The Knaphill Community Speed Watch has recently expanded to include some new roads.  One of these is the A322 Bagshot Road.  A few weeks ago I spent an hour with a local resident monitoring the speed of traffic along the road.  We found over 15 vehicles speeding with some travelling over 50 miles an hour.  […]

Taking onboard concerns from local residents about the number of cars and young people congregating in the Sainsbury’s car park at night and having spoken with local police officers I wrote to Sainsbury’s seeking to find out what their view on the situation is and the actions they plan to take.    A copy of […]

Looking at the local papers and some recent statistics it seems that crime is on the up along with the decline in the economy.  While policing is outside the realm of Woking Borough Council, as a councillor I feel it is important to remind local people about things that they can do.One of the best […]

Knocking on doors recently I have been surprised how many people are now asking what is being done to ensure that EU migrant workers are observing the same rules as everybody else when it comes to tax.  As a Liberal Democrat I am proud of our party’s strongly pro-European policy, but just because I am […]

There has been scandal after scandal in British politics for as long as I can remember.  It was the Tory party in the early 1990s and then Labour from ’97 onwards. First with donors such as Bernie Ecclestone securing delays in the ban on Tobacco advertising, cash for honours and members of the Lords being […]

Following the decision of the Woking Borough Council Licensing Committee to take action against Sainsbury’s Ashcombe Parade, Kingfield Road, Woking for failing test purchases by trading standards, Sainsbury’s has appealed against the decision.  There will be a new hearing in February 2009.  I hope that the magistrate hearing the case is able to uphold the […]

At a special meeting of the Woking Borough Council Licensing committee, a decision was taken to suspend the license of J Sainsbury’s Ashcombe Parade, Kingfield Road, Woking, for one month.  Other conditions added to the license included the prevention of sale of alcohol between 12pm and 6pm, to protect young people from the illegal sale […]

Saturday 16th August, I took part in my first Knaphill community speed watch.  Along with two other volunteers from our team of six, we set up along Redding Way with two warning signs spaced clearly ahead of each side of the area where we had the speed camera.  Wearing bright florescent jackets we recorded the […]

Community speed watch can reduce speed to safer levels I am working with Surrey Police to organise a series of community speed watches. Community speed watches involve residents forming a community speed watch team (usually six people), attending a police training session with local police officers at the local police station.  Equipment (including a special camera) […]