Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Test your knowledge on how to contact us
We understand that every incident is individual, and it may not always clear whether you should call us, use our online services, or contact other authorities such as your local council. 

And that’s why as part of our Call When It Counts campaign, we have created a short online quiz in which you can test your knowledge on the best way to contact us in various scenarios. 

See if you would know how to contact us about noisy neighbours, falling victim to fraud and witnessing graffiti in your local park. Try the quiz here.

Yes I’ve done it (only once) and did get 100% – Test yourself….

As part of our two year celebrations we are launching our first “Whittlesey 2023 Calendar” Photography competition.

Its your chance to be part of our new annual calendar and have your photos in print for all to see.

Take a look at this flyer, Get in touch and we will send you the terms and conditions by return email.

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It was ‘only’ a matter of time before ‘our’ newly installed Heritage Walk Benches were to be vandalised…..a fantastic project lead by Cllr Dee Laws and Whittlesey Town Council, almost complete now with signage (more to follow).

This morning one of our NHW members spotted the ‘Bench’ in St Mary’s Church Yard – well covered in ‘Grease’ – who caries a tin of grease around with them.

As I’ve said before – I am not allowed though the PC (political correctness) of this world even to ‘think’ who may have done the stupid act.
It has been reported and hopefully will be addressed.

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I am very sorry to to informed that ex Councillor and friend Ralph Butcher has passed away this morning.

©RWT Photography/WTC

As the fastest growing region in the UK, we recycle a lot of water. In fact, we recycle over a billion litres of sewage every day! But did you know we also clean water using nature?

Wetlands are a low-cost, natural solution to water recycling. An acre of wetland can clean around 700,000 litres of water a day, before returning it back to our rivers.

Read More & Watch Video Here

 
It has been reported……

Yesterday was a proud day for us as we heard stories from across the constabulary at an awards ceremony to recognise the excellent prevention and problem-solving work undertaken by some of our officers and partner agencies in the past year.
Held at the lovely surrounds of Lakeside Lodge Golf Centre in Pidley, the event saw five finalists:

Rural Crime Action Team (RCAT) – for their work to tackle illegal hare coursing within the east of England, predominantly in Fenland, alongside associated criminal offences and anti-social behaviour

St Neots Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) – for their work to tackle a county line whose nominals were exploiting a vulnerable man in Eaton Socon.

Peterborough’s Eastern NPT – for their work in identifying an extremely vulnerable man who was being exploited at his home in Dogsthorpe.

Intelligence and Specialist Crime Department (ISCD) – for their work alongside regional and national partners to combat county lines drug dealing and child criminal exploitation.

Peterborough’s Eastern NPT – for the leading role they took to ensure a joined-up approach to safeguard a vulnerable woman who was being exploited at her home in Eastfield.

You can read more about the finalists, the awards ceremony and the winner by clicking this link to our website

An invitation for anyone who maybe intrested in Neighbourhood Watch to come along at 7pm this evening at Council Chanbers – Whittlesey Town Council Office.

At our September meeting we had local PC Gary Stabler give us updates on his role as a Neighbourhood Police Team.

Awareness and reporting concerns and issues are our main tools, for example last week here in the Whittlesey area at least 6 people were scammed by a PCR Notification – which looked very convincing as coming from the NHS…

Tracing Notification: You have been in close proximity with a confirmed case of the latest variant. Please order a free test-kit via: trace.order-pcrkit-uk.com

The give away in this case was the ‘link’ – never click on a link you are not familiar with.
If and a big if – you were in close proximity to someone who had COVID, the NHS has stopped sending out test and trace messages.
6 people at least clicked on the link, the message asked for a 99p postal fee to send the test kit….another give away.

Scammers are adjusting daily their clever means to get money out of us all.

Some ‘Pill Boxes’ are listed (note – not protected) and some are not.
They belong to who-ever the land is that they sit on.
Unfortunately our presky ‘graffiti’ artists have had another go at the one along the Bower.

Good afternoon.
When an emergency such as a bust water main occurs, a road must be closed until necessary repairs are effected.

However, when that road is an ‘A’ road, the official main diversions should not be on unclassified roads such as Snoots, Stonald and Hallcroft Roads.

Highways attended the closure every day to monitor progress.  Each day Highways told Anglian Water to put a much wider diversion in place to stop through traffic coming into Whittlesey on the A605.  Each day Anglian Water just ignored them.

I’m told that Highways could prosecute Anglian Water for their actions and inactions.  But the fine is so minimal, I am told, that it’s unlikely that CCC will take any action.
 This is just wrong.

I’m making further representations.

Insult was added to injury yesterday evening when the road remained closed well after the repairs had been completed because Anglian Water’s sweeping up machine was hours late arriving to clear up the mess left on the carriageway.

Kind regards,
Chris