Very difficult for pedestrians – parking on forecourt of the Victory Church, Portswood Broadway

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 29, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Reported in WhatsApp Group 29/10/24. Reported twice – to a Traffic Warden (in passing) and also to PC Adam O’Neill. Response: as far as cars are concerned, these are private property issues. Query whether street drinkers drinking openly on these premises is also a private property issue? NCJ to follow up!
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Anti-social behaviour – open drinking: on the steps of the Cancer Research Shop, Portswood Broadway

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 29, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Reported to WhatsApp Group on 29/10/24. Took place very recently. There were so many people that you couldn’t enter or exit the shop without going through or interacting with them. It was not reported as the person was driving through Portswood at the time. They also didn’t have specific details or description and could have taken it out  of context. It was hoped that the shop would have...
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Anti-social behaviour – open street drinking: Portswood Broadway (by the corner of October Books and the unmade alleyway, and on the steps of Victory Gospel Church)

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 29, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Took place on Tuesday 29 October between at least 12:15pm and 12:45pm. 6 men and 1 woman congregated on the steps of Victory Gospel Church and 4 men (one with a large plastic bottle of drink) by the corner of October Books and the unmade alleyway. This is in violation of the Public Spaces Protection Order in Portswood Broadway. Reported to Community Safety. The person reporting asked to be...
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Collection to replace toys and shed destroyed by fire caused by suspected vandalism at Highfield Infants’ School

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 28, 2024 in News | 0 comments Sadly, there has been suspected vandalism at Highfield Primary School again. This time a fire has destroyed the shed at the Infants’ site and the children’s playground equipment which was stored in it. There is a collection to raise money to replace the toys and help fund a new shed. We understand that the money raised by this collection will be kept separate from the HSFF (the PTA) and...
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New! Traffic Regulation Order 20mph Zone Highfield starting January 2025.

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 28, 2024 in 20 mph Residents' Requests, News | 0 comments
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Events at October Books during November into December 2024!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 28, 2024 in News | 0 comments   All info below courtesy of October Books   Events at October Books – During November into December Writing as Spiritual Practice with Matt West from Artful Scribe, continues throughout November and December and you can sign up for individual session or blocks of datesThe first of our We Can Make…. series of workshops is this Saturday with We Can Make a Curry Base with...
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Warning! Bassett Avenue will be closed tomorrow Monday 28 October between its junction with Burgess Road and the Memorial Roundabout – between the hours of 10am to 2pm for tree works

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 27, 2024 in News | 0 comments Just so you are aware: We understand from the Daily Echo that Bassett Avenue will be fully closed between its junction with Memorial Roundabout and its junction with the Avenue/Burgess Road tomorrow, Monday, October 28, between the hours of 10am and 2pm, for tree safety work. The works are due to be completed by October 29. We understand that these works will only impact drivers travelling on...
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Shed with children’s play equipment on fire and all contents burned – Highfield Infants’ School

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 27, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Started as a fire in the playground on Sunday afternoon, 27 October 2024. This spread and the shed and all contents were burned before the Fire Brigade could reach them. This is the 2nd time in a few weeks that the children’s play equipment has been burned. It was arson/vandalism the first time; is this arson again?
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