Log, August 2006

Here’s a quick summary of news, events and casework for August 2006

31st – meet officers to discuss lack of take-up of grant by private landlords to make older properties more energy efficient; a particualr concern is Mapperley Park;

30th – MyBus goes from strength to strength - June was a bumper month this year (2,158 passengers compared to 1,848 for June in 2005/6);

29th – tour the eastern half of the ward with co-Councillor Mo Munir to pick up on street scene concerns;

27th – Al Gore attends the British release of his movie "An Inconvenient Truth", in Edinburgh;

24th – GCSE results day; pupils from Elliott Durham achieve the school’s best ever results at 5A*-C; Nottingham pupils also get better results;

21st – Broadway cinema confirm that the Al Gore movie "An Inconvenient Truth" - which has done better in America than Michael Moore’s “Bowling for Columbine” - will show for 14 days; Nottingham Evening Post calls for commitment at every level to leave the legacy of a cleaner, greener Nottingham for the next generation;

19th – 01:45 a.m. - and the crane starts to lift the refuse lorry away from St.Ann’s Junior school;

18th - Concern following a runaway refuse vehicle rolling down Brewsters Road from Gilpet Av. junction into St.Ann’s Juniors school; full internal and external investigations are underway to find out exactly how the incident occurred; the crew were shocked by what happened but extremely relieved that no-one was hurt, as is everybody; damage to the site and building is being assessed but it is not thought to be serious and the school should be able to re-open for the start of the new term as normal in September; security cover for the site is being arranged; the remaining 40 bins to be collected were done within hours; Co-Councillor Mo Munir visited the scene; The City Council has a fleet of 51 refuse vehicles which are checked everyday, receive a full safety check every 4 weeks and are given a full service every 8 weeks; every refuse crew member has received training in safe working practices the City Council empties 6.5 million bins every year amounting to 160,000 tonnes of rubbish;

17th - record achievements at A-levels;

10th - meet Nottingham City Council's Green Champions; 

10th - City Council announce PFI scheme worth over £30m to replace street lights;  NEP releagte story to page 7 and use one of my photos of street lights in Woking - without acknowledgement; la de da; 

10th - public agencies foil plot to blow up 9 airliners flying from Britain over the USA;

8th – Salop at Notts. County; 

4th - 6th - the Riverside Festival; spectacular fireworks display;

5th – John Heppell's Roving Surgery in C Block (higher parts of Mapperley Park, Alexandra Park, Coppice Grove neighbourhoods); 

4th – the motorcyclist who killed a teenager cycling on The Wells Road is sentenced to eight years in a young offenders' institution; the court heard that the cyclist was thrown under a parked car by the impact of the collision;  investigators estimated the motorcyclist's speed at between 63mph and 77mph - the speed limit was 30mph;

2nd – meeting on the proposed road safety scheme for The Wells Road - agree 3 actions;

2nd – improvements to pavements on Springwood Gardens begins, starting with Hawley Mount; 

1st - meet relatives of Elliott Durham, at the Council House; 

1st - visit Beacon Energy wind farm near Loughborough;