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Today 25 Jan, flowers delivered to St edmund's Green, Sedgefield for Julia Cutter, from Moonpig.  No such person at this address, yet post code correct for the road.   Does anyone know Julie Cutter?

Has anyone had a problem with the diesel over the last week?  I filled up my car and now have warnings about dirty fuel and have to take it into a garage.

Looking for someone who would cut a small lawn and tidy borders on a fortnightly basis.

Thanking you in advance

When the refuse men leave your bin on someone else's drive would you

a)  collect your own bin and wheel the neighbour's bin to their property

b)  leave the offending item and at the first opportunity hurl abuse and rudeness at the innocent neighbour

c)  write to the Council to complain neighbours are putting bins out "too early" and "not collecting them quickly enough"?

No prizes for guessing what happens here.   No normalcy here.   

The "correct" answer to this nonsense is apparently c) which results in Council sending a letter to everyone nearby reminding them of their policy on refuse removal and threatening fly tipping prosecution.

How is this waste of Council money, when Council taxes have risen yet again  for the forthcoming year, justified by the "jobs worths"?   Why was the petty-fogging complaint not realised for what it was, and investigated on site by Council staff who approved the distribution of the letter?  Had this occurred they would have discovered that all, except 2 bins, are placed WITHIN THE BOUNDARY of  everyone's OWN PROPERTY; not, with the exception of 2, which are placed on the public highway; none, with the exception of 2, are placed outside the boundary of everyone's OWN PROPERTY, and; not with the exception of 2, obstructing the "path (which we do not have here). the road, or the back lane (which we do not have here).

May the complaint be realised for what it is - indicative of pettiness, viciousness, vindictiveness and unnecessary, not to mention small-minded malcontent.

Some people have real problems in life, whilst others search for problems about which to "complain".

How easy to access hate and how close to the surface that putrid emotion always floats, waiting for a target, biding its time to find a focus and bloom like a poisonous algae, while forgiveness lays limp and impotent at the bottom of the soul, guiltily aware that duty calls, but without the energy to resist that temptation.

Hello All,

There's a new 6 a side football league starting soon in Sedgefield Community College provided by Leisure Leagues. There are many prizes to be won including a holiday to Benidorm. Search for Sedgefield on the leisure leagues website and enter a team now!

Purchased Costco 19 January.  I cannot get used to it although I can see it is a good machine.  Comes with user manual, GAF798, 2 recipe books.  Has crisper tray and multi-purpose rack in the basket,.  

Refuse bin only half empty - surely the men could tell the difference between the weight of an empty and a partially-empty bin?  Not the case apparently and I have to pay £16 for a "special collection" to get the bin emptied properly.!!!  At £210 per month Council Tax am I wrong to expect operatives to fulfil their contract and check the bin is empty not just wheel to the lorry and wheel back in situ?   Told by Customer Services it was clearly my fault for putting things in the bin so something "got stuck"!!   Nothing stuck and after 50 years of home ownership I thought I was competent in bin management - clearly all my fault.

3rd time this year I've had problems with this Council over refuse collection.  One was a "special collection" they said they had collected and they had not.  Took that one to the local MP  and Councillor for a resolution.   Second occasion was when they repeatedly left my garden bin on someone else's property and I got abuse hurled at me from the property owner - of course the "normal" thing would have been for neighbour to place bin back on my land, as I do with others' bins, but no I got abuse.   Operatives' could-not-care-less-where-I-put-the-bin  had repercussions, A G A I N.

Not paying for a "special collection" or, as I pointed out in an email to DCC, a special "half-collection" and stuck with a half full bin for another two weeks, and counting.

This "customer is always wrong and a nuisance and we won't take any responsibility for shoddy work" gets me down.

UPDATE 21 DECEMBER

Received an email from DCC at around 1600 hours today saying the following :

Thank you for your recent report about your missed general waste collection on Tuesday 13 December 2022 at, St Edmunds Green, Sedgefield, 

 
We tried to collect your bin on Wednesday 21 December 2022 but were unable to do so because the bin was inaccessible when we tried to collect at . This is due to the gate being locked at 00:00.

The correct scheduled bin type(s) must be placed out on the kerbside by 7.00 a.m. on the day of collection.

We would appreciate it if you could complete a short survey, to give us your views on the service you received when you contacted us. Your feedback is important and will help us to identify if there are any areas of our service we can improve.

This is the first I heard of this intention (after the event) and I am expected to presume the refuse van arrived at midnight.  Contrarily the instruction to leave the bin out by 0700 hours contradicts the 0000 attempted collection time.   No responsibility is being taken for this confusing communication but I am apparently to blame for having a locked gate to my property.!!!   Why have a gate when you don't lock it and why do DCC employees see it acceptable to wander round my property? 

Unbelievable.

Nearly another accident today in the cul de sac as a reckless and careless driver failed to drive responsibly when entering a non-pavement area and nearly (deliberately) knocked into a pedestrian.   So dangerous the car's tyres hit a kerb.

What's the law related to this near accident/deliberate act?

Any independent company interested in contacting me with a view to discussing this intended upgrade?

Has anyone had a CCTV system installed at home recently and can recommend an independent firm?