Anti-social behaviour – on the steps of October Books, Portswood Broadway
It was reported to us by a HRA member that at about 10.45am on Monday 19 August 2024, 4 or 5 men were sitting on the steps of October Books bookshop drinking (open cans of drink were seen) and messing around. When the HRA member returned at about...
read moreDog fouling – Portswood Broadway
Reported to HRA pm, Monday 19 August 2024. Report to Southampton City Council: https://www.southampton.gov.uk/environmental-issues/street-cleaning/dog-fouling
read moreFly-tipping – Brookvale Road
Reported to HRA on am, Monday 19 August 2024. HRA advised to contact Southampton City Council: https://www.southampton.gov.uk/environmental-issues/street-cleaning/fly-tipping/ Confirmation that this has been reported to SSC as a result of...
read moreSchool Safe Parking Campaign – Highfield School
All three Portswood Ward Councillors are involved in the above campaign to deter the most dangerous and illegal practices of parking at the time of the school run. A volunteers’ planning meeting has been arranged for 11am on Thursday 29...
read moreSouthampton North neighbourhood policing teams carry out dedicated operation to tackle drug supply and knife crime
Courtesy of Hampshire Alert / Hampshire and IOW Constabulary: Email 12/08/24 Last week Southampton North’s neighbourhood policing teams carried out a targeted operation as part of our ongoing efforts to tackle drug supply and its...
read moreFrom Southampton City Council: A message to our community partners following racially motivated disorder this week (9/8/24) and how to report a hate crime
Friday 9 August 2024 As you’ll have seen from the news, the protest that took place yesterday in Southampton was largely peaceful. We thank our emergency services for their co-ordinated response in keeping our streets safe. The last week has...
read moreBurglary – Muse Café, Portswood
It was reported that the front door was smashed with a brick and an empty till was stolen at around 4 am on Wednesday 7 August 2024. The police are investigating the incident as a burglary. A spokeman reported in the Daily Echo of 7/8/24 said...
read moreCouncillor Lorna Fielker, Leader of Southampton City Council has issued the following statement in advance of potential demonstrations in the city this week
This has been taken from a Southampton City Council Facebook post today: 06/08/2024 “Southampton has a long history of welcoming people from around the world and for being a city of Sanctuary. We reconfirmed that status last week. “While I support...
read moreFrom Hampshire Alert/Hampshire and IOW Constabulary: Man arrested following indecent exposure incident in Southampton Common
3 August 2024 “Police have arrested a man following a report of indecent exposure in Southampton Common. We received a call reporting that, at about 12pm on Thursday 29 July, a man exposed his genitals to two 15-year-old girls in The Common....
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