Police have issued an image of people they would like to speak to following a burglary in Ravenshead.
Police investigating a burglary would like to speak to the people pictured in this CCTV image.
Officers were called after the break-in at an address in Haddon Road at around 4.15pm on Sunday, February 6.
Nothing was taken and it is believed the person or persons responsible fled after activating a burglar alarm.
Police Constable Richard Shaw, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “We believe the two men pictured in this image may have vital information and would urge anyone who recognises them to get in touch with us as soon as possible.
“Thankfully nothing was stolen during this incident but that is of little consolation to the people who had their home broken into.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting incident 498 of 6 February 2022.
The resignation of former borough councillor Jennifer Hemingway following her move away from the area, leaves a vacancy in one of the two seats for the Gedling Ward
Following the close of nominations on April 28, it is confirmed that the election will be contested by:
Maggie Dunkin, of Park Avenue, Carlton – Liberal Democrats
Charlie Godwin, of Willow Lane, Gedling – Conservatives
Lynda Pearson, of Emerys Road, Gedling – Labour Party
Paul Sergent, of Vernon Avenue, Gedling – Green Party
The polls will be open on May 26, 2022.
Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on 10 May 2022. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
Additional guidance about being an election candidate and the various election procedures is available online from the Electoral Commission at www.electoralcommission.org.uk .
If you have any questions regarding registration or the electoral process then please contact the Gedling Borough Council Electoral Services team on 0115 901 3906 or email elections@gedling.gov.uk.
Gedling borough MPs Tom Randall and Mark Spencer MPs were yesterday given the chance to meet Nottinghamshire Police’s new recruits at their headquarters in Arnold.
Police and Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry and Chief Constable Craig Guildford welcomed all of the MPs for Notts to the site on Friday, April 22.
During a tour of the force’s new training school, control room and joint office complex – shared with Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service – the MPs observed officers in training and met some of the new recruits who have helped the force hit its Uplift target early.
They then got the chance to watch 19 new recruits formally become police constables in a special passing out ceremony, having completed a 20-week training programme.
It was the third passing out event to take place this year at Nottinghamshire Police, with officer numbers at the force now at their highest levels since 2011.
The force reached 2,380 officers by March 2022 – meaning it met its Uplift target a year ahead of schedule.
PICTURED: Sherwood Lodge
Nottinghamshire Police say they have now become one of the most representative in the country – with a more diverse group of officers more accurately reflecting the communities they serve.
The MPs also spoke to Police and Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry about the newly launched Make Notts Safe Plan, which sets out the commissioner’s vision for policing in the county over the next four years.
Chief Constable Craig Guildford said: “I was delighted to welcome local MPs to the site and to demonstrate how we’re in the middle of a revolution in local policing.
“I was also pleased they could join proud families at the passing out parade as we welcomed another 19 new police officers into our ranks.
“We’ve got another exciting recruitment programme coming up this year and I’d urge anyone interested in a career in policing to keep an eye on our recruitment opportunities as there are plenty coming up.”
Police and Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry added: “I’m delighted that we’ve cracked on and achieved our Uplift target a year early.
“I’m always looking to deliver to ‘Make Notts Safe’. This is why I am after more funding for even more officers to make our streets safer, pushing central Government for 50 extra officers for our force to help police areas of emerging demand across the city and county.
“It was great to welcome our MPs to our joint headquarters and am pleased our MPs have agreed to help me lobby for these extra officers.”
A search for Gedling borough‘s noisiest streets has been launched to trial new technology to help “banish the boy racer” revving engines unnecessarily or using illegal exhausts.
Local MPs Tom Randall and Mark Spencer are being invited to submit applications to trial new innovative noise cameras in their local area.
The cameras will provide evidence for police to take action against rowdy motorists, helping communities to enjoy peaceful public and residential spaces.
Four areas in Wales and England will be chosen to take part in the trial of the innovative noise cameras.
The technology can automatically detect when vehicles are breaking legal noise requirements, helping provide police and local authorities with the tools and evidence to take action against drivers who flout noise laws.
Police have existing powers, including the ability to issue fines, but currently have trouble gathering evidence.
The latest phase of noise trials builds on a three-year programme to perfect the technology.
Research shows noise pollution can have significant impacts on physical and mental health for local residents – with heart attacks, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and stress all linked to long-term contact with loud environments.
Excessive noise pollution can mean children struggle to get a good night’s sleep and hardworking people’s lives are made more stressful.
In England alone, the annual social cost of urban road noise was estimated to be up to £10 billion a decade ago.
This is the total economic cost of exposure to noise pollution, including lost productivity from sleep disturbance and health costs from heart attacks, strokes and dementia.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps said: “We want those in Britain’s noisiest streets, who are kept up at night by unbearable revving engines and noisy exhausts, to come forward with the help of volunteer areas to test and perfect the latest innovative technology.”
“For too long, rowdy drivers have been able to get away with disturbing our communities with illegal noisy vehicles.”
“It’s time we clamp down on this nuisance, banish the boy racer and restore peace and quiet to local streets.”
The technology being used in the trial can provide real-time reports that police can use as evidence and may result in more targeted and efficient enforcement methods to crack down on noisy motorists.
By testing this tech in rural and urban areas, the public can help develop the new road technology.
The trial led by the Atkins-Jacobs Joint Venture is formed by the 2 professional services firms to provide technical consultancy including acoustics expertise, design, modelling and asset management.
Highway authorities will be able to automate noise enforcement and get on top of the problem without using up valuable police resources.
Existing legislation requires exhausts and silencers to be maintained in good working order and not altered so as to increase noise.
Under the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Section 42) the potential penalty for non-compliance with these requirements is a £50 on-the-spot fine.
The announcement today (30) follows preliminary testing of a prototype noise camera by DfT back in 2019, which showed the technology can identify individual vehicles in certain circumstances and assign noise levels to them.
Noise Abatement Society chief executive Gloria Elliott OBE said: “Excessively noisy vehicles cause unnecessary disturbance, stress and anxiety to many and, in some cases, physical pain. They disrupt the environment and people’s peaceful enjoyment of their homes and public places.”
“Communities across the UK are increasingly suffering from this entirely avoidable blight.”
“The Noise Abatement Society applauds rigorous, evidence-based solutions to address this issue and protect the public.”
Gedling borough will join the celebrations from across the nation and the Commonwealth over the long bank holiday in June for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
The Monarch’s historic 70 year reign will be celebrated with a weekend of events in Gedling borough as part of the four-day UK bank holiday from June 2-5.
The celebrations will include a beacon lighting, public events and community activities.
Gedling Country Park will be hosting a Beacon lighting event, sponsored by Frank Key, on the evening of Thursday, June 2, coinciding with other beacons being lit across the UK and Commonwealth. There will be entertainment from the Carlton Brass Band, performing outside Café 1899 from 8pm, followed by the beacon being lit at 9.15pm.
The park will also be taking part in The Queen’s Green Canopy by hosting a community tree planting event, sponsored by Keepmoat Homes, on Friday, June 3 at the park’s newly named, The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Memorial Woodland. 30 small trees will be planted by local schoolchildren and Café 1899 will be serving a Jubilee-themed menu and there will be craft activities by the Gedling Play Forum.
The Queen’s Jubilee Fair will take place at Arnot Hill Park in Arnold on Saturday, June 4 from 11am to 5pm. The fair will have performances from local choirs, schools and artists. There will also be activities and workshops around the park for all ages, as well as host of charity and information stalls and multicultural food and drink on sale.
The council is welcoming local charities and community groups to have a stand at The Queen’s Jubilee Fair to raise funds or promote their services. The council is also encouraging applications from food traders to attend the event. If traders are interested in attending the event as a food trader or charity/community group, they should email community@gedling.gov.uk for details.
The beacon was previously lit back in 2016 to celebrate The Queen’s 90th birthday. Pictured Mayor of Gedling Meredith Lawrence and Mayoress Wendy Lawrence (PHOTO: Gedling Eye)TRIBUTE: Pipers played Happy Birthday moments before the beacon is lit
To finish off the Bank Holiday celebrations, King George V Recreation Ground in Carlton will be hosting a Big Jubilee Lunch on Sunday, June 5 from 12 – 4pm. People attending the event can bring their own picnic or alternatively come for a cream tea or ice cream and join Gedling Play Forum in celebrating ’70 Years of Play’. There are also plans to rename the reflective garden within the park to commemorate the Queen’s 70 year reign.
Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke MBE said: “We are very pleased to announce the details of our plans to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
“This will be the first time we have been able to arrange larger events since the pandemic and we look forward to welcoming residents to the events being held across the borough.
“We are very proud of our monarch and the tireless work she has done for this country for the last 70 years and we look forward to celebrating this historic milestone with the people of Gedling borough
Deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor Michael Payne said: “This will be a fantastic weekend with some great events taking place across our borough.
“We will be supporting some of the national events including the lighting of the beacon and planting trees as part of the Queen’s Jubilee Green Canopy.
“We will also be hosting a fair that will promote the great work that our local charities and community groups do as well as providing great family entertainment for everyone to enjoy.
“We will never see this kind of celebration again in our lifetimes and we are honoured to be part of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.”
The Food Standards Agency is asking all retailers in Gedling borough to make sure they have removed Kinder products linked to an outbreak of salmonella from their shelves.
The products are believed to have caused a significant number of children to become seriously unwell, with many reported cases being admitted to hospital.
It is important that shops display a point of sale notice in a prominent location visible to consumers who visit the store with the correct information on the recalled items:
Kinder Schokobons 70g, 200g and 320gAll dates up to and including 04 January 2023
70g, 200g, 320g
All dates up to and including 04 January 2023
An earlier recall only covered some of the products above, so it is important to check that the additional products that were included in the later, updated recall notices have been removed from sale.
The updated recall includes all Kinder products manufactured at their Arlon site in Belgium between June 2021 and the present date. Investigations have identified that some products included in the recall remain on sale.
The packaging of recalled products may not refer to the Belgium factory where they were produced and may include a different contact address, so it is extremely important that products are checked against the list in the recall notice to make sure customers are not being put at risk.
If you have bought one of the Kinder products as detailed above, do not eat it.
Hundreds of violent and sexual offences were reported to police in Gedling borough in February.
Each month Gedling Eye will chart every crime in the borough on an interactive map for readers to stay on top of what is happening and where.
The map can be found below.
This month, our map reveals the location of every crime reported to Nottinghamshire Police in February 2022 (the latest available full month of data).
The map shows location, type of offence, and outcome or current status of the police investigation.
Readers can use the online tool to see what happened near their homes, schools and places of work and build an understanding of the county’s crime hotspots.
By far the greatest number of reported offences were violent and sexual offences, with a total of 202 such offences reported in the borough
This was followed by anti-social behaviour with 123 reports, shoplifting with 63 reports, criminal damage with 56 reports, vehicle crime with 42 reports, drugs with 24 reports and burglary with 21 reports.
The least reported crimes were bike thefts (six), and possession of weapons (two)
Labour Party members in Gedling are preparing to have their say on who they want to stand against current MP Tom Randall at the next general election.
Six candidates have been put forward and they will get the chance to tell members why they are the right person to stand against the Tory MP at a hustings event next month.
Here’s what we know about those hoping to be selected…
Kyrsten Perry
PICTURED: Kyrsten Perry
“I have already beaten Tom Randall at the ballot box – and will beat him again.”
Kyrsten is currently a councillor on Tower Hamlets and represents Canary Wharf ward.
Perry beat current Gedling MP Tom Randall by six votes when he stood against her in Canary Wharf during the council elections back in 2018.
She says she has worked for high-profile women MPs in Labour’s shadow cabinet, been a councillor, pensions chair and has supported 1000s of constituents with complex cases over the years.
Perry points out that ‘Gedling hasn’t had a woman MP for 70 years!’
Krysten said: “It’s a big ask – an ‘outsider’ seeking support for a job that can pay £85,000. But I will work my socks off and pay back dividends, as I believe I am the best qualified candidate for this enormous job and for Gedling.”
Andre Henry
PICTURED: Andre Henry
Andre grew up in Carlton, went to Carlton le Willows School and worked in Gedling.
“I am extremely pleased with how Gedling prepared me for university and helped me grow into the man I am today,” he said.
Mr Henry is the son of a RAF veteran and councillor in Gedling and his mother stood to be a district councillor so says ‘politics and Gedling are in my blood’.
Andre says he wants to be a role model to those from diverse backgrounds and young people who have and interest in getting involved in politics.
“I will be your local voice in Parliament and be always visible and accessible. Over the past decade, I have seen many people experience a reversal of fortune under this rotten Tory government. With increasing poverty and inequality, austerity cuts have hit working people and the most vulnerable the hardest.”
Andre is currently a teacher and also head of department at a school in London.
Harriet Digby
PICTURED: Harriet Digby
“My parents almost called me Victoria. As my maiden name was Britton, I nearly spent 27 years with the name Tori Britton. I’m eternally grateful that they reconsidered. I am determined to make sure there’s never a Tory Britain again.”
Harriet Digby is Gedling born and bred and has been a Labour member of 12 years.
“In 1874, my great-great grandfather was born in Stoke Bardolph. He made the dangerous voyage to the faraway land of Burton Joyce, and my family have lived, loved and found community there ever since.”
Digby moved away to support her husband – and says ‘she will move back immediately’ if selected.
She said: “I want to be Gedling Labour’s Parliamentary candidate because I think that Labour sometime struggles to reach ordinary voters. I believe I can show that a Labour government stands for them through impactful messaging using evidence-led approaches and real stories.”
Saj Ahmad
PICTURED: Saj Ahmad
Saj Ahmad was born and raised in Nottingham and works for the NHS. She says she ‘supports NHSstaff to provide the very best patient care.
She is a passionate environmentalist and runs educational nature walks around Nottingham. She says ‘I believe educating people about nature is vital to preserving the planet.’
Saj is a committed trade unionist and also union rep. She is the co-chair of the NHS Muslim Women’s Network which ensures issues effecting Muslim women, like Islamophobia, are raised with senior NHS leaders.
She says she is standing to help create a better Gedling where all residents can thrive.
“Nottingham is changing and so is Gedling,” said Saj.
“It’s time for a new kind of MP, one who will be constituency-focussed and who has the ability to connect with people from all backgrounds. I believe I am the best candidate to do that.”
Michael Payne
Pictured: Michael Payne (PHOTO: Neil Slack Photography)
The Arnold-born candidate said he decided to enter the running for parliamentary candidate after feeling the area had been ‘let down’ over the past two years by the Conservative MP.
“I cant just stand by while my home town and while the place I owe everything to [Gedling] continues to be let down by this government and this member of parliament,” he said.
“We currently have the Member of Parliament Tom Randall and the one thing going for him is that he is from Arnold, but it’s not just about living here, it’s about delivering for here and I’ve been doing that for the last 12 years in my council roles.”
Jamie McMahon
PICTURED: Jamie McMahon wants to be named as Labour’s next parliamentary candidate in Gedling
Seasoned political campaigner Jamie McMahon has entered the race to become the Labour Party’s next parliamentary candidate in Gedling at the next General Election.
Mr McMahon, who has worked for Nottingham City Council and the National Deaf Children’s Society, says he now plays a role in improving public services.
“I think I can do better than what is being offered by Tom at the moment,” he said.
“What you get with Tom is someone who puts Westminster first; he puts the Government first.
“He needs to be amplifying the voices from Gedling in Westminster, not amplifying the voices from Westminster in Gedling.”
Thousands of households across Gedling borough have today started receiving their £150 council tax rebate to help reduce the impact of national energy cost increases.
In the spring statement the Chancellor announced that households paying council tax in bands A to D would receive a one-off £150 council tax energy rebate to support families as food and energy prices are rising.
Those paying their tax by direct debit will start receiving their payments from today from Gedling Borough Council.
For those who are eligible and do not pay council tax via direct debit, Gedling Borough Council will be writing to them to explain what to do to get their payment.
People are being urged not to call Gedling Borough Council to chase their payment as it will be made payment as soon as possible.
As well as the £150 payment for all residents in bands A-D, Government have allocated Gedling Borough Council with £172,800 discretionary funding. This will be used to award an extra £23 to those households in bands A-D who are receiving Council Tax Support as well as paying £173 to all those households receiving Council Tax Support in properties with a band higher than band D.
