Hockliffe.net ROADS Highways Agency www.highways.gov.uk Looks after A5 Trunk Road any problems can be reported on 24 hour telephone number: 0300 123 5000 or email to ha_info@highways.gsi.gov.uk Central Council look after all other roads in Hockliffe telephone number: 0300 300 8049 or email highways@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk Any Problems can be reported directly and emergencies should be attended to within 2 hours. Examples of faults attended to: Street lighting, Potholes, Dead Animals, Accesses/drop kerbs, carriageway, Drainage (not sewerage that’s Anglian Water – 08457 145 145), Traffic signals, Zebra Crossings, Traffic Management/Safety, Grass Cutting, Hedges, Trees, Kerbs, Street Furniture, Road Lines, Footways, Road Studs, Licences/Permits, Works on highways/road closures, Illegal encampments, Winter maintenance. POLICE Any Person wishing to make a report to the police whether a victim of crime or to pass on suspicions should in first instance contact the Call Handling Unit on South Beds - 01582 401212 – manned 7 days a week 24 hours a day. Police Officers that cover Hockliffe are:- Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) 4340 Joshua TONKIN tel. 01582 473462 and APS 823 LICHFIELD, the Rural Sergeant, on 01582 473412 / 07876 130614  In the event of threat to life or property (as in a crime in progress) then calls should be made by dialling – 999 COLD CALLING -If there is any doubt as to the authenticity of the caller then ring Bogus Caller Hotline - 08454 040506 If you are concerned about anything you can call Crime stoppers anonymously on - 0800 555 111 www.operationscorpion.org.uk - website that has been created to give a snapshot of crime and police activity within Bedfordshire Magistrates Court – 01234 319100 County Court – 01234 760400 FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE - 01234 351081 EMERGENCY SOCIAL SERVICES – 0870 2385465 (Outside Office Hours) TRADING STANDARDS – 01234 228897 CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL - www.centralbeds.gov.uk The Council is responsible for a large number of local services that directly benefit the area and people who live and work here. These include housing, leisure facilities, refuse collections and waste recycling, street cleaning, town and county planning, protecting public health, conserving and protecting the environment and looking after the economic well being of the area. The Council is also responsible for Health, education, highways etc, full details can be found on their website. USEFUL WEBSITES/TELEPHONE NUMBERS Citizens Advice - 01234 354384 (Bedford) Emergency Advice HM Government – Preparing for Emergencies – www.pfe.gov.uk Home Office – www.homeoffice.gov.uk Home Office, Terrorism Information – www.homeoffice.gov.uk/terrorism Radiation Protection Division – www.hpa.org.uk/radiation Uk Resilience Home Page – www.ukresilience.info/home.htm Health Advice Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority – www.bhha.nhs.uk or 01727 812929 Bedfordshire & Luton Metal Health & Social Care Partnership NHS Trust – www.blct.nhs.uk or 01582 708999 Luton & Dunstable Hospital – www.ldh.nhs.uk or 0845 1270127 NHS Direct – www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk or 0845 4547 Health & Safety Executive – www.hse.gov.uk Ambulance Service – 01234 408 999 Samaritans – 08457 909090 Job Centre Plus - South Beds – 01582 685200 Libraries Leighton Buzzard – 01525 371788 Dunstable – 01582 608441 Mobile Library visits Hockliffe – stops at White Hart for 20 minutes from 16.10 to 16.30 on a Bi weekly Basis. Travel Tourist Information Office - 1582 471012 Traveline - 0870 608 2608 London Luton Airport – www.luton-airport.info BBC – www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews AA – www.theaa.com RAC – www.rac.co.uk Utility Companies Anglian Water – www.anglianwater.co.uk - 0800 919155 Transco – www.nationalgrid.com - 0800 111999 (24 hr emergency line) Electricity – 0800 783 8838 Weather & Flooding The Met Office – www.met-office.gov.uk - 0870 900 0100 Environment Agency – www.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood - 0845 9881188 or 08708 502858 British Waterways – 0800 479 9947 Local Radio Stations BBC Three Counties 95.5fm, 103.8fm, 104.5fm, 630mw and 1161mw Chiltern FM 97.6fm and 96.9fm Mix 96 FM 96.2fm Hockliffe Parish Council - Useful Contacts