Crime

A bike marking day will take place at Halfords, The Causeway Trading Estate tomorrow (Friday, March 5) from 4pm until 6pm.

Following a spate of high value bicycle thefts the session will give bike overs the chance to attach a sticker to their bike with their postcode and house name or number on it.

There is no need to book, just turn up on the day with your bike.

The next Egham police panel meeting takes place on Tuesday, March 9 at the Literary Institute in the High Street from 7pm until 8pm.

The meeting is an opportunity for members of the public to meet their local policing team face to face and raise any issues or concerns they have in the form of a general forum.

A key issue to target will also be identified during the meeting.

Neighbourhood Watch members and police officers are teaming up to fight anti-social parking in Glebe Road.

Residents complained to police that people visiting the shops and take-away at the Thorpe Road end were parking inconsiderately, or sometimes on double-yellow lines.

The police team will continue to patrol and monitor the problem and respond to issues raised by the Neighbourhood Watch team.

Police and environmental protection officers patrolled Nightingale Shott after complaints of noise nuisance.

The issue was raised by residents when the Egham Town Safer Neighbourhood Team held its panel meeting. Residents stated they felt areas with a high student population were to blame, but the patrol resulted in no issues.

Two tramps lovers who begged in and around Ashford and Egham have been given a second set of anti-social behaviour orders, this time lasting for five years.

Trevor Davison, 29, and Kerri Turner, 21 appeared at Staines Magistrates' Court on Thursdayb February 11 and were hit with the five-year order banning them from drinking or begging in Surrey.

Runnymede Safer Neighbourhood Inspector, Roger Nield, has hailed the Section 30 dispersal order operating in Pooley Green as a success.

The order which forms part of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003, allowed officers to disperse groups of youths believed might cause a disturbance. I

nsp. Nield stated there had been a reduction of reported anti-social behaviour incidents by as much as 30%. The order will finish at the end of January, but an enhanced police presence will continue in the area.

Arsonists torched a dereclict bungalow neighbours say was a den for drug users and homeless people.

The property, in Chertsey Lane, Thorpe, suffered 80% damage during the blaze, which was first reported to emergency services by a member of the public at around 5.50pm.

A motorcyclist was killed after being involved in a collision with a car on Tuesday (January 19) morning.

The incident took place on Stroude Road, Egham, near the Great Fosters Hotel, around 8.09am when a blue Mercedes A-class car was in collision with a Triumph motorcycle.

The rider of the bike, a man in his fifties, sustained serious injuries as a result of the collision and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Residents have expressed continuing concerns over anti-social behaviour in the area at a recent meeting with neighbourhood police officers.

The panel meeting was held at the Hythe Centre, Thorpe Lea Road, last month where residents raised concerns to their local policing team about anti-social behaviour of youths in the area.

A Section 30 dispersal order was brought into effect in August last year to counter such incidents.

Do you think the Section 30 dispersal order has worked or is the level of anti-social behaviour around Pooley Green the same as always? Let us know your thoughts using the comments button below.

Residents have the chance to meet their local policing team and raise any issues or concerns at a panel meeting on Tuesday, January 19.

The meeting takes place in the Literary Institute in the High Street at 7pm and will provide a chance for a general discussion on any current issues residents feel the police should be addressing.

There will also be a vote on what will be the key issue for the coming months.