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Why are Broxtowe Borough Council using Council Tax payer's money to improve their housing stock ?. Will the give me free windows ? - I think not. They should charge a proper market rent for their properties (not discounted), ensure it is collected and set aside part of this income to carry out improvements. Any other Social Landlord has to do this - so why the difference ?. If they can't make ends meet then they should be forced to sell off the property to a company or other body who can !.

Albert fegg
broxtowe boro'

I would like to try and find out what is happening to the Victoria Centre Market. I have visited the market on many occasions and do so because I think that smaller retailers should be given more of a chance. However, in recent times I have seen a very large amount of the stalls standing empty and vacant, and judging by the state of them I can almost understand why they are vacant. They all look very tatty and dirty and so obviously unkept. Imagine my surprise when I found out that they cost in the region of 拢100 PER WEEK to rent. When you look even further into the market you soon realise that it is not just a few stalls that are empty but whole sections of the market that are closed up. So what is happening? Are the powers that be purposely running the market down so that they can close it and put more high priced shops on the site, or are they just so poor at running it that they can not see the deterioration in it? On a few occasions that I have visited ! it! seems to have a feeling of failure about it and the amount of people in there doing any shopping was very small indeed. What about a bit of an effort to make them do something with it?? Please dont let them close up this market, go and buy some of your shopping in there and make an effort to complain about it looking dirty, unkept and empty.

Paul A R Flavell
Radcliffe on Trent. Nottinghamshire.

With reference to the new (yet again) scheme to get children off crime in Nottingham and into some thing worth while like sport .I understand and sympathise with the efforts trying to get rid of crime on the English streets, but surely the problem starts from early childhood even possibly before the child can talk and walk. I have heard children (that can just talk) swearing and with profanities aimed at passers-by, and the parents of these children stand by and think is funny.
This kind of behaviour supported by the "parents amusement" leads on to other more serious things. This all start with a lack of respect for others and them selves by the time a child is 5-6 the mould is already cast, the battle to get these children on to the straight and narrow will be very difficult at a later stage.
Its about time parents took on the full responsibly for bringing up their young and not leave it to every one else to suffer their poor if any efforts to raise their children.
Remember the Christmas add for pets? "A dog is not just for Christmas its for life" Perhaps many would be parents should consider this and interpret this for they're prospective off spring.

John Foster
Arnold, Nottingham

There are few tall buildings in Nottingham, and the latest plan for a 26-storey office/apartment block seems to have attracted a lukewarm reception both from planners and the civic society. Whilst I accept that the siting of this particular building may disrupt the view of the Lace Market, I think tall buildings in Nottingham city centre would create a more Metropolitan atmosphere. Where would they be acceptable?

Stanley
Basford, Nottingham

and in reply...

Reply to Stanley Stanley, I agree with you ,the country side should not be concreted over, nor should the inner city be over crowded .But what about all the buildings in town with to let signs above the shops ,cant they be made into flats with all the mod cons.as they do on the continent. It's not so much the buildings behind our garden, we have been living next to these for the last twenty or so years with no problem, It is the lack of consideration to anyone else in the area when there are buildings as I say standing empty when they could be made into complexes with gyms and swimming pools a whole host of wonderful attractions , but no they have to reclaim land to make lots of money at someone elses expense.

Margaret Foster
Arnold Nottingham

I am sick and tired off public transport they make us pay excedingly high prices(e.g 拢1.30 to go 1 way) and yet i am still in school it is not fair also the goverment is still trying to get us to use public transport to save the enviroment yet these buses still pump out black smoke plus they use the most and that they never turn up on time, it would be best if the goverment spent money on bypasses to save conjestion on other roads also on motorways have a tole on it like france.

Mark Turner

and in reply...

It's a pity Mark Turner doesn't give his age - it might excuse his poor spelling: government, environment,congestion, toll. Did I miss any? If you wish to complain, get it right.

John Gant
Nottingham

RE: Boy runs to Queen for help

Surely, the fact that a young boy feels strongly enough to run away to London, is enough 'evidence' that he has a problem at school.

Gloria Burman

Nottingham would be easier to visit if they sorted the damn parking out. Parking is hard to find, and when you do - you have to pay a fortune!

David H
St Albans

Full marks for the headmaster who acted to ban mobile phones from his school. Apart from the problem of bullying, nothing, but nothing, should distract children from their studies whether they be in the class room or the playground. I believe mobile phones should be banned within the precincts of all our schools.

Eddie Patterson听听

I don't see the point of school age children having a mobile phone. I am 20 years old, and there weren't the phones around. If we had to speak to someone, we had to use the pay phone in the school. Anyway, most towns and large villages have only one high school and usually, pupils at these schools only have friends who attend this school. They are wasting their money by phoning each other accross the playground. 聽 The reason I have a mobile phone is that I am at university and I need to contact people on my course as I hardly see them compared to what I saw of my friends when I was at school.

Mel Duffield

Regarding the postings about mobile telephones, there is a school of thought that believes that the transmission from these phones can cause damage to the human brain. In a recent report it was related that the use of these phones could cause a temperature of the brain cells of up to one deg C.
This may not seem a great increase but pre-longed use of theses telephones may cause actual damage to eyes and or brain.
A report in an American radio magazine some years reported that American Police had a high occurrence of cataracts, it took the authorities a while to understand the cause. The main reason they found the cause was that if the Police officer was right handed the officer tended if he had cataracts in his right eye and if left handed had them in the right eye. It was stressed that not all the police officers had cataracts. These all related to the fact the officers used a hand held radio during their duty and depended if they were right or left-handed.
The radios admittedly were of a higher power out put but were on a lower frequency than a mobile telephone and the lower the frequency tends to cause less heating effect and also has less penetration into the human body. But the frequency of mobile telephones is on a high frequency and has far greater penetration into the human body.
The effect is greater on a young person as they are still growing and may cause problems so far undetected; it is suprising that parents permit their young to possibly jeopardise their health, perhaps it's the parents are not aware of the possible effects.
I have seen in the manual of a mobile phone a warning along the above lines.
Note: a micro wave oven operates on a very similar radio frequency, admittedly at several 100 watts but that does a very good job of cooking meat.
Note: The repeaters for mobile phones are turn off when the engineer is working on them, to prevent RF burns.
Mobile phones should not be permitted in schools and any other similar area.
No doubt like cigarette's one-day mobile phones will come with a government health warning. After many people first suffer the effects.
From and interested Radio Amateur, of 17 years.

John Foster
Arnold

Re mobile phones and school pupils. I am a teacher in a Nottingham comprehensive, and as such would like to remain anonymous. Mobile phones are often used for abuse and bullying. The internet has been used to arrange fights. There should be an age limit on this technology. Pupils who say they need phones for emergencies, how did they cope before the advent of mobile phones? Your report summed up attitudes today, no matter what the school says pupils will frequently ignore the schools rules. Perhaps parents may have a view on this.

Anon

I am sick and tired off public transport they make us pay excedingly high prices(e.g 拢1.30 to go 1 way) and yet i am still in school it is not fair also the goverment is still trying to get us to use public transport to save the enviroment yet these buses still pump out black smoke plus they use the most and that they never turn up on time, it would be best if the goverment spent money on bypasses to save conjestion on other roads also on motorways have a tole on it like france.

Mark Turner

How anyone can critise the excellent sevice that is offered between Nottingham and London i don't know! I travel to London frequently, and have to say that the staff are friendly, trains are comfortable and it has to be said, they knock the spots off other operators! Keep up the good work; East Midlands Today continues to be a good local news program!

Robert Thorpe
Toton, Nottingham

Why does council tax keep on rising and public services keep on declining? I cant believe the council is scrapping the marathon because they cant afford to run it. The marathon is a great event that generates money for charity, publicity for Nottingham and something that we should be proud of. Lets scrap the council instead and save money that way.

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Further to my posting regarding the Gedling Borough Council. It would see the little people won through, the Gedling Borough Council finally gave in and denied permission for the hideous planned housing estate to be built (which they Gedling Borough Council were responsible for). I must confess that I had though it was all a futile battle, we the local residence sent many letters of complaint into the Gedling Borough Council offices, it was related at a meeting I attended that the people that were responsible for the planning permission were unhappy at the quantity of letters of objection. Gedling Borough Council tried to hide behind a directive from central government. This directive it would seem is that if windfall land becomes available (windfall land is land that is already built on but say only one house in 1 acre) then the standard rules of density of building does not apply in fact the density of the building must be nearly twice what it would be if it were green field land. It would also seem that Gedling Borough Council must build/assist the building of 5000 house’s in the Gedling Borough Council area in a 5-year period, this again is a directive from central government. Remember the next time it could be you, in the panic to build more and more houses the local authority in your area will become more and more pressurised to permit this kind of development, and the builder is more than happy to assist, why? because more houses on a plot of land means guess what? more money.

John Foster
Arnold

To Bob the Builder: I really like it Bob the Builder because I like it every day. I like Scoop and Dizzy and Roly because they make me happy and I think about them every day and when I am at home I think about everything - and you, Bob the Builder. And quite often you're not on and I wonder why you're not on. Love from Matthew

Matthew Redmond
Age 5

In response to our news piece, 31.01.00:

Errr Legalise brothels hey? I wonder what your motives are Mr Clegg? (!) Why don't we build Pigeon brothels too......pah, a ridiculous idea in my opinion. You should stop the cause not treat the symptons. Having brothels won't get rid of the pimps, it'll just attract more perverts and destroy our society even further. Pimping will increase if anything in my opinion...not that i know too much about it however, of course... Mr MEP, don't be silly.

Old man Withers
Lancs

and in reply...

It's not like prostitution is ever going to go away. It's a high risk profession and should be regulated in some way. If not fully legalised, then at least decriminalised. There's no point ignoring it because it's always been in demand and always will be.

Jane Mickles
Nottingham

and in reply...

"A high risk profession" that "should be legalised in some way"??!! Hmmmmmmm, being a heroine dealer is also a high risk profession but I'm not too sure that should be legalised, are you Ms Mickles? I think we need to crack down a bit harder nowadays in this society before things get even worse. Thankyou, thankyou thankyou, and goodnight

Old Man Withers (aged 19)
Lancs

There are few tall buildings in Nottingham, and the latest plan for a 26-storey office/apartment block seems to have attracted a lukewarm reception both from planners and the civic society. Whilst I accept that the siting of this particular building may disrupt the view of the Lace Market, I think tall buildings in Nottingham city centre would create a more Metropolitan atmosphere. Where would they be acceptable?

Stanley
Basford, Nottingham

i agree that the sheer number of beggars in nottingham is the worst aspect of living and shopping here. most beggars i have encountered are not aggressive (mainly because i ignore them), but they do make you feel unconfortable and can be intimidating.i never give beggars money and avoiding them seems the best policy, but i believe that you should be able to shop in peace and go about your business without constantly getting hassled. you can see genuinely homeless people in nottingham, but these poor unfortunates are vastly outnumbered by the 'crusties' who are professional beggars and throw scorn on the way of life of regular citizens.

giles metcalfe
nottingham

and in reply...

Anyone who moans about beggars in Nottingham should consider themselves lucky they don't live in London. At least in Notts the beggars actually try to play penny whistles and recorders (albeit badly) and don't generally hang around cashpoints. Whatever happened to the bloke who used to play the same tune on the kiddie's xylophone outside shops until the management paid him to go elsewhere, by the way?

Al
Nottingham

and in reply...

He is still playing the xylophone in town!

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Nottinghams begging problem is one of choice. What is Nottingham City Council doing to address the problems? Why are there so many big issue sellers? I suggest the reason is lack of political will on the part of Nottingham City Council. I have been told the Big Issue sellers are given a licence in order to be a street seller, I have also been told that begging is illegal. Assuming that this is correct (which it may not be), why does Nottingham City Council allow so many licences to be issued? And what regulatory checks are carried out on the Big Issue sellers to ensure that they arent unduly harassing people? Why arent the police addressing the issue more rigorously? Simply there is a lack of political will. Clearly Nottingham City Council has some will after all, has anyone seen the amount of signs on lampposts telling us of byelaws in existence? However, even the political will here is limited to putting up the signs has any one enforced the No Chewing o!
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n Clumber Street on a Saturday? What all this boils down to is the lack of will on behalf of the Council, which should not be tolerated by the people of Nottingham.

ANDREW BIRCHALL
nottingham

and the debate continues

I think you'll find that there are beggars in Nottingham who hang around cash points: Natwest on Market Square; HSBC on Smithy Row and the HSBC lobby cash machine next to French Connection! Might I also add that Nottingham's beggars are certainly aggressive. There's one bloke in about his 20s, always wears a baseball cap - he's been agressive towards me on a number of occaisions either because I've ignored him completely or politely informed him that I don't wish to give him any money. On one occaision when walking behind the theatre, myself and the person I was with had to divert through the Royal Hotel in order to avoid him as he quickened his step behind us. On another occaision when I told him to go away he told me to stop being cheeky or he would "put me through that window". Asking complete strangers for money!! Who's being cheekey???!!! On a similar subject - also those bl***y charity collectors through town are making walking through Nottingham a gradually less pleasurable experience. If I want to donate to charity then I will do so in my own time - I do not expect to be chanelled into a pack of tabard wearing clipboard carrying students when I am trying to go about my business!!!

Mark
Notts

I agree with Mark from Notts on the subject of on-street charity workers. I work in Nottingham and this lunchtime I was asked 3 times within the space of 10 feet! I don't mind being asked once but 3 times by 3 people each within 2 feet of each other is ridiculous! Why do they have to travel in packs?

Giles Metcalfe
West Bridgford

With reference to the Stonebridge City Farm Vandal Incident. I am unbelievably shocked at the news of such degrading and brutal actions towards these animals. I remember visiting this farm in my youth on a school trip and fully enjoying the experience. I am now 24 and the fact that the farm is still going strong proves to the local community the good work done here is for the benefit of all. This attack proves to me the current attitudes and social activities of the local youth are in torment. What is going on in Nottingham today? Constantly, i see gangs of teenagers roming the streets and hanging out on corners, generally getting up to no good. This has become common place now and I feel that Nottinghamshire council and the local Police should be adressing this issue with a greater urgency than is currently present. As it got to a stage that such individuals have nothing better to do than to torture animals? This, unfortunatley, is a true sign of the times and is something that future parents need to take in to consideration when bring up there own.

Adam Squires
Nottingham

I just listened to an interview about restricted viewing at a concert at the Ice Stadium, (David James, Marketing Manager at the Ice Stadium got into water so deep that the fish had little lights on their heads.)He,(David James) should give assurances that no seats with restricted views will be sold in future. He should also give the lady her money back, saying that it is the promoters fault that they sold tickets with restricted views is surely not correct? The box office must know which seats offer a bad sight of the stage. Has no-one noticed that we have built neither one thing nor the other. If we are going to have a concert venue, let's have it purpose built with no restricted views and leave the ice stadium for the purpose it was intended. Aside from the fact that building it where it is is so obviously ridiculous for the aspect of accessing the place, it has obviously not been designed as a concert venue. I know it's too late to change the location now but maybe a venue of this size properly designed and built for concerts and exhibitions can be the next major construction in and around Nottingham? If you read this and aggree, then don't buy seats at the ice stadium for concerts, leave it for the ice hockey fans and the people who want to skate for pleasure. If concerts don't sell enough tickets then David james will be shown the error of his ways.

Nick
Nottingham

The current PopStars series shows what contempt the record companies have for the record buying public. When are we going to see an end to these manufactured groups who are only formed in a cynical attempt to make the record companies more money. Has all the integrity gone out of the music world? Whatever happened to a few friends or a group of 'professional' musicians getting together for the sake of writing and recording good music?

The Ram
Nottingham

Living in Cropwell Butler we are used to the normal morning and evening traffic chaos on the A46. This new "road works"is adding insult to injury. Why is it that within the last few years "they" can suddenly completely close a road? It is a new phenomenen and would not have been tolerated by our forebears just as the continentals would not tolerate it today.The Radcliffe road is closed for about two miles. Was there any signs of activity this morning? NO! Does the roa REALLY NEED RESURFACING. I drive along it most days and it seemed O.K.No potholes etc. It's like the other speciality, KERBING.Put a new kerb in then foreget it and let it grow over having closed a road to do it. Please find an answer to the poor motorists problems someone.

Roger Tuck
Cropwell Butler

and in reply...

I agree whole-heartedly with Roger Tuck on this subject. If the road is being re-surfaced then why not do it so that the road can be open going into Notts in the morning and then open outbound in the PM. Surely this would have been a more sensible solution to the total traffic chaos that is being inflicted upon us. I'm also amazed that it takes 8 weeks to resurface 2 miles of road, surely someone in the planning dept. could foresee the pain this was going to inflict and work out a better plan ? I'd like an official line on this please, preferably with a head on a stick :)

Chris Barnett
Bingham

in reply...

Chris and Roger.

Why do you assume that the road is being resurfaced to benefit motorists?

Could this not be yet another example of stealth attacks on motoring, like the 24 hour bus lanes (where are the 24 hour buses?)!

The facility is always there for the authorities to add the cost of disruption - probably millions per week - to the contractors tender prices. So that a contractor who puts in a price higher than his competitors, but keeps traffic flowing, or disrupts less traffic for less time, can win the job to the benefit of all.

Motorists pay £36 BILLION a year for the "privilege" of using our roads. How much of that is spent on "roads"? About £5 billion, and most of that probably goes on traffic calming, silly speed limit signs, painting double yellow lines, painting bus lane lines.

Nottingham are even currently resurfacing bus stops and bus lanes in a cosmetic red, at a cost of probably millions, of OUR money, while complaining that they cannot afford to replace dangerous disintegrating street lights, 15 years past their design life!

So I suppose that their excuse will be, regardless of the reason for the resurfacing, that THEY cannot afford to pay for the most economic job, only the cheapest.

Someone ought to tell whoever is responsible, that motorists cannot afford to pay £36 BILLION for roads that are narrowed with bus lanes, blocked off with traffic calming and tram construction measures, and finally closed completely!

Preferably at the forthcoming election.

The next time someone comes canvassing at your door: take them out to your local example of anti motorist measures, and ask them what they are going to do about it!!

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bogush
nottingham

I see from the notices on various lamp posts around the city, that the council intends to levy another tax on motorists. By removing all the free on-street parking and charging motorists for the privilege of leaving their cars exposed to petty crime, the council no doubt thinks it will stuff its coffers with dosh. Unfortunately, this practice will deter motorists from visiting the city centre (except on Sundays). How long will it be before inner city shops start complaining about the loss of custom? It's all very well using Park & Ride - this is fine if you want to spend the day in town, but it's going to be very uneconomic to pop in to replace some faulty item or to make a few quick purchases. I also think the council will start to increase Park & Ride charges as well (these have already increased substantially over the past few months).

Geoff
Nottingham

It is obvious reading the letters that so many people do not feel frustrated over things that are wrong, but rather frustrated over not being able to do anything to set things right. But, remember, our council officials, planning officers, police etc are paid to run their particular services AS WE THE VOTERS WISH THEM TO BE RUN. All of these activities are ultimately responsible to committees of councilors elected by us - so it is to them you should complain.. If these councillors fail in their responsibility to obtain the levels of service required, then VOTE them out of office. You will get nowhere by complaining to those who are only carrying out the policies of others.

johnjgant
Nottingham

I have just had a stolen car dumped outside my house. It took two phone calls to get the police to attend and stop the alarm. Needles to say the thieves were long gone and I might add werew just children. Why is it that myself as a motorist can attract every policeman in the country when I go two miles above the speed limit, but on previous experience when something like this happens have to wait for hours and again on previous experience end with a crime number. The police assure me there is a beat policeman for every district. Well I did see an unusal sight yesterday, a policeman on the street, I had to stop and look its been so long since I actually saw one. Does the police authority really think they have the publics confidence when yet again it the law abiding citizen that has to take the brunt of crime

Keith Archer
Nottingham

Planning permission

I live on the Plains Estate in Arnold Nottinghamshire, I live adjacent to a couple of properties, which are being demolished, and the land then is being rebuilt on.

It would seem the builders proposed to build 12 houses on the land, but Gedling Borough Council rejected the plans as there where not enough house's being built on this land. It seems the builders were happy with the 14 houses and so were we the existing local residences but we are being forced to live now next door to a high density development which is going to be 3 storeys high which will tower over the existing local houses. Why is this madness permitted to happen?

I was under the impression that your local authority was supposed to help and support the local residence, i.e. the local ratepayer. In this case Gedling Borough Council are running roughshod over both the local residence and the builder.

Do they have some secret agenda?

John Foster
Arnold

in reply...

John,
It is very unfortunate that you have to live next to this new high density housing development. Unfortunately there are only two options to the need for more homes:
1) Build houses in the countryside
2) Build to higher density in the city

Because of social changes (more single people etc) we need more houses, but to avoid concreting over the countryside we're going to have to accept this sort of thing. But I accept that's no help to you!

Stanley
Basford, Nottingham