Crime: 13 August 2012

I have attached a new handout dealing with Cold Callers.  Please remember – no-one gets into your home unless you know them or they have made an appointment !

I also have an update about the plaque from outside the school, commemorating the loss of 4 students on a school trip which was thought by the public to have been stolen.  It has not been stolen.  It has been sent away for cleaning !

First a reminder for the Retirement Fair on Wednesday:

^{The Retirement Fair will be held this year between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm on Wednesday 15th August in the Grandstand at Ascot Racecourse with admission free for visitors. This is the biggest event of its type in Berkshire with over 130 exhibitors.}

^{This will be a great day out with demonstrations and displays. We have a fashion show, flower arranging, the chef showing how to cook healthy breakfasts, indoor bowls, dance and exercise throughout the day.}

^{Those needing support and advice will be able to talk to the experts. Exhibitors who can offer help for Computer problems, Finance, Tax, Legal, Insurance, Home Security, Health or Individual Care and Support Needs will be on hand.}

^{Retirement can be a moment when some may wish to strike out in a new direction. If that is on holiday then advice will be available, if visitors wish to join a local society or volunteer their time, then they will be welcome by many exhibitors throughout the Grandstand.}

^{There will be something for everyone so why not join us?}

^{If you need more details visit our web site at http://www.ascotretirementfair.com/}

Second – a message from the Borough:

Royal Borough Volunteer Awards – still time to nominate your local hero!

The Royal Borough is reminding residents that there’s still time to nominate their council volunteering hero or heroine as part of the council’s first volunteer awards scheme.

Residents are urged to nominate in the following seven categories:

·       Adopt-a-Street – (schools, businesses, community and individual)            

·       community project                                  

·       community safety – (individual and group)

·       libraries                                       

·       museum              

·       school governor

·       young volunteer.

For an application form or guidelines on how to nominate someone for an award, call Deb Beasley, community and voluntary sector officer on 01628 796100 or email rbwmawards@rbwm.gov.uk  Alternatively visit http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/volunteering_awards.htm

The closing date for nominations is Friday 24 August. The winners will be announced at the Volunteering Awards ceremony on Thursday 20 September where they will receive an engraved glass trophy and certificate.

NEXT, A REQUEST RE A STOLEN HORSE:

STOLEN SHIRE HORSE

At sometime between 12:00 hrs Saturday 11th August and 08:00 12th August, a mare has gone missing, in suspicious circumstances.  The mare is six years old.  She is a full black shire horse that has three white legs and white blaze running down her face.  She is micro chipped.  She has no head collar, shoes or rugs.  She is from the Spencers Wood/Beech Hill area of Berkshire .

If you hear anything about this mare or see her then please call 101 quoting reference number EF/4100563/12 or ask for PC Laura Wright 2551

You can also ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

CRIME:

BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:

cookhamneighbourhood@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n107

12/8  Sunday 1 a.m.   School Lane.  Burglary via front door left INSECURE – Laptop, cash. Handbag & contents, and 2 sets of car keys on the hallway table stolen.  The cars were searched and a holdall containing sports kit was removed from one and placed in the other.  They drove off in the second car discarding the holdall at the bottom of the drive.  Car stolen was a blue BMW 6 series index YB 12 KCC.  Has this been parked up quietly in your road to see if it has a Tracker fitted ?

11/8 – 13/8  Saturday 3 p.m. / Monday 7 a.m.   Farm, Haines Hill.  Site electric security gate forced – lorry and digger stolen.

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK :

boynhillcoxgreennhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n108

10/8 – 13/8  Friday 3 p.m. / Monday 10 a.m.   Altwood Road .  Attempted burglary.  Small pane of glass broken in a ground floor rear window.  Thief reached in a unlocked the window.  As they reached in the alarm sounded and they made off.

12/8  Sunday 2.15  Waltham Road .  Aerosol can thrown at a car as it drove along damaging a wing mirror damaged.

11/8 – 12/8  Saturday 11 p.m. / Sunday 9 a.m.   Farm, Ockwells Road .  Substation accessed via the A404.  Unsuccessful attempt to steal the copper earth straps.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT :

maidenheadriverside&belmontnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n192

NO CRIME TO REPORT.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:

maidenheadtowncentrenhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n193

NO CRIME TO REPORT.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:

oldfield&braynhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n206

I have had a note through from Ken McRae, the Chair of your local NAG with a  request to put it out via Thames valley Alert:

Jeff

We have our next NAG meeting at 2 p.m. Wednesday 15^th August at Housing Solutions,  Crown House, Crown Square , Waldeck Road Maidenhead, Berkshire

Can you see if there are any issues that any of your clients for our area want to have addressed at this meeting, any more cannabis farms etc.???

Anyone can attend to make their points, the first 15 minutes are open to anyone, or if they prefer, they can email me direct.

Regards

Ken

ken@mcrae64.freeserve.co.uk

11/8  Saturday 5.30 p.m. – 5.45 p.m.  Avenue Road.  Car entered by - UNKNOWN MEANS – handbag stolen from the seat and the car found locked.

4/8 – 11/8  Chauntry Road .  INSECURE garage entered – brand new lawn mower stolen.

10/8  8 p.m.  The Causeway, Bray.  Car rear windscreen smashed – nothing stolen.  They may have been disturbed as a witness saw suspects running away across the green towards maidenhead.

9/8 – 10/8  Thursday 10 p.m. / Friday 7 a.m.   Stompits Road .  Car wing mirror smashed off.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:

Pinkneysgreen&furzeplattnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n213

10/8 – 11/8  Friday noon / Saturday noon .  Beverley Gardens X 2.  Garden entered and bike stolen.  Car window smashed and car searched – SAT NAV stolen from under the passenger seat.

10/8  Friday 9.30 p.m. – 11 p.m.   Hemsdale.  Burglary.  The owner was at home and had left her laptop in the kitchen while it charged.  She went into the kitchen at about 11 p.m. and found the back door ajar, but thought nothing of it.  In the morning she realised her laptop was gone.

MEMBERS COMMENTS:

First an email from Mel she has just received:

Dear Nationwide Customer,

To safeguard the security of your accounts you are temporarily unable to access your accounts online.
To continue using our Internet Banking service and for more information on our extra security measures,
please proceed below via attached file.

Thank you.
Nationwide Online Security Team.

Next a warning about a servicing scam:

Hi Jeff
I've just received a call from someone claiming to be UK Vac (or Vacuum) Services "...about my Dyson Cleaner".  As I don't own a  Dyson, the call was short lived.  However, my suspicion was aroused as to how they had associated my name with Dyson ownership.  A quick trawl of the web, revealed a scam reported by BBC Watchdog last year .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2011/05/tom_scoffin.html

This company may be trawling local phone directories, in an attempt to offer unwarranted services at an expensive rate.  You may like to warn your members and local trading standards.

Regards

Martin

The email for Trading Standards is:

trading.standards@rbwm.gov.uk

Another date for your diary – Thursday 13^th September – Clara Court Residential Home Open day:

I hope you had a great weekend and were able to relax and enjoy the nice weather.

Paul is the person that Clara Court who is facilitating the awareness and recruitment day with on 13^th September.

Take care.  I will be representing Clara Court at the Retirement Fair in Ascot on Wednesday and will be able to answer any questions people may have

Thanks

Lisa

Lisa Reid

Support Services Manager

Clara Court Residential Home

21 Courthouse Road

Maidenhead

SL6 6JE

Tel- 01628 776022