Upper Broughton Village

The only crime in the Neville area (Upper Broughton, Owthorpe, Kinoulton, Hicking Pastures and Hickling village) was that of the theft of a tractor from a farm on Green Lane in Hickling Pastures.

However, crime reported in February in the neighbouring areas of Keyworth, Tollerton and the Wolds villages shows a significant increase in vehicle related acquisitive crime particularly at village public house car parks. There has also been a trend seen in theft of fuel from parked motor vehicles particularly in the Keyworth and Willoughby on the Wolds areas.  Extra work is in place to combat both trends.

Hickling Pre-school will be holding a Table Top Sale on Sat 17 April in Kinoulton village hall.

Doors open 2pm, admission is £1 for adults and free for under 12’s.  Refreshments will be available.

Click here to view a new page with information on Hickling Pre-school that also serves Upper Broughton.

Upper Broughton Parish Council have a vacancy for its Parish Clerk.  The job spec is as follows:

• To administer the parish council including, calling meetings, writing minutes, maintaining financial records and ensuring all legal requirements are complied with.
• Attend some day and evening meetings
• Confident in a range of computer functions
• Communicate in writing and verbally with electors, officials and elected representatives
• The clerk is paid on the nationally agreed pay scale £8.34 - £11.93/hour for 192 hours/year. Up to 498 hours/year from 3 posts available.
• The post holder will work from home except when attending meetings.
• Previous experience in this or a similar position will be an advantage but is not essential.

For more information contact Upper Broughton Parish Council at 1 Main Street, Redmile, Nottingham, NG13 0GA or email parish.clerk@freeuk.com.  Closing date for applications is 5 March 2010.

Clever Cloggs Quiz Saturday 23^rd January - 7.30pm

Bring along your preferred drink and nibbles some knowledgeable friends and £2 per person, no need to book or have a team of 6 as you can team up with other quiz goers.

Sunday Breakfast 9-10.45am, 24^th January, 28^th February, 28^th March, 25^th April, 23^rd May, 27^th June, 25^th July, 26^th September, 24^th October & 28^th November

The breakfasts are a Village Hall Committee initiative aimed at promoting ‘Community Spirit’ rather than profits. Soak up the atmosphere, chat with old friends, and meet new ones whilst enjoying fresh coffee, orange juice or a lovely cup of tea. Eat freshly cooked, local bacon, sausage, eggs etc.. Full English breakfast available at £3.50, Vegetarian option £2.25.

Back to The Land Girls - Friday 9^th April - 8pm

Brought to us via Centre Stage

Some girls just aren’t cut out for farming… this comedy two-hander play set in 1942, it’s wartime, and there are some new arrivals in the village. They’re turning heads and breaking hearts as the fine girls of the Women’s Land Army take to the hills. Buff is a city girl dreaming of being ‘just like Vera Lynn’. Biddy is a country girl who is a hopeless romantic, but right now all they can do is knuckle down to the hard graft of keeping the farmers happy and the country in fodder. Join them on a journey of blisters, backache and banter as they learn all there is to know about working on the land and how it would have felt to be an essential part of the war effort, despite initially knowing almost nothing themselves about farming.

Tickets £10 available from Clare Wright, 01664 820100

With the latest weather forecast for continued snow and ice we have taken the decision to cancel planned green bin collections during the week commencing 11 January 2010. This will allow us to concentrate our efforts and resources to ensure residents blue and grey bins are collected during this difficult period. Green bin collections will resume, weather permitting, on Monday 18 January 2010

Any resident who was due a green bin collection or wished to dispose of their real christmas tree during the week commencing 11 January should contact us on 0115 9819911 and we will make arrangements to collect. Alternatively they can refer to their collection calendar for their next scheduled green bin collection day

Dave Banks, Head of Waste Management and Environment said ‘ we have not taken this decision lightly but we are aware that most residents will appreciate our plans to concentrate our efforts and resources in ensuring grey and blue bins are emptied. At this time of year and in this weather green bins often become frozen and difficult to empty. However we do recognise that some residents may have garden waste or christmas trees to dispose of so we will be provide a service on demand. Our crews have worked tirelessly during the weather to ensure the service has not suffered and we will continue to provide the highest levels of service possible during these inclement weather conditions’

Darryl Burch
Waste and Fleet Operations Manager, Rushcliffe Borough Council
0115 9148405

A belated Happy New Year to everyone and I hope your Christmas and New Year break was as pleasant and safe as possible.    Upper Broughton has, fortunately, over the passed few months, enjoyed a fairly trouble-free and crime-free period.   In fact the way in which overall crime in the Rushcliffe South has and continues reducing is, indeed, encouraging.  However, having said that, we must not become complacent as there is still a worrying trend in house burglaries for which everyone must remain vigilant.  Car theft and theft from vehicles is still something the police are continually reminding us about as people still appear to be nonchalant about leaving items on full view in Public House car parks, at the road side and in shopping area car parks. If in doubt take it with you or lock it away in the boot or at least out of sight.

                         There have been a number of incidents lately where pedlars have been in an area travelling from door-to-door trying to sell any number of items, usually trinkets, household goods, and a myriad of hand-made objects.    To sell door-to-door requires the person to obtain and hold a pedlars certificate which is normally obtained from the Chief-of-Police of the area to which they have lived for at least 28 days. They have to be over 17 years of age and of good character.  The certificate bears their personal details, a photograph and an official police stamp. Please, however, remember that the pedlars certificate is in no way an indication that the goods offered for sale are of a merchantable quality.

Paul Noone

Upper Broughton Neighbourhood Watch

01664 822008  /  07980 104270

Crime figures for the past month from 1^st Dec 2009 - 31st Dec 2009 from Emma Thacker  P.C. 2535, Keyworth Beat manager

Keyworth

14 crimes including burglary, possession of cannabis, criminal damage and theft.

Kinoulton

1 crime of theft from a vehicle at Neville Arms PH. Entry forced and property stolen from within.

Hickling Pastures, Hickling Village, Upper Broughton

No crime.

Despite 5 house burglaries in the Keyworth area during the Christmas period crime for December has remained on the low side. Please remain vigilant. All of the burglaries reported are when the occupant has been away on holiday, please utilise light timers and alarms and remember your neighbours. If you would like FREE crime prevention advise then please get in touch.

There have been extra patrols in place throughout December in the area, both overt and covert. There have been very few reports of anti social behaviour. Police activity can also be viewed on the Nottinghamshire Police Force website.

Message from Councillor Tina Combellack of Rushcliffe Borough Council:

Living here in Hickling I am well aware of the plight of residents trying to get out of the villages in the area.  Bridegate Lane hill and Kinoulton hill are lethal.

Cllr. John Cottee and I have spent some time phoning and lobbying the County Council and Highways Agency to include these roads in the gritting programme. There has been some success with Kinoulton Hill, but Bridegate remains a problem. There is of course the grit bins on the hills and I am led to believe the Chairman of the Kinoulton Parish Council and residents have been out spreading grit, for which everyone is very grateful. The County Council’s policy on Roads in Winter is set out below. I can only urge you to follow their Winter Driving tips. I would also encourage you to report all incidents to the Council or the Police on their 0300 300 9999 non emergency number as all reports help to build a picture for the future. Below is the current situation as reported to me on Tuesday morning 5^th January.

 We, Cllr John Cottee of the County Council and Cllr Tina Combellack of Rushcliffe Borough Council are working hard on your behalf to try and keep the villages safe.

Dear Tina 

Please see below our current status regarding winter maintenance in Nottinghamshire: 

At this time there is a national shortage of salt due to the ongoing severe weather. Unfortunately because of this, the County Council is not receiving all of the expected deliveries it requires to provide a full Winter Maintenance service. We have therefore been forced to implement the following operational procedure.

Road salting - We will only be gritting the named priority 1 routes (ie: ‘A’ and ‘B’ roads together with the major bus routes). We are salting these busy roads to make sure we can help as many road users as we can with the limited resources we currently have. Secondary routes, or any other roads within the County not forming part of the priority 1 network, will not be gritted until salt stocks and replenishment deliveries are guaranteed.

Grit bins - Due to the requirement to maintain the strategic road network, we are unable to refill any grit bins in the County until salt stocks and replenishment deliveries are guaranteed. We will of course be replenishing empty bins as soon stocks allow.

Footway salting - The rock salt needed to maintain the priority 1 road network, as explained above, will not be used for footway salting. We are making every effort to obtain alternative supplies of salt suitable for footway treatment and if this is obtained, footway salting will commence in line with the prioritised footway salting lists. However, unfortunately until these supplies are available, no footway salting will take place.

I understand that this response may be of disappointment to you but hope that my comments explain the reasoning behind this action.

Yours sincerely,

Nottinghamshire County Council

A map of the gritting routes in Nottinghamshire is available in the Roads in winter leaflet [PDF 3.53MB]

To help you be safe on the road this winter read our top tips for winter driving.

For further information or enquiries, tel 08449 80 80 80 for county roads and 0115 915 5555 for city roads.

In the last 3 months (Aug, Sept, Oct) only two crimes have occurred in the Upper Broughton area. One, an assault on a security guard patrolling the railway and the other, an intruder in our local hostelry. Fortunately nothing was taken. 

Now that the darker evenings are upon us, and the days shorter, we should all be thinking about increasing our security during the winter months.   Criminals and offenders in general, serving their custodial sentences are often interviewed. Two out of three questioned stated they would always prefer properties to be or look unoccupied. These and other statements help every home owner to make their homes less attractive to the burglar. Some simple steps in making the home look occupied, even if you’re out can deter the would be burglar.

1. Draw the curtains in rooms normally occupied at night.
2. Lighting timers. To give the occupied effect. Do not leave just the hall light on burglars quickly realise you’re not in.
3. Leave a radio on - maybe a talking channel.  Voices indicate occupancy
4. Securely lock all doors and windows before going out. Set alarms, if you have one. Burglars do look for the flashing indicator to if the alarm is set.
5. If you have a dog, don’t shut it in a small room, if possible let it roam the ground floor. A barking dog will soon deter anyone creeping about outside.
6. Ensure all outside PIR or other lights are working properly.
7. If away, ensure you leave a phone number or address or other information with a trusted acquaintance, so that you can be contacted.
8. Mark your valuables with your post-code or one of the high-tech marking fluids such as SmartWater

Should anyone wish to purchase Smart Water at the special price of £18-00 please contact me.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a safe, secure and happy Christmas and for 2010.

Paul Noone 01664 822008  /  07980 104270

The month of October saw the following crime statistics recorded for the area:

• Upper Broughton: no crimes
• Hickling & Hickling Pastures: no crimes
• Owthorpe: no crimes
• Kinoulton: 1 crime - burglary
• Keyworth: 19 crimes - mainly criminal damage to garden fences but also some theft, burglary, indecent exposure and drugs offences
• Tollerton: 3 crimes - theft and burglary
• Stanton: 1 crime - burglary
• Clipston: no crimes
• Plumtree: no crimes
• Thorpe in the Glebe: 1 crime - burglary
• Wysall: 1 crime - theft
• Widmerpool: no crimes
• Normanton: no crimes
• Willoughby: 1 crime - attempted burglary

There is currently an active burglar in Keyworth and surrounding villages who are concentrating on unoccupied houses whilst the owners are away on holiday. These offences are not huge in number, but the police feel that people should be made aware so that they can take precautions if they intend to take a late holiday or are looking after a neighbour’s house.