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Bickleigh Parish Council meets tonight at 7.30pm in the Woolwell Centre. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Please bring a face mask with you and take a lateral flow test beforehand. The agenda can be found at www.bickleigh.gov.uk ... See MoreSee Less

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4 weeks ago

WASTE COLLECTION - UPDATESHDC have just issued the following press release.Press Release reads -Following a period of intense activity by South Hams District Council and the introduction of some temporary service changes, the number of collections being missed by the Council’s waste and recycling contractors FCC Environmental has dramatically reduced.In the last few months, many residents in South Hams have experienced significant disruption to their recycling service, as the contractors tried to roll-out a new kerbside recycling service.At the peak of the disruption in mid-May, the Council was receiving about 255 reports of collections been missed every day.The good news is that by the end of last week, that number had dropped to about 64 missed collection reports per day. At the same time, the number of people phoning the contact centre had also reduced by approximately 36%.Cllr Keith Baldry Executive Member for Recycling and Waste said: “Whilst it is clear from these statistics that there has been an improvement in performance, I think that there are still an unacceptable number of collections being missed.“Our focus in the last few weeks has been to get everybody a collection on the day that they are meant to have a collection, although it was not the recycling service that we had promised.“I am pleased the situation has improved but there is still more work to be done.“The Executive has been very robust with FCC throughout this disruption. They have now requested that FCC continue to deliver more significant and sustained improvements to reduce the number of missed collections further before we consider reinstating the full Devon Aligned kerbside collection service to all residents.”South Hams District Council will continue to monitor the daily performance of the service. The Executive continue to express to FCC that they must focus on the complex and repeat missed collection issues, as well as key priorities such as those households who need assisted collections.FCC have committed to producing the next steps of their action plan on July 12th. This will detail a plan for the systematic review of the existing rounds and a detailed plan to roll-out the Devon Aligned Kerbside Recycling Collection Service to all of the residents in the District.These plans and progress on them will be reviewed by Officers and the Lead Member and reported back to Council as soon as possible.Fortunately, there are not too many problems in the Parish as far as we know. ... See MoreSee Less

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4 weeks ago

Timeline PhotosYou can help protect yourself and others by getting the vaccine, head to a drop in this week for your first or second dose 👇 ... See MoreSee Less

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4 weeks ago

DEVELOPMENT off PINEWOOD DRIVE, WOOLWELLSHDC have now issued notification that they are considering road names for this new development.The Parish Council, and others, were asked for suggestions for names and we put forward the idea that the roads should be named after trees following the existing protocol in the immediate area.The developer, in conjunction with the Parish Council, has suggested the names of Acorn Drive and Aspen Close.If no response to these names is received within 21 days it will be assumed that there are no objections and the proposed names will be adopted by the District Council. ... See MoreSee Less

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SCAM CALLS WITH MATCHING NUMBERSThe police have asked for this to be circulated widely -The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) is warning the public to be vigilant of scam calls that appear to be coming from numbers similar to their own. Commonly, the first seven digits (07nnnnn) match the victim’s own number. The calls impersonate well-known government organisations, or law enforcement agencies, and will ask the recipient of the call to “press 1” in order to speak with an advisor, or police officer, about unpaid fines or police warrants. In May 2021, Action Fraud received 2,110 scam call reports where the caller’s number matched the first seven digits of the victim’s own phone number. Of these, 1,426 (68%) referred to HMRC or National Insurance. Victims have also reported receiving these types of calls, and messaging, via widely-used messaging apps, such as WhatsApp.What you need to do:• Government and law enforcement agencies will not notify you about unpaid fines or outstanding police warrants by calling or texting you. Do not respond to any calls or texts you receive about these. • Always take a moment to stop and think before parting with money or your personal information, it could prevent you from falling victim to fraud. Remember, it’s okay to reject, refuse or ignore any requests. Only criminals will try to rush or panic you. • If you receive a suspicious text message, you can report it by forwarding the message to 7726. It’s free of charge. • Suspicious telephone/mobile calls can be reported to Action Fraud via their website: actionfraud.police.uk/report-phishing For more information about how to protect yourself online, visit www.cyberaware.gov.uk and www.takefive-stopfraud.org.uk and follow @DC_CyberProtect on Twitter. ... See MoreSee Less

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