North East Lincolnshire Council is set to introduce a new public space protection order (PSPO) covering parks, beaches, the sea front and other council land. The new PSPO will allow the Council to place restrictions in specific areas to curb behaviour that could be detrimental to the environment or other people. Many of the activities…
1 year ago | Environment and community safety
FREE Home Office-funded training is being made available to parents and professionals in North East Lincolnshire to help tackle online radicalisation. The training, which is being organised by a training provider on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council, is hoped to help authorities reduce the number of young people being exposed to material online which…
1 year ago | Environment and community safetyA project to improve security and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour on parts of East Marsh Ward in Grimsby got underway once again earlier this week. Officers from North East Lincolnshire Council, Humberside Police, Equans and Empower Home Security spent Tuesday knocking on doors around Durban Road, Julian Street, Buller Street and Humberstone Road, offering…
1 year ago | Environment and community safety
Community groups are taking a grassroots approach to bring fresh produce to a Grimsby neighbourhood in the drive against rapidly rising food prices. Groups in the town’s East Marsh community are coming together and are set to create a new urban orchard and garden that will feed and educate local people as well as serving…
1 year ago | Environment and community safety
RESIDENTS in Grimsby’s East Marsh have praised a Council-led initiative to offer free home security kits to properties in the area. The Safer Streets project, which is funded by the Home Office, is aimed at reducing crime and anti-social behaviour in parts of the borough. As part of the project, North East Lincolnshire Council have…
1 year ago | Environment and community safety
After recently undergoing a £2.2m upgrade, the Council’s Public Space CCTV system operated by North East Lincolnshire Council and it’s regeneration partner, Equans, is already capturing evidence to support our emergency services. Since 17 December last year, nine pieces of footage have been shared with Police and other emergency services to be used as evidence…
1 year ago | Environment and community safety
Environmental enforcement officers from North East Lincolnshire Council reported five drivers for waste offences during a multi-agency operation in Immingham earlier this month. During the operation, mobile police patrols identified commercial vehicles suspected of carrying waste without the correct licence. They escorted suspect vehicles to a Designated Inspection Area at Immingham Lorry Park off the…
1 year ago | Environment and community safety
North East Lincolnshire is set have a new Local Nature Reserve designated on grassland next to the River Freshney in the town’s Yarborough ward. Known as Freshney Parkway, the new Local Nature Reserve can be found east of Great Coates Road, between St Michael’s Church and the River Freshney. Back in the 1980s, the Council…
1 year ago | Environment and community safety
Councillors, enforcement officers and officers from Humberside Police came together for a day of targeted action on Grimsby’s East Marsh. Wednesday’s joint activity was the latest in a series of patrols that see closer working between the council, its partner Equans, private environmental enforcement patrols and Humberside Police. Enforcement activity was targeted mostly at parking…
1 year ago | Environment and community safety
Everyone knows about the Amazon rainforest, but did you know the saltmarsh in Cleethorpes is also an internationally important habitat? Like the Amazon, Cleethorpes Saltmarsh is a spectacular landscape that supports a rich variety of plants, birds and other creatures. It also captures and stores polluting carbon dioxide – more so than an area of…
1 year ago | Green