POLICE BEAT SURGERIES IN COTGRAVE
Your next opportunity to meet with local officers from your area will be on Thursday 31st March from 2-4pm. This gives you the chance to discuss and agree priorities in Cotgrave. To contact your local officers and to find out more about how they are helping create Safety Neighbourhoods visit nottinghamshirepolice.uk, or call 0300 300 [...]
POLICE APPEAL FOR TRACTOR THEFT INFORMATION
Police are appealing for information about the theft of a tractor from a farmer’s field in Cotgrave. The 1981 green and yellow John Deere 3140 tractor was stolen from a field near the sewage works off Woodgate Lane some time between 1pm and 3.30pm on Saturday 11th December. Attached to the back of the tractor [...]
POLICE RUSHCLIFFE ACTION
Rushcliffe Borough Council and Nottinghamshire Police are combining forces to delight customers by opening the ground-breaking new Rushcliffe Community Contact Centre at West Bridgford Police Station. The joint centre will deliver frontline services for the Council and Police, for example, council tax and benefits advice, advice on recycling and energy, lost property, reporting antisocial behaviour [...]
HALF A MILLION CRB CHECKS FOR TMG CRB
TMG CRB have clocked up a milestone of half a million Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks. The Rushcliffe-based company is the largest provider of CRB checks in the country – and one of the leading providers of online services, which enable the checking process to be completed quicker and cheaper. TMG CRB manager, Dot Crawford, [...]
RADCLIFFE GROUP OF NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
By David Griffin I am the chairman and area co-ordinator for Radcliffe Neighbourhood Watch (NHW). In September 2008, I brought the 25 NHW schemes together in Radcliffe to form our group to fight crime. We now have 38 NHW schemes and the residents know they now live in one of the safest places in the [...]
OPEN LETTER FROM PC STEVE MATHIAS
After speaking with several residents of Radcliffe-on-Trent, I have decided to reply to a recent letter printed in The Rushcliffe Local News. The letter highlighted the concerns of a local resident about the mopeds in the area and his perceived lack of police interest. Although I accept that there are some nuisance mopeds fequenting the [...]
CASH REWARD FOR INFORMATION
Rewards of £250 and a guarantee of anonymity are being offered to people who provide vital information that traces criminals operating in three Nottinghamshire towns. For the next four months, the South Nottinghamshire Community Safety Partnership and Crimestoppers are offering the rewards to anyone who provides key details about individuals committing crime in and around [...]
CAN YOU HELP LOCAL POLICE?
On the afternoon of Friday 17th September 2010, two houses on the odd-numbered side of Exchange Road in West Bridgford were burgled. In one case the rear door was forced and in the other a rear kitchen window was smashed to gain entry. Both houses were unoccupied at the time. Nottinghamshire Police would like to [...]
JOHN IS COLLARED IN WEST BRIDGFORD
John Tissington of Seymour Road in West Bridgford was barking up the wrong tree thinking he could leave his dog’s mess lying around. This case is the first successful prosecution from Rushcliffe’s ‘This Stinks’ campaign to stop irresponsible dog ownership in the borough. Mr Tissington pleaded guilty to failing to pick up dog mess and [...]
WARNING FOR RESIDENTS
Clifton residents are being warned to watch out for bogus phone calls and emails, claiming to be from the Inland Revenue and government offices. Clifton resident, Mandy Edwards, told The Local News: “My daughter told me about an email she had received claiming to be from the Inland Revenue. This told her she was entitled [...]