Breaking News – Two Whittlesey Town Councillors Resign

With immediate effect.

Councillors Simon Black (Con) and Luke Turner (Con) both elected in the last 12 months have both resigned.

A By-election can be called if 10 persons in the wards affected call for one.

      
Simon Black                                     Luke Turner

Pictures – WTC – RWT Photography.

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WTC Meeting Last Night

The main item for discussion was The New Queen Street Surgery.
My usual report on Council meetings will be coming over this weekend.

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WTC Full Council Agenda – Tonight

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NQS – Patients Survey Ends 31st March

I would ask as many to complete this survey –
Every year, we ask all of our patients to tell us about their experiences with our services in our Patient Survey. This helps us better understand what is important to you so we can provide the best care possible.

Please take a moment to complete our survey. You can fill out the survey online, simply visit:

https://forms.office.com/e/6Uvv1mTDeN.If you’d rather have a paper copy, please ask at reception, and if you need any help, please contact us.

Thank you! 🌟

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Fenland Recycling Stats

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Shoplifting & Retial Crime

I will not reveal the amount of shop-lifting that occurs here in Whittlesey, but it is somewhat surprising daily the amount
of goods stolen from our super-markets – the figures are probably even higher than what is recorded
–At the end of the day, it is the paying customer who has to cover these loses (Shrinkage).One of the local priorities is tackling retail crime across March, Chatteris, and Whittlesey, particularly shoplifting and anti-social behaviour (ASB).

A way that we have been addressing these concerns is through regular patrols of the shops across the sector, speaking to staff members.

Officers spent the day visiting various shops and distributing leaflets explaining how they can report retail crime to us, and some prevention advice. It was a very insightful and productive day, with shops raising a number of crimes to us.
To help us in tackling this issue, we would like to encourage businesses to report any incidents to us so we can identify offenders and hotspot areas, and inform the future work that we do for this.
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More Grants Available

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Only 4 Hour Planning Meeting Today.

The 7 members of Fenland District Council Planning Committee had a very robust debate on several planning applications. Some of the applications are difficult and emotive.
Several speakers promoting or in cases objecting to applications have to be taken into account. All decisions are planning based.

Click Here FDC Planning Meeting 20-03-24


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Fen Cops – 60 Arrested In County Lines Crackdown Across Cambs

Over the past few weeks we’ve been tackling illegal drugs and exploitation across Cambridgeshire.

Operation Hypernova 2 is the culmination of months of intelligence and partnership working in a bid to make the county hostile towards county lines drugs dealers, prevent further exploitation of young and vulnerable people and reduce serious street-based violence.

The operation, which is the biggest of its kind in the county, has resulted in 60 arrests with 33 of those being charged with 93 drug and human trafficking offences.

Officers carried out more than 30 dawns raids over recent weeks across Cambridge, Peterborough, Yaxley, Great Paxton, Burwell and Little Wilbraham as well as over the borders in Bedford, Dunstable, Luton, Northampton, Crowland, Leicester, Sheffield, Rotherham, Sheffield, Teesside, Coventry and London.

Fifty-one county lines have been dismantled with crack cocaine, cocaine, heroin and cannabis seized along with £45,000 in cash and other assets. Further lines have been disrupted.

Several weapons including zombie knives, machetes, knuckle dusters and imitation firearms have also been seized.

See the team in action on this video.

The proactive work was carried out with support from the Metropolitan Police’ Orochi Team, the Eastern Regional Specialist Operation Unit (ERSOU), British Transport Police to identify those individuals posing the greatest threat to the community. 

Although these intensification weeks have come to an end, our work to gather intelligence continues daily and we will continue to knock on doors, make arrests and disrupt county lines drug dealing in Cambridgeshire. However, we can’t do this alone. We need you, Roy, members of our community, your intelligence and your concerns reported to us to continue to make our communities and indeed the county a hostile place for county lines.

If you’ve got any information you can share with us, please do so via this link.

Detective Inspector Andrew Gaunt-Warner

Intelligence and Specialist Crime Department.

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FDC Planning Committee Agenda 20th March

Normally one Planning meeting a month, this month there will be an additional meeting.

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Update – Donated Cherry Tree Not Wanted @ St Marys Churchyard

Two years of a little TLC from my wife Connie has produced a wonderful flowering Cherry Blossom, give a few more years……


The posting below was 04-03-2022

The recently 6  Japanese Cherry Tree’s donated from the Japanese Ambassador via MP Steve Barclay were planted at our prefered locations.
Unfortunately the one planted in St Marys Church yard did not conform with Church rules and law, which states only native trees can be planted (unknown to most of us)
So looking for a new home, I found one here at Ashline Grove.
The tree will mature not too large and will add some colour.


Cllr Kay Mayor with myself and The Tivoli Team re-locating the Japanese Cherry Tree.

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Policing Fenland

This week is Safer Business Action Week, where we will be highlighting the work that we do with the businesses in the area to combat retail crime, such as shoplifting and anti-social behaviour (ASB).

Today, PCSOs from our March neighbourhood team have been visiting businesses, engaging with the staff members to hear about their concerns. This includes encouraging them to report any incidents to us, so we are able to identify offenders and hotspot areas.

This is a priority for the team based on the feedback we get from the community. In a bid to tackle retail crime across the sector, we will continue these patrols and engaging with workers.

You can find more information around preventing business crime and the option to report to us on our website 👉 https://orlo.uk/PClvW
#MarchNPT #SaBA

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