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Contacts
Redlingfield Parish Council/Meeting: Tel: 01379 678835 Email: pc@redlingfield.suffolk.gov.uk
Mid Suffolk District Council: (www.midsuffolk.gov.uk): General enquiries, Mid Suffolk District Council Offices, 131 High Street, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8DL. Tel: 01473 826622. Email: customer.services@babergh.gov.uk.
Suffolk County Council: (www.suffolk.gov.uk): Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX. Mon-Fri 8.30am-6pm. Public enquiries: 03456 066 067. Payments line: 0800 090 2911.
District Councillor: Lucy Elkin (covers Eye, Occold and Redlingfield) Tel: 07928 512 590
Email: lucy.elkin@midsuffolk.gov.uk
County Councillor: Peter Gould
Email: peter.gould@suffolk.gov.uk
Currently Andrew Reid is standing in for him to represent Redlingfield
Email: andrew.reid@suffolk.gov.uk Work Phone: 07545 423 799
Member of Parliament: Dan Poulter (www.drdanielpoulter.com): Dr Daniel Poulter. Tel: 0207 219 7038. Email: daniel.poulter.mp@parliament.uk. Write to House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. He is also available via his constituency office on 01728 726 588.
Doctors: Fressingfield Medical Centre, New Street, Fressingfield, IP21 5PJ - 586456 / 586227 and Stradbroke Medical Centre, Wilby Road, Stradbroke, IP21 5JN - 388313 / 384220 (www.fressingfield-medical-practice.co.uk). The Health Centre, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7DD - 870689 (www.eyehealthcentre.co.uk)
Police: (www.suffolk.police.uk)
Police, Halesworth Locality, Halesworth Police Station, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8HJ. Simon Green, PC 187, Community Engagement Officer, has retired and PC 1330 Amy Yeldham is now our Community Engagement Officer based in Eye. Email: Eye Safer Neighbourhood Team Eye.SNT@suffolk.pnn.police.uk Police Locality Inspector, Inspector Aaron Connolly.
The nationwide non-emergency number is 101 (you can ring 101 from any phone anywhere in the country and be put through to the force you require). Crimestoppers Tel: 0800 555 111. In an emergency dial 999. You should dial 999 when life is threatened or people are injured, or if there is a crime in progress or an immediate police response is necessary. It is better to be safe than sorry.
Redlingfield Neighbourhood Watch: Adrian Smith adriansmith467@gmail.com.
Other useful phone numbers:
Electricity (UK Power Networks): 0800 316 3105 or 0333 323 2105 from mobiles.
Gas (if you smell gas call): 0800 111 999.
Anglian Water (supply & sewerage emergencies): 03457 145145; (leaks) 0800 771881.
Essex & Suffolk Water (to report a leak): 0800 526 337.
Consumer Direct: 08454 040506
Suffolk Trading Standards: 01473 264859
NHS 111t: For health advice & information, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year call 111 from any landline or mobile phone free of charge or visit www.nhs.uk.
Brome & Oakley Community Recycling Centre: The centre is run by KHK Recycling and is not part of Mid Suffolk District Council or the Household Waste Recycling Centre Network. Charges are applicable for certain types of waste in order to pay for disposal & running costs. Email khkrecycling@gmail.com. Tel: 07857 662528. Open Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat 10am- 2pm.
What to do about fly-tipping: You should contact the Mid Suffolk on 01449 724500 with as much of the following information as possible - where it is, what it is, when you first noticed it, your daytime phone contact (in case it cannot be located) and if possible, a photo for prosecution evidence - on a mobile phone would do - as a back-up for council officers.
Libraries: residents may join both Suffolk (Web: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk Email: help@suffolklibraries.co.uk Tel: 01473 263838) and Norfolk (Web: www.norfolk.gov.uk Email: information@norfolk.gov.uk) public libraries. Eye: 6 Cross Street, IP23 7AA, Tel: 870515. Open: Tues 9am-1pm; Wed 9am-1pm & 2pm-6pm; Thurs 2pm-5pm; Fri 9am-1pm & 2pm-5pm; Sat 9am-1pm; Sun 10am-3pm. Stradbroke: Court House, Queens Street, Stradbroke, IP21 5HG. Tel: 384768. Open: Mon, Tues & Fri 2pm-5pm; Thurs 9am-1pm & 2pm-5pm; Sat 9am-1pm.
Diss: Church Street, Diss IP22 4DD. Open: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs & Fri 8am-7pm; Sat
& Sun 10am-4pm. Diss: Tel: 642 609. Church Street, Diss IP22 4DD. Open: Mon 9am-5pm; Tues 9am-1pm; Wed 9am-1pm & 2pm-7.30pm; Thurs 9am-5pm; Fri 9am-5pm; Sat 9am-1pm. Mobile Library: Leiston Mobile Library visits every four weeks on Tuesdays (9 June, 7 July, 4 Aug, 1 Sept, 29 Sept, 27 Oct, 24 Nov, 22 Dec). Web:
www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/visit/mobile-libraries/saxmundham-mobile-library-route-5
Citizens Advice Bureaux: Get advice online from www.adviceguide.org.uk. Consumer helpline on 0845 4040506 9am-5pm Mon-Fri excluding bank holidays.
Diss, Thetford & District Citizens Advice Bureau: Diss: Shelfanger Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4EH. Tel: 651333 Email: advice@disscab.cabnet.org.uk. Open: Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri, 10am-3pm (drop in & phone advice); Tues 10am-3pm (phone only).
Mid-Suffolk Citizens Advice Bureau: Stowmarket: 5 Milton Road South, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1EZ. Web: www.midsuffolkcab.cabnet.org.uk. Tel: 01449 676060 & . Open: Mon & Tues 9.30am-3.30pm; Thurs 9.30am-6.30pm; Fri 9.30am-12.30pm. Telephone advice and appointments only Wed.
Information Centre: Harleston Information Plus: 8 Exchange Street, Harleston, IP20 9AB. Tel: 851917. Email: hip@harleston-norfolk.org.uk Web: www.harleston-norfolk.org.uk.
Horham Shop & Post Office: The Street, Horham, IP21 5DY. Open: 9am-1pm, Mon-Sat; 2pm-5pm, Mon, Tue, Thurs & Fri. Open for about an hour early Sun morning.
Suffolk Fostering Service: or visit www.suffolkfostering.com Suffolk Adoption Agency: or visit www.suffolkadoption.com See the story in our news section.
We have also produced a handy eight-page directory of local services and information which you can download at the read the village directory page.