Westmoreland Graffiti Update

The number of complaints received by residents about the grafitti around the area have increased recently and we are keen to get this sorted as soon as possible.

On Friday, Local Beat Manager PC Adrian Secker said: “Graffiti is a problem in the area and it’s something we take very seriously. It’s criminal damage, not art, and costs everyone in the community tens of thousands of pounds a year to clean up. We work closely with our partners at Bath and North East Somerset Council to investigate who is responsible, and we take a very robust approach to bringing them to justice. We have recently made some arrests, a number of people have been bailed and we are awaiting a charging decision from the Crown Prosecution Service. As ever, we rely very much on the public to be our eyes and ears – so my message to everyone is to be a good neighbour and tell the police if you know anyone who is spoiling your community.”

Since this statement was released, we are pleased to confirm that one individual has been formally charged and will appear in court shortly.  Investigations are on-going into the activities of other people and further updates will be provided when they are available.

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Councillor Sharon Ball

Westmoreland Play Areas

After a number of discussions and meetings with the Council, we are pleased to announce we have some updates on improvements we have been working on in the Westmoreland play areas,.

Yesterday we had confirmation that a new set of football goal posts have been ordered to go into the Brickfields on the area below the basketball court.

We are also making progress on works required on the basketball court,  Councillor Sharon Ball said "I have been pushing for improvements to the basketball court since 2010.  I committed some ward initiative money last year towards the resurfacing and repainting of the court."

After already committing ward initiative funds from this year to replace the broken hoop, Sharon has also requested that the court is resurfaced and fenced to enable a proper game of basketball to be played without having to chase the ball down the slopes or retrieve it from the bushes.

We have also been looking the other play areas in Westmoreland, we have been discussing options ranging from repainting through to installing  new equipment.

We will update you as soon as there is further progress.

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Sarah Moore

Pushbike Stollen

The police would like to hear from any one with information about an incident that happened between 07.00am on Friday 19th April and 5.30pm on Sunday 21st April, unknown offenders have removed a turquoise pushbike which was secured to a lamp post, outside the railway station in Brook Road, Bath.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference 37986/13 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111.  

Arson at Priddy Close

The Police would like to hear from anyone with information on a foolish incident on Saturday 20th April at approximately 03.15am, a recycling box was set alight by unknown persons in Priddy Close, Bath, causing damage to garden fencing.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference 37576/13 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111. 


 

Man assaulted in West Ave

Can you help the police resolve this serious crime

On Sunday 15th April at approximately 11.00pm, a male was approached by a group in Brook Road, who followed him to West Avenue, Oldfield Park, where they assaulted the victim and attempted to rob him.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference 35703/13 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

Local schools in our area get extra funding for sports activities

Our two local schools in Westmoreland are benefiting from an injection of cash from the government for sports based activities.

·        Oldfield Park Infant School £8,570
·        Oldfield Park Junior School £9,150

The funding is the equivalent of around two days a week of a primary teacher’s time to provide more sport for their pupils. A typical primary school with 250 pupils would receive £9,250 per year.

"This is great news for Bath and North East Somerset's primary schools and builds on the local enthusiasm still running high from last year's Olympics and Paralympics.

"The funding will help schools to develop and embed healthy lifestyle choices for all our young people and to help tackle early health problems such as obesity and diabetes."

West Avenue Yellow Lines

After a long wait, I am pleased to see the council have made a start on the yellow lines on West Avenue.

The lines at the junction of South Avenue and West Avenue and from Brook Road Bridge down have not been fully completed yet, due to the parked cars.

I have contacted the highways team and requested these are finished as soon as possible.

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Councillor Sharon Ball

Westmoreland Litter

We spent a couple of hours out clearing litter from streets in Westmoreland today.

Bellotts Road was quite bad, so much litter mixed with the leaves we decided it was easier to clear the leaves as well.  This resulted in 8 bags collected here in total.

We then moved onto another area of the ward, clearing 4 bags of litter from Lymore Gardens and part of Lymore Avenue.

Had lovely conversations with quite a few residents while we were out, they were happy we were out making a difference.

by
Sarah Moore

Launderette door forced

Do you have any information on who may have forced the door at the launderette in Triangle Villas, Oldfield Park,

The forced door was discovered at 09.25am on Thursday 11th April.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101.

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111.

Local crime wave can you help.

Between Monday 25th March and Thursday 4th April, unknown offenders have forced open a garden shed in the rear garden of a property in Loxton Drive, Bath.  Two pushbikes were stolen.

On Wednesday 27th March between 5.30am and 3.00pm, unknown offenders have stolen a silver Cagiva Nuvola 50 motorcycle which was parked and secured in Priddy Close, Bath.

Between 7.00pm on Friday 29th March and 12.00pm on Saturday 30th March, unknown offenders have slashed the tyres and damaged the bodywork of a vehicle parked in Loxton Drive, Bath.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101.

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111

Sunny Saturday

With such a sunny day in Bath, we could not resist the opportunity to be out and about talking to residents and helping to care for our community.

Sharon and I were joined by a number of people on the platform at Oldfield Park Station for photos. Next week, the Council’s Cabinet is due to discuss business case funding for the Metro West project. This is a joint project with the other West of England Authorities, which aims to provide enhanced local rail services for the West of England, more details will be in our April focus newsletter.

We then went and took a look around the Heritage Fair at Bath City FC, very interesting information on display.



Sharon and I then went onto a very busy ward surgery at the Ascension Church, Claude Avenue, talking to a number of local residents about a range of issues and concerns.


I then decided to make the most of this bright weather and went to pick some litter in the ward.  In just 30 minutes I picked up 2 bags of litter.



We will be out and about again tomorrow, so if you have any issues feel free to stop us and have a chat.

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Sarah Moore

Come to the Two Tunnels Opening Party!

Cllr Sharon Ball with Norman Baker MP at Tunnel Entrance

This Saturday is the day when the Two Tunnels Greenway finally opens to the public with a big free public festival. 

It has been seven years in coming! The Festival will take place at Bloomfield Open Space off Bloomfield Road in Bear Flat, Saturday 6^th April from 11 to 5 - more detail below. 

A big thank you to all of those involved in the project.

 

Two Tunnels Opening Festival

Saturday 6th April 2013
Bloomfield Open Space - off Bloomfield Road, Bear Flat, Bath

FESTIVAL all day from 11.00 to 17.00

GRAND OPENING at 12:30

with Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams, Somerset and Dorset railway firemen

and children from Oldfield Park school

at the entrance to the Devonshire Tunnel

FRESH AIR MILES RIDE

13-mail loop

Registration from 11 am at the Sustrans tent or online

First riders from 1 pm

LIVE MUSIC ALL DAY

Bath Samba Band

Bath Guitar School Band

One Mississippi Two

Widcombe Choir

Swamp Donkey

Ross Kirk

Rosa Gray Band

Middle Stump

Dudlow Joe

FOOD AND DRINK
AND MUCH MORE FROM 11 TO 5:

Return of King Bladud’s Pigs

Matti Hemmings pro BMX – clinics and displays

Live projections – Suited & Booted

Win a bike from Green Park Bike Station

Somerset and Dorset Railway Display run by the ex-firemen

Pink Milkfloat Printing Press

Free bike check-ups

Wheels for All

Local Community Stalls

Interesting local sales stalls

Lower Bristol Road

This morning a group us went out and cleared the rubbish that has been dumped around the Herman Miller Building on the Lower Bristol Road.

We collected 15 bags of rubbish, as well as a travel cot, broken umbrella and discarded recycle bin.

Thank you to those that came out and helped Sharon and I clear up the area, despite the cold weather. 

We have also reported the increasing levels of graffiti around this area to BANES and requested it is cleaned up as soon as possible.

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Sarah Moore

Claude Avenue/Bridge Road

Following my blog on Friday, I have emailed BANES cabinet members to ask that the old toilet block by the bridge at Bridge Road and Claude Avenue is demolished and a ramp is put down from the open area to the Linear Park footpath below.

This will assist in preventing rubbish being dumped by the side of it and also inside of it.  It would also create a safer cycling/walking route to school for parents and students at Oldfield Park Junior School.

I will keep you updated on progress of this request.

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Sarah Moore