Here’s a quick summary of news, events and casework for April 2006
27th – Crime figures published by the Home Office; they show that overall crime (nationally) is stable and has fallen by 35 per cent since 1997; the risk of being a victim of crime (23 per cent) remains at its lowest for 25 years; theft fell in Nottinghamshire by 11.4% (1% nationally) and robbery is down by 5.3%; domestic burglary is down by 6.2% (4% nationally) and other burglary fell 21.9% (1% nationally);
26th – visited The Wells Road with councill officers to discuss an extended road safety scheme; the Council is to consult over an extended scheme to address the cause of the latest fatal accident, and is considering whether to combine such works with road maintenance works, probably in the Autumn;
28th – One Nottingham board;
26th – launch of "Nottingham Transformed", an attractive photo book celebrating the best of recent architecture and development in Nottingham; (photographs by Mapperley Park resident, Martine Hamilton Knight);
25th – Executive Board; passed a number of organisational reports such as better risk management and improving performance; and still the Lib Dems, who are critical of the use of indicators at General Elecdtions have nothing to say about it at the City Council;
25th – meet Mark Fowles, Chief Executive of Nottingham City Transport;
24th – Elliot Morley, environment minister, visits the converted Nottingham city centre home of Alan Simpson MP; converted using best environmental practice;
24th – Tony Blair demonstrates dramatic improvement on the NHS since 1997;
24th – Nottingham Evening Post highlight how the Council is using new technology to minimise energy bills, in the slightly mad, melodramatic way that only a tabloid can manage; la de da;
23rd – appear on the East Midlands part of BBC's Politics Today, to explain Core Cities, how Nott'm has benefited from Core Cities, and how Nott'm, Leicester & Derby work together as 3 Cities to make a bigger difference;
23rd – A flag is hoisted on Nottingham Castle’s rebuilt South Terrace at 1pm to mark its official re-opening and to celebrate St.George's day;
23rd – Mapperley Labour member, Pete Scoffings, runs the London Marathon in 3hrs, 52 mins and 55 secs, raising over £800 for the Lord Mayor's Pakistan Earthquake Appeal;
22nd – The British Arts Show, the UK’s largest touring exhibition of contemporary British art, comes to Nottingham;
21st – East Midlands Regional Assembly; discuss energy policy;
20th – Jack Straw speaks at East Midlands Labour Party dinner at Nottingham University;
18th – walk round City Heights, Porchester Road, Burgass Road, Carlton Road and The Wells Road to report a number of neighbourhood issues;
18th – an insurance company publishes out of date figures about burglaries in the city; the latest, and accurate crime figures show 5000 fewer crimes are being committed a year, compared to last year’s figures - an overall drop of 3.5%; burglary figures are down 19.4%, fraud and forgery down a massive 34.2% and for the 2nd year running, the city has seen a reduction in gun crime figures;
15th – measures to reduce fatal accidents on The Wells Road featured in the Nottingham Evening Post;
14th – Mo Munir and I leaflet top of Mapperley Hills about planned development for Millennium site - calling for people to object to intensity of development and height of the buildings; visit some businesses and meet residents - and end up having meetings in the street!
13th – Police announce fall in violent crime;
12th – Angus Wells, science fiction writer who lived near Mapperley, dies;
12th – centre-left coalition declared winners of the Italian General Election;
11th – John Prescott talks on the revival of English cities under Labour; he praises Nottingham saying - "with its new tram system – in the news just yesterday as one of our 'Science Cities'. The universities working with the city council, the RDA and the others to stimulate more science development at BioCity, a large collection of researchers capitalising on that city's scientific base." He also mentioned how he opened the Nottingham University in Ningbo, China recently;
10th – launch of the Big Spring Clean 2006; people can nominate a ‘grot spot’ that they feel is having a detrimental effect on their neighbourhood and volunteer to help clean it up; the City Council will provide man power and resources to help with the clean up as well as disposable cameras to take ‘before and after’ shots which will form part of a photo exhibition to mark the end of the campaign;
10th – construction of new crossing on Porchester Road near Hogarth school starts; (it will take approximately 4 weeks to complete);
10th – Nottingham's science and IT development is described in the Times newspaper;
8th – John Heppell MP's roving surgery of Mapperley B Block (most of Mapperley Park); over 5 visits; various street issues also reported;
7th – meet City Councillors from Poznan, Poland (twinned with Nottinghamshire);
6th – H5N1 Bird flu reaches Britain (although later suspected to be dead before being washed up on Scottish shores); health advice is available;
6th – launch of Nottingham in Bloom;
6th – 20 m.p.h. zone introduced on The Wells Road;
5th – launch of Labour Party national campaign for the local government elections;
6th – Mapperley Park Residents Association AGM; points raised on issues, including - - contemporary housing in the conservation area; - parked cars at the Mapperley Hall Drive junction with Woodborough Road; - parking on pavements; - anti-social behaviour in a part of the estate; - tackling theft from vehicles, especially 'Sat Nav' devices;
4th – Mo Munir, Lord Mayor, attends Elliott Durham's prize-giving night;
4th – Enviro-Energy;
3rd – St. Ann's allotments in Nottingham (which date back to 1830 and are the oldest and also the largest in the UK) are being preserved with a £2m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund;
3rd – Tony Blair announces formation of SOCA - a new crime-fighting agency which will target the biggest criminals with a "sophisticated 21st century approach";
2nd – Jamaican foreign minister and Police Commissioner address a meeting at the Council House, hosted by Cllr. Des Wilson;
1st – new plans to improve Nottingham Midland station announced;
1st – Nottingham City Council launches its new Citycard - a bus plus tram pass, library card and leisure centre pass - free to anyone over the age of 60, or to those with certain disabilities; it also opens the door to discounts at over 100 city retailers; £6million of bus and tram travel and access to libraries and leisure facilities are to be provided free;
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