REFUSE COLLECTIONS OVER THE EASTER HOLIDAY

Refuse Collections

Please note that collections for Good Friday will remain unchanged, however there will be no collections on Bank Holiday Mondays – the depot will also be closed on these days, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Green Waste wheeled bin collections missed due to Bank Holiday Mondays will resume on the following fortnightly collection. Household refuse and Sandwell Council recycling collections will take place a day later during Bank Holiday weeks, as follows:

In the unlikely event that your refuse is not collected on the scheduled date as listed, due to such circumstances, every effort will be made to collect by the end of the next available working day.

Normal Collection Day

Collections over the period are as follows:

Resumption of normal collections

Please help us to help you keep your Borough tidy by not placing your refuse out for collection until the scheduled dates listed above

DON’T MISS OUT ON YOUR POSTAL VOTE!

 

Martin Prestidge would like to remind electors that the closing date for completed postal vote application forms is 5.00 pm on Wednesday 18 April.

Telephone Sandwell Elections Office on 0121 569 3220 for a form.

LANGLEY COUNCILLORS SURGERY

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Councillors Martin Prestidge, Mick Davies and Pauline Hinton will be available for a confidential advice session at the Community Centre, in Langley High Street between 7.30 pm and 8.30 pm. on Friday 13 April  2007.

NEW POLICE POWERS TO FIGHT CRIME

New powers for the police and communities to fight crime

Friday 6 April 2007

Police and communities have new powers to tackle violent crimes involving alcohol, knives and guns, thanks to Labour’s Violent Crime Reduction Act.

In addition the law relating to football banning orders and online ticket touts is being strenghtened, and Labour is introducing tough sentences for those guilty of re-programming stolen mobile phones.

Announcing the moves Labour’s Home Secretary John Reid MP said:

“Labour’s priority is to give the police and communities the tools they need to tackle crime.  These new powers will enable police to better tackle gun and knife crime as well as alcohol-related disorder.
 
“After listening to community concerns on knives and guns, I decided to bring forward the use of these measures as a matter of urgency.  The Government is committed to tackling violent crime – but we can’t do it on our own.  We need to work together with police and communities and these new measures give those groups tough powers to deal with the issue.
 
“Crime and anti-social behaviour is the number one concern among our communities, and Labour remains determined to tackle it.  These new powers are the latest step, an example of how Labour is working to make us all safer, putting the interests of ordinary people first.
 
“Labour’s tough action on crime is in stark contrast to the Tories who continue to show how out of touch they are with ordinary people’s concerns by repeatedly trying to block our measures.  For example, it is a matter of regret to me that during the passage of this Bill the Conservatives used parliamentary time to try and weaken ASBOs and get rid of drinking banning orders.  On crime, the Tories talk tough but vote soft.”
 
Labour is committed to cutting crime and protecting the public.  Progress has be made, with crime down 35 per cent since 1997, and violent crime reduced by 34 per cent over the same period.  However, we are not complacent and we recognise that more needs to be done to protect the public.  The measures which come into force today build on the solid foundations laid by Labour to tackle violent crime and disorder on our streets.

Martin Prestidge, Labour Candidate for Langley

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Martin Prestidge says:              

      I am pleased to contest Langley again for Labour. Over the years that I have been your Councillor, I have tried hard never to be too busy to listen to what people have to tell me and have always done my best to resolve problems.Please feel free to contact me on 552 4902, by e-mail www,martin.prestidge@btinternet.com,or by coming to one of my regular surgeries.I hope that you will continue to give me your support.  

About Martin Prestidge

 o       He has represented Langley on Sandwell Council since 1987 and was Mayor of Sandwell in 2003 –4.

o       He is a Governor of Langley and Causeway Green Primary Schools.

o       He has campaigned successfully for improved safety fencing on the Railway Line in Causeway Green Road,  a clean up of the derelict site in Mill Lane, for flood relief measures in Penncricket Lane, improved football pitches and play areas in  Barnford Park.o       He is actively working with Local Police for a crack down on Anti Social behaviour on Cakemore, Lion Farm, Causeway Green and Langley.

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He has represented

Langley on

Sandwell Council

since 1987 and was

Mayor of Sandwell

in 2003 –4.

 

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He has represented

Langley on

Sandwell Council

since 1987 and was

Mayor of Sandwell

in 2003 –4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martin Prestidge outside the new

Orchard Special School.

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He has represented

Langley on

Sandwell Council

since 1987 and was

Mayor of Sandwell

in 2003 –4.

 Orchard Special School.

 

Martin Prestidge outside the new

Orchard Special School.

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