Police are actively encouraging residents in Tameside to secure their sheds and garages before jetting off on their summer holidays this year.The Denton, Droylsden and Audenshaw areas have had a 50 per cent rise in shed and garage burglaries in June compared to the previous month with Dane Bank and Yew Tree proving to be the most affected.Garage and sheds can become easy pickings for burglars during the summer months when they are often left insecure during the warm spells.Residents are being encouraged to remove valuables from sheds and garages when they are going away and lock up items inside the house so that they are safely stored away.Lindsay Atherton of Tameside Operational Policing Unit said: “In many cases, residents underestimate the overall value of items they keep in their sheds and garages. Garden tools, lawnmowers, hedge cutters and other equipment such as power tools, push-bikes and pedal cycles all add up and make your shed or garage very attractive to criminals.“Homeowners need to be more security aware and by taking some easy steps can help themselves from not becoming a victim.”Some useful safety tips for securing your garden or shed:Security: These are easy targets and need protecting to stop a burglar stealing your gardening equipment or using these tools to break into your home. Think about whether your garage or shed is the best place to store expensive items. Use window locks on all opening garage and shed windows and replace or repair any broken glass. Fit steel mesh or grilles internally and a curtain or nets so that items cannot be seen.Lock it up! Don't make it easy for the burglar by leaving your tools out while you are not in the garden. A garden spade could be used to break in through a door, and patio furniture left out overnight could be stolen or used to help a burglar gain access to an upstairs window. Keep your possessions locked up and, if possible, secured together by a padlock and chain in case your shed or garage is broken into. Fit a good quality hasp, staple and padlock to the door of the shed or garage.Insurance cover: Does your contents insurance cover the shed and garage and all the equipment you store there? If not, perhaps it is time to upgrade your policy to include these things.Make a list: Do you have a list of what you keep in the garage or shed? Have you security marked your garden tools and possessions with a bold marker pen, including your postcode and house number? Lawn mowers and other tools are less attractive to a thief if you write your postcode and house number across the top.Watch out! Ask your neighbours to keep an eye on your shed and your house and offer to do the same for them in return. If you are out enjoying the sun in the garden, have you left any windows in your house open that could invite a burglar to pop in and steal something? Remember, 1 in 3 burglaries happen when doors and windows are left open or unlocked - even when you're at home.To contact the Tameside West Neighbourhood Policing Team, telephone: 0161 856 9390 or e-mail: tameside.west@gmp.police.uk
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Police warn tameside residents to lock up sheds and garages during the summer
Police are actively encouraging residents in Tameside to secure their sheds and garages before jetting off on their summer holidays this year.The Denton, Droylsden and Audenshaw areas have had a 50 per cent rise in shed and garage burglaries in June compared to the previous month with Dane Bank and Yew Tree proving to be the most affected.Garage and sheds can become easy pickings for burglars during the summer months when they are often left insecure during the warm spells.Residents are being encouraged to remove valuables from sheds and garages when they are going away and lock up items inside the house so that they are safely stored away.Lindsay Atherton of Tameside Operational Policing Unit said: “In many cases, residents underestimate the overall value of items they keep in their sheds and garages. Garden tools, lawnmowers, hedge cutters and other equipment such as power tools, push-bikes and pedal cycles all add up and make your shed or garage very attractive to criminals.“Homeowners need to be more security aware and by taking some easy steps can help themselves from not becoming a victim.”Some useful safety tips for securing your garden or shed:Security: These are easy targets and need protecting to stop a burglar stealing your gardening equipment or using these tools to break into your home. Think about whether your garage or shed is the best place to store expensive items. Use window locks on all opening garage and shed windows and replace or repair any broken glass. Fit steel mesh or grilles internally and a curtain or nets so that items cannot be seen.Lock it up! Don't make it easy for the burglar by leaving your tools out while you are not in the garden. A garden spade could be used to break in through a door, and patio furniture left out overnight could be stolen or used to help a burglar gain access to an upstairs window. Keep your possessions locked up and, if possible, secured together by a padlock and chain in case your shed or garage is broken into. Fit a good quality hasp, staple and padlock to the door of the shed or garage.Insurance cover: Does your contents insurance cover the shed and garage and all the equipment you store there? If not, perhaps it is time to upgrade your policy to include these things.Make a list: Do you have a list of what you keep in the garage or shed? Have you security marked your garden tools and possessions with a bold marker pen, including your postcode and house number? Lawn mowers and other tools are less attractive to a thief if you write your postcode and house number across the top.Watch out! Ask your neighbours to keep an eye on your shed and your house and offer to do the same for them in return. If you are out enjoying the sun in the garden, have you left any windows in your house open that could invite a burglar to pop in and steal something? Remember, 1 in 3 burglaries happen when doors and windows are left open or unlocked - even when you're at home.To contact the Tameside West Neighbourhood Policing Team, telephone: 0161 856 9390 or e-mail: tameside.west@gmp.police.uk
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Leave the sheds and garages just get West locked up,keep the streets safe.
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Because he represents the embodiment of a persecuted black male. The sort you want to enslave West. Gosh do you need a good thumping - preferably from Iron Mike Tyson!
A Tory politician has lost his job and could be kicked out of the party after admitting five sex offences involving three girls, one of them being a charge of rape.
Stephen Mullins, 52, formerly of Links Avenue, Hellesdon, has been a member of Norwich North Conservative Association (NNCA) for about two years and a Hellesdon parish councillor for about the same time.
Mullins, who worked as head chef in the kitchen of the Bull pub in Reepham Road, Hellesdon for 17 years until April this year, appeared at Norwich Crown Court.
He admitted two offences of indecent assault against one girl under 14, between August 22, 1999 and August 21, 2000, and between August 22, 2000 and August 21, 2002. He also admitted rape involving the same girl between August 22, 1999 and August 21, 2002.
He also admitted sexual assault by penetration on April 3, 2008 on another girl aged 14 and assault by penetration on April 14, 2008 on another young girl.
He was remanded in custody to await a pre-sentence report and is due to be sentenced at Norwich Crown Court on September 1.
Jonathan Seeley, prosecuting, said that counts one and two were sample counts, while the rest were specific allegations.
Commenting after the case, Shelagh Gurney, chairman of the NNCA, said: “In view of his admission of guilt and the severity of the offences, I'm taking legal action with a view to releasing him from party membership.”
Patrick Cutter, landlord at the Bull pub, said: “Obviously I don't condone what he has done, and as a business we want to draw a line under it. He won't be working for me anymore.”
Broadland district councillor and Hellesdon parish councillor Tony Adams was at court yesterday, and said the council would be looking to replace Mullins on the parish council either by a by-election or by cooption.
Mr Adams said: “I would like to extend my sympathies to his partner and to the girls he abused.
“My understanding is that he will be automatically debarred from continuing to serve as a parish councillor, because he will have already served more than three months in jail, whatever the sentence.”
Mullins is believed to have been living with a partner, but is not understood to have any children.
its not the tory boy that posts on here is it?
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