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Service 7
Provided by Leicestershire County Council
Operated by Cresswell’s Coaches
Service Disruption
Passengers are advised that Bridge Street - Packington is currently closed. It is due to reopen on Saturday, March 20th.
From Monday, March 15th - Friday, March 19th inclusive the service will be diverted along:
Services to AshbyMeasham Road, Mill Street, Ashby Road before continuing on the normal route.
Services from Ashby: Ashby Road, Mill Street, Measham Road before continuing on the normal route.
The disruption to passengers will be as follows:
Packington – Stops on High Street will not be served due to the service being routed via Mill Street. Passengers affected can access the service at the temporary stops located on Mill Street near Hall Lane. Alternatively passengers can hail the bus as it travels along Mill Street provided the driver deems it safe to stop.
Leicestershire County Council apologises for any inconvenience caused to passengers.
Please note the Arriva Service 16 is not serving the village during this period.
I have had the following update from LCC on Bridge Street.
"I have just spoken with the supervisor for the works and they have come across further problems than expected. He has told me the road will be definitely open by Easter. "
I am trying to find out about the situation with buses and will update this site later.
Bridge Street, Packington will re-open tomorrow (Saturday) lunchtime for the rest of the weekend, but will close again on Monday. It is not known at this point how long it will be closed for but as soon as I know I will update this page.
Little Lane will be closed for 3 weeks whilst the existing brick bridge is demolished and replaced with a single span timber. A pedestrian diversion route will be in place for this period of time.
Bridge Street will be closed (24 hours a day) from Monday 8th March to Friday 12th March for emergency drain works.
If you need further information please contact
Northern Area Office on 0116 3050001
eicestershire County Council, Northern Area, Granite Way, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire LE12 7TZ
vcashpoint is giving away £1 million to 16-25 year olds in England with good ideas. The money comes from HSBC and
v, the charity behind vinspired.com.
If you’ve got an idea for a volunteering project to improve your community, you could apply for a grant of up to £2,500 to bring your idea to life.
To apply for a vcashpoint grant, you must be aged 16-25, live in England, and be up for running the project yourself. You’ll need to show how your project will help other people (not relatives), the environment or your community.
You can apply online or download an application for
at : www.vinspired.com/vcashpoint
The next deadline for applications is 12 noon on Monday 10th May 2010
State-of-the-art communication equipment is being installed at a regional centre that will start handling 999 calls for the fire and rescue service in less than 18 months’ time.
A giant 7m x 4m screen, capable of displaying maps and live pictures from an incident, is the focal point of the Control Room where staff will receive and manage 84,000 emergency calls every year. Behind the screen lies a wealth of technology that will give Control Room Operators instant access to the information and knowledge they need to call the right experts and equipment to the incident, no matter where it is. More »
Nine Regional Control Centres (RCCs) are being built across England, and the East Midlands centre in Castle Donington, Leicestershire will be one of the first to ‘go live’ under this new Government initiative. Over the next two years, the existing control rooms in Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton and Nottingham will gradually come together in this brand new building.
The centres have been designed to streamline and synchronise the 999 control room functions of all fire and rescue services across England, providing a co-ordinated response to national disasters such as terrorist incidents, widespread flooding or a major fire on a similar scale to Buncefield. Staff will operate the same equipment, they will work to the same procedures, they will have access to the same information and their systems will be networked.
The first county to transfer its calls to the East Midlands RCC will be Derbyshire in May 2011. This will be followed by Leicestershire and Rutland (July 2011), Nottinghamshire (November 2011) and Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire (transferring together in January 2012).
Planning the training for staff who will work at the RCC has begun, and two highly experienced Control Room Supervisors have been seconded from existing fire and rescue services to develop and deliver the training that will be needed.
Staff who are transferring from an existing Control Room will receive six weeks of full-time training before they take any calls; any new starters appointed will have an additional two weeks’ training. This training will be standard across all nine RCCs that make up the national network and will be piloted before it is rolled out to staff.
Paul St Clair, Regional Control Centre Director, said: “We have a lot of work to do to make sure we will be ready to take 999 calls from the public, but we are making good progress towards our targets.
“Our Control Room Operators will have highly sophisticated technology at their fingertips to provide all the information they need to manage an emergency call. The appointment of our two Training Advisors is a positive step forward in developing a high quality and comprehensive programme of training and continuous skills development for every one of them.”
The RCC building is already in constant use for meetings, briefings, training seminars and workshop events. Other activities taking place to prepare the centre for opening include:
• establishing terms and conditions of employment for new employees, and developing policies and procedures for the RCC;
• keeping Control Room staff in the five fire and rescue services and their union representatives up-to-date with developments;
• matching existing staff who wish to move to the RCC with available positions;
• liaising with the national project team and the company which is building the technological solutions which will support the Control Room function;
• testing the equipment and systems.
Cllr Darrell Pulk, Chair of East Midlands Fire and Rescue Control Centre, said: “Staff working at our centre will have access to a vast amount of information that will help them to manage all emergency calls efficiently, effectively and to a very high standard.
“People who live, work or travel in the East Midlands can be reassured that they will be looked after by a team of highly trained professionals, who will be part of a national network of skills and expertise, that will give vital support at times of high demand.
“This kind of resilience will make us stronger, and our service to the public can only be improved as a result.”
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For further information about this article, for an electronic version, or for photographs to illustrate,
please contact:
• Liz Reeson, Communications Advisor, East Midlands Regional Control Centre, on 0115 967 5889, or email elisabeth.reeson@notts-fire.gov.uk « Less
The Earl of Huntingdon Charity derives income from the rental of land within the Parish. The income from this land is given by the Trustees on a twice yearly basis to 9 persons in conditions of poverty, hardship or distress who are resident in the Parish or have been resident and now reside in care.
At present, there is a vacancy for one name to be added to the list of recipients. If any person wishes to be considered by the Trustees for this benefit, please contact the Clerk to the Trustees. (Clerk to the Parish Council) or any serving Trustee (Parish Councillor) by the end of February 2010. More »
Ellie Brothwell, 3 Spring Lane, Packington, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire LE65 1WU or on 01530 414366
E-mail contact address: clerk@packingtonpc.org.uk « Less
The day and time of the mobile library service is changing to Thursday at 11am - 12pm at 40 High Street, Packington from the 7th January 2010.
Please see the notice board outside the memorial hall for dates or look at the link or document attached.
Council Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday in the month at the Memorial Hall in Packington at a new time of 7.00 pm. The next meeting is the 8th December and the agenda will be placed on the notice board in High Street and Mill Street and is also available on the council web page. All meetings are open to the public and time is allocated for people to ask questions.
Bob Martin has given the following update on this:-
“Firstly, many thanks to everyone who helped me to obtain the 200 signatures required in order to support the scheme for Packington. The forms have been handed to the police to forward to Leicestershire County Council.
I have been informed by the community speed watch co-ordinator for Leicestershire that the scheme equipment and training are booked up until December.
The scheme could start in Packington in February or March but would only be for short periods due to the dark nights, this may still go ahead, but the recommendation from the co-ordinator is that it may be better to wait until April when the evenings will be lighter and the weather better. More »
The training sessions for those who have kindly volunteered to help with the scheme will be on a Monday or Thursday evening and will last for 2 hours.
I will keep the volunteers informed of any developments as we get nearer to the dates.
In the meantime if anyone has any queries on the scheme please give me a call on 01530 413030” « Less
I am sure all those who attended will agree that bonfire night at Packington Recreation Ground was a great success. With fabulous fireworks, sparklers for the kids, plenty of food and drink and a great big bonfire to keep us all warm it was a night to remember.
Despite the rain, a lot of people came along so thank you to all those who attended the event and supported the recreation ground charity with their presence and kind donations.
Also a big thank you to Chris and the team who worked extremely hard to make this event happen! More »
My two year old summed it up when he said “This is brilliant!!” « Less
Do you know a green-minded individual, family, school, group or business that deserves recognition? If so, there is still time to nominate them for a Green Footprints Award. This is the second year of the awards, which are run by North West Leicestershire District Council as part of its Green Footprints Challenge.
Each category recognises people or groups who have made an outstanding contribution to the environment in North West Leicestershire:
• Individuals
• Families
• Schools
• Children and young people
• Partnership and Community groups
• Businesses More »
Those who have been shortlisted for the awards will be invited to the awards ceremony, which will be held as part of the annual Civic Ball on Friday 30th April 2010.
The closing date for the awards is 31st January 2010, so get your green thinking hat on and nominate someone you know. For further information log on to to the link above, or call 01530 454545 for an application form. « Less
Record levels of Government borrowing mean that public spending will have to reduce.
Over the next four years it is likely that Leicestershire County Council will need to make savings of around £70 million – approximately 25% of its budget (excluding schools).
Over half the savings (c£40 million) will be found from making even more efficiency improvements - but that will not be enough; service reductions will have to be made. Over the coming years Leicestershire County Council will be faced with some very hard choices about services. More »
Leicestershire County Council would very much like your views on how to tackle this issue.
An on-line Budget Consultation Questionnaire asks which services should be reduced, which should be protected and whether you agree with the County Council’s proposals on council tax. The questionnaire would only take a few minutes to complete.
You can access the on-line questionnaire by clicking on the title of this article. « Less
Leicestershire cares is a charity which brings together businesses and the community for the benefit of both. They have a wide range of programmes of support for voluntary and community groups including:
Pro help - a network of professional firms (solicitors, accountants, architects, ICT Consultants, marketing experts) who offer free support to voluntary and community groups for one off projects.
Team Challenges - involve teams of employee volunteers completing a one day task for a community or voluntary group. For example decorating an indoor area or clearing woodland in nature reserves.
For further information please contact Katharine Lightbown on 0116 275 6469 or e-mail katharine@leicestershirecares.co.uk
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