A NEWLY REPORTED METHOD OF POTENTIALLY STOPPING uPVC WINDOWS FROM LOCKING!! There has been a new report on one of the DN NHW Facebook pages, reporting the use of a wooden pencil that is placed in the rain gully guards, to prevent owners being able to fully close and lock ground floor windows. I am […]
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Local areas have been recently targetted by youths, and fires have been lit in several places, including industrial and leisure sites, not just alleyways and old unoccupied houses. Business owners obviously have a legal duty of care to protect their businesses against the risk of arson around workplace areas, but members of the public also […]
——— SCAM WARNING ——— Action Fraud has recently received 63 reports about a scam in which fraudsters target people with offers of “low cost” loans or “free” government grants. What the victims aren’t told is that the money they’ll receive is actually an advance payment for Universal Credit. The criminals use the personal information they’ve […]
As wonderful as family and friends events are , along with getting rid of safe combustible rubbish, please spare a thought for your close neighbours, both for noise and smoke pollution. Do you know if any close neighbour suffers from any breathing problems – COPD, asthma, hayfever etc? These conditions can all be triggered by […]
Recent police reports show that there is a marked increase in burglaries in the above 2 areas , and I have been asked to update the officers concerned with current NHW groups in place. There is evidence, however, that areas being currently targetted have no current NHW groups registered in those post codes / locations, […]
We have recently launched a survey on NHS Health Checks for those aged between 40 and 74. The NHS Health Check is a health check-up for adults in England aged 40-74. It’s designed to spot early signs of stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type two diabetes and dementia. People are eligible to attend their GP […]
Dog owners are being encouraged to take advantage of free microchipping, advice and welfare checks for their pets. Your much-loved pooch can be microchipped on the spot for free thanks to Dogs Trust, in partnership with North East Lincolnshire Council. The drop-in event will take place between midday and 3pm on Monday 22 October at […]
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New bins for North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire Council is replacing and upgrading its litter bins in streets and parks so they can hold more rubbish. Bins in the area will be able to take much more litter than they currently do. Some of the area’s bins have been in use for more than 20 years and are no longer […]
It’s National Neighbourhood Watch Week 2018 (NNWW18) and we’ve got some exciting news to share with you! This year to mark NNWW18 we’ve created a fantastic, brand new section of our popular website to share new and important information on keeping you and your neighbours safe. Because crime is changing and we want to […]
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Play Streets
We are looking to trial ‘play streets’ in North East Lincolnshire but before we do anything we want to know what you think. Play Streets allow communities to close their streets to ‘through’ traffic to allow supervised safe and free play activities. Play Streets are requested, organised and stewarded by the community for the community. […]
Problems including fly-tipping, statutory nuisances, rogue trading and consumer offences are being targeted in a new way by North East Lincolnshire Council. A new Community Protection and Compliance Team has been formed through the coming together of the Council’s Community Pride and Trading Standards teams. Three new area based teams are now covering the north, […]
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Custody Engagement Event
A community engagement event and opportunity to view the proposed plans for a new Police custody facility in Grimsby will be held at West Marsh Community Centre 1500 – 1900 on 29 June 17, All partners are welcome to attend,
We’re Neighbourhood Watch – the largest grassroots crime prevention movement in England and Wales. We’re celebrating National Neighbourhood Watch Week (June 17-25) with a bumper edition of our bi-monthly e-newsletter Our News. Click here to read it and find out how Neighbourhood Watch is helping to connect and protect communities. Best wishes from the NHWN team […]
A consultation has been launched by North East Lincolnshire Council into the proposed changes to the waste and recycling collections in the borough. Residents are being asked for their views on changes to the frequency of waste and recycling collections with a view to implementing a new service later this year. We are also asking […]
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A message to football fans
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has recently received an influx of reports that fraudsters are targeting the public, via social media, in relation to football tickets. Fraudsters are posting pictures or statuses online telling members of the public to contact them via Direct Message for football tickets. This then leads to a mobile […]