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Charnwood Community Safety Partnership will be holding an Anti-social behaviour roadshow at Halstead Park, Mountsorrel on 14th August. This is part of the Safer Summer campaign which is designed to tackle the increase in graffiti, vandalism, criminal damage and underage drinking which can occur during school holidays.
Residents will get the chance to voice their concerns to representatives from Charnwood Borough Council, the Police, Human Rights and Equalities, Charnwood Neighbourhood Housing and local councillors
Work on a new, state-of-the-art recycling facility in Charnwood will begin later this month.
The site on the edge of Mountsorrel will enable residents to recycle a huge variety of items including cooking oil, Tetra Paks, batteries and yoghurt pots, as well as dispose of household rubbish.
When complete, it will replace the recycling and household waste site in Sileby with an ultra-modern, accessible facility at an industrial estate on Granite Way.
The new facility will offer: More »
- a new, modern design
- ample parking space
- containers without steps
- easy access from the A6
- clear signs and information
- recycling for a range of materials meaning less waste to landfill
Work is set to begin from Monday, 26th April and expected to take six months. Every effort will be made to minimise disruption and contractors' hours will be limited.
Tony Kershaw, County Council Cabinet Member for Waste Management, said: "Reducing the amount of rubbish sent to landfill is a top priority in Leicestershire and by 2017, it is hoped that 58% of the county's waste will be recycled or composted.
"We want to make it easier for residents by replacing a cramped, outdated site with a state-of-the-art facility offering excellent access."
Notes:
Contractors' working hours will be limited to 8am - 6pm between Monday and Friday and 8am - 12pm on Saturdays.
Additional trees and shrubs will be planted around the new site during the autumn.
The site at Sileby will remain open until the new facility is available in the autumn. « Less
Broadband speed is a hot topic at the moment. The
prime issue is that private service providers do not
consider there to be an economic case for improving
broadband provision in some areas with poor
connectivity. A key element of this is that it usually costs
providers considerably more to provide broadband
services in rural areas than it does in more urban areas
emda recently hosted a rural broadband summit
which brought together stakeholders from across the
region to explore the potential for improved broadband
connectivity in areas that are least likely to be reached
by mainstream market providers. Delegates were
invited to put forward their ideas to inform a rural
broadband manifesto for the region.
Broadband connectivity has been identified as a
key priority within the Leicester and Leicestershire
Strategy for Economic Growth, 2010-20. Prospect
Leicestershire, as a delivery partner with the new subregional
governance arrangements, is currently leading
interventions within the County. More »
How can you help?
The Broadband Line Information Monitoring Project
(BLIMP) is supported by a number of Regional
Development Agencies to gather information on local
broadband speeds. It aims to measure the broadband
speeds which are being achieved in the real world
and store these in a database from which the relative
levels of service being delivered across the country by
different suppliers can be monitored. This information
will be made publicly available. It will enable an up to
date, self maintaining atlas of Internet connectivity to be
created.
Visit http://www.blimpchecker.co.uk where you
can download a tool which will make periodic
measurements of your line speed and return this data
automatically to the BLIMP database.
You can uninstall the tool at any time, it doesn’t collect
any personal information and the tool should not
significantly impact the performance of either your
computer or the speed of your broadband connection. « Less
Supported Accommodation for Older People in Leicestershire
1. Consultation on the proposal of a stand-alone procurement of extra care and specialist dementia care for Catherine Dalley Elderly Person’s Home and Silverdale Hostel Site.
We invite your views.
Consultation period: 25 January 2010 to 19 April 2010.
Who can get involved: Open to anyone.
How can I get involved?
If you would like to contribute see the link above.
2. Consultation on the transfer of nine in-house Elderly Person’s Homes and associated day care services (where co-located) to the independent sector.
We invite your views. More »
Consultation period: 25 January 2010 to 19 April 2010.
Who can get involved: Open to anyone.
How can I get involved? If you would like to contribute see the link above. « Less
