Tasburgh Quarterly and Church News - Winter 2014
Tasburgh Parish Council Parish Council Report At September’s meeting of the Parish Council, PCSO Cook gave a short presentation about the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme – now called Home Watch - and distributed information packs to those present at the meeting. She said that schemes could be set up in small or large neighbourhoods and could consist of entire streets, or just a few houses. Regular contact would be maintained between the police and the appointed coordinator and an annual meeting is held for coordinators to update them on various aspects of crime prevention. PCSO Cook reported that arrests had been made in relation to the burglaries that took place in the village earlier in the year and asked residents to be vigilant to suspicious behaviour and report anything to the police. The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed that the newly renovated milestone has now been firmly fixed in place on the A140 and Brian Hill attended its reinstatement (see pages 38 and 39 in this Quarterly for more details and pictures). Owing to the unfortunate disbandment of The Tasburgh Players, their committee has decided to distribute their remaining funds amongst village organisations and have offered to fund one if not two benches in the village. The first of these is planned to be placed on the Green on Church Road. Councillors have provisionally agreed that the second would be a welcome addition at Burrfeld Park. Back in August, in a boost for local democracy and the independent free press, councils in England were brought into the 21st century after Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, signed a Parliamentary order allowing press and public to film and digitally report from all public meetings of local government bodies. This ‘right to report’ updates a law passed by Margaret Thatcher as a backbench MP. 6