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BBC News
12-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Concern over plans to remove Rayleigh football pitches
A plan to remove football pitches from leisure centres in south Essex has drawn complaints from families and club Council and its leisure centre operator, Everyone Active, was looking at replacing sports pitches with padel courts, with one councillor describing the move as "anti-football", The Local Democracy Reporting Service said. Padel has risen in popularity in recent times and described as a more accessible version of tennis which is played with stringless racquets on smaller Active said the decision pre-dated its appointment as leisure centre operator. The council has been approached for comment. Several local football clubs were working on a petition against the Southwood, who runs the Football Fun Factory in Rayleigh, Hockley and Southend said that parents were concerned about the impact of removing pitches."This would have a massive impact on the children," he said."If they remove the pitches there will be nowhere for these children to go and play football."Rayleigh Leisure Centre is the only place children and people can play in the area. We are trying to inspire the next generation of football players."Danielle Belton, the leader of the Conservative group on Rochford Council, said: "The football community in the area is huge. "It's not just about football. The parents get a lot out of it and can go shopping, to the gym or for a coffee. There is a feeling the council is anti-football".However, Lisa Newport, chair of the council's communities, wellbeing and housing committee said no decisions had been made about replacing the football pitches at Rayleigh Leisure Everyone Active spokesperson said: "Plans for the padel courts were in the council's original management tender when selecting a new operator and was not an Everyone Active decision." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Yahoo
Hartselle man charged with possessing synthetic marijuana, chemical endangerment
Feb. 5—A Hartselle man with a history of drug convictions was charged with drug possession and chemical endangerment last week after drug paraphernalia was found in his home in the same area with children's items, and synthetic marijuana was found in a safe, according to a Morgan County investigator's affidavit. The affidavit said the Morgan County Drug Enforcement Unit served a narcotics search warrant at the residence of Terence Cortez Wallace, 32, and located Wallace in his driveway and observed multiple juveniles who they confirmed also lived at the residence. As officers searched the residence, they located "multiple items of drug paraphernalia in plain view with children's clothes and toys." The affidavit said Wallace gave officers the code to a safe in the master bedroom where they located synthetic marijuana, a firearm, and an "additional unknown substance." The affidavit said officers also located marijuana in the master bedroom. Wallace was charged with second-degree possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance and chemical endangerment, according to the affidavit. This is not the first time Wallace has been arrested on charges of possessing synthetic marijuana. According to an affidavit signed by Decatur police officer Cody Southwood, Wallace, who was a Decatur resident at the time, was pulled over near 14th Avenue and Douthit Street Southwest for having no license plate on Jan. 21, 2017. Southwood asked Wallace to step outside his vehicle and said he smelled marijuana, the affidavit said. After the officer informed Wallace that he would search him due to the scent of marijuana, Wallace "began to run away from me, into the nearby woods. I attempted to deploy my Taser, which was ineffective, and continued to pursue him." Southwood said he caught Wallace in the woods and detained him until additional police units arrived. He said approximately 12 grams of synthetic cannabinoids were located in Wallace's pants and Wallace told him, "That ain't nothing but synthetic." Wallace was charged with resisting arrest, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, and various traffic-related offenses. He was then transferred to the Morgan County Jail, according to the affidavit, and a corrections officer located two small baggies on Wallace. "One of the baggies contained approximately 1.2 grams of marijuana and the other contained what appeared to be methamphetamine," the affidavit said. The affidavit said Wallace was then additionally charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and second-degree possession of marijuana. According to court records, Wallace was indicted in August 2018 for trafficking in synthetic marijuana after being found in possession of over 56 grams of synthetic cannabinoids near Decatur on May 6, 2018. He pleaded guilty in January 2021. According to the Decatur Police Department, Wallace was arrested again in January 2021 and charged with unlawful possession of synthetic cannabinoids, attempting to flee or elude law enforcement, possession of drug paraphernalia, tampering with physical evidence, and third-degree trespassing. In the 2021 arrest, police said they attempted a traffic stop on Wallace's vehicle at the intersection of 19th Avenue Southeast and Locust Street and Wallace continued to drive down an alley, and later fled on foot. Wallace was apprehended near the intersection of Sixth Avenue Southeast and Seventh Street Southeast and investigators said he discarded 22 grams of synthetic marijuana on the ground as he fled and they found drug paraphernalia inside his vehicle. He pleaded guilty to possession in 2022. Wallace remained in the Morgan County Jail on Tuesday and was being held without bond on an alleged parole violation, according to jail records. — or 256-340-2442.
