Open letter to Council and the local councillors

Hello,
We are looking into the possiblility of overturning the council by law banning dogs from entering Bedford Square. as defined http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.c … t=c1195746

If anyone saw who caused the damage to the payphone in Bedford Square, can they inform the police or crimestoppers

we have already reported it to BT so hopefully it will be fixed asap

UPDATE 07 Jan

I believe the engineer attended to this and did not have the right tools
and had to abandon the job, I have now email the Field manager and
requested that someone attends as soon as possible.

Regards

Magda


Mrs Magda Bou-Lirola
BT Payphones
Tel: 0800 66 16 10 and then press option 2 (lines open 9am - 5pm, Monday
to Friday)
Fax: 0800 345 123

You may notice that in the top northern end, their is now a gap in the parking bay. The council must have decided that to  make it easier for people to get in and out of the top gate (that people have complained about) they would make the gap and make a large bay for solo motorcylces.

Any comments on this?

Did the council decide the right thing?

                           
Dear Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator
I’d like to thank you for your help during the 2009 ‘Not In My Neighbourhood Week’.  I’m thrilled that the NHW Federation agrees that NHW and the independent charity, Sussex Crimestoppers, can achieve mutual benefit by working together, helping us all to achieve our aim of keeping our communities safe.
I’m sure that many of you will be very familiar with the Home Office’s objective in holding this annual activity, but I think that a reminder may be useful for us all.  The key objective of the week is to inform local people of the action that is being taken in their area to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour and to make their communities safer with the aim of:
increasing public confidence in their local crime reduction partnership and police,
to encourage the public to play their part, and provide reassurance to residents.

It may appear we hate dogs.
Far from it. We are taking the council to task over a point that when we asked for dog bins to assist in reminding the fogetful few to clean up after themselves, they told us that dog bins would not be installed as dogs were not allowed.

After asking for a change in the rules, which they refused, we asked them to come along and advise people of the the fact and offer an alternative.

At least we dont follow people home and shove dog poo through their doors like a certain other square does!

Register your request for a change in the council law so that residents of Bedford Sqaure can responsibly walk their dogs in the square

Dear all,

I thought I would send out a monthly Neighbourhood watch message from Police Headquarters to keep you all informed and ask that you pass on the details to those who do not have the internet.

The Police across the county were involved in the national campaign of Not in my Neighbourhood week between the 2-6 November.
A whole range of local initiatives were undertaken from street meetings to crime patrols and I would like to thank all those Neighbourhood Watch members who got involved.

The darker nights are now with us as the clocks have changed and I would ask all neighbourhood watch members to remind the public to leave a light on within their premises if they go out in the evening.

Hello,
As pointed out by Stephanie Williams (Animal Welfare) the "No Dog" signage
on the 4 gates in Bedford Square is in need of replacement, could you please
arrange for them to be updated and made clearer.

There may also be a need for a "no parking" sign in front of the northern
gate as people often park there preventing access to the Square

Thank you

Liam Mandville.

I’m delighted that Neighbourhood Watch and Sussex Crimestoppers are to be working closer during Not in My Neighbourhood Week from 2nd Nov to 6th Nov.  This week will focus on local communities and provides the perfect opportunity for us to work together in partnership to fight crime and keep our neighbourhoods safe.  

Crimestoppers is not the police, nor are we connected to Crimewatch on television.   We’re an independent charity that operates the 24/7 telephone number 0800 555 111 which people can ring to pass on information about crimes anonymously, or they can use www.crimestoppers-uk.org.  We then forward this anonymous information to the police.  Not everyone is comfortable contacting the police directly as they may fear reprisals or retribution but Crimestoppers guarantees their anonymity. 
We don’t ask the caller’s name, calls are never recorded or traced and no-one will ever have to go to court.   If the information we are given leads to an arrest and charge, the caller could get a cash reward of up to £1,000, paid in such a way as to protect their identity.  It’s important to know that Crimestoppers is not an emergency number though; if a crime is occurring, the police number 999 is always the number to use.