Praise - and awards - for neighbourhood police officers
2:46pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012 in News By Zoe Forsey
Neighbourhood police officers from Watford and Three Rivers were among those to be honoured yesterday (Tuesday) at Hertfordshire Police Authority’s annual awards ceremony.
Special Sergeant Andrew Kowalksi from Three Rivers and Special Constable Jon Currie from Watford were the joint winners of the Special of the Year Award.
They were presented with their awards by Ron Tindall, a member of the police authority, at County Hall in Hertford.
He said: "Special officers play an enormous part in keeping our streets safe and, with a busy summer of policing ahead of us, you will see our fully trained and effective specials stepping up again to support day-to-day policing across the county."
More than 400 specials work across Hertfordshire providing the force with about 12,000 hours each month.
Mr Tindall said: "Andrew is on duty every weekend in his community and he has a superb detection rate, particularly with drug-related offences.
"He is developing a proactive crime prevention campaign promoting the online neighbourhood watch link (OWL).
"Jon has made an outstanding contribution to policing in his area, with the development of the first county-wide Special Officer Unit working with Operation Scorpion, an initiative to drive down serious acquisitive and drug-related crime."
The award for the Neighbourhood Team of the Year went to South Oxhey, which includes teams of Moorpark and Eastbury, South Oxhey, Carpenders Park and Oxhey Hall.
Bengie Walden, authority lead for St Albans, described neighbourhood policing as the bedrock of the Hertfordshire force. He said: "Excellent work is being done across the county by our neighbourhood teams. "The winning team is highly visible in its locality, with team members known by name to many of the residents. This team has been particularly active in the area of road safety, targeting speeding and dangerous parking to great effect. "Their community has benefitted from their work with virtually no incidents of anti-social behaviour and much increased feelings of public safety."
David Lloyd, chairman of the police authority, said: "These awards are our opportunity to recognise the officers, staff and members of the public who make a real difference to the lives of those residing and working in Hertfordshire.
"It is one of the few occasions when I have the opportunity to say a public ‘thank you’ not only for the tremendous unpaid contributions made by our local residents but also to our neighbourhood officers and staff who go beyond the ‘day job’ to really make a difference to the safety and feelings of reassurance of the communities they serve.
"The commitment and dedication of all our officers and staff never ceases to amaze me and makes Hertfordshire what it is – one of the safest places in the country in which to live and work."
Source: www.watfordobserver.co.uk
Wizard show enjoyed by Monday Club (From Watford Observer) - Watford Observer
Abbots Langley Monday Club follows yellow brick road to West End show
2:31pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012 in News 
Members of Abbots Langley’s Monday Club enjoyed a trip to the bright lights of London’s West End to see the Wizard of Oz show.
The 34 members and carers headed for the London Palladium by coach on Saturday May 12 to catch the show, which stars Des O’Connor and Sophie Evans, runner-up on BBC 1’s Over the Rainbow show.
Half the cost of the ticket and full travel expenses were subsidised for members from donations and the group’s fundraising.
Monday Club chairman John Fisher said: "The trip was very much a success. Everybody enjoyed themselves and I would recommend it as a show."
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Source: www.watfordobserver.co.uk
Waddock worked up for Watford - SkySports
The game on July 31 will bring back memories of the last clash between the two sides in July 2006 when Watford were 3-2 winners on Paul Lambert's managerial debut in Buckinghamshire.
It will also provide a chance for Blues duo Marvin McCoy and Joel Grant to come up against the club where they began their careers.
"I'm delighted that we've been able to arrange a game with a side of Watford's quality," Wycombe boss Waddock told the club's official website. "It's a good fixture in our pre-season programme and it will test the players' fitness levels against a Championship team."
Meanwhile, Waddock's men will travel to Staines Town for the second summer running on July 21.
The Blues cruised to a 5-0 success at Wheatsheaf Park last year thanks to goals from Matt McClure (2), Stuart Beavon, Jesse Kewley-Graham
and Jordon Ibe, who has since signed for Liverpool.
Source: www1.skysports.com
Minister opens East Kent Access Road - Kent Online
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East Kent Access Road during construciton, from Minster to Pegwell
An £86m road is to be officially opened today by local transport minister Norman Baker.
The front bencher will join Kent County Council leader Paul
Carter and South Thanet MP Laura Sandys to officially open the East
Kent Access Road.
Its completion aims to help support economic growth and create jobs
across the eastern part of the county.
It also means better transport links to such sites as Manston
Airport; the Discovery Park on the former Pfizer
site, Eurokent - a mixed-use site - and Manston Business
Park.
Eurokent and Manston business parks are joint initiatives
between Kent County Council and Thanet District Council that have
the potential to deliver 550 homes and 4,000 jobs.
The new road was built by Kent County Council with £81.25 million
funding from the Department for Transport and £5.75 million from
KCC.
Tuesday, May 22 2012
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Great news... now we just need Thanet Council to ignore the NIMBYs and back Manston.
23 May 2012 9:22 AM
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