense of common ownership of the borough’s heritage.’
He said: “We want to use heritage as a driver for regeneration and investment, and specifically to benefit the more deprived areas of the borough.”
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