Apologies for the lack of blog updates of late. I’ve been spending a bit of time with my family and have taken in some sights of England over the past couple of weeks over the summer break. (More on that later) This week, I’ve been to the seaside and visited Southends CCTV control room with […]
A brief note to readers: Before I ‘lift-off’ with this report I have removed some of the content due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter. Therefore this report isn’t conclusive of all the actions taken. This week I’ve attended the latest Community Safety working group meeting. To say, I was kind of reserved […]
I have recently published my views on CCTV here and this has met with mixed reactions from members of the public. Not one to ruin the party, I propose the concept of a wide network of community manned CCTV cameras. What’s different?Manned CCTV is a different beast to an unmanned system. Live images being monitored […]
I thought it might be useful to clear up any misunderstandings on my view on the current CCTV situation or lack of it. During the last 3 years of my sitting on Rayleigh Town Council, I have been acutely aware of problems with the CCTV system that they had – poor image quality, camera locations […]
I’m glad to see a report from the BBC today about ‘Changing Places Toilets’ It says Changing Places toilets are bigger disabled toilets with a hoist, a changing bed and more space around the toilet for someone who needs assistance.The UK government wants to make these toilets mandatory in new large public buildings.Fiona from Bolton […]
So today, 29th June 2019 it’s ‘Armed Forces Day’, but where is the support for our forces in our district? I thought I’d check out where the nearest local events to Rayleigh are and given local MP Mark Francois enjoys referencing his involvement in the army so much, the results left me quite surprised! Some […]
Rochford District Council has made a planning application to install a rapid electric vehicle charging point in the High St. This application will however mean the removal of TWO free car parking spaces outside of Natwest Bank. I welcome the introduction of EV charging points but feel this location is unnecessary. Why couldn’t this charging […]
Yesterday I wrote to the members of the new “Community Safety Panel” formed by Rayleigh Town Council. Why have I written to them though? I have asked members to consider whether Rayleigh Town Council should be making a representation to the Police Fire Crime Commissioner (PFCC) at the forthcoming public meeting. With policing being high […]
Monday night I attended Rayleigh Town Council, Full Council meeting. It was slightly more interesting than usual as some new ideas were put forward and one noteworthy item was that of the private security that the Council recently trialled before Christmas. The reception of ‘part-time, private security’ has been met with mixed reaction from the […]
*Update – I’ve received a ‘request’ to modify this post from Rochford District Council Strategic Director, I will leave you the reader to draw your own conclusions why I have received this request, but I am pretty certain it’s not for the reasons alluded to!From: “Angela Hutchings” <Angela.Hutchings@Rochford.gov.uk>Sent: 31 December 2018 14:38To: “Rayleigh Town” <clerk@rayleightowncouncil.gov.uk>Cc: […]