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Lopen's Police Contacts
PCSO Wesley Ashbrook
Constable Barry Gould
Telephone 101
1.For emergency calls use 999
2. For less urgent/non-emergency situations contact Avon and Somerset Police by clicking the link button above and using the contact form, or call 101. (101 does not replace 999, which will continue to be used for emergencies. Calls to 101 from landlines and mobiles cost 15 pence per call, no matter what time of day you call or how long your call lasts.)
2.If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101, or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111. For general information about Neighbourhood Watch nationally see the www.ourwatch.org.uk website.
If you are deaf, deaf-blind, deafened, hard of hearing or speech impaired:
Emergency text number: 80999
Non-emergency text number: 81003
Non-emergency Textphone: 18001 followed by 0845 456 7000 or 101
For more information and for more advice on all the above and much more www.avonandsomerset.police.uk
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Trading Standards consumer advice
Do you need consumer advice?
Citizens Advice can provide free, confidential and independent advice to help you with a problem you may be having with a trader or business. Visit Citizens Advice online https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
or call their consumer helpline on 0808 223 1133.
For immediate, comprehensive advice on a range of consumer issues, visit the
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Local Businesses
Connecting Devon & Somerset has re-opened the Mobile Boost scheme
The Mobile Boost scheme that provides equipment to residents and businesses to help them benefit from a better mobile phone signal has relaunched with a £430,000 investment through the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership’s (HotSWLEP) Growth Deal.
The scheme offers vouchers of up to £1,300 towards technology to help improve indoor mobile coverage and connectivity. The scheme is available to businesses and homes in Somerset, Devon, Torbay, and Plymouth.
The following link provides more detail and includes a video featuring a Blackdown Hills resident describing the benefits of the scheme: Mobile Boost scheme re-opens - Connecting Devon and Somerset