Nottinghamshire Police is urging motorists in Gedling borough not to drive through floodwater following the recent heavy rainfall.
The warning comes after reports of drivers getting stuck and homes being flooded due to vehicles pushing water into people’s properties.
Superintendent Paul Winter said: “We’re urging drivers to be careful and considerate following an increase in rainfall.
“We are getting reports of drivers ignoring flood warning signs and taking risks by driving through floodwater.
“We’ve also had a number of reports from residents whose homes have been flooded due to motorists driving on flooded roads, creating waves of water which has entered their properties.
“We’re urging road users not to take any risks, avoid flooded areas, make sure that they do not drive around cones in the road and to use caution when travelling.
PICTURED: A road flooded in Lambley
“Water may seem low enough to drive through but you can’t be sure what debris is in the water so drive carefully and try and find an alternate route where possible.”
‘Extra time for travel’
Nottinghamshire Police is also urging drivers to check before heading to work tomorrow (Friday 15 November 2019) and allow extra time due to the possibility of disruption.
Superintendent Paul Winter said: “There are already more than 20 road closures in force across Nottinghamshire and that number may well rise overnight.
“We’re urging drivers to take extra care on the roads and to consider putting off their journey if they can.
“Remember that it will take a lot longer to stop your car in wet weather, so leave plenty of room to the car in front.
“You should take notice of all road closure signs and do not drive through large amounts of standing water.”
The council also advised that if anyone need to contact them overnight due to emergency flooding issues, they should call 0800 0960306. The normal lines will open at 8.45am tomorrow morning.
Nottingham City Transport has said the Sky Blue 46/47 and Pathfinder 26 buses are now running as normal.
PICTURED: Flooding in the centre of Lambley (IMAGE: @dannyf53
Gedling Borough Councillor for Trent Valley, Councillor Sam Smith said residents in Burton Joyce had begun contacting him to request sandbags due to flooding.
Flood alerts remain in place on the River Trent and River Trent tributaries.
An alert remains on Stoke Lane at Stoke Bardolph.
The Environment Agency said: “Please plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded and avoid contact with flood water.”
Shoppers in Gedling borough are being warned after reports
of fraudsters targeting Morrisons customers and attempting to get their
personal details.
Morrisons, which has a supermarket in Netherfield, has issued an urgent alert over a number of scam emails, text messages and social media posts from third parties posing as the supermarket.in a bid to shoppers’ details.
The fake message offers customers £40 worth of vouchers to
spend at the supermarket.
Following the instructions will allow fraudsters to access to
sensitive details.
The warning reads: “We are aware of a number of spam
emails, text messages and social media posts from third-parties posing as
Morrisons for the purpose of fraudulent activity.
“If you receive one of these suspicious messages,
please do not click any links, open attachments or enter personal information.
“We would never ask for your personal details in order
to redeem a voucher.
“If you believe you have been contacted please contact
us on ‘0345 611 6111’ or call Action Fraud on ‘0300 123 2040’.
“You can also visit ‘www.actionfraud.police.uk’ to
report fraudulent activity to the authorities.”
Flood alerts remain in place at the River Trent on Stoke Lane in Stoke Bardolph.
The Environment Agency warned: “River levels are slowly falling but remain high at the Colwick river gauge as a result of rainfall earlier in the week. Consequently, flooding is expected to continue.
PICTURED: Stoke Bardolph on Saturday
“Areas most at risk are low-lying agricultural land and roads including communities near to the River Trent, like Stoke Lane at Stoke Bardolph.
They added: “Further rainfall is forecast today which may result in river levels rising again. We are closely monitoring the situation.
“Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses and plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded.”
In many ways, Gedling is like a microcosm of the county as a whole – with everything from leafy rural areas of countryside, to urban districts with relatively high deprivation, and small and medium towns as well.
The mixed demographics of the seat means both main parties enjoy pockets of very strong support throughout the area.
Currently a Labour seat, Gedling – as the fourth-most marginal seat in the county – will be a target for the Conservatives.
Labour increased its vote and seat share here at the local elections in May, and long-serving MP and former head teacher Vernon Coaker will be hoping to hold off the Conservative challenge.
Conservative Tom Randall, originally from Arnold, will be hoping to wipe out the Labour majority of less than 5,000.
The country will go to the polls on December 12
Hoping to capitalise on anti-Brexit protest votes will be Anita Prabhakar, from the Lib Dems.
And Graham Hunt, of the Brexit Party, will be hoping the seat which voted Leave in the referendum will tip votes his way on December 12.
A recent constituency poll for the Economist magazine predicted Labour will hold the seat.
The polling found:
Labour would win approximately 42 percent of the vote, compared to the Conservatives’ 37 percent
About half of leave voters would vote Conservative in the General Election – a quarter would back the Brexit Party candidate
Remain voters would break heavily for Labour
About four in ten Labour voters think Jeremy Corbyn would make the best prime minister; nearly all Conservative voters would back Boris Johnson
However constituency polling is fraught with difficulties, and tend to have a margin of error of aroun five percent.
The candidates announced so far are:
Vernon Coaker, Labour
Tom Randall, Conservative
Anita Prabhakar, Liberal Democrat
Graham Hunt, Brexit Party
In 2017, Labour won with a majority of 4,694.
The full list of candidate won’t be known until Thursday, November 14.
Police have arrested two people on suspicion of drug offences after a car crashed into a house in Arnold last night.
Officers made the arrests after responding to a report of a collision in Home Close. It’s believed the car collided with a house just after 7pm last night (November 8).
PICTURED: A car collided into a house on Home Close (PHOTO: Notts Police)
Nottinghamshire Police attended alongside Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue and East Midlands Ambulance Service.
A police spokesman said: “A 44-year old woman – believed to be the driver of the vehicle involved – was arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive through being under the influence of drugs.
“A 42-year old man, a pedestrian who was in the area at the time of the incident, was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply drugs.
“Both remain in custody this morning and officers are continuing their enquiries.”
Anyone with any information is asked to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 837 of 8 November.
Phoenix ABC held its first boxing show of the season at the Arnold Liberal club last week.
15 Phoenix boxers took part against fighters from around the country.
11-year-old Aleah Luvi took part in her second skills bout, where there is no winner. Aleah used her height advantage to great effect and showed great skill.
Paddy Rooney, 11, was involved in a very hard fought contest. He boxed on the backfoot for most of the contest, catching his opponent with some eye catching shots. After three close rounds, Paddy was declared the winner.
12-year-old Laiton Frater 12, taking part in his first full contest, was involved in a hard-fought encounter. Laiton used his height advantage and long arms to catch his opponent on the way in and was awarded the points win.
Cole Millichip, 12, boxed on the front foot from the first bell, until the last. It was another close contest, but Cole was awarded the points victory.
Mario Charalambous, 13, put in his best performance to date by boxing at a very high pace and catching his much taller opponent with very strong shots. Mario was awarded the points decision and best junior boxer of the night award.
14-year-old Paddy Smith was in a very highly-skilled contest. Paddy used his fast hands to great effect and got the points victory.
Sonny Rooney, 15, making his debut, was in an action packed contest which had the large crowd on their feet. After three close rounds, Sonny was declared the winner.
Charlie Potts, 16, put in a very strong performance boxing at a very high pace throughout the bout. Halfway through the third round, the referee halted the bout and Charlie took the win.
Barney Stratton, 18, was involved in a highly anticipated contest against another highly rated opponent. The bout lived up to its billing with both boxers giving theie all . Barney was is top form getting better in the exchanges. Barney was declared winner and also boxer of the night award.
First off I wanted to start with a staffing update as Sgt Andy Clarke based at Carlton will be leaving us early next month. Sgt 2706 Mike Ebbins will join the team at Carlton as of Monday (November 11). I’m sure that you will agree that Andy has been a real asset to the Gedling South team and I wish him well in his next role.
Moving on we have recently refreshed our policing priorities for the next quarter and the priorities have been set as residential burglary, autocrime and anti-social behaviour.
I met with police colleagues and Gedling Borough Council in order to set the priorities. This was part of a new meeting structure known as the ‘Local Policing Priority Setting’ meeting.
The meeting structure allows for a partnership approach to setting policing priorities and in establishing these we reviewed feedback from a number of sources including a public survey conducted quarterly by the Police and Crime Commissioner. We also considered feedback from elected members of the council as well as police crime and incident data.
The meeting aims to ensure that community feedback shapes our policing activity. Once we had established the priorities we discussed how we could work together to address some of the public concerns such as anti-social behaviour and its close links to drug use and criminal damage.
Our priorities will be refreshed in January 2020. Each month our website will be updated as to our activity against the priorities and the updates can be found here:
PICTURED: Inspector Chris Pearson (IMAGE: Notts Police)
GOOD RESULTS
I wanted to share some good results regarding burglary arrests following offences in Gedling and Porchester.
Two males have recently been arrested following joint work by the Neighbourhood and County Burglary teams. Paul AVES (46) and Harley ASHURST (18) have both been charged with dwelling burglary and remanded in custody which is a great result for the area.
This week we have continued our work around Burglary and Autocrime across the Gedling Borough. On October 29, I joined nine additional officers working across Gedling overnight. We carried out high-visibility and plain clothes patrols in a number of locations in order to deter offending.
A number of vehicles and individuals were stopped overnight and we plan to continue this operation over the coming weeks and months. I know that Burglary has a profound effect on its victims and we are aiming to reduce the number of offences through this proactive work.
The Gedling South team carried out a drug enforcement operation on 16th October following feedback from local residents. The team deployed into hotspot areas such as Carlton and carried out a number of searches. This resulted in three drug seizures with Cannabis seized.
We aim to continue this operation over the next few weeks in order to address public concerns about drug use and dealing. I know that this is linked to anti-social behaviour so this is will continue to be a priority and we are making plans to carry out similar work in Arnold.
‘Op Scorpion’ patrols have continued in the last month with the operation designed to reduce incidents of violence across Gedling. Additional officers have carried out proactive patrols across the Gedling Borough resulting in 11 arrests for a variety of offences such as drugs possession and assault. 35 stop/searches have also taken place with 17 vehicles seized and 10 drugs seizures.
We are now finalising plans for the operation to continue over the Christmas period.
COLLISION
Sadly we are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on Mapperley Plains on 9th October. A 93-year-old female passed away in hospital a short time after the collision which happened at around 10am. If you have any information or can assist our Collision Investigation Unit then please contact us quoting incident 194 9/10/2019.
VISIT
Finally I am visiting the ‘Lambley Parish Council to provide an update on policing in the area on Monday, November 18.
