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Residents encouraged to protect their property by registering on Immobilise
Many police forces are encouraging residents to protect their property by registering their valuables on a free national property register. The Immobilise database is an online property search which can be used by police officers across the country to trace the owners of any property they recover.
New Playground - Contractors starting on site
Contractors will start on site on Monday 16th April installing the new playground. It will take around one month to complete this work.
Neighbourhood Watch
The next meeting of the Neighbourhood Watch is on Thursday 19 April at 7.30p.m. in the Village Hall. The subject for the meeting is Home Security and there will be a raffle for NHW funds.
New Playground - Removal of railings around old playground
The railings around the old playground were removed on 25th March 2012. They are to be repainted and reused to form part of the fence around the new playground.
New Playground - Update
The contractors constructing the new playground are expected to start on site in mid April 2012.
Green bin collections resume
We understand that green bin collections will resume during the last week of March 2012.
Morton Brook clean up
On Saturday 10th March over 20 volunteers helped clean up Morton Brook. Many tyres, beer cans, plastic sheets and other rubbish were pulled out of the mud and picked up from the area, filling a skip. Overhanging branches were pruned and the area was tidied up.
Can you help?
On Saturday 10th March 2012 from 10.00am onwards, volunteers are required to help clean up the brook and woodland between Morton and Stonebroom Industrial Estate.
New Playground - Update
As we reported in the previous news story on the new playground, funding has been awarded by Viridor but an Entrust registration was required before the project could proceed. We are delighted to report that the required Entrust registration has now been granted.
Scam emails - 2011 Census or Office for National Statistics
There are emails entitled ‘Population Census: a message to everyone – act now’ being circulated, allegedly in the name of National Statistician, Jil Matheson. This email is a scam and a hoax.
New Playground
Morton’s proposed new playground looks set to go ahead. Funding has been awarded by Viridor, one of the countries largest recycling, renewable energy and waste management companies, meaning the new park on New Street could happen soon.