The O&S panel met today and offered some good questions to both the leader of FDC Cllr Chris Boden and Chief Exect Paul Medd.
Financial and Policy are much questioned, for example FDC have an investment program, they looked at 75 opportunities of which only 2 were considered and ending in the purchase of Warehousing which is at present giving good returns.
The O&S panel can be viewed on the FDC YouTube® Channel.
An investigation into an organised crime group who dressed as police officers while they raided a rival’s house in Peterborough is due to appear on national television tomorrow morning (Tuesday 22 October). The work of detectives from our Acquisitive Crime Team (ACT) to catch the group within hours of the heist will be highlighted on this week’s Crimewatch Caught programme at 10.45am on BBC One. In August 2022, a group of five men – Olsi Cakoni, Florin Doci, Tom Dodaj, Malesio Gjonaj and one who remains unknown – posed as police officers and armed themselves with guns, hammers and crowbars while they forced their way into the home which had been used to stash large amounts of cash. The lead detective in the case features on the show explaining the “high-level sophistication of the job” with surveillance cameras, crowbars, fake police outfits, firearms and some significant sentences handed out at the end of it, being “the kind of thing that you really join the job for”. Using police footage and dramatic reconstruction, Crimewatch Caught re-tells the story of how the force’s quick response to catch those responsible paid off. The episode features interviews with the detectives involved in catching the gang and also shocking CCTV of the raid. Crimewatch Caught is broadcast on BBC One at 10.45am every weekday this week and next. It is also available on BBC iPlayer for seven days. Information about the investigation and sentencing can be found on the force’s website. You can watch a teaser clip of the show on our YouTube channel here. |
Plans have been approved to make all-day bus travel free for those who hold a concessionary bus pass.
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Board approved the planslast week (October 16) – which are set to come into effect in May next year.
Currently, concessionary bus pass holders in the region are only permitted free travel during off-peak hours, starting at 9.30am on weekdays.
A spokesperson for the combined authority said: “With these new plans, pass holders will be able to use their passes for free travel at all hours, providing them with greater flexibility.
Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Dr Nik Johnson, commented: “This is another positive step forward in our work to make buses meet the needs of our communities. For many people of pension age or who have disabilities, the bus is a lifeline, so I’m pleased this extra support is coming in May to help reduce cost and support their day-to-day lives.”
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This meeting is broadcast live on FDC’s YouTube Channel, and can be viewed later.
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A Peterborough fashion retailer is offering a £10,000 reward following the theft of a shipping container full of thousands of his best-selling fleeces.
Andrew Killingsworth, chief executive and founder of Yours Clothing, in Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, has also enlisted the help of millions of customers in a bid to find the ‘distinctive’ stolen clothing.
Mr Killingsworth has put up the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thieves who stole the 40-feet-long container holding 3,800 Longline Fleece Zipped Hoodies from a yard in Whittlesey about a fortnight ago.
The yellow, grey and black coloured fleeces, which retail for £32.99 each, had been shipped from China to Flexistowe port before being taken by lorry to Peterborough.
Mr Killingsworth said: “It seems the container had been stored in a secure yard in Whittlesey ahead of being transported to us in Peterborough.
“But it was stolen overnight from the yard.
“We know it was taken to a layby on the A14 westbound towards Birmingham because the container’s two security trackers were found dumped nearby.”
Now Mr Killingsworth has enlisted the support of millions of customers and traders to look out for any of the fleeces being sold illegally.
In a post on the Yours Clothing’s Instagram site, he states: “To our loyal Yours Community, We urgently need your help regarding goods stolen from one of our yards.
“It you come across these products being sold anywhere else – shops, market stalls, car boot sales, online or other – please know that it is unauthorised and we ask you to report this immediately.
We are offering up to £10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction.
“We will not rest until justice is served.”
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire police said: “We were contacted on the morning of September 25 with reports a HGV container had been stolen from a business premises in Aaron Road, Whittlesey overnight.
“The container has not been recovered and an investigation is ongoing.
“Anyone with information should contact us online using reference 35/70605/24.
Anyone without internet access should call 101.”
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I was not at this meeting last Thursday.
Fortunately I received two reports on the events and these have been merged and slightly edited.
View the consultation materials and take part in the consultation survey at:
Live link active from 23rd October…..
www.fenland.gov.uk/WRRConsultation.
Anyone unable to access the survey online or attend an event can:
Email their views to the Transport team at Fenland District Council at: [email protected]
Pick up a printed copy of the survey from Whittlesey Town Council offices,
Peel House, 8 Queen Street, Whittlesey, PE7 1AY. (09:30 – 13:00)
My thanks to RS….who is into artificial intellegence (AI)….Robert Peel (founder of modern day policing) at the Falcon Whittlesey – believe what you see….never.
