Swanmore Press

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A man was attacked in Knowle earlier this evening by two men who tried to steal his dog. Two men,...

13/12/2020

A 26-year-old man has been arrested following a major police operation. A major police hunt began on Friday in Bishop’s...

12/11/2020

Please be aware that horse riders sometimes ride in double file to protect novice riders or nervous horses, are often able to see and hear further ahead than a motorist, and may signal to you. The riders may be children or young people. Horses are powerful animals that are easily frightened and can panic in traffic. Please slow down and give them plenty of room when overtaking.

02/10/2020

Local businessman Martin Montague’s nationwide battle against fly-tippers will be seen on BBC television next week. Presenter Angela Rippon travelled...

30/09/2020

A hand car wash business has been opened in Bishop’s Waltham without planning permission sparking fears over the possible environmental...

25/09/2020

A car crashed into the Shell petrol station at Wickham earlier this evening causing major damage. The car left the...

15/09/2020

THE Meon Valley has been hit by a series of burglaries and break-ins over the past ten days. Police are...

03/09/2020

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in Denmead. It took place sometime between 8pm and 8.20pm on Tuesday....

30/08/2020

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25/08/2020

Thieves stole a Land Rover from Swanmore overnight. The green Defender 110 – registration S780 UKJ – was taken from...

13/08/2020

01/08/2020

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30/07/2020

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06/07/2020

Drivers in the area have been warned that a group of children on bikes are playing a dangerous game of...

06/06/2020

Local businessman Martin Montague's battle against fly-tippers will feature in a Channel 5 TV series tomorrow.

Martin, who lives near Bishop's Waltham, will feature in Filthy Britain SOS on Sunday at 8.15pm.

Martin is founder of the free ClearWaste.com app and website which lets people report illegal dumping anywhere in the UK.

In the series Martin and his colleague - or partner-in-grime as the TV show calls him - Glenn McKay from Portsmouth are seen staking out a fly-tipping hotspot in full camouflage gear.

"Fly-tipping is disgusting," says Martin. "I'll do anything I can to stop it, even if that means staking out grotspots to catch fly-tippers in the act.

"We've got every bit of kit we need from night vision goggles to cameras so my message to fly-tippers is: We're coming to get you.

"We give any evidence we gather to the authorities so they catch prosecute the perpetrators.

"Fly-tipping is really bad for the environment and can be fatal to wildlife and it also costs taxpayers thousands and thousands of pounds to clean-up, money that could be better spent on things like schools or care for the elderly.

"My aim with the ClearWaste.com app and website is to make it really easy for people to report fly-tipping and together we can reverse the scourge of fly-tipping which affects everyone, whether you live in a town or a city or in the countryside.

"It came about because I was just absolutely sick to death of seeing fly-tipping everywhere," says Martin. "I really hate fly-tipping and the damage it does to our environment, not to mention the cost of cleaning it up.

"I’d had the idea for the ClearWaste app several years ago and I was hoping someone else – perhaps some part of government – would come up with a way of fixing it but nothing happened. The problem appeared to be getting worse rather than better.

"Eventually I got sick of waiting for someone else to come up with some way to try to fix the problem of fly-tipping, so I decided that someone needed to do something about it and that someone was going to have to be me."

Martin had ensured that the app is quick and easy to use. "If people find fly-tipped stuff they just take a picture with the app, put in a few details and a report will instantly be sent to the local council," he says. "It’s hooked into every local authority in the country.

"There’s no need to go to council websites and find the right place to report it to or phone a helpline and sit waiting in a queue for your call to be answered. You don't even need to know where you are as you can use your location settings on your phone to do that automatically if you want to. Hopefully given time the statistics will be at help councils predict where fly-tippers operate."

The simple-to-use app and website links to every local authority in the country and will help to combat flytipping. It gives councils the location of the rubbish along with details and photographs and, over time, the mapping technology should be able to discover patterns in fly-tipping in order to catch criminals.

It also aims to help to boost recycling rates by linking consumers who have, for example, unwanted DIY materials with those who want such items, thus saving them money and reducing the amount going into landfill.

A price comparison section of the app and website allows consumers to find licenced waste companies to get rid of junk at reasonable prices, and help them avoid being ripped off by rogue traders who take their cash and then fly-tip the rubbish, leaving the householder at risk of prosecution.

A social media advert for ClearWaste starring actor John Challis (Boycie in Only Fools and Horses), Emily Head (Carli in The Inbetweeners) and Frankie Oatway, from the Discovery series St*****rs: Cars for Cash, has just been filmed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUq20THEKpI

The ClearWaste.com app is available free from the Apple and Google Play app stores: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.taftech.clearwaste Apple: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/clearwaste/id1462879562

16/05/2020

EXCLUSIVE: Infuriating images show the beautiful British countryside treated like a dumping ground as the ClearWaste app reveals a huge increase in fly-tipping over the lockdown period

22/04/2020

22/04/2020

Businessman Martin Montague says his ClearWaste app is being bombarded daily with hundreds of photographs from across the UK.

21/04/2020

18/04/2020

Edit- owners have been in contact 😺
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Found friars pond road . Fareham
Female adult estimated around 5 years old.
No collar or microchip
Please call the hospital 01329833112.

15/04/2020

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