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Gritters are out again...but watch your step
Police were called more than 200 times about snowballs being thrown over the weekend after heavy snowfall across the county.
Northamptonshire Police said they were called about 63 incidents of snowballs being thrown on Saturday and about 158 snowball incidents on Sunday.
A spokesman said: “We would advise people to only ring us in relation to snowballing if it seems the incident can only be dealt with by the police. These include incidents that are examples of serious anti-social behaviour, those that involve vulnerable people or pose serious danger to traffic.”
Police said there had been no reports of any major problems or major incidents on the county’s roads yesterday.
Gritters were out on secondary routes across the county from 9am and footways in town centres were re-gritted.
Oundle Primary School and Prince William School in Oundle were both closed yesterday after a water main burst at the major mains in Glapthorn. An Anglian Water spokesman said the water main burst at 11am on Sunday but was repaired by 6am yesterday.
Weather experts at Pitsford Hall Weather Station have warned more snow showers could reach the county today, though any snowfall was likely to melt quickly.
A spokesman said: “Accumulations will be slight, melting away fairly quickly with temperatures climbing to around 3C. Overnight temperatures though are expected to fall away sharply as skies clear towards a low of -4C. Ice will become a widespread hazard.”
A spokesman for the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance said the service had had a busy weekend coping with snow and ice-related incidents but said there had been no call-outs to Northamptonshire. Yesterday its helicopter was grounded because of heavy fog at its base at Coventry airport.
The air ambulance’s rapid response vehicle was out responding to incidents but was not called to Northamptonshire.
A spokesman for Kettering General Hospital said medics had dealt with a number of children and adults on Sunday who had minor injuries as a result of accidents in the snow, particularly sledging.
But by yesterday afternoon the hospital had only dealt with a couple of injuries related to slips on the snow and ice.
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Weather for Kettering
Sunday 27 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 10 C to 25 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Light showers
Temperature: 12 C to 26 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: North east
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smacky
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 11:47 AMAhhh......bless 'em ! They're only kids having a bit of fun throwing snowballs ?! You only have to look at some of the comments on the below article, particularly from some of the elderly, to see that this can be a problem. http:www.dailymail.co.uknewsarticle-2098669Caught-CCTV-Gang-20-yobs-roll-giant-snowball-downhill-busy-main-road-forcing-drivers-swerve.html
BEEFYBOY
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 04:08 PMI WONDER IF THE POLICE IN CANADA, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA and any other country who have masses of snow EVERY YEAR have this problem with kids and snowballs. Their police must be run off their feet Ha Ha. ONLY IN ENGLAND Can people be so ridiculous.
ruby123
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 07:32 PMI built a snowman and some naughty children kicked it over but I did not call the police as I felt they had more important things to do..
BEEFYBOY
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 05:50 PMI BET IF THE POLICE HAD A 0870 AND 0895 NUMBER AT 10p per minute INSTEAD OF THE FREE 999 CALL OVER 95% OF THESE BUSY BODIES WOULD NOT BE RINGING. MAKES ME LAUGH WHEN I READ THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE BEING VICTIMISED BY KIDS WITH SNOW BALLS. WHAT HAPPENS THE REST OF THE YEAR DO THESE KIDS WAIT TILL IT SNOWS THEN TO CAUSE MISCHIEF. GET A LIFE PLEASE
Mrk
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 04:33 PMWhat have the people in this country become? Moaning about kids throwing snowballs...get a life ffs.
Mrk
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 04:32 PMWhat have the people in this country become? Moaning about kids throwing snowballs...get a life ffs.
Stupor-man
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:44 PMOh for goodness sake, who is calling the Police out for kids throwing snowballs. What a pathetic society we live in, depressing!!!
iamyourmaster
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:42 PMQuite right. The Police shouldn't be wasting their time on this stuff. Whats needed is a law that allows us to punch 'snowballers' in the face until we feel like stopping, without fear of prosecution. In fact we could have a competition and give a prize to whoever duffs up the most chavs in one winter.
smacky
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:38 PM@ #4 You're probably right, but it would be difficult for the Police to differentiate between the over racting and the genuine harrasment cases. Unfortunately, I know of some who are targeted with anti-social behaviour, whatever the weather.
SL2
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:04 PMTBF Smacky, I highly doubt of the 221 incicents, not many of them would have been a group of chavs standing at someones door throwing snowballs 'in a vindictive manner'
smacky
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 11:35 AM@ #2 So if a group of chavs were constantly throwing snowballs at your windows, in a vindictive manner, you would still view this as just snowballing ? I agree with you that most kids are just having fun and may accidentally end up hitting someones property by accident, but some trouble makers just use the snow as an excuse to cause mischief.
KEEP ME NUT DOWN
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 11:16 AMSNOW BALLS !!!!! Get a life...Who as a child has never thrown snow balls. What sort of society are we living in ? Are we going to have designated Snow Ball areas in the future ? Can you imagine being on the end of a 999 call and somebody is complaining about snow balling !!!! I also believe that if the police are acualy sending a unit out due to snow balling they should be seriously reprimanded. I have noticed the number of INCIDENTS reported for Saturday and Sunday added up to 221 cases, I wonder what the total was for the whole of the UK Ha Ha. SNOWBALLING the plague of the modern day society. Burglary,Drugs,Car Theft, Murder, Rape.. Assault..Must be just minor incidents in the winter !!!!!!!
smacky
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 11:14 AMI would imagine some residents, particularly the elderly, may view having snowballs constantly thrown at their windows or doors serious enough an anti-social issue to contact the police. On the other hand, why is throwing snowballs any diferent to throwing stones ? Damage potential ? If this is the case, does this give the chavs responsible the all clear to start throwing mud and any other projectile likely not to cause physical damage at ones property ?
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