Over the last few months I have been working with the council, school, college and police to prepare for the new school term.

The lowest year at Fram school are being kept on site this year to help to reduce problems at lunchtimes. I was insistant that Council neighbourhood wardens patrol at the start of the new school and college terms and the police have also been carrying out patrols as well from today and will do so on a regular basis.

It appears that we have made major impact on littering with the improved bins I arranged earlier in the year and the patrols. Clearly this is an on going issue but the improvements in littering are significant compared to a couple of years ago. The school and college have been very proactive in assisting in tackling the anti-social behaviour issues.

Any problems please let me know.

The new parking scheme on Fram Front street appears to be a success, with far fewer cars parking on pavements and spaces available for passing trade. This took me quite some time to get arranged, but the wait is clearly worth the result.

If anyone sees any knock on effects anywhere please let me know.

The carpark at the rear of the community centre I arranged to be resurfaced last year is available for anyone needing to park for more than 3 hours and has lighting in the evening and spaces for over 30 cars.

It appears that the recycling bins haven’t turned up on Front St as promised by the County Council and I will be chasing up as to why.

I have been asked to look at replacing two seats on Fram Front St which are damaged and am looking for possible funding sources to keep the cost down. I asked the Parish Council to consider contributing which will be discussed at the next meeting