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Did you see this
robbery in Aintree?
MERSEYSIDE Police Detectives have
released CCTV images of 2 men they would like to speak to in
connection with a robbery in Aintree. Officers are investigating
following the incident, which happened at the ASDA petrol station at
around midnight on Friday, 9 March 2012.
The victim, a 43 year old woman, had just finished putting petrol in
her red Volkswagon Polo when she was approached by 2 men who
demanded her car keys.
The victim refused to hand over the keys and sustained a hand injury
before being pushed to the ground in the struggle. The men drove off
in her car in the direction of Ormskirk Road.
The victim was left very
distressed and was treated at hospital for the injury to her hand,
which needed stitches. The car was recovered on Fernhill Road,
Bootle on Friday, 16 March 2012.
DC Frances Reddin said:- "While the victim was the only person
filling her car with petrol at the time of the incident, the store
was still open and there were customers coming and going. We appeal
to anyone who may have seen this struggle, or the car being driven
at any point, to come forward as they may have important information
that could help us bring the offenders to justice. We also appeal to
the two men pictured in the CCTV to come forward as they may have
important information for our investigation."
Anyone with any information is asked to call Merseyside Police on:-
0151 777 3844, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on:- 0800 555 111.
Libraries Strike Back In Pay
Dispute
ON Saturday UNISON members
taking strike action closed most Libraries across West Cheshire,
including Chester, Ellesmere Port, Winsford and Northwich. The
action is part of the on-going fight against Cheshire West and
Chester Council’s imposition of cuts to terms and conditions.
Efforts by management to get staff from other departments to
strike-break, so that libraries could be opened, collapsed in
failure on Friday, having infuriated Librarians. "The
Council knew that staff would be striking a week ago. Because of
management efforts to break the strike the public were not told
until Friday afternoon. This meant many people turned up at the
closed libraries." said Teresa Connally, UNISON Branch
Secretary.
"The public have been very supportive of Library staff. They took
our leaflets explaining about the cuts to terms and conditions and
hundreds signed our petition for Fair Pay." said Ray McHale,
UNISON Assistant Branch Secretary.
From 2 April 2012, the Council is
removing all weekend enhancements, as well as those paid on most
bank holidays and for overtime. It is also reducing the enhancement
for night working and cutting the car allowances of 900 staff by
around £1500 per year, while contractually requiring them to provide
a car for work. On Wednesday staff began refusing to use their
personal cars for work in protest over the car allowance cuts.
Library staff, who mainly work every other Saturday morning, will
face an effective pay cut of at least 5%. They are the first to take
selective strike action, striking for two Saturdays, 24 March and 31
March 2012. Other staff, especially low paid care staff face pay
reductions of 10% to 15%. More industrial action is now planned by
other staff affected by the cuts to their payments for working
unsocial hours.
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Harrogate police
hunt charity theft suspect
POLICE in Harrogate are
appealing for the public’s help to locate a man they would like to
speak with following a theft from a charity shop. David Reid,
50, is believed to have information regarding the theft of money
from the Barnardo’s shop on Beulah Street, Harrogate on Sunday, 27
February 2011. Reid is white, 5ft 9in tall with a medium
build and dark hair. He has an address in Scarborough but may be
anywhere in the country.
PC Richard Coulthard, of Harrogate Safer Neighbourhood Team, said:-
"We have made a number of enquiries to locate David Reid.
However, these have all proven negative. I am appealing to anyone
who knows where Mr Reid is currently living to get in touch with the
police so that we can speak to him. David, if you see or hear this
appeal, I would urge you to make contact so that I can better
understand the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the
money."
Anyone who can help the police with their enquiries is asked to
contact on:- 101. Press option 2 and ask for Richard Coulthard or
call Crimestoppers anonymously on:- 0800 555 111 quoting reference
number:- 12110032841.
Lighting
solutions for Switch Island
WORK to improve the
reliability of lighting around a key traffic interchange in
Merseyside has been taking place; with a second project starting
soon.
A £190,000 project to resolve a long-running problem with the
maintenance of overhead lighting along the A5036 at Switch Island
Interchange began in February and should be completed by Friday, 30
March 2012.
And a second, £500,000 project to overhaul lighting at the
interchange; which also serves the Highways Agency’s M58 and M57
motorways as well as the A59 local road into north Liverpool; will
begin in May.
The overnight work along the A5036 started on February 20 and should
provide a lasting solution to the reliability of lighting in the
area which has concerned local people. Access to the lighting below
live power cables in the area has hampered the Highways Agency’s
efforts to repair broken lighting in the past but new, mid-hinged,
lighting columns, complete with new lamps, are being installed to
enable them to be lowered for safer access and maintenance works.
The second, month-long, project, due to be completed in June 2012,
will improve the reliability of lighting along the eastbound and
westbound carriageways of the M58 where they meet the interchange.
This involves an overhaul of services to the columns.
The work will be taking place during the day with single lane
closures on the M58 as well as a 50mph speed limit on the westbound
carriageway and a 40mph speed limit on the eastbound. There will
also be some overnight lane closures on the westbound carriageway to
enable the work to be completed.
Highways Agency project sponsor Peter Gee said:- "Both these
projects will enhance the reliability of lighting around this key
Merseyside junction. We are particularly pleased to be resolving the
issue of providing safe maintenance access for our contractors to
the lighting along the A5036 onto Switch Island as we know the
reliability of lighting there has concerned some local people for
some time."
A man has died
following alleged assault in Southport
ON Friday, 16 March 2012,
Merseyside Police found a 22 year old man with serious head injuries
after being called to to Botanic Gardens shortly after 10pm
following reports of a fight. The victim, Christopher Monks from
Southport, was then taken to hospital and the scene of the assault
in Cambridge Road, Churchtown was been cordoned off for forensic
examination. Merseyside Police also confirm that a 21 year old man,
from Southport was been arrested and later released on bail pending
further enquiries. On the morning of Saturday, 24 March 2012,
Christopher Monks died in hospital. A post-mortem examination
following his death established that Christopher had died as a
result of blunt force head trauma. Police are interested in talking
to anyone who witnessed the incident or who was in the Bold Inn, or
the Botanic Gardens area at around 10pm on Friday, 16 March 2012. If
you can help them and have any information, you should call Copy
Lane CID on:- 0151 777 3019 or, Crimestoppers, anonymously, on:-
0800 555 111. |
