Warm Pipes Happy Home

Scottish Water, have launched a campaign 'Keep your Pipes Warm This Winter'.

Their website contains lots of useful advice, including video clips about how to protect your home from frozen pipes.

If you do however experience frozen pipes, they also provide handy online tutorials on how to minimise the damage to your home and ensure your safety before your plumber arrives.

School Attendance Friday 3 December

On Friday 3 December six of the nine Secondary Schools reopened in the city following inclement weather which had closed all of the schools in Dundee. The following attendance figures have been supplied by the Director of Education, Jim Collins:


Craigie High School
150-200 pupils (21%) and 63 teachers (93%)

Grove Academy
500 pupils (47%) and 75 teachers (92%)

Harris Academy
400 pupils (36%) and 83 teachers (92%)

Morgan Academy
190 pupils (21%) and 67 teachers (91%)

St John's High School
100-150 pupils (14%) and 59 teachers (83%)

St Paul's Academy
80 pupils (8%) and 74 teachers (96%)

In addition
142 teachers from the three closed schools were able to report to the above schools.

Residents Overlooked by Snow Clearing Suffer Vandalism to Their Cars

Residents in Carbane Drive in the Ferry have found their patience severely tested over the last week. They have found it almost impossible to drive in or out of their cul-de-sac because of accumulated snow and ice and an absence of a grit bin. On Sunday morning, they were still waiting for a snow plough to come down Wemyss Gardens and clear their way out to Balgillo Road. As a result, some residents had taken to parking their cars overnight on Balgillo Road. On Sunday morning, these residents were very annoyed to find that cars parked on Balgillo Road had been vandalised with wiper blades and aerials broken off.

One of the residents of Carbane Drive said,
"I am sure you can understand my frustration and anger - if grit had been delivered to the bottom as well as the top of the hill my car would have been safe and I would not be out of pocket. I would have been cheaper buying the grit myself rather than paying repairs. Unless of course I can deduct the cost of the repairs from a future council tax bill?"

Councillor Laurie Bidwell said:
"The perpetrators of this vandalism are mean and mindless. That residents vehicles became vulnerable to attack because of a lack of a grit bin and snow clearing near their owners' homes leads to questions about why it took so long for the Council to clear access to Carbane Drive. Thankfully, I understand that Carnbane Drive was gritted on Sunday afternoon. I shall expect that the request I made last week for the provision of an additional grit bin for Carbane Drive is now actioned so that these residents can help themselves to keep traffic moving in and out of their road when it snows again."

All Dundee Schools Intend to Open on Monday 6 December

Dundee City Council is intending to open all nursery, primary and secondary schools on Monday (December 6). This is dependent on weather conditions over the weekend.


Gritting and snow-clearing will continue over the weekend. Priority routes in the city are all passable and intermediate routes around schools are being treated.

Six City Secondary Schools to Reopen on Friday

In a press release this afternoon, Dundee City Council have indicated that: "Six (out of nine) city secondary schools will open tomorrow (Friday December 3). They are:

• Craigie High,
• Grove Academy,
• Harris Academy,
• Morgan Academy,
• St John's High and
• St Paul's Academy.

All other Dundee schools will remain closed on Friday. Pupils at schools which remain closed have an opportunity to work online through their Glow account where educational resources are available."

Apparently, teachers employed at the remaining three secondary schools in the city:

• Baldragon Academy,
• Braeview Academy and
• Menzieshill High School,

have been temporarily redeployed to the nearest secondary school to their home address until their schools reopen.

Further updates will be posted on the council's website www.dundeecity.gov.uk and through the council's Twitter feed

http://twitter.com/dundeecouncil

Schools Closed Wednesday and Council Update

All Dundee City Council schools will remain closed tomorrow (Wednesday December 1) because of the continuing severe weather conditions.

The following social work services will also be closed to service users on Wednesday: family support centres, learning disability centres and the Oaklands Day Centre for Older People.

The city council will be unable to make any bin collections tomorrow.

The Mitchell Street adult learning centre will be closed on Wednesday.

Gritting and snow-clearing will continue overnight. Additional employees will be redeployed during tomorrow to support the snow-clearing operations.

A total of 260 employees from waste management, Dundee Contract Services and leisure and communities will augment the clear-up.

Further updates will be posted on the Council's website http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk and through the council's Twitter feed http://twitter.com/dundeecouncil

School Closures and Disruption to Sevices Tuesday 30 November

All Dundee City Council schools will remain closed tomorrow (Tuesday November 30) because of the continuing severe weather conditions.

The following social work services will be closed on Tuesday: Family Support Centres, Learning Disability Centres and the Oaklands Day Centre for Older People.

There will be no bin collections on Tuesday.

Further updates will be posted on the council's website www.dundeecity.gov.uk
and through the council's Twitter feed http://twitter.com/dundeecouncil

Press Release Date: Tuesday 30 November 2010