Avon Dassett Soapbox Derby returns on 22 June 2019!
The race regulations have now been published: http://www.avondassett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SOAPBOX-REGS-2019.pdf Entries open on 22 February.
Avon Dassett Soapbox Derby returns on 22 June 2019!
The race regulations have now been published: http://www.avondassett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SOAPBOX-REGS-2019.pdf Entries open on 22 February.
Please could all walkers and dog walkers stay away from horses during this equine flu epidemic. The flu virus is airborne and can survive for several days. The danger is if you pet a horse that is infected and then another you could inadvertently pass the virus on. The flu virus is a rogue strain which is affecting even vaccinated horses. For those horses that are unvaccinated, young, old or pregnant the illness may be fatal.
Just to publicise the fact that Avon Dassett has a defibrillator, accessible from outside the Reading Room.
If you come across someone who has collapsed and you suspect cardiac arrest:
The parish council ask that residents don’t try to contact any trained staff direct; residents don’t have to act and deploy the defibrillator, without support, in an emergency.
There is a short video published by the British Heart Foundation on how to use a defibrillator you can watch here.
See this page for further details: https://www.avondassett.com/health-well-being/avon-dassett-defibrillator/
Detectives are appealing for information after a burglary at a Post Office in Napton.
At 7.44pm on Saturday 26 January, police were called to reports of the burglary in progress at the Post Office in New Street.
A group of men got out of a dark blue Volkswagen Golf (partial registration KP64) and used a metal bar to force entry to the premises. They fled the scene with cash.
Police have launched an investigation and are appealing for the public’s help to trace the men responsible.
Detective Sergeant Steve Flavell said: “There were people in the area at the time so I would appeal to anyone with any information that could help us to identify the offenders to contact us and help us bring them to justice.”
Anyone with information should call 101, quoting incident number 328 of 26 January 2019, or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.