APRIL 2024 GROBY SPOTLIGHT online
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Groby & Field Head Spotlight • MID-<strong>APRIL</strong> <strong>2024</strong> • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@grobyspotlight.co.uk<br />
Small Ads<br />
• Green THREE PIECE SUITE in<br />
very good condition. Price: £130<br />
• SINGLE BED with headboard, in<br />
very good condition. Price: £50<br />
• An automatic TABLET<br />
DISPENSER. Price: £40<br />
Tel: 07855 040 819 (Groby)<br />
• Various FOOD AND WATER<br />
CONTAINERS for small animals (ie<br />
guinea pigs/rabbits) and bird feeders.<br />
Some pot, some plastic, some metal.<br />
Reason to sell :- have dismantled<br />
large aviary.<br />
• Also small plastic dog beds.<br />
Tel: 07982 753457 (Groby)<br />
• JIGSAW PUZZLES - 10 Wasgijs.<br />
Price: £2.50 for collection<br />
Tel: 01530 242601 (Markfield)<br />
• 4 DINING ROOM CHAIRS -<br />
John Lewis - Good Condition. Price:<br />
4 for £100.<br />
• ROOF BARS (rack). Genuine Ford<br />
Fiesta - will fit 2017 onwards.<br />
Price: £70.<br />
Tel: 07905 558349 ( Bagworth)<br />
• COMPUTER TABLE - Laminate<br />
grey.Table suitable for laptop,<br />
paperwork and printer. On castors.<br />
With slide out shelf. Size: Height 75cms<br />
x Width 81cms x Depth 50cms. Price:<br />
£20.<br />
Tel. 01530 245944 (Markfield)<br />
• Drive X-Fold Rollator WALKING<br />
AID. Folds like buggy - ideal for<br />
storage and portability. Aluminium<br />
frame.Intégral seat with back rest.<br />
Excellent condition. Price: £60 (can<br />
deliver).<br />
Tel: 07967 978796 (Kirby Muxloe)<br />
• Aquaroll WATER CONTAINER - for<br />
caravans. Price: £15.<br />
Tel: 07999 768521 or 0116<br />
2878987 (Groby)<br />
• AUTOMATIC SINGLE BED for sale.<br />
Only used once. In ‘as new’ condition.<br />
Must sell as selling property. Must be<br />
seen to appreciate condition. Buyer to<br />
arrange transport .No reasonable offer<br />
refused.<br />
Tel: 07757 484009 (Glenfield)<br />
• Canon EOS 100F 35mm CAMERA<br />
with 38-76mm ZOOM LENS, 35-<br />
80mm ZOOM LENS, 75-300mm<br />
ZOOM LENS. and a 2CR5 BATTERY.<br />
In full working order and tested. Price:<br />
£50.<br />
Tel: 07562 013158 (Markfield)<br />
SEND DETAILS by post or email<br />
- sorry, we can’t take them over<br />
the phone. Maximum EIGHT items<br />
please. No business ads. Our postal<br />
address is: Spotlight Small Ads,<br />
PO Box 8, Markfield, Leics.<br />
LE67 9ZT or you can email details<br />
to: info@grobyspotlight.co.uk<br />
PLEASE ENSURE that you put<br />
‘SMALL ADS’ in the subject<br />
line, and INCLUDE YOUR FULL<br />
POSTAL ADDRESS (not for<br />
publication, just to let people know<br />
where you are).<br />
Cllr Martin Cartwright<br />
Borough Council News<br />
When Is It Safe to Walk On the Pavements?<br />
I<br />
RECEIVED a phone<br />
call from a resident,<br />
in tears, very<br />
distressed, asking the<br />
question: What time<br />
of the day or night is<br />
it safe to walk on the<br />
pavements in Groby?<br />
The resident informed<br />
me that she dare not<br />
venture out even at 5pm<br />
on a Sunday to post a<br />
letter only a matter of<br />
streets away from their<br />
home because it was in<br />
their view unsafe for them to do so.<br />
Having plucked up the courage to<br />
do so as it was Sunday afternoon<br />
after all, her fears and worries<br />
came true as they encountered<br />
an electric bike traveling at speed<br />
on the pavement coming towards<br />
them. They went onto say so many<br />
electric bikes, electric scooters and<br />
parked cars made them venturing<br />
out almost impossible to do so<br />
these days without the fear of being<br />
harmed as a result.<br />
They had previously had many<br />
experiences during school times<br />
both in the morning and afternoon<br />
as the schools open and close<br />
for the day with children riding<br />
traditional cycles on the pavement<br />
had seen them face many near<br />
misses so they avoid this time of<br />
the day altogether.<br />
During the most recent experience<br />
although upset and distressed they<br />
said nothing to the electric bike<br />
rider but were the victim of the most<br />
horrendous abuse of language<br />
back for simply daring to step on<br />
the pavements to deliver a letter to<br />
the post box by them being in the<br />
wrong place at the wrong time.<br />
This has had a profound effect<br />
upon this person who is frightened<br />
to ever leave their home now,<br />
because of the possibility being<br />
knocked down or harmed as a<br />
result.<br />
They have specifically asked for me<br />
to feature this in my Spotlight article<br />
and requested that I name them,<br />
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council – Groby Ward.<br />
Executive member for: Licensing, Environmental,<br />
Climate Change & Rural Issues<br />
Call: 0116 287 4500 • Mobile: 07850 707050<br />
E-Mail: hbbc@appliancehome.co.uk<br />
Write : Maverick House,10 Pine Tree Avenue, Groby, LE6 0EQ<br />
which is the only bit that I am not<br />
prepared to do.<br />
It was a very distressing telephone<br />
call for them to make and one<br />
would hope a distressing read to<br />
the Spotlight readers. Pavements<br />
should be safe places for people to<br />
use and enjoy this person clearly<br />
thinks that they are not.<br />
The law is very clear, for the riding<br />
of electric scooters on a public road<br />
or pavement is ILLEGAL. If caught<br />
it could be seized and you could be<br />
prosecuted, no excuses.<br />
IF YOU OWN AN ELECTRIC<br />
SCOOTER, THE ONLY PLACE<br />
THAT YOU CAN USE THIS IS<br />
ON PRIVATE LAND WITH THE<br />
LANDOWNER’S PERMISSION,<br />
END OF!<br />
My appeal to you all is that<br />
pavements need to be safe places<br />
for all users, many people using the<br />
pavements, not just this individual,<br />
feel frightened to use them because<br />
of near misses with other pavement<br />
users legally or illegally mainly not<br />
on foot. It could be your loved one<br />
or relative that sits at home in such<br />
fear, frightened to venture out as a<br />
result.<br />
HBBC maintains one of<br />
the lowest council tax<br />
rates in the country<br />
HINCKLEY & BOSWORTH<br />
BOROUGH COUNCIL is to<br />
increase its Council tax charge<br />
for <strong>2024</strong>/2025 by £5 following a<br />
Cllr Martin Cartwright @CllrCartwright cllr.martincartwright<br />
I find it very offensive when people get easily offended.<br />
decision of the full Council at its<br />
budget-setting meeting on 22<br />
February <strong>2024</strong>.<br />
Councillors were informed that<br />
Hinckley & Bosworth is the third<br />
worst-off Council of 164 District<br />
Councils nationally for the amount<br />
it receives of core funding support<br />
from the Government.<br />
This means the average Band D<br />
Council tax (including the Special<br />
Expense Area) for Hinckley &<br />
Bosworth Borough Council will<br />
increase to a charge of £154.87<br />
for the <strong>2024</strong>/25 financial year,<br />
the lowest in Leicestershire and<br />
anticipated to be the 14th lowest in<br />
England, and certainly within the<br />
lowest quartile.<br />
Overall, this increase in Council<br />
tax and the other measures set<br />
out in the Council’s Medium Term<br />
Financial Strategy enable the<br />
Borough Council to plan with more<br />
certainty and to operate a balanced<br />
budget.<br />
Residents are reminded they can<br />
pay their bill annually, half-yearly<br />
or monthly. In a full year, the<br />
monthly instalments will normally<br />
be paid from April to January (10<br />
Instalments), however residents<br />
can also opt to pay their council tax<br />
over 12 instalments if they prefer.<br />
You can also select the 1st, 15th or<br />
28th as your preferred direct debit<br />
date.<br />
To check your Council tax please<br />
visit: https://www.hinckleybosworth.<br />
gov.uk/counciltaxbands<br />
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