Herald - Issue 413

7th October 2021 • The HERALD • Page 27 v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v WILLIS DECORATING & JOINERY SERVICES Est Since 1986 Interior & Exterior Painting & Decorating Wallpaper Hanging Hand-painted Kitchens & Spray Finishes Wardrobes, Bookcases, Radiator Covers Call David on 023 8084 9800 or 07946 048261 E: david.willis24@btinternet.com All General Plumbing • Boiler Installations • Boiler Breakdowns • Gas Appliance Servicing • Central Heating Repairs 023 8089 9300 07917 445369 petertarr1@hotmail.co.uk Reg: 3515993 PETERTARR Gas, Plumbing & Heating We offer a Full Range of Carpentry and Building Services: • Full Design Service • Garage and Loft Conversions • Extensions • Fitted Kitchens and Bathrooms • Brickwork • Flat Roofs • Conservatories • PVCu Windows • Decking • Fencing, Pergolas and Gates D&G CARPENTRY & BUILDING Over 25 years experience, so for a fast and friendly service with free estimates call on 07767 833227 or 023 8089 9371 NEW VETERANS COFFEE CLUB OPENS e Waterside Veterans Co ee Club (WVCC) opened its doors at Fawley Royal British Legion in Black eld on Saturday 17th July 2021 o ering local veterans, serving personnel, their families and dependents an opportunity, on the 3rd Saturday of every month, to come together to chat about past and present times. Lucy Pullin, who decided to start the club, said: “We were really pleased with the number of veterans, and serving personnel, who popped in. Each month we hope to see new faces of serving and ex-serving military personnel. It’s such a relaxed morning with the usual service banter”. Lucy is married to Ex RAF Regt Gunner, Pete Pullin, who during his 16 years’ service spent time in Germany, e Falklands and Northern Island. Pete and Lucy have been attending the Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club in Lymington for the past 3 years and felt that additional support was needed for veterans and serving military personnel on the Waterside. Funding of £750 was obtained last year from Masons of Powney Lodge in Lymington to get the club o the ground. Unfortunately, the pandemic hit, pushing the planning back but once allowed, plans were back on, the dates were set and the venue booked. Tesco Community Champion, Heidi Vickery, kindly gi ed bacon, baps, biscuits and much more for the rst meeting which was gratefully received by all who attended. On Saturday 16th October 2021 WVCC will be holding their o cial opening at Fawley Royal British Legion in Black eld from 10am. All veterans, serving personnel, their families and dependents are invited to attend. As part of the plan to support veterans in the local community, attendees are invited to bring along non-perishable food items that will be gi ed in the form of a hamper to a veteran this Christmas. Anyone wishing to support this can make donations via the Fawley RBL in Black eld. e aim of WVCC is to be able to o er support to veterans in the local community in whatever form needed . If you would like to help support this great venture please do get in touch by calling Lucy on: 07979 673343 or email: wvcc@btinternet.com Who Let the Pigs Out?! If you’re out and about enjoying the Autumn air in the forest keep your eyes peeled as it’s piggy season once again! Running until Sunday 14th November , pannage is the practice of turning out domestic pigs in a wood or forest in order that they may feed on fallen acorns, beechmast, chestnuts or other nuts. Historically, it was a right or privilege granted to local people on common land and it is still an important part of the forest ecology, and helps the husbandry of the other New Forest livestock – pigs can safely eat acorns as a large part of their diet, whereas excessive amounts are poisonous to ponies and cattle. For further information regarding the pannage season, please contact the Verderers’ o ce on: 023 8028 2052. Snuffling snouts keep the forest floor free from acorns Hampshire County Council and the county’s other local authority partners within the Project Integra waste disposal partnership have joined over 150 other local authorities and 10 professional bodies to call for the Sentencing Council - the Council for England and Wales which promotes greater consistency in sentencing, whilst maintaining the independence of the judiciary - to consider tougher fines and sentences for y-tipping o enders. e Sentencing Council has been asked to consider changes that would mean: • Court nes would exceed the cost of Fixed Penalty Notice nes and to include costs incurred by the public purse and the police in bringing a y tipper to court • Costs related to the clean-up of y tipping on private land and restoration of that land would be included in nes paid by those who are prosecuted • When deciding the level of ne, y tipping would be looked at by the court as an o ence in the rst instance and not at the person and their ability to pay rst - it is suggested that means testing should be used to ascertain what type of ne(s) to give, and never how much they should pay • If a defendant cannot pay the ne in full, or in part, that community- based sentences are more widely used and available across all offence categories • More use of suspended prison sentences - which has been proven to be a strong deterrent to serial y tipping o enders • And that anyone convicted of a second y tipping o ence is given a custodial sentence rather than another suspended sentence More information about fly-tipping, including advice on how to report it, can be found on Hampshire County Council waste and recycling web pages, together with further details about Project Integra and its work. Call for Tougher Legal Action on Fly-Tippers​