Nothing Stop's Cllr Cathy Duffy...

IT takes more than a bit of 

snow to deter intrepid BNP

councillor Cathy Duffy from

going about her council duties.

The representative for East Goscote

ward on Charnwood Council was out

and about in the bitterly cold weather

to deliver leaflets advising her constituents

of her forthcoming surgery dates. Husband 

Maurice, is very much part of her campaign 

team and he was on hand to help deliver the  

leaflets and take the photographs.

While doing the rounds, Cathy was  

stopped by a gentleman (above, right)  

who had just been made redundant 

and he had a number of questions about 

what the BNP 's policies were to get 

people back into work.

"He went away reasonably happy with 

what I told him and I said I would get a 

BNP information pack sent to him. Over 

the last few months people that you meet 

are becoming more and more interested 

in politics. I think that they are beginning 

to realise that it's time to make their voice 

heard," she told me.

Beware of the cat flap burglars

YOU'VE heard of cat burglars - now police are warning residents in and around Loughborough that cat flap burglars are on the prowl.

Homeowners are being urged to make sure burglars cannot get hold of house and car keys through the cat flap, following two recent incidents in the area.

The first happened on August 13, at 5am in Loughborough, when the homeowner disturbed a man trying to reach her door keys through the cat flap. He escaped empty handed.

And at 7am on August 14, police received reports of a house burglary in Quorn, again with a cat flap connection.

The burglar had taken the key out of the inside of the back door by putting his arm though the flap, and used the key to unlock the back door and get into the house.

A flat screen television, laptop computer and a handbag containing bank cards were stolen.

Insp Cathy Yallop, commander of Charnwood local policing unit, said: "Although there is no evidential link between these two incidents, cat flap burglaries are quite rare and to have two in two nights is unusual, so we want to remind homeowners to make sure that their house or car keys are not within easy reach of the cat flap.

"It's best not to keep keys in the lock, store them away from doors in a safe place such as drawer where they cannot be seen."

Anyone with any information about these incidents is asked to contact Pc Andy Dixon on 0116 222 2222, or contact Crimestoppers, which is free and anonymous, on 0800 555111.

RED WHITE AND BLUE A GREAT SUCCESS!!!!

As some of you may be aware last weekend was the Red, White and Blue, and despite demonstrations from the far left who tried to stop many people getting to the event, it was still a great success!

'Charnwood' British National Party ran a stall selling sweets along with a balloon race and a wine bottle lucky dip - all of which went down really well. A special thanks to everyone who made the Charnwood stall a great success, especially Maurice for 'bringing in' many of the customers. Overall a great weekend!!

Next year will be the 10th Red, White and Blue and the Charnwood stall will be even bigger and better than ever! This year the East Midlands as a whole was awarded Second Best Regional Stall.