Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Crime Prevention Warning
Police are warning people to take care of their Christmas presents over the festive period.
They are advising that as well as keeping presents out of sight from windows, wrappers and boxes from expensive presents should be hidden from view when they are put out for the dustman.In addition to this, people should remember to lock their doors and windows – even if they are in the house – and keep valuables hidden away in drawers.
Police are warning people to take care of their Christmas presents over the festive period.
They are advising that as well as keeping presents out of sight from windows, wrappers and boxes from expensive presents should be hidden from view when they are put out for the dustman.In addition to this, people should remember to lock their doors and windows – even if they are in the house – and keep valuables hidden away in drawers.
Gravestone testing
St Edmundsbury Council is carrying out work on headstones across the borough to ensure they are in a good and stable condition.
Local authorities which are responsible for cemeteries and churchyards have a duty of care to make sure gravestones are kept in a safe condition and are not likely to topple over. Officers have discovered that the majority of memorials tested to date in the Haverhill cemetery are unsafe.
All local authorities with these responsibilities will have to carry out safety inspections on gravestones as part of guidelines set out by the Health and Safety Executive. There have been reports of serious accidents to members of the public in cemeteries as a result of heavy headstones, some of which have been fatal.
The Haverhill cemetery is at the start of a programme of inspections across the borough and tape has been put around memorials which do not pass safety inspections. All deed holders who have memorials which do not meet safety standards are being contacted. As the legal owners of the memorial it is their responsibility to arrange for it to be re-fixed and made safe. Notices have been placed on gates, notice boards and around every burial section within the cemetery to let people know in advance that testing will be taking place. Notices were also placed in local newspapers.
I hope that only the gravestones which are a clear danger to the public will be affected by this move.
St Edmundsbury Council is carrying out work on headstones across the borough to ensure they are in a good and stable condition.
Local authorities which are responsible for cemeteries and churchyards have a duty of care to make sure gravestones are kept in a safe condition and are not likely to topple over. Officers have discovered that the majority of memorials tested to date in the Haverhill cemetery are unsafe.
All local authorities with these responsibilities will have to carry out safety inspections on gravestones as part of guidelines set out by the Health and Safety Executive. There have been reports of serious accidents to members of the public in cemeteries as a result of heavy headstones, some of which have been fatal.
The Haverhill cemetery is at the start of a programme of inspections across the borough and tape has been put around memorials which do not pass safety inspections. All deed holders who have memorials which do not meet safety standards are being contacted. As the legal owners of the memorial it is their responsibility to arrange for it to be re-fixed and made safe. Notices have been placed on gates, notice boards and around every burial section within the cemetery to let people know in advance that testing will be taking place. Notices were also placed in local newspapers.
I hope that only the gravestones which are a clear danger to the public will be affected by this move.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Haverhill teenager Michael Morrison is establishing himself in the Cambridge United first team see his player profile here: http://www.cambridge-united.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/FeaturedPlayer/0,,10423,00.html
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Christmas Council Office closure and waste collection dates
St Edmundsbury Borough Council offices on Angel Hill and Western Way in Bury St Edmunds and Lower Downs Slade in Haverhill, will close at 4pm Friday 23 December and reopen to the public on Tuesday 3 January at 9am. The emergency out of hours number for St Edmundsbury is 01284 763252.
Cards giving revised times for refuse collection over the Christmas period are being given to every household in St Edmundsbury. These are as follows:
Normal collection date Revised collection date
19-23 December As usual
26-30 December One day later
2-6 January One day later
Normal collections will resume from Monday 9 January 2006.
Remember to sort your waste this Christmas! With all the wrapping paper, Christmas dinners, drinks and decorations we’re bound to get through, here is a reminder of what goes into your bins:
Blue bin: wrapping paper, Christmas cards and envelopes, cardboard from presents, all types of plastic bottles (including drink bottles), clean tin foil, drink cans and food tins.
Please do not put plastic bags/film into blue bins or wrap your blue bin waste in bags.
Brown bin: fruit and vegetable peelings, garden waste such as grass cuttings and hedge prunings, flowers and plants. Please do not put pet waste into your brown bin.
Real Christmas trees can be cut up and put into your brown bin but please make sure the lid closes as overfilled bins will not be collected. Alternatively, take it to one of the following household waste sites which will accept Christmas trees from 2-22 January: Coupals Close, Ingham and Rougham Hill.
Black bin: wrap up left over cooked food waste and put in your black bin. Polystyrene, plastic film and bags.
Glass bottles and jars can be recycled at your nearest bottle bank.
Do not overfill bins. Take any extra waste to a household waste site.
Always put your bin out on time. By 6am in Haverhill and 7am in Bury St Edmunds.
St Edmundsbury Borough Council offices on Angel Hill and Western Way in Bury St Edmunds and Lower Downs Slade in Haverhill, will close at 4pm Friday 23 December and reopen to the public on Tuesday 3 January at 9am. The emergency out of hours number for St Edmundsbury is 01284 763252.
Cards giving revised times for refuse collection over the Christmas period are being given to every household in St Edmundsbury. These are as follows:
Normal collection date Revised collection date
19-23 December As usual
26-30 December One day later
2-6 January One day later
Normal collections will resume from Monday 9 January 2006.
Remember to sort your waste this Christmas! With all the wrapping paper, Christmas dinners, drinks and decorations we’re bound to get through, here is a reminder of what goes into your bins:
Blue bin: wrapping paper, Christmas cards and envelopes, cardboard from presents, all types of plastic bottles (including drink bottles), clean tin foil, drink cans and food tins.
Please do not put plastic bags/film into blue bins or wrap your blue bin waste in bags.
Brown bin: fruit and vegetable peelings, garden waste such as grass cuttings and hedge prunings, flowers and plants. Please do not put pet waste into your brown bin.
Real Christmas trees can be cut up and put into your brown bin but please make sure the lid closes as overfilled bins will not be collected. Alternatively, take it to one of the following household waste sites which will accept Christmas trees from 2-22 January: Coupals Close, Ingham and Rougham Hill.
Black bin: wrap up left over cooked food waste and put in your black bin. Polystyrene, plastic film and bags.
Glass bottles and jars can be recycled at your nearest bottle bank.
Do not overfill bins. Take any extra waste to a household waste site.
Always put your bin out on time. By 6am in Haverhill and 7am in Bury St Edmunds.
Monday, December 05, 2005
New Councillor on the WWW
Haverhill Labour councillor George Hatchell now produces his own blog on www.hatchell2.blogspot.com
Haverhill Labour councillor George Hatchell now produces his own blog on www.hatchell2.blogspot.com
