Overnight on 18/19th November, offender/s damaged a wagon at farm premises on Chapel Road, Whaley Bridge, whilst attempting to remove diesel.
Please be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to Derbyshire police.
Anyone with information should call 0345 123 33 33, quoting crime number: 63789/10.
At this time of year, members of the public are re-circulating an e-mail with content similar to below:
“A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a Premium rate number).
DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize.
If you call the number and Continue Reading →
A member of community message has contacted the Police today regarding a phishing fraud.
Whilst online on Friday evening, an e-mail was received from Ebay saying that their account had been suspended. Ebay had noticed a third party had been trying to log into the account. The e-mail asked for card details Continue Reading →
Not doing anything this Thursday evening? Then join us at the Mechanics Institute for the
latest WBA film screening, “The Road” starring Viggo Mortensen. Based on the Pullitzer
Prize-winning novel of the same name – more details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_(film)
The evening kicks off at 7:30 pm and, as ever, includes fairly-priced drinks and snacks.
Police in Chapel-en-le-Frith and Whaley Bridge are warning parents about the risks of giving youngsters alcohol.
Officers from the local Safer Neighbourhood policing team have raised concerns after they seized a large amount of alcohol from groups of youngsters following the Whaley Bridge bonfire Continue Reading →
At 10am this morning, Wednesday 17th November, a female described as being of Eastern European appearance, has been wandering around the supermarket car park in Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, approaching people and asking if they want to buy gold rings. She has also been also looking into parked cars. She is wearing a brown head scarf, dark complexion, dark hair, wearing a grey 3/4 length coat and a checked skirt. Incident number: 163 of 17.11.10.
Police have received several reports of persons in a silver BMW saloon and possibly an Audi Estate flagging motorists down by a male, persistently asking for money and petrol. Excuses made have been that they needed petrol as they had run out and had a baby in the car, or asking for money as his wife is sick, etc, and offering gold rings. Locations where motorists have been flagged down are: B5056, Grangemill stretch, A52 Ashbourne, B5023 Wirksworth stretch. Incident number: 451 of 15.11.10 & Incident numbers: 320, 687 of 16.11.10.
Don’t become a victim of these scams which have done the rounds before!
Anyone with information should call 0345 123 33 33, quoting the relevant incident number.
Please be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the police.
Youngsters at 1st Whaley Bridge Methodist Brownies had the chance to get boxing clever with the local police.
The girls took part in an Ozbox taster session, a boxing based fitness training programme which is designed to raise youngsters’ fitness levels as well as promote self confidence
The session was set up by PCSO Julie Shaw and Brown Owl Sally Whelan, who also volunteers as a Special Constable for the Whaley Bridge and Furness Vale Safer Neighbourhood policing team.
PCSO Shaw said: “The taster session gave the youngsters a chance to take part in a fun activity, which encourages fitness and provides the opportunity for them to get to know their local police.
“We had some really positive feedback from the group, who said they had really enjoyed the session which goes to show how Ozbox can appeals to and reach a wide variety of youngsters.”
To find out more about the Ozbox initiative visit www.ozbox.org.
Police have been joining forces with partnership agencies to check up on waste and scrap metal collectors.
Officers from the local Safer Neighbourhood policing teams and the roads policing unit teamed up with staff from VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency), the Environment Agency and Continue Reading →
Greater Manchester Police have informed Derbyshire of a method of stealing motor vehicles which has started to become a problem to them. Thieves are targeting high powered and expensive motor vehicles whilst they are queuing in traffic during the evening rush hour.
Vehicles are approached on foot and threats made to the drivers before the car is stolen.
This type of offence has not occurred as yet in Derbyshire.
Drivers are advised to keep windows up and doors locked whilst stationary or travelling at slow speeds.
