Welcome to Broxtowe Enews, brought to you by the Liberal
Democrats and edited by David Watts, the leader of the Lib-Dems on Broxtowe
Borough Council. May I give a special welcome to the new readers that we have
this week. I’m delighted to say that I am writing this sat in my own living
room. Regular readers may recall that last November my house flooded but
yesterday, just four days less than six months after the flood, we were able to
move back home.
1.
Beeston and Chilwell Garden Trail
The
Beeston and Chilwell Garden Trail 2014 will be taking place on Saturday 7th
and Sunday 8th June from 1.00p.m. to 5.00 p.m. on both days. 14 gardens will be
open, including some new ones. Tickets cost £3.50 per person which covers both
days and children are free. All proceeds go to charity. Tickets can be
purchased in any of the gardens. Flyers are available in local venues and full
details can be found on the website www.beestonandchilwellgardentrail.org.uk.
2.
Hope
Into Action
Hope
into Action is a national charity for the homeless which is opening a home in
Beeston. A three bedroomed house has been purchased to help people get off the
streets and back into more normal society. This has been funded by the
incredible generosity of twelve local church goers who have each donated
£10,000 to fund the purchase. They deserve to be warmly thanked for their
actions.
3.
Tram
Petition
Our
MP, Anna Soubry, organised a petition calling on the County Council to provide
aid for shops hit by the tram works. This was supported by Liberal Democrat and
Conservative County Councillors. The petition has been signed by over 3,000
local residents and will be presented to the County Council at a meeting on Thursday.
4.
Promotional Video’s
Broxtowe
Borough Council have been working with media students from Nottingham Trent
University to produce a series of promotional video’s. Three have been
produced, covering glass recycling, the Helpful Bureaux in Stapleford and responsible
dog ownership. These can be seen at www.youtube.com/broxtowebc
5.
Nuthall
War Memorial
Broxtowe
Borough Council have agreed to provide a grant to Nuthall Parish Council to
help create Nuthall’s first outdoor war memorial. However the Parish Council
are still appealing for more funds to complete the project. If you would like
to help please contact the parish clerk, Sue Stack, on 0115 951 5717.
6.
Stapleford
Community Safety Event
There
will be an event at Hickings Lane Recreation Ground on Wednesday 28th
May from 2pm to 4pm where residents can raise issues with the police, fire
brigade and local councillors. Free cycle servicing and bike security measures
are also available. For more information ring the borough council on 917 3625.
7.
Speeding
Motorists
New
figures released this week showed that last year 73.946 people were caught
speeding in Nottinghamshire, which works out at more than 150 people a day.
This is the figure for people caught by speed camera’s, and so on top of this there
will be those who were caught by police officers as well.
8.
Ambulance
Service Staff
Over
the last few months I have highlighted a number of problems which have been
reported about East Midlands Ambulance Service. Now figures have been released
which show that the number of EMAS staff off sick with stress has trebled over
the past five years, so that last year there were 217 incidents which led to a
total of 48,156 working days being lost to stress. Low morale amongst the staff
is being blamed for the figures.
9.
Dog
micro-chipping
Broxtowe
pet owners will be able to get their dogs microchipped free of charge at
Coronation Park in Eastwood on Thursday 29th May from 9.30 until
11.30 a.m. No booking is necessary and owners are able to simply turn up.
10.
Beeston
Bus Station
A
disagreement has broken out between the borough and county council’s over the
future of Beeston bus station. A new transport exchange is being built as part
of the tram works, and officers of the borough council want to close the old
bus station when the new one opens so that we can get on with developing the
area as a new shopping centre, but the County Council want to keep the old bus
station open for some time to ensure that there are no teething troubles with
the new interchange first. A decision will be taken by the borough council’s
cabinet on Tuesday.
11.
Good
Neighbour
Congratulations
to Kimberley resident Jeff Buck for winning the Nottingham Post good neighbour award
for this year. Jeff is the motivational force behind Rumbletums in Kimberley,
as well as the local branch of the Nottingham Credit Union and his award is
richly deserved.
12.
WEA
Following
on from the last item, the Kimberley branch of the WEA is re-launching at an
event at Rumbletums on Wednesday 18th June (7.30pm). This will be an
illustrated talk on the recent history of Kimberley by Roy Plumb, Kimberley
resident and local historian. The event takes place during national Adult
Learners' Week and will herald the start of a new push to promote and
facilitate adult learning in Kimberley and the surrounding area through WEA
courses.
13.
Eastwood
Housing Application
A
planning application has been submitted to the borough council to demolish part
of the Great Northern Road Industrial estate in Eastwood and replace it with
housing. This would include a number of low cost and starter homes. The council
will decide on this in due course.
14.
Newark
You
may be aware that I have been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the
Newark by election. I’m deeply humbled to have been granted this honour by the
party and I’m looking forward to an interesting campaign. For the next four weeks
I’ll be combining campaigning in Newark with my role as a local councillor for
Bramcote.
As ever thank you for your support for this newsletter. Any
feedback is gratefully received.
Best wishes
David
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