You may have taken all required steps possible to protect fraud, from bank phone call, knocks at the door, postal requests, e mails and other scamming formats. Have you protected YOU as a private entity? Can your identity be cloned, and if so, how easy is it to do from the private and personal information […]
Category: Local News
Recent reporting from several areas in the borough have indicated that there is a post festive season increase in expensive bike thefts with many methods of shed breakages in place. If you either bought a bike, or had one given as a present, have you taken the time to register it, via post code stamping, […]
When using personal passwords and personal details on any on line site, especially when going on internet banking apps, have you made the most of protective measures to stop fraud or hacking from occurring? Would you consider it safe to use a public wifi hot spot to make changes or withdrawals? – please say no, […]
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PUBLISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SO THAT ANY NEL RESIDENT CAN BE PART OF THE SURVEYS ON LINE. YOUR VIEWS AND THOUGHTS ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE FAIR JUDGEMENTS – PLEASE GO TO THESE SURVEYS AND TAKE PART.  ——————————————————– Dear Sir or Madam We’ve launched two consultations in the last few […]
Just letting readers know that there is really good information freely available via the BBC 1 programme, RIP OFF BRITAIN, aired each morning currently at 9.30am. The 3 presenters are easy to understand with many years of reporting news experience, and their well known faces give confidence, so they have got a researched wealth of […]
Watching the BBC 1 scam programme at 9.15 yesterday , and saw the scam where people are very convincing and asking the caller to download an on line application called Team Viewer. NEVER, EVER DO THIS !!! – YOU ARE GIVING THE CALLER FULL ACCESS TO PLUNDER EVERY PIECE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOUR COMPUTER […]
Humberside Police are issuing weekly reports on thefts of high cost “name” cycles from all areas of N E Lincolnshire. It would appear that these are being stolen to order, with contacts having links to Midlands groups that will move container loads ready for resales in their areas. Their advice to local owners is for […]
Are you aware that the local council put out resident surveys so that local viewpoints can be ascertained? As a regular subscriber to these, I probably answer these surveys from a personal view at least once per week, and they all have end time limits. My reason for putting this on line, is that one […]
MEDIA REPORTING AGAIN. We seem to be returning to the normality of life after the festive season, and with that comes the return of a regular problem throughout the borough of illegal flytipping, both in back yards and alleyways, and also in remoter rural areas, where no cameras or neighbours are around to witness the […]
GDPR PROTECTED DATABASE Along with needs for new groups, there is also a need to know where any vulnerable person resides in case of the requirement for an emergency evacuation process to be agreed in advance of any local disaster. Locally, we have a group known as the Blue Lights Brigade, trained ex emergency services […]
MORE COVERAGE NEEDED ! One of my main projects for 2020 is to establish some new NHW groups in areas with no, or poor, coverage in certain N.E. Lincs locations. In particular, there are NO registered groups in Immingham, hardly any in Humberston, and few in Waltham and New Waltham. There are no known groups […]
FREE CYBER SECURITY TRAINING AND AWARENESS OF YOUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS CO-ORDINATORS ! JANUARY SESSIONS – ARE THE LAST CHANCE FOR HAVING ESSENTIAL INFORMATION GIVEN OUT TO YOU – IF YOU ARE A LOCAL NHW CO-ORDINATOR AND HOLD ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR YOUR NEIGHBOURS !! You may think that being your local Co-Ordinator holds no […]
Firstly, A Happy New Year and new decade to one and all ! Secondly, I sincerely hope that everyone had a safe and happy holiday period with no problems from thefts, anti social behaviours or neighbourhood disputes. Thirdly, apologies for no blog over the holiday period – I’ve had man flu, no, honestly, it was […]
A few advisory notes to try to make your festive season less worrying. Buy a turkey – that will fit in your oven. Don’t believe – all of the wonderful adverts on tv – they are made to take money from you. Beware of festive mails or messages – saying you have won vouchers or […]
Thanks to everyone of the Co-ordinators, interested agencies and local residents, who all turned out in foul weather on Tuesday to make a full room, and a personal thanks to Jean who helped with teas and coffees, once I had remembered to buy milk !! Thanks to Karl from VANEL, who had to travel home […]