A Brigg councillor has expressed her disquiet about a race-related incident in the town.
Coun Ann Eardley told colleagues she had personally witnessed a group of young children inflicting verbal and racist abuse on other children in the Cary Lane area.
She said those doing the name-calling were also in charge of a toddler.
Coun Eardley said she was 'extremely appalled' to witness such behaviour and was seeking assurances that police community support officers would be patrolling the town and taking action to ensure this kind of behaviour did not escalate.
Town Mayor Coun Mike Campion asked the town clerk to convey the information to the local policing team.
That incident came to light at the town council's meeting at the end of July. And next Tuesday night, in the Angel Suite at 7.30pm, it's the quarterly neighbourhood policing public meeting; the first to be held since Coun Eardley raised this matter.
With Brigg police represented at Tuesday's forum - hopefully by officer-in-command Insp Brett Rutty - perhaps reference will be made to it.
Brigg has never been regarded as a town in which racism is rife. Not in my long experience, which is of similar length to that of Coun Eardley (more than 50 years - but you should never comment on a lady's age!).
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