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Safety measures to be introduced at busy Peterborough junction
Councillors have backed calls to introduce safety measures at a busy junction where a crash took were called to the Eastfield Road and Eye Road junction, near Parnwell, Peterborough, on 24 June, following the two-vehicle crash which left a passenger seriously injured. Councillors and highways team officials confirmed they would look into introducing the safety measures after a site visit with resident Alan Ellis, cabinet member for environment and transport on Peterborough City Council, said the junction was "something that needs looking at". 'Jumping red lights' Katy Cole, Dogsthorpe ward councillor and cabinet member for children's services, said she had been contacted by residents about "the amount of reckless driving that's taking place across this junction", as reported by the Local Democracy Reporting Service. "I've seen cars jumping the red lights and I've had my colleague beeped because he was doing 30mph in a 30mph limit," she said the junction had been flagged as having a history of crashes over a number of years, even before the latest incident. The council will look at whether the traffic lights are fit for purpose, consider putting a camera at the junction and ask residents what they think would help, he added. Peterborough City Council has about £75,000 allocated as part of its road safety budget which might be used towards the improvements. Mr Andrews, who lives near the junction, said he was delighted to have received support from councillors after he raised his concerns. Data from revealed a number of crashes in the area up until 2023 and three crashes were reported at the Eye Road and Eastfield Road junction. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
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Peterborough car cruising hotspot gets public protection order
New conditions will be in place for three years in an attempt to crack down on anti-social behaviour at a car cruising public space protection order (PSPO) is being used by Peterborough City Council at Pleasure Fair Meadow car council said it had received several reports from nearby residents of noise, smoke and odours from the site.A consultation found 151 out of 169 responses were in favour of the PSPO, which could see fines of up to £1,000 or penalty notices for people who break the rules. People told the council about meets involving up to 300 cars and smaller gatherings of vehicles where some drivers carried out manoeuvres like doughnuts and handbrake were also complaints about litter, the Local Democracy Reporting Service member for housing and communities, Alison Jones, said: "We have listened to feedback from residents and are taking direct action by setting up a PSPO aimed at tackling crime and improving the quality of life for communities within this area of the city."Pleasure Fair Meadow car park is monitored by a council-operated CCTV camera, which logged 32 incidents of anti-social or dangerous driving between April 2023 and November 2024. Leader of the Liberal Democrat group, Christian Hogg, represents the Fletton and Stanground ward where the car park is said: "It is absolutely most welcome, as the residents around Pleasure Fair Meadow Car Park have been blighted for years with screeching tyres, revving engines and loud music on a regular basis."Hopefully this PSPO will finally produce a solution because it gives the police far more power to move people on and for them to not come back 15 minutes later."In Peterborough there are currently two area PSPOs – one in the city centre and one covering the Millfield, New England, Eastfield and Embankment councillor Julie Stevenson chaired the task and finish group created to examine the said: "This is great. It has taken a long time but now it is here and hopefully it will be effective in just getting people some nights where they can sleep again." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Guardian
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Greater Manchester police investigating over 1,000 grooming gang suspects
Greater Manchester police are investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects, as a new report found the force was 'trying to provide a better service to those who have experienced sexual exploitation'. The force has made 'significant improvements' in how it investigates grooming gangs and other types of child sexual abuse offences, according to the report by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. The report looks at the way grooming gangs and other child sexual offences are handled by the police, health bodies and the 10 councils across Greater Manchester. It said police had live investigations into 'multi-victim, multi-offender' child sexual exploitation cases involving 714 victims and survivors and 1,099 suspects. 'We found that since 2019, when Greater Manchester police started to review its non-recent child sexual exploitation investigations, the force has improved its understanding and approach to investigating allegations of child criminal and sexual exploitation,' the inspector of constabulary for the northern region, Michelle Skeer, said. 'It is clear that the force has, for many years, been trying to provide a better service to those who have or may have experienced sexual exploitation. 'But for some, trust and confidence in the police had been lost, and the force would not be able to rectify their experiences. 'It is vital that improvements are led by victims' experiences, and if they do come forward, they are supported, protected and taken seriously.' At a press conference, GMP's chief constable, Sir Stephen Watson, said those who had failed victims in the past 'should face justice like anyone else'. He continued: 'To those who are responsible for these repugnant crimes – as is now very apparent – we will pursue you relentlessly.' The chief constable said the role ethnicity played in grooming gang offending was a 'legitimate question' and may be explored in a future national inquiry. A recent report by Louise Casey found that Asian men were significantly over-represented as suspects in grooming gangs in Greater Manchester, saying authorities were in 'denial', and that more needed to be done to understand why this was the case. GMP is the only force in the country to set up a dedicated team to investigate grooming gangs, which it did in 2021, now called the child sexual exploitation major investigation team (CSE MIT), with about 100 staff and a ringfenced budget. The force approaches child sexual exploitation as it does serious and organised crime gangs, using specialist tactics. The report identified improvements that could be made in order to better address the issue and progress investigations. These included data sharing, with local councils sometimes not willing to provide detectives with information, leading to 'significant delays in investigations'. The report said intelligence provided by Manchester city council took months to arrive and 'was so heavily redacted that some pages contained only a few words'. So far the CSE MIT and the earlier grooming gang investigations have resulted in 42 convictions, with offenders imprisoned for a total of more than 430 years. Other investigations are ongoing, with several more trials scheduled. In a statement, Greater Manchester's mayor, Andy Burnham, said: 'I am confident in my view that the Greater Manchester system is in a demonstrably different and far stronger place today than it was when the failings happened.' He added: 'The effect of the assurance review I commissioned has been to usher in widespread culture change across all GM bodies. Never again will any child here be labelled or dismissed when they come forward to report concerns. 'Now the national inquiry is being put in place, we must allow victims the space and the right climate to have their voices heard, allow the actual truth to be established and accountability delivered.'
