UPDATE 7th FEB – DEADLINE FOR OBJECTIONS TO NCC IS TOMORROW! Following a successful Read In event on Saturday the closure of NCC consultation is tomorrow. Visit the NCC Consultation pages to give your views.   Update – at the recent public meeting at St James Community Centre the County Councillor in charge of Customers […]

The broken bench at the corner of Ambush Street and Greenwood Road has been taken away and an additional recycling bin installed for the use of all local residents following pressure by Julia and Pam Varnsverry. Recycling helps NBC raise £1m a year – keeping your Council Tax bill down!           […]

This paving is so bad it’s an embarrassment. Clearly the tree roots have caused it to become uneven and dangerous. We would love to see the area renovated. It’s been talked about before with Estates Managers but so far nothing has been done. Update: Since the photo was taken the two tress that caused the […]

This continues to be a problem around the area. Julia Maddison has recently had a sofa collected from Ambush      Street, a mattress from St James Park Road and this week has reported two further incidents – an armchair in Byfield Street and a 3 piece suite in Alma Street. Councillor Pam Varnsverry is aware of […]

                                                        Councillor Pam Varnsverry has been asking for an open meeting to discuss access arrangements in Ross Road. Pam sought to involve local residents, local businesses, the Saints, local Police and the County Council yet when a meeting was called (by the Conservative County Councillor for St James) it was held ‘behind closed doors’, and […]

We have been made aware of inconsiderate parking in both Parkwood Street and Richmond Terrace where there is clearly a case for extending the double yellow lines along one side of the two roads. This will help to prevent parking on both sides which makes it difficult to get in or out of the streets. […]

Residents in the Abbey Street area received personal advice from Neighbourhood Watch, Borough Councillor Pam Varnsverry, local Police, County Council Trading Standards officers and a Council housing officer about how to deal with cold callers, loan sharks and other issues. The event was organised by local Neighbourhood Watch and Councillor Pam Varnsverry and was hosted […]