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BBC News
13 hours ago
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- BBC News
Upset after Thornbury splash pad covered up
Residents are expressing disappointment at a decision by a council to cover over a popular water play facility.A splash pad had been in Mundy Playing Fields in Thornbury for 10 years and was popular with families, who could take their children to splash in shallow water during warm just as temperatures approach 30C, it has been covered over with wood chippings and park benches and turned into a picnic Town Council (TTC) said the splash pad had reached "the end of its operational life". "The splash pad has been well-used and much-loved over the years, but it has been deteriorating, despite ongoing maintenance efforts by the council," a TTC statement council added it understood the facility, near Bristol, was important and it considered creating a new one "a priority". Matt Garland, from near Stroud in Gloucestershire, said he had only visited the park for the splash pad."We thought, you know, nice day, we'll bring the kids down and have some fun, but unfortunately it's gone," he Garland said he was "disappointed" by the removal and the splash pad's replacement."It's literally just a few benches put up and some woodchippings, so it seems like a bit of a cop out," he visitor to the park said she felt the benches would be better placed elsewhere."To sit there [in the old splash pad] in a circle with everybody looking at each other, that seems really strange," she said."They'd have been better to put the picnic tables further up in the park, so that anybody that's coming in can sit there," she council said it intended to create a new and improved water facility, but when this would be done and how much it would cost is not currently clear.
CTV News
29-05-2025
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- CTV News
CMV inspection blitz results in over 100 charges for safety violations: OPP
The Collingwood and The Blue Mountains provincial police officers conduct safety inspections in Thornbury, Ont., on Wed., May 28, 2025. A safety inspection blitz held in Thornbury resulted in 15 commercial motor vehicles (CMV) removed from the roads and more than 100 charges laid. Provincial police officers were assisted by the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Finance during the one-day compliance-focused operation in The Blue Mountains on Tuesday. Police say officers inspected 42 CMVs, resulting in 107 charges for safety violations, including improper licensing, equipment violations, and load security issues. Additionally, five sets of licence plates were seized due to what police call 'significant safety concerns.' "These initiatives are critical to reducing preventable collisions and keeping our highways safe for all users," Detachment Commander Insp. Loris Licharson stated. OPP concluded by adding the mandatory alcohol screening achieved 100 per cent compliance during the inspection blitz.
BBC News
20-03-2025
- BBC News
Missing persons review petition reaches 20,000 signatures
A young man's petition for the government to review how missing person cases are handled has gained more than 20,000 signatures since Thornbury, 19, from Malmesbury, Wiltshire, began a Facebook group in 2023 called Missing People - Lost and Loved, which currently has about 5,000 group was an unofficial online space for people helping to search for Nicola Bulley, who went missing walking her dog in Lancashire in to families, he says he has heard about a lack of communication between police forces, delays in releasing CCTV footage and not enough support. "Some families just feel left without answers, they feel hopeless," he said. 'Push for change' Mr Thornbury said that during the Nicola Bulley case, people had organised searches through the Facebook petition on is to "bring this to the attention of the UK Ministers of State responsible for policing, urging them to review and improve the handling and support provided for missing persons cases".Mr Thornbury said: "I've been talking to families for over two years and one thing that comes up is police forces are not giving enough support, and it comes up far too often."I'm willing to really push for some change," he has noticed families complaining of a "lack of communication" between different police forces if their missing loved one travels, as well as a delay in the release of CCTV footage. Currently working part-time at a supermarket, Mr Thornbury is already well-known in his area as an avid community worker, organising litter-picking and campaigning for pothole repairs. He started taking an interest in missing person cases two years ago when he noticed teenagers going missing locally."People needed posters creating and I had the expertise through college to make them - it was greatly appreciated."Working with people from other missing person groups too, he says he goes through social media and, when he sees a case that people need a poster for, he will offer and ask for the police reference number to check the post is not fake. Families can then distribute it. About 170,000 people are reported missing to the police every year in the UK, according to the National Crime Agency's Missing Persons people are found, said Mr Thornbury. "A woman's grandson went missing for around a week, and because of the publicity we got and the posters, he was found," he Thornbury has worked with billboard companies to highlight the issue, once paying £500 out of his own pocket for a campaign in future, he hopes to meet more families in person and establish a registered charity. Dep Ch Con Catherine Hankinson, national policing lead for missing people, explained that forces investigated hundreds of reports every day, each of which needed to be individually says they understand how "traumatic it can be for families" but there is a right to privacy if someone chooses to leave their home and go missing."We accept that there will always be room for improvement in investigations, which is why the national Missing People Policing Group works to improve the police and partnership response to missing people," she said.
