Electoral registration checks

ANGUS households will be part of an annual voter r e g i s t r a t i o n c a nva s s which will check to see if the information for those registered at the address is correct.

The aim of the scheme is to ensure the electoral register is up to date and to identify any residents who are not registered so they can be encouraged to do so.

People aged 16 or over on May 4 2017 may be able to vote at the next local election.

As such, the electoral registration officer for Angus Council will be encouraging those eligible to vote for the first time to register.

Alastair Kirkwood, the electoral registration officer said:“The annual canvass is an opportunity for people to easily check whether they’re registered.

“This includes anyone who will be 16 years old by 30 November 2017. Anyone that wants to vote must be registered.

“To make sure you are able to vote at the elections next year, simply check the form when it arrives and return it.”

The incident, which took place on Arthurstone Terrace, saw Albert Street closed to traffic from where it meets Arbroath Road up to McGill Street junction.

Police and the ambulance service attended the scene just after 11pm on Friday.

The male motorcyclist was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg and the female driver of the car was checked out at the scene.

Eyewitnesses said that there were 10 police units on the street, with officers directing traffic away from the scene at both ends of the closure.

One eyewitness who said he was coming back from town after being picked up by his partner described the scene to the Tele.

He said: “I was driving up the road and there were about 10 police cars on Albert Street — officers had completely closed the road and were directing traffic away from the scene.

“My first thoughts were that it must have been a murder or some other serious incident because all you could see up the road was blue flashing lights and police units.

“There were signs which said “police incident” stationed on the road and officers standing at both ends of the roadblock.

“The road was closed from the junction with Arbroath Road right up to where McGill Street meets it.

“I tried to stop to have a look but I was told to go away by an officer, who was standing guard on Albert Street at the Co-op.

“It’s not something you expect to see at that time of night — there’s police in the area a fair bit but never to

A MOTORCYCLIST was rushed to hospital with a suspected broken leg after colliding with a car on a Dundee street.