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Over the last seven days there have been at least three reports of cars being vandalised overnight in the Crosspool area.
Owners of vehicles parked on Cairns Road, Manchester Road and Watt Lane have found their cars with smashed rear/passenger windows and broken wing mirrors.
The police have been informed but do be vigilant and report anything suspicious by calling 101.
Has your car also been vandalised? If so, please comment below.
Dransfield Road, the lower part of Watt Lane and neighbouring roads into Ranmoor have been without working street lights for over a week.
The problem was reported on Sunday 7 October to Street Force but the street lights have not yet been repaired. We’re awaiting their response to find out how serious the issue is and when a repair will happen.
In the meantime, drivers and pedestrians are advised to take extra care on affected roads after dark.
Previous problems with street lights in this area were caused by a faulty underground cable, which can take up to 30 days to fix.
Update at 7pm: the street lights are working again now on Dransfield Road.
Update 19 May: Good news, Maxi returned home on Friday night. Thanks for checking your sheds and garages.
A large black and white cat answering to the name or Max of Maxi went missing from the Watt Lane area on Saturday 13 May around 2pm. Have you seen him?
He is a solid cat with a white tummy, white stripes on his back legs, white front and back paws, a torn ear, a white bib and central white facial markings.
The owners are asking whether local residents could check garages, basements, greenhouses and sheds in case she is trapped inside.
Any news of Max would be gratefully received. Please contact Jane on 07981 078762.
Max previously went missing in October 2011 but came home a few days later.
Hundreds of Crosspool homes were left without power tonight for one and a half hours.
The electricity supply went down at about 8:15pm. Although it returned promptly in some areas, homes and businesses on the Ranmoor side of Crosspool were left without electricity for around 90 minutes. Cardoness Drive, Barholm Road, Dransfield Road and the lower end of Watt Lane were affected, with reports of the blackout stretching as far as Broomhill.
Electricity supplier Northern Power Grid promptly announced its engineers were looking at the problem and around 9:50pm electricity started to return to Crosspool houses. By 11pm there were no more reports of power problems.
Snow arrived in Crosspool on Saturday afternoon, causing problems on local roads and delays to public transport services.
Major roads were gritted in preparation for the snowfall, which was over 10cm deep on some areas by the morning.
By Sunday afternoon the 51 bus service was back to normal and most of the main roads through Crosspool were passable. However, surface snow and ice on side roads were continuing to cause trouble for cars, with evidence of at least one minor accident in the neighbourhood.
The thaw appears to have already started and no further snow is forecast over the next few days. However, as temperatures remain low, any lingering snow and surface water may turn to ice so drivers and pedestrians are advised to take care – particularly on Crosspool’s hilly roads.
Do also check up on your neighbours who may feel isolated and vulnerable during the bad weather.
Over the past seven or eight years, Crosspool Forum has planted some thirty thousand spring bulbs in and around Crosspool.
A big thank you to the dozen or so volunteers of all ages and abilities who kindly gave up an hour of their time on a bright sunny Saturday morning last weekend to plant 4,000 crocus and daffodils bulbs on Stephen Hill, Manchester Road and on the Dransfield Road/Watt Lane triangle.
The community of Crosspool can be assured of an even better show of colour next spring.
Update 10pm on Friday 7 October: good news, Max has returned home.
A large black and white cat answering to the name or Max of Maxi went missing from the Watt Lane on Saturday 1 October around 6pm. Have you seen him?
He is a solid cat with a white tummy, white stripes on his back legs, white front and back paws, a torn ear, a white bib and central white facial markings.
The owners are asking whether local residents could check garages, basements, greenhouses and sheds in case she is trapped inside. He may have been a constant visitor to your garden.
Any news of Max, dead or alive would be gratefully received. Please contact Jane on 07981 078762.
In a bid to save £1.4 million from the budget, Sheffield City Council is to drastically cut back its mobile library service.
Currently the mobile library makes weekly visits in Crosspool to Benty Lane and Watt Lane (twice), plus monthly visits to Moorbank Road Flats and Tapton Hill Road.
Under the new proposals, the Crosspool service will be reduced to a single weekly visit to Watt Lane and a monthly visit to Moorbank Road Flats.
You can have your say on the cuts as part of a consultation exercise.
There was drama on Watt Lane this morning as beekeeper John Young and his assistants captured a swarm of bees from a cherry tree.
Chris Batchelor recorded the events on camera and supplied us with the photos below.
Over the last couple of weeks, it seems that Spring has sprung in Crosspool. These photos, taken over the last few days, show some of the daffodils and blossom on view as you walk around the neighbourhood.
You can view them using the slideshow or gallery below.
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