Monthly Archives: April 2016

Elderly Targeted with More SCAMS – Please Beware…..

It has been brought to my attention that 3 more people locally have been caught out with scams occurring via Internet/e-mail. Quite often people are ashamed to admit to falling for these scams and do not report it to the … Continue reading

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Excellent Disabled Club Event.

Well put on event at the Ivy Leaf this morning, plenty of stalls and a ‘few’ people in attendance when I visited for an hour or so.

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Low Life Hits our Town

The well reported spate of ‘attempted theft’ from our area (some vehicles left unlocked), My reported 6 burglaries a couple of weeks ago (again several were through unlocked doors). It now appears that the ‘Low Life’ (arrested on suspicion) are from … Continue reading

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More Scams – Beware.

Scammers are becoming more and more cleverer and sophisticated – an elderly lady has been hacked this week in Whittlesey. A lot of information, links on Whittlesey Neighbourhood Watch Website. http://www.whittleseynhw.org.uk/ 1st one this week. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau … Continue reading

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Beacons For Whittlesey

What a good idea Gilly B has on StreetLife© A Beacon for Whittlesey, as far as I am aware and please correct me if I am wrong, Whittlesey does not have one. Some community spirited person could start a campaign … Continue reading

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‘Wot No Duck Race This Year’

Friday I was supposed to be promoting and volunteering to sell ‘Tickets’ for the Mayors Charity Duck Race, which has been held for a number of years, normally around Easter. It was postponed until the May Bank Holiday. Unfortunately, due … Continue reading

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Another Major Travesty About to Happen

Update to this article: The reasons being given for holding the Planning meeting in Chatteris are that all space at Fenland Hall is required for the ‘Count’ of the forthcoming elections (PCC). I dare say Leaders would say they are … Continue reading

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Attended Two Meetings Last Night

First. the Whittlesey Business Forum, which was the best attendance I have witnessed 25 people attended. A very good exchange of information and the group is moving forward with trying to promote many aspects of what Whittlesey and surrounding areas … Continue reading

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Street Lights – What we were told by Cambs CC

Whilst I was a councillor, Cambs County Council came to several meetings in regards to ALL of Cambridgeshire having their Street Lighting replaced by ‘New’ more energy efficient Street Lights. ‘We’ in Whittlesey were told that ‘we’ had to ‘loose’ … Continue reading

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Vehicle Crime – Whittlesey & Eastrea

Message sent by Julie Bailey (Police, Community Safety Officer, Fenland) Crime prevention and awareness message. Cambridgeshire constabulary has unfortunately seen a significant increase in vehicle crime within Whittlesey, Eastrea and Coates. These incidents have occurred over night 15-16th April and have continued over … Continue reading

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Update 2….

1/ 10 people including myself & Connie attended the Cambs & P’boro Foundation Trust consultation meeting at the Gloucester Centre. As par for the usual, we were the only people interested enough from Whittlesey!!!. It was not about funding but … Continue reading

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Update…

1/ Correcting social media, – There was an attempted break-in of a vehicle on Thornham Way Eastrea.  This type of crime has been very active in the past week. Lock It. Leave nothing on display which may temp someone. 2/ Received Postal … Continue reading

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