tel: 07436 807543
A Heatwave level 2 warning has been issued from 00:00 Sunday 18th July to 00:00 Tuesday 20th July. This means that temperatures are likely to rise to levels that increase the risk of ill health among vulnerable people.
We know that death rates rise soon after temperature increases, with many deaths occurring in the first one to two days, so swift action is needed now.
Many residents will remember that the village undertook a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) which was completed in 2017. It largely focused on where the houses that we were required to accommodate under the West Berkshire Local Plan should be built and resulted in the houses now being built behind the Horse & Groom and St. John’s School.
On the 24th of June, the Parish Council held a full meeting in the grounds of the Mortimer Scout Hut in Birch Lane. Why, you may ask? Well, by law, meetings of the full Council and Council committee meetings must be held in public and the change in the Covid-19 regulations, at the beginning of May, meant that online meetings no longer met that criteria.
Stratfield Mortimer Parish Council (SMPC) are aware of and share the concerns of residents regarding the brambles and other vegetation encroaching onto the pavement down The Street. This has been an ongoing problem for some years and both West Berkshire Council (WBC) and landowners have been approached in the past. As has been stated on Facebook, the cutting of hedges growing on private land is the responsibility of the landowners and the maintenance of the pavement is the responsibility of WBC.
Children aged 4-11 years are invited to become Wild World Heroes!
This year, West Berkshire Libraries’ annual Summer Reading Challenge has been developed by The Reading Agency in partnership with World Wildlife Fund. It is a celebration of books, nature and action for the environment.
