Residents may have noticed that some neighbouring villages - Stathern and Allington, in particular - have established a Community Speed Watch in an attempt to counter excessive speeds of traffic in their villages. A Bottesford resident, Colin Love of Belvoir Road, has volunteered to act as a focus for similarly concerned residents of Bottesford Parish, and is prepared to take the lead in exploring the possibility of establishing Community Speed Watch here.

Any Bottesford parishioner who is similarly concerned and would be prepared to work with Mr Love, including joining roadside speed monitoring groups, is asked to contact him on 01949 842671, or by e-mail at colindlove@hotmail.com . It is emphasised that only those residents who are prepared to commit time to being trained and to active roadside speed monitoring should contact him.

Brian Kelk
Principal Coordinator
Bottesford Parish Neighbourhood Watch
Tel: 01949 842241 Mob: 07803 869843

Tags: Bottesford

Overnight 5th/6th October a car on Stathern Lane (Stathern end), Harby a car was broken into. The driver's window was smashed and Sat Nav taken from glove box.

NOTE: even if your Sat Nav, laptop or phone is locked in a glove box, or the boot, its presence may still be detectable from outside. Early this year Notts police issued the following warning: "Modern day thieves are now using Bluetooth devices to discover whether or not locked car boots contain electrical items. Should an electrical device such as a lap top computer, mobile phone, digital camera, satnav or similar be powered up, its presence may be discovered by a Bluetooth enabled device."

We suggest that electronic items are switched off if they have to be left in car boots. Preferably, of course, do not leave valuable items in vehicles.

Brian Kelk
Principal Coordinator
Bottesford Parish Neighbourhood Watch
Tel: 01949 842241 Mob: 07803 869843

Tags: local area