i use this cash point!

From the Suffolk Constabulary:

Police are asking residents to be vigilant when using ATM machines to withdraw cash after a device was found on an ATM on Austin Street in Ipswich at around 3pm on Tuesday 10th January. A resident went to withdraw cash from the machine that didn’t dispense the money. They returned to the same machine later on and found a plastic strip over the dispenser. £20 had been stolen. Police would like to trace a man who was seen loitering around the area talking on a mobile phone and left when staff discovered the device. He is described as white, around 5ft 6 tall, of medium build and was wearing a dark coloured jacket with a hood and dark coloured trousers.

If you have any information about this incident please contact Ipswich police by dialling 101 quoting reference IW/12/134.

It may not be immediately apparent to ATM customers that there is anything suspicious about the machine, so Police would urge people to be alert, and check for any signs that the machine has been tampered with. If there is anything suspicious about the machine, then customers should either alert the branch immediately, or contact police.

Customers can also take extra measures to protect themselves against fraud, such as covering the keypad with their hand when they enter their PIN, and checking their bank accounts regularly to keep track of their funds.

Details about all types of card fraud in the UK can be found at www.cardwatch.org.uk including tips on how to prevent it happening to you.

Anyone who feels they may have been the victim of fraud should contact their banks immediately. If you have concerns that a device is attached to an ATM then please contact the police on 101.

Or

Please use the following link to pass any useful information to Suffolk Police about this incident.

http://www.suffolk.police.uk/safetyadvice/reportacrime/tellthepolice.aspx

There is a meeting of the South West Area Committee – Labour’s attempt to neuter local involvement. 

This will be meeting at 5.30 at Grafton House.  I know that this is a work unfriendly time but if you want to kill off local democracy like David Ellesmere does, you’d want to hold all four committee meetings in two evenings.  That way you’d get the unpleasant business of local representation over with as soon as possible.

Governments are appalling at allocating capital.  That’s why the Soviet Union collapsed.  It’s why Labour always bankrupts the country.  So why does the government think that will change when they are spending £32 billion on High Speed 2.

Forget the annoying Nimbys, this is a massive misallocation of capital – that’s why it should be stopped.  It’s not a good time to grow the deficit.

Ed Miliband has been told that he’s too ugly to be Prime Minister.  I think that this is unfair. 

To stop this unfairness it’s time for Ipswich’s own camel lookalike, David Ellesmere, to come to Ed Miliband’s rescue. 

So here’s my proposal.  David Ellesmere should get his picture taken with Ed Miliband.  A lot.  I’ll plaster them all over this site, just as I did with Gordon Brown and Chris Mole.  All in the interests of fairness, you see.

In this way people will realise that Ed Miliband is not Britain’s ugliest man.  That’;s beacause this individual will be in the photograph.

So go on David, use your unique powers to scare young children and turn milk sour to your party’s advantage.

Time to take up the load, Ellesmere

For those people who remember the death outside the Smock, Paul Dell has been found not guilty.

On the 10th January the Council Executive will meet with a 6PM start at Grafton House on Grafton Way.  They should be discussing their plans to put voluntary groups out of business.

From Ipswich Police

Between 12pm Monday 2nd and 8pm Sunday 8th January on Bostock Road, Ipswich offenders have entered a property via a kitchen window and taken a Freeview box, surround sound speakers and an Ipod docking station from within.

Were you in the area at the time, did you see anything suspicious? Do you know the name of the offender or offenders? If you have any information please contact Suffolk Police on 101 quoting reference IW/12/96.

Or

Please use the following link to pass any useful information to Suffolk Police about this incident.

http://www.suffolk.police.uk/safetyadvice/reportacrime/tellthepolice.aspx

£587,957 - the amount Suffolk taxpayers pay to unions every year – fully supported by Ipswich Labour

£47,200 - the amount Ipswich Labour wishes to charge scout groups, charities and residents’ associations – closing down many of them

Now I’ll let you guess which group pays affiliation fees to David Ellesmere’s Ipswich Labour Party.

With the current Labour structure in Ipswich there is very little chance for influencing decisions unless you are within whispering range of the leadership.  However you can, and should, protest.

There are two meetings coming up which could be quite important to this part of the town.  The first is on the 10th January which is the Council Executive at a 6PM start at Grafton House on Grafton Way.  They should be discussing their plans to put voluntary groups out of business.

There is also a meeting of the South West Area Committee – Labour’s attempt to neuter local involvement (as if they weren’t neutered enough).  This will be meeting at 12th January at the work unfriendly time 5.30 at Grafton House.  Apologies for the work unfriendly time but they are holding all four committee meetings in two evenings, to get the unpleasant business of local representation over with as soon as possible.

The leaked document has found its way to me, with details on the Maidenhall Residents’ Assocation’s rent:

Address    Maidenhall Green, 21
Type     Shop
Tenant     Maidenhall Res Assoc
Rent Review    None
Lease Term and expiry 3 yrs 21.1.03
Market Value                  40,000
Current rent                   Peppercorn
Market Rent                     7,000
Discounted Market         3,500
Rent under the policy  
Increase or decrease      3,500
in current rent 
Change in Year One      875
Change in Year Two      1,750
Change in Year Three   2,625
Change in Year Four     3,500

So the MRA will have to find £3,500 after four years.  From where?  This is going to be a real hole in the budget of a totally volunteer run group for a shop which the council would not be able to find a tenant – as they haven’t with the old Proctor’s sausage shop on the same row.

Are Labour really claiming that they could get a 17.5% yield from an otherwise empty shop?  Seems like Labour once again prove why they will always mess up the economy.  Their sums never add up.