Police have launched an appeal after a dog and her eight puppies were stolen during a targeted day-time burglary in Arnold.
They are appealing for witnesses to come forward after the theft, which took place at an address in Coppice Road between 1.55pm and 2.10pm Tuesday afternoon.
The French bulldog puppies – four black and four white – are said to be around six weeks old and were each wearing coloured Velcro collars.
The mother, Luna, is described as grey / blue with a white patch on her chest and is said to be loving and attentive.
Detective Sergeant Gary Hewson, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a brazen theft that appears to have been targeted specifically at these animals, which were taken from the scene in a large cage.
“Our investigations are ongoing and we are determined to reunite these animals with their rightful owner as quickly as possible. To this end we would like not only to speak to anyone who may have witnessed suspicious activity in the Coppice Road area yesterday afternoon, but also to anyone who may have seen or been offered one of these dogs for sale.
“We understand how important people’s dogs are to them and are treating this offence with the utmost seriousness.”
In March Nottinghamshire Police became the first force in the country to appoint a dedicated senior officer to address the growing nationwide issue of dog and pet theft.Chief Inspector Amy Styles-Jones, who has three dogs of her own, is working to ensure that all thefts are thoroughly investigated and that as many incidents as possible are prevented.
She said: “I want to make it clear that dog theft is an offence we take extremely seriously and that we are working very hard to address this issue and to spread some key messages to all dog owners. We are not only concerned about a burglary in this instance, we are also concerned for the welfare of these animals.
“I would also like to offer some words of advice to anyone thinking of buying a dog; ensure that the seller is a reputable breeder who should specialise in one or two breeds and have considerable expertise in them. If you have any concerns about the transaction you are undertaking – or if something just does not feel right – it probably isn’t and you should walk away.”
Anyone who saw the incident or has any information is urged to get in touch on 101, quoting incident 348 of 25 May 2021.
Arnold-based healthy cooking company The Skinny Food Co has handed over a phenomenal £56,000 to Nottingham’s NHS hospitals.
Thanks to its customers choosing to ‘round-up’ their transactions by making a donation to Nottingham Hospitals Charity, the company, based on the John Rann Business Park, were this week able to present the generous cheque.
It was presented to Nottingham Hospitals Charity’s Chief Executive, Barbara Cathcart, by The Skinny Food Co’s two founders and directors, James Whiting and Wayne Starkey.
The charity is a cause particularly close to James Whiting’s heart, after his daughter Evie was treated on the Neonatal Unit at Nottingham City Hospital last December, when she was born 12 weeks premature. Thanks to the care she received at the hospital, Evie is now a happy and healthy five-month-old.
During the presentation presentation, James was reunited with clinical support worker Tracey Richards who helped to care for Evie on the Neonatal Unit.
Mr Whiting said: “It’s a great honour to be able to raise so much money in a short amount of time for Nottingham Hospitals Charity. The work they do is fantastic and the money is going to a great cause and will be very helpful in many different departments.
“Being on the receiving end of what they do, I am very happy to reward their efforts for all the help and support that was provided to me and my family at such a challenging time on the Neonatal ward. Thanks again, it’s an absolute pleasure and we are very pleased to be giving into the local community.”
After receiving the cheque from Wayne and James, Barbara said: “We’d like to give our sincere thanks to The Skinny Food Co and all its customers for raising this truly remarkable amount of money for Nottingham’s hospitals. The staff and patients at our hospitals have had an extremely difficult year, and it means so much to see a local company supporting its local NHS in this way.
“The money raised will make a huge amount of difference to patients and staff at our hospitals, by helping to fund added extras such as specialist equipment and enhanced facilities, which would otherwise not be possible.”
For more information about Nottingham Hospitals Charity, or if you or your company would like to support Nottingham’s hospitals, please visit www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk
Two police officers were assaulted whilst arresting a man after a bag full of cannabis was found in a Mapperley hotel room.
The bag was discovered by hotel staff who called police. Whilst officers were conducting searches a man entered the hotel’s reception and reportedly tried to leave the scene when he spotted officers.
In an attempt to detain a man, two officers were punched, kicked and thrown across the room. They both suffered head and leg injuries and needed hospital treatment.
A large quantity of cannabis was seized by police as well as an alleged stolen handbag, bank card and laptop from a woman who reported a theft on a train in Leicester earlier this month.
Police Constable Jeremy Beard of Nottinghamshire Police is leading the investigation. He said: “Officers were called to a hotel in Mansfield Road at around 3pm on Tuesday (May 25, 2021).
“Both officers bravely continued to detain a suspect despite suffering injuries. They used PAVA spray and needed further emergency assistance from officers to make the arrest.
“A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting two police officers, theft and possession with intent to supply cannabis.
“Officers were taken to hospital with head injuries.
“This kind of violence against police officers simply doing their job is utterly unacceptable and will never be tolerated. Officers pull on their uniforms and head out on patrol every day with the same objective in mind – to protect the public from harm and return home in the same condition.
“They simply do not deserve to be assaulted and abused during the course of their duties. In this instance both officers involved have since been discharged from hospital and their welfare is being fully supported, but it is certainly a timely reminder of the risks faced by officers every day.”
The Prime Minister’s former Chief Adviser, Dominic Cummings’s, appearance before the HoC Health and Science select committees on Wednesday will prove the most significant test so far for Johnson’s water off a duck’s back reputation.
Reminding one of Monty Python’s Black Knight, the PM has shrugged off blow after blow from inquiries, the opposition, and leaks.
It would prove tricky to imagine many of his predecessors escaping virtually any widespread public outrage for allegedly describing that they would rather see bodies of Britons ‘piled high’.
Only the Blonde Knight has somehow kept his arms and legs.
Dominic Cummings letting loose in front of television cameras will prove another of these instances.
He described a No. 10 in chronic chaos and confusion as scientific and ministerial thinking was ”completely flawed” as late as 11 March – at least 12 days before the implementation of a nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020.
Cummings claimed, for example, that the go ahead of the Cheltenham Festival (10-13 March) and Champions League match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid at Anfield (1 March) “wouldn’t affect transmission” and cancelling these mass events would just “push people into pubs”.
This was not considered an option as he stated that it was thought that Britons would “not accept Wuhan-style measures”.
“We aren’t going to close pubs and retail and all this”.
Vivid descriptions followed of Cummings texting the PM warning that “We’ve got big problems coming, the cabinet office is terrifyingly shit”.
We must “force the pace” and ‘tell people who have symptoms of cold and flu to stay at home’.
Mark Sweeney, officiator at the Department of Health, reportedly said on 13 March, “I’ve been told for years that there’s a plan for this”… “there is no plan”.
“I think we are absolutely fucked”. “I think we’re going to kill thousands of people”.
“Boris Johnson is, by design, imperfect, slightly bumbling, and an oftentimes clumsy speaker. This forms the foundations of his appeal.”
It was “like a scene from Independence Day” with Ben Warner, often Cummings’s representative in meetings, in “the Geoff Goldblum role” telling the PM that “the aliens are coming”.
But this is “all completely wrong and the NHS is going to be smashed in weeks”.
Also in March, Cummings recounts how half of No. 10 were discussing Trump’s threats to bomb Iran, following the assassination of Iranian military officer Qasem Soleimani, with the other debating whether to enforce quarantine.
“Thank God, the Attorney General persuaded the PM not to go ahead with the whole bombing campaign”.
Boris Johnson is, by design, imperfect, slightly bumbling, and an oftentimes clumsy speaker. This forms the foundations of his appeal.
The ex-Vote Leave mastermind started his appearance by saying that senior ministers and advisors fell disastrously short of expected standards and failed. He also apologised to the families affected and for his own failings.
Lest COBR meeting continued to “leak like a sieve”, neither him or the PM attended them.
Cummings continued to portray the PM as a leader out of his depth and completely under-appreciating the seriousness of the impending crisis in early 2020.
In February, the PM regarded this as just a “scare story”, “the new swine flu”.
Reportedly there were jokes about how Johnson was “going to get Chris Whitty to inject me [him] with Covid on live TV to show people that there’s nothing to be scared of”.
Economic damage was allegedly prioritised over people’s lives.
Following his online preambles he also tore into his nemesis: the workings of the ‘Whitehall system’.
Stating to Johnson, most likely watching events at home before Prime Minister’s Questions later that day, and one of Corbyn’s chief disciples – the committee questioner Rebecca Long Bailey: any system which presents a choice of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn is “a system that’s gone extremely, badly wrong”.
Referring to them as “donkeys”, he suggested that even he should not have been left in charge as there’re thousands of “wonderful people in this country” who could provide better leadership.
This all created – as was inevitable – a virtual Twitter hurricane amongst those obsessive enough to sit through a four hour committee meeting, with Cummings’s characteristically casually attired person and answers the calm, didactic centre.
Those in ultimately in charge of this administration, however, backbenchers and the electorate, are, and will continue to be, focused on the lifting of lockdown.
The PM is to update the country on this prospect soon, with either a go ahead or announcement of a stall in the lifting of restrictions expected on 14 June.
Allegations of incompetence and questionable and lurid phrases used behind the scenes – the latest revealed yesterday claimed that Johnson stated that the pandemic was ‘only killing 80-year-olds’ when resisting a second lockdown – have stalked the PM throughout recent months.
Their camouflage in the long grass proving immensely effective as a large proportion of electors have chosen to either disregard or disbelieve them.
Boris Johnson is, by design, imperfect, slightly bumbling, and an oftentimes clumsy speaker. This forms the foundations of his appeal.
Certainly, as he entered the country’s highest office, this personality was prone to darker developments. These, if all of Cummings’s claims are bona fide, have occurred.
Nevertheless, the doctrine of George Orwell’s menacing creation O’Brien has become commonplace within the political outlook of many, and this can be very easily disregarded.
This is especially true if recent public perceptions of his accuser continue.
Cummings’s trip to Barnard Castle in Spring 2020, Johnson expending immense credibility and political capital to defend his adviser at the time, may actually play into the Government’s hands.
Cummings’s ‘net favourability’ in Nov 2020 was -64, the PM’s at -19, according a YouGov survey of 1718 adults.
22% were more inclined to believe Johnson. 16% Cummings.
Cummings is not the mysterious, somewhat beguiling figure seen during his first appearance in front of a select committee following Vote Leave’s victory in 2016.
Many will primarily think of his explanations regarding his Castle visit as, at best, questionable and untruthful.
This will give those who want to a reason to dismiss his aura of prestidigitation and judge him as primarily aiming to wound his former boss.
Matt Hancock was also ripped apart on Wednesday morning, Cummings suggesting that the Health Secretary “should have been fired for at least 15-20 things including lying to everybody” in the “cabinet room and publicly”.
His sacking, however, is not very likely, as Gavin Williamson and Priti Patel have suffered similar, and arguably worse, firestorms. The PM has kept them in post after faults in full public view.
He will not sack Hancock on one man’s recommendation. At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, the PM denied that he and then Cabinet Secretary, Mark Sedwill, did not have faith in the Health Secretary’s honesty.
Be that as it may, he will almost certainly be moved out of the role during the next cabinet reshuffle, most likely later this year.
An explorer has this week captured some amazing footage and photos from inside the long-abandoned Mapperley railway tunnel.
The footage is featured in the latest Trekking and Towpaths video, which has so far attracted 1,974 views.
In his latest video, host Ant manages to venture 645 yards down the closed tunnel, capturing stunning video footage and photographs along the way.
The popular explorer claims the tunnel could possibly be the ‘UK’s most dangerous’ due to the poor condition it’s in.
In his new video, he shows the impact construction of the Gedling Access Road is having on the underground passage.
He also discovers an old rusting buffer that fell off a wagon in the late 1950s and gets a closer look at the infamous ‘s**t-tip’, where rubbish was shoved down into the tunnel many years ago – and he fears it ‘could collapse at any moment’.
Mapperley Tunnel was built as part of the Great Northern Railway line running from Colwick Junction, in Nottingham, to Egginton Junction in South Derbyshire.
Opened in the 1870s, it survived a part-collapse in 1925 but was eventually closed by British Rail in April 1960.
Plans to create an art gallery and extend a print works are among the planning applications that have been made this week across Gedling borough
Every week dozens of planning applications are submitted to the council – and the coronavirus pandemic has not changed that.
Here is the list of applications that have been submitted and validated by Gedling Borough Council in the last week.
Visit the council site HERE the links below to find out more and to have your say…
Arnold
Erect detached dwelling 19 Ashe Close Arnold NG5 7LU Ref. No: 2021/0542
Erect detached dwelling 19 Ashe Close Arnold NG5 7LU Ref. No: 2021/0542
Conversion of garage to provide 2no level access bedrooms for residents with additional mobility needs and external alterations 4 Clevedon Drive Arnold NG5 8EQ Ref. No: 2021/0533
Balcony to rear of existing dwelling 51 Churchmoor Lane Redhill NG5 8HN Ref. No: 2021/0522
Burton Joyce
Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (materials) and 9 (landscaping) of planning permission 2019/0876 1 Lendrum Court Burton Joyce NG14 5BB Ref. No: 2021/0525DOC
Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (materials) and 9 (landscaping) of planning permission 2019/0876 1 Lendrum Court Burton Joyce NG14 5BB Ref. No: 2021/0525DOC
Single storey rear and side extension 21 Station Road Burton Joyce NG14 5AN Ref. No: 2021/0515
Calverton
Retention of concrete post & wooden panel fence 1.8m high. 2 Spindle View Calverton NG14 6HF Ref. No: 2021/0552
Retention of concrete post & wooden panel fence 1.8m high. 2 Spindle View Calverton NG14 6HF Ref. No: 2021/0552
Two storey and single storey rear extension 65 Main Street Calverton NG14 6FG Ref. No: 2021/0512
Carlton
Single storey rear extension with mono pitched roof 24 Valley Road Carlton NG4 1LT Ref. No: 2021/0577
Single storey rear extension and raised decking area 25A Gardenia Grove Carlton NG3 6HY Ref. No: 2021/0567
Attic conversion with dormers to the front and rear 2 Fraser Crescent Carlton NG4 1NL Ref. No: 2021/0576
Two-storey side extension and single storey rear extension 381 Foxhill Road West Carlton NG4 1PZ Ref. No: 2021/0557
Change the use of an existing appendage building on the house to accommodate an art gallery. 308 Greenwood Road Carlton NG4 1AR Ref. No: 2021/0523
Colwick
Demolition of existing units and erect a rear extension to the host building to form additional factory space along with associated car parking spaces, dock levellers, boundary treatments and general external arrangements. Ken Wilkins Print Ltd Road No 1 Colwick NG4 2JQ Ref. No: 2021/0502
Single storey side and rear extension 36 Yew Tree Lane Gedling NG4 4AL Ref. No: 2021/0546
Approval of details reserved by conditions 9 (pedestrian crossing), 10 (traffic calming), 18 (landscaping) 23 (Ecological Impact Assessment) and 25 (Landscape Management Plan) of planning permission 2019/0696 Phase 1B Land At Chase Farm Arnold Lane Gedling Nottinghamshire Ref. No: 2021/0540DOC
Siting of a single decker bus for school use (library) on a concrete plinth, with path and ramp access. Phoenix Infant School Phoenix Avenue Gedling Nottinghamshire NG4 4EL Ref. No: 2021/0534NCC
Linby
Beech T1 – Fell due to disease and therefore a potential hazard to adjacent properties. Beech T2 – Crown reduction by 2-3 metres or suitable growth point. Beech T3 – Crown reduction by 2-3 metres or suitable growth point. Oak 9600 – Crown reduction by 2-3 metres or suitable growth point. Linby House Linby Lane Linby NG15 8AFRef. No: 2021/0521TPO
Mapperley
Single storey side and front extension 2B Northcliffe Avenue Mapperley NG3 6DA Ref. No: 2021/0561
Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (screening to balcony) of planning permission 2021/0036 17 Hazel Grove Mapperley NG3 6DQ Ref. No: 2021/0556DOC
Single storey rear extension, 4m in depth, with pitched roof over 22 Roseleigh Avenue Mapperley Nottinghamshire NG3 6FH Ref. No: 2021/0539PN
Two storey side and rear extension; roof alteration including side dormer 137A Kent Road Mapperley NG3 6BS Ref. No: 2021/0519
Netherfield
Discharge of conditions 22 and 29 of planning permission 2017/0999. 2013/0546 comprising residential development (up to 830 units), employment uses (B1, B2, B8) a community hub (A1-A5 and D1) primary school, hotel (C1), Care Home (C2) playing pitches and changing facilities, public open space, allotments, structural landscaping, access arrangements and an ecology park, and demolition of existing structures Land Off Teal Close Netherfield Nottinghamshire Ref. No: 2021/0511DOC
Newstead
Single storey rear extension Newstead Abbey Park, Abbeyfields Farm Cottage Station Avenue Newstead NG15 8GE Ref. No: 2021/0532
Ravenshead
Proposed two storey side extension, single storey front and rear extensions and external alterations 27 Milton Drive Ravenshead NG15 9BE Ref. No: 2021/0555
NMA relating to application 2019/0065 17 Regina Crescent Ravenshead Nottinghamshire NG15 9AE Ref. No: 2021/0570NMA
NMA relating to application 2019/0065 17 Regina Crescent Ravenshead Nottinghamshire NG15 9AE Ref. No: 2021/0570NMA
Variation of condition 2 – Approved Plans relating to Permission 2012/0411 Replacement barn 155 Main Road Ravenshead Nottinghamshire NG15 9GS Ref. No: 2021/0538
Extensions and Alterations 140 Chapel Lane Ravenshead NG15 9DJ Ref. No: 2021/0517
Woodborough
Single storey front extension 24 Smalls Croft Woodborough NG14 6EY Ref. No: 2021/0554
Woodthorpe
Erection of dwelling Land Adjacent 31 Birkland Avenue Woodthorpe Nottinghamshire NG3 5LA Ref. No: 2021/0559
Two storey side & rear extension, single storey side and front extension 55 Wensley Road Woodthorpe Nottinghamshire NG5 4JX Ref. No: 2021/0558
Demolition of existing garage, erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension with entire house finished with external wall insulation. 31 Arno Vale Road Woodthorpe NG5 4JG Ref. No: 2021/0520
Single storey side extension and new roof over existing side addition. 62 Whitby Crescent Woodthorpe NG5 4LZ Ref. No: 2021/0513
Police seized over £10,000 in cash and a significant amount of high-valued stolen goods following a raid triggered when a laptop went missing after being collected from Colwick.
Officers recovered the stolen parcels including designer clothes and electrical items whilst tracking down a man and arresting him in connection with the theft.
The courier theft report came into police from a London man who was shocked to receive a tampered box full of nappies rather than a £550 laptop he bought online from Nottingham in good faith.
Having spoken to the seller from Colwick he soon realised that the swap could have possibly made in transit and called police.
The packaged laptop had originally been picked up by a delivery driver in 29 March 29 and was delivered to the capital two days later.
The seller then managed to track down the stolen laptop on sale online in Beeston, Nottingham, after receiving a notification and identifying a distinctive dent and scuff mark on the item.
He contacted the police who tracked down a house in Trafalgar Road, Beeston, and executed a warrant on Wednesday 19 May 2021. There they discovered in excess of £10,000 in cash and a number of high-end items including phones, laptops and designer handbags believed to have been taken during numerous courier scams.
Officers moved quickly to arrest a 41-year-old man on suspicion of theft. A van was also searched nearby and the stolen laptop was seized from within.
Detective Sergeant Dave Prest, of Mansfield Criminal Investigation Department, is leading the complex investigation. He said: “The force is working closely with the courier service and Action Fraud to help with our enquiries after the discovery of a number of items being stolen.
“This isn’t just a Nottinghamshire issue, we’ve only received one report like this, but nationally courier scams have sadly increased. Courier services have had a huge demand over the past year due online sales due to coronavirus and with that demand needed delivery drivers to make these deliveries.
“Unfortunately some criminals have seen an opportunity in the increase of parcels being delivered and taken advantage of victims.
“Everyone involved in this incident are clearly upset and we are working closely with the courier service to have the item they bought in good faith to finally be delivered.
“The investigation is in its infancy, but it’s believed that other items have been stolen possibly since Christmas, so people will have missed out over the festive period which is sad to see.
“We’re asking the Nottingham public to be vigilant and report any suspicious behaviour around delivery drivers, couriers and postal workers.
“We’d also ask our communities to look out for any suspicious behaviour – and remember if you’ve been offered something for sale – at a price that seems too good to be true – it could be stolen.
“The force continues to work with delivery companies to share crime prevention and safety messages so that we can all receive the parcels we have ordered.
“We are appealing to anyone who has suffered from courier theft to contact the police by calling 101. In an emergency always dial 999. To remain anonymous please contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.” The arrested man has since been bailed with conditions.
MP Mark Spencer is ‘hopeful’ tactile paving could be added to platforms at Newstead Station to help blind and partially sighted train passengers.
Last week, Mr Spencer wrote to Network Rail and the Rail Delivery Group regarding the improvements that need to be made to the station in order to improve accessibility.
Tactile paving is used to help people with visual impairments establish that they are walking across a safe path, as well as knowing when they are approaching a hazard such as the end of a platform.
Blocks can be identified with a cane or by feeling them under your shoes, and they can also be used by guide dogs.
Dotted blocks usually indicated a hazard in front.
Network Rail have since responded stating their ambition to create a “truly inclusive and accessible railway”
PICTURED: Mark Spencer MP
In their response to Mr Spencer’s request, Network Rail said: “We want all passengers to travel safely, independently and with confidence and that includes those who are blind and partially sighted.
“To date, we’ve worked on the basis of all operational platforms being fully tactiled by the end of the Control Period 7 in 2029, subject to funding being agreed with the Department for Transport (DfT). But, recognising the urgency of this issue, we want to achieve this faster. We’re already working with the DfT on proposals to help fund and deliver this.
“Alongside these discussions, our route team are preparing a plan for how we’d prioritise this work across our region. The prioritisation exercise will likely lead to the work at Hucknall station being undertaken prior to Newstead, due to the footfall and interface with the adjoining tram platform.”
Mark Spencer, Member of Parliament for Sherwood, said that: “The current lack of tactile warning paving is a great concern to many of my constituents.
“I am grateful to Network Rail for their speedy and timely response. I am reassured to see that they have committed to adding warning tactile paving- and that they will be seeking to speed up the works at Newstead.
“Making our railway accessible to everyone is extremely important- and I am hopeful that these improvements will increase independence, and make people feel safer when travelling around Nottinghamshire.”
The weather has been glum over the past week meaning there’s not been much chance for snappers in the borough to grab an image of our pretty countryside or the wildlife that lives there…
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Nothing like the sound of birdsong in the morning. Here’s one captured greeting the day in Stoke Bardolph. PHOTO CREDIT: s.allenimagesCheck out this wonderful sky over Arnold at sunset. PHOTO CREDIT: @jackwotDark clouds over the village of Gedling from Gedling Country Park. PHOTO CREDIT:@davidsiggersphotographyShipwreked. The boat at Stoke Bardolph. PHOTO CREDIT: @prettylittlewelshladyA male Kestral in Colwick Country Park PHOTO CREDIT: @belindasmith66
Police have stepped up patrols across Carlton to ease fears about behaviour and anti-social behaviour (ASB).
Patrols were carried out last night and police visited Ernest Road, Hallam Road, Standhill Road and Prospect Road.
Those on patrols said it had been a quiet night.
A police spokesman said: “Gedling overnight pro-active reassurance patrols have continued tonight in the Carlton area by our neighbourhood and specials policing team. Officers were targeting ASB and Burglary Priorities.
“We are happy to report no issues.”
Both burglary and anti-social behaviour have been identified as police priorities, which are recommended by residents across the borough every few months as an area of focus for local police teams. A final decision is then taken on the priorities by police and Gedling Borough Council.
PICTURED: Local policing teams on patrol in the borough (IMAGE: Notts Police)
The police priorities for Gedling borough will be refreshed next month.
Police outline what action they will take when selecting a priority.
For burglary they committed to ‘carrying out patrols in hotspot locations.’
They said: “We are targeting known and prolific offenders working together with the County burglary team and other force resources. We are attending all dwelling burglaries and ensure that victims are safeguarded. We maximise forensic and investigative opportunities to identify suspects who will be prioritised.
“We ensure that known offenders are appropriately supervised where possible to reduce the risk of re-offending. We will utilise local and social media to raise awareness of burglary and crime prevention opportunities.”
They committed to the following to stamp out on anti-social behaviour in the area.
Police said: “We have identified key areas to target high visibility patrols.
“We are working together with the Gedling Neighbourhood Wardens to identify and deal with perpetrators. We are also supported by a team of Special Constables who carry out additional patrols during the evenings and weekends when ASB is most prevalent.
“We are also working together with private and social housing sectors to deal with those who cause nuisance through excessive noise or other behaviour that has a profound effect on victim’s lives.
“We will also carry out patrols linked to drug use in ‘open spaces’ as this does contribute to reported anti-social behaviour in the Gedling Borough.”
