Category Archives: Issues and Concerns

FDC NOT Putting Up Council Tax For 5th Year Running

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Fenland District Council are proposing NOT to increase their share of our Council Rates/Tax for the forthcoming year, if accepted this is some good news for us tax payers. As stated nearly everyone else wants an increase – Police, Fire, … Continue reading →

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I am not defending The Police – However..

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Year on year ‘we’ the paying public are forever asked to pay more and more for the services we receive, in many/most cases the justification may be inflation or trying to maintain improve a service. Our emergency services are in … Continue reading →

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Somewhat Slow To Inform Us…(Again)

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin

So Cambs County Council has just woken up?….. All nine household recycling centres run by Cambridgeshire County will refuse to accept upholstered domestic seating waste from January 1. It means such things as sofas, cushions, chairs, or beanbags can no … Continue reading →

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Police & Crime Commissioner….

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin

A very nice Festive Message from Darryl Preston, Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough to wish us all a Happy Christmas one minute and 5 minutes later send us what he considers an increase in the Police precept … Continue reading →

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Free Health Checks – Yes See Someone

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin

FREE, NHS Health Check includes:- NHS Health Check looks at your general health recording your height, weight, age, sex, ethnicity, blood pressure, cholesterol and HbA1c. 20-30 minutes appointments available during the day, weekend and evenings. Immediate results which are shared … Continue reading →

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Update – Cambridge: Congestion Charge Plans #2

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin

I wonder ‘if’ any weight/notice’ will be given? – on many occasions when consultations take place – little or no notice is taken from the results – Thats why many are disillusioned to take part* (*Nearly all Health Service consultations … Continue reading →

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Cambridge: Campaigners Rally Against Congestion Charge Plans #1

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin

The proposals include: All vehicles moving in and out of a proposed Sustainable Travel Zone (STZ) would pay a flat daily charge between 7am and 7pm on weekdays. Proposed charge for private cars is £5 a day. The zone would … Continue reading →

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FDC Taxi Safety Campaign – Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin
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You Could Blame The Dusting of Flakes ….

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin

I understand the vehicle was moved a short while later….

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Have Your Say – New Reservoir Near Chatteris

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Anglian Water and Cambridge Water announced in October 2022 thatthey are proposing to build a large new reservoir (a little smaller thanGrafham Water) in an area north of Chatteris and east of the A141.• The reservoir is needed to enable … Continue reading →

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Other Countries Can Do It – Why Can’t We… Recycle

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Our UK (Enland & Wales) government always appear to be so-so slow in introducing better recycling facilities, I have been campaigning for over 20 years about cans, bottles plastics and polystyrene – bent MP Barclays ears on a number of … Continue reading →

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Domestic Abuse/Violence – You Have The Right To Know

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Clare Wood was murdered in her own home by her ex-boyfriend George Appleton 13 years ago. She didn’t know he had a history of violence against women. She was only 36. Her father believed she may have still been alive … Continue reading →

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