New Bus Stops for Twerton

The New Bus stops and Shelters that we promised for Twerton are now being installed with some of the fist raised platforms being put into place on Shaws way as the picture shows.

This program will run on for several months until all the new bus shelters have received a full upgrade on the number 5 Bus Route through Twerton.

New electronic Bus timetables will be installed to the Bus stops when the installation of the new shelters is complete.


By Councillor Tim Ball

Police Beat Surgery

Our local Police Beat Teams will be holding a surgery every month at Southside Youth Centre, Kelston View, Whiteway from 10am until 11am on the following dates:

Friday 17th May 
Friday 7th June.

If you have something local to discuss why not go along and talk to them.

Dangerous Kerb Stones still note done

I have chased the council this morning to take urgent action to repair the dangerous kerb stones at Dominion Road.

It is only time before some one fall badly in this area.

I will continue to chase them until this matter is resolved.

House Break In

The Police would like you help with any information that you may have with regards to a house break in on Tuesday 23rd April at approximately 00.20am, unknown offenders have entered a property in West Close, Bath by smashing the conservatory window.  They have then removed property from within.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference 38454/13 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111. 

Vehicle Vanadalism

The Police would like to hear from anyone who has information concerning and incident that took place between 8.00pm on Sunday 21st April and 5.30pm on Monday 22nd April, unknown offenders have caused damage to a vehicle by smearing glue over the bonnet, whilst it was parked in Long Valley Road, Bath.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference 38367/13 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111.

Rogue Traders – Week of Action

The police are running a week of action on Rouge Traders in our area.

Rogue Traders are people pretending to be builders or “qualified” trades men or women needing to do 'urgent' repairs or sales people offering bargain products.

Rogue Traders often pressurise householders into making quick decisions to have work done, pay in advance for materials or do poor work at highly inflated prices.

They will often cold call on vulnerable households and deliberately overcharge for unsatisfactory goods and services.  This can include charging for unnecessary work, damaging property deliberately in order to obtain money, leaving work unfinished and intimidating householders.

Avon & Somerset Constabulary, as part of a national initiative, are engaging in a week of action to combat Rogue Traders and there are a number of operations and initiatives going on specifically in Bath & North East Somerset starting today.

During this week various proactive and community based activities will take place that aim to tackle Rogue Traders on the District.

For more information on Rogue Traders, Avon & Somerset website at www.avonandsomerset.police.uk 

Retaining walls Pennard Green

Curo are making a good job of repairing the retaining walls at Pennard Green.

The walls in this area have been crumbling for quite a few years now and the walls in some parts are having to be completely rebuilt.

Although these walls are only low they are also of huge cosmetic significance.

Theft from Car Kelston View

The Police are asking for help in resolving the following issue.

Between 11.00pm on Sunday 14th April and 08.00am on Monday 15th April, unknown persons have smashed the passenger side window of a vehicle in Kelston View, Bath and removed items from within.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference 36434/13 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111.  

All the fun of the Fair

For the first time that I can remember the fair is coming to Bath City Football ground for three nights over the weekend.

I have seen many excited children who cant wait for a go on some of the rides that will be available to them.

The weather is forecast as fine for the weekend so it should a good time to take the children out and enjoy yourselves.

The Fair closes and 9pm and does not play amplified music so should not disturb the neighbours too much.

For those of you who say nothing ever happens in Twerton then this proves you wrong and if the Fair is a success then we would hope to see it repeated again in a few years time.

By Cllr Tim Ball

Hypodermic needles found

It is important that people watch out for hypodermic needles in the Twerton as the reports that I have had about them being discarded proved to be correct when one was found close to my home this morning.

As we all know children will pick up anything and play with it so parents need to be extra vigilant to ensure they do not get into the wrong hands.

The Council will collect discarded hypodermic needles from council owned land. If you come across a hypodermic needle and it needs safely removing then please contact Council Connect on 394041.

Rubbish again left out late

We have again complained to the council that bags of rubbish are being left outside of the Centurion public House after the weekly waste collection on a Tuesday.

We have asked the council to investigate this matter and to remove the rubbish and to take the appropriate action to resolve the matter.

Car vandalised at Walwyn Close

Between Saturday 13th April and Monday 15th April, unknown offenders have scratched the bonnet of a blue Vauxhall Astra whilst it was parked in Walwyn Close, Twerton, Bath.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference 35744/13 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

What a Mess on Kelston View

Thanks to the fast action of one of our local members this mess will soon be cleared up.

The council have already sent some on the clear this up as we do not want it blown all along Kelston View.

A very important message from this is to always put rubbish out is bags that are secure.

It is always important to ensure that you have not put any food waste in general rubbish bags that should only be used for plastics and non recyclable materials.

Any one wanting to know more about recycling can go to the council web site http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/bins-rubbish-and-recycling/recycling-and-rubbish

Local Schools get sports cash

Both Twerton Infant's and St Michael's Junior School have benefited for additional government funding for sports activities.

St Michael's Junior get £8,870

Twerton Infants get £8,485

The funding is the equivalent of around two days a week of a primary teacher's time to provide more sport for their pupils. A typical primary school with 250 pupils would receive £9,250 per year.

"This is great news for Bath and North East Somerset's primary schools and builds on the local enthusiasm still running high from last year's Olympics and Paralympics.

"The funding will help schools to develop and embed healthy lifestyle choices for all our young people and to help tackle early health problems such as obesity and diabetes."

Yamaha moped stolen from Dominion Road

Do you have any information that may help the police resolve this crime that took place on Friday 12th April at 01.30am when a blue Yamaha moped was stolen from Dominion Road, and abandoned in the grounds of Bath City Football Club.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Police on 101 

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111. 

Bath green homes weekend

This weekend (13th & 14th April ) is Bath Green Homes Open Homes Weekend you can find out more about this by following this link. <http://www.bathgreenhomes.co.uk/openhomes>.

There are 19 homes opening across Bath, showcasing homes that are warm, green and cheap to run, and one of those is in the Twerton Ward: At 56 The Hollow.

A Drop-in: of a Curo 1930s semi-detached: Currently being used by the Winter Warmth Club as a demonstrator and home energy hub run by Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE). Find out more<http://www.bathgreenhomes.co.uk/bath-green-homes/home-16>

Mini crime wave hits Twerton

If you can help the Police on any of these issues below please contact them on the local Police number 101.

On Monday 8th April between 10.00am and 7.00pm, unknown offenders have caused damage to the door lock of a property in Dominion Road, Bath.

Between Monday 1st April and Thursday 4th April, unknown offenders have gained access to the rear garden of a property in Freeview Road, whereby they have attempted to force a ground floor bedroom window.  No entry was gained.

During the afternoon of Tuesday 26th March, beat team officers attended Redland Park, Bath following the report of a nuisance mini moto being driven around. A local male was found riding the bike, which was immediately seized.  He has been reported for having no insurance, and should he be unable to produce the necessary insurance paperwork, the vehicle will be crushed.
Should you witness nuisance bikes in your area, please contact the police on 101.

On Monday 1st April at 3.30pm, damage was caused to a red Seat Ibiza in Sheridan Road, Bath.

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111.  For general information about Neighbourhood Watch nationally see the www.ourwatch.org.uk website.

Motor Cycles stolen

I am picking up reports of motorcycles being stolen in Twerton. This is very concerning as it is happening in the day time when someone must be seeing who is doing it.

If you see any suspicious activities or see some one with a motorcycle either having trouble starting it or you know they do not have a bike then please call the Police on 101.

It is better to report a suspected crime than to ignore it.

by Cllr Tim Ball

Steps by Southside youth Centre

Bath & North East Somerset council have confirmed that a contractor has been instructed to put down white keep clear lines in front of the steps by the Southside Youth Centre in Poolemead Road.

A while ago we reported that visitors were parking in front of these steps causing problems for local residents.

We hope that the new keep Clear lines will be down quite soon giving relief for  local residents.

By Councillor Tim Ball

Rubbish bags out late

I have asked the council to follow up on rubbish bags that were put out after collections on Poolemead Road today.

The bags were put outside of the Centurion and also by 53 Wedgewood Road.

I have asked that the bags are removed and an attempt made to see who put them out.

By Councillor Tim Ball

Broken Paving Stones

I have asked for the kerb stones along Dominion Road to be inspected and repaired to a reasonable standard.

The ones pictured are bad and dangerous but these are not the only ones that need repairing as there are many more along this road that are in bad condition.

I would hope that the council would repair these as soon possible.



By Councillor Tim Ball

Fly Tipping rear Rodney House

This is what we found to the rear of Rodney House yesterday.

It is not acceptable for people to dump rubbish in the area, If you know who us responsible for dumping this amount of furniture and rubbish then please let us know as soon as possible.

We are arranging for the council to collect the dumped furniture and rubbish as soon as possible.

By Councillor Tim Ball

Lots of Litter removed from Redland Park

Had a good litter pick this afternoon in Redland Park.

Thanks to Some help and little ones we picked up seven bags of litter in just over Twenty rreminutes from the side of number 12 Redland Park. There is still much more litter to remove from alongside the rear fence behind St Michael's Junior School and I will be returning to pick this in the next few days.

It still baffles me as to why people have to drop litter when there is a litter Bin close by.

It s my intention to organise a large litter pick in Redland Park over the next few weeks and I will post the dates on this blog so residents can come and join us.

By Councillor Tim Ball