Tag: crime

Pay Parking Plans Rejected

Graham Wright

Ruddington Parish Councillors have again said “no” to imposing a time restriction or long stay parking charges in their Church Street Car Park. As we reported earlier this week, following an approach from Ruddington Co-op, the idea was revisited at last night’s full Parish Council Meeting (October 12th). Although parking would have remained free for up to two hours (with the two options put forward either making that the maximum stay or imposing parking charges after that) Councillors voted unanimously against both parking proposals by Horizon Parking Ltd which it had made…

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Ruddington Woman Arrested in Fraud Investigation

Graham Wright

Specialist teams investigating reports of fraud totalling over £100,000 descended on a house on Musters Road earlier today as part of what they called “proactive and intelligence-led action” into the claims. Officers from Nottinghamshire Police’s Reacher team and investigators from the Department for Work and Pensions carried out the warrant as part of an investigation into false claims for benefits. It is alleged that members of the public had been coerced into giving personal details, which had then been used to falsely claim Universal Credit. Intelligence led officers to carry out…

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MP’s Village Crime Questionnaire

Graham Wright

Crime in Ruddington is the focus of a short new survey which is dropping through residents’ letterboxes this week. It’s been produced on behalf of Rushcliffe MP Ruth Edwards following a spike of crime here over the summer months. It was particularly the increase in house burglaries which prompted a number of her constituents to write, expressing their concerns. Our MP says she wants to listen to our views about crime in the community in order to raise these concerns with our local police and Nottinghamshire’s new Police and Crime Commissioner, Caroline Henry. The…

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Ruddington Burglaries Continue

Graham Wright

There’s been another burglary in Ruddington – less than two weeks after a similar property was broken into on a neighbouring Street. Nottinghamshire Police say the latest incident happened in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday 28th March) at around 3.15am at a house on Grange Avenue. This is just around a the corner from the scene of another break-in on Brookside Road on March 15th. However officers have so far released no further details, nor any indication of whether they think the crimes are linked. If you have any information about this incident – particularly if…

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Beware of Burglars

Graham Wright

Nottinghamshire Police are reminding us to make sure our homes are secure following another burglary in Ruddington yesterday (Wednesday 15th March) in which jewellery was stolen. The break-in happened sometime between 07.20am and 5.30pm on Brookside Road. It’s thought the offender climbed over the rear fence before smashing a rear patio door to get inside. The  jewellery stolen was in a distinctive, pink, tiered box . If you have any information about this incident you’re asked to contact Nottinghamshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 000746-15032017. Following this latest theft, Nottinghamshire Police have offered the following crime…

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‘No To Hate’ on Ruddington’s Buses

Graham Wright

Ruddington’s main bus operator has joined forces with two other major Nottinghamshire public transport providers to sign a ‘No To Hate’ pledge. Nottingham City Transport, Nottingham Community Transport and Nottingham Express Transit (NET) have united in a partnership to tackle hate crime on public transport – with an official signing taking place on Friday the 3rd of February. The organisations have previously worked in tandem on the TravelSafe initiative, focusing on safe and acceptable conduct on buses and trams. Part of this work has included visiting schools on a regular basis to discuss appropriate behaviour with…

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