Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Please find below summaries of the latest news from our courts over the last week – click on each headline to read the full story.

Cambridge

Father who punched baby boy brought to justice

Conman who demanded a £35,000 Rolex from elderly victim is sentenced

Peterborough

Man jailed for carrying machete

Drink driver jailed thanks to 999 call

Fenland

Jealous ex set fire to former partner’s car

March man offering “best of both” is jailed

You can find more news from the force online here.

I wonder ‘if’ any of the Whittlesey Co-Ops will be doing something similar….
but then again ‘ours’ would prbably end up vandalised?

Food delivery robots have taken to the streets of Cambridge as part of a new pilot scheme by Starship Technologies, in partnership with the Co-op and enabled by Cambridgeshire County Council.

After receiving a thumbs-up from shoppers following the Cambourne pilot that started earlier this year, the decision was made by the Highways and Transport Committee to welcome the robots to the historic city streets of Cambridge.

The collaboration will be available to 12,200 households within the Cherry Hinton, Queen Edith, parts of Romsey and Coleridge areas of Cambridge. Orders can be made through the Starship food delivery app, which is available for download on iOS and Android, with groceries picked fresh in local Co-op stores on Perne Road and Cherry Hinton Road.

Cambridge residents can order their delivery to arrive in under an hour and watch the robot travel in real-time via an interactive map. Once the robot arrives, residents receive an alert and can meet and unlock it through the app.

The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) is redrawing constituency boundaries in order to rebalance the number of electors represented by each MP, and a final consultation on proposed new constituencies is now open.

A new revised map of constituency proposals, which takes into account feedback sent in by the public on the initial proposals, has been published on the consultation website bcereviews.org.uk.

Send in your views before the closing date of 5 December to have your say on new parliamentary constituency boundaries.

Families to enjoy – the wonderful Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church.

Whittlesey Christmas Lights

Then this Saturday after much planning and preparation this years…

Within the documents the long ongoing argument(s) for a rail link Wisbech – March rumble on….10 years ago it was going to cost in the region of £100 Million, the latest estimates being an eyewatering £450 Million – almost enough for a Whittlesey Relief Road/Bypass…! – No harm in dreaming.

FDC Agenda frontsheet 05122022 1330 O&S

Network Rail has estimated £300,000 for the next phase of work to produce an options
assessment Report. Wisbech Rail currently has £230,000 approved budget available.
Subject to the approval of the Options Assessment Report option £80,000 to be drawn down
from the Medium-Term Financial Plan, totalling £310,000. £300,000 needed for the Network
Rail Options Assessment Report and £10,000 for any additional engagement with strategic stakeholders