Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Official Launch – Fenland Youth Radio

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Roy Gerstner Admin

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Citizen & Young Citizen of the Year

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Whittlesey Town Council – received nominations from the public – which then is overviewed by a small committee of WTC Councillors….
There will be an official announcement and presentation on Thursday 3rd September…
Watch this space…

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Some Good News –

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Freedom Leisure/Manor Swimming Pool have now made the weekly ‘Disabled Swimming Session’ available – starting this Wednesday and hopefully weekly as before, you can book online….
https://www.freedom-leisure.co.uk/centres/manor-leisure-centre/

The ‘Healthy Hearts’ seesions are still in hibernation and at present there is not plan to open up – however I will find out when it happens

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Neighbourhood Police Team – Drug Dealing

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Drug dealing.
Your Neighbourhood Team have had recent success in our fight against drug production and drug dealing. Below is some relative information regarding this crime.

Drugs and drug related crime can have a negative impact on our communities and its use can harm the health and safety of our residents.

Our officers are committed to tackling drug related issues within Cambridgeshire and we welcome any information you may have about drug use or dealing.
To help keep our communities safe, we encourage you to look out for common signs of drug dealing and let us know if you see anything suspicious.
Another way professional criminals deal drugs in particular neighbourhoods, known as ‘cuckooing’. Cuckooing involves offenders targeting the homes of vulnerable people and using it to deal drugs.

Those who usually become vulnerable to cuckooing are lonely, isolated and drug users themselves. In fact, dealers usually offer them free drugs as a way of getting into the victims home. The property is then used to deal and manufacture drugs for a short period of time before the dealer moves onto somewhere new.
If you think this may be happening where you live, please get in touch so that we can prevent vulnerable people falling victim to this crime.

PCSO J.Hall 7070

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News From One of our Neighbours

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Earlier this morning neighbourhood officers in Chatteris came across a horse who had decided he fancied a bit of a change of scenery.
Sadly the middle of West Street wasn’t a suitable place for him.
Officers got him to safety and managed to track down his owner who along with the officers managed to get him back home.
Officers made sure the horse had a suitable home, was well looked after, and even helped give him some breakfast.
Let’s hope he learnt his lesson that the grass isn’t always greener! #fenlandNPT #PC0233 #PC0312 #whythelongface?

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News Coming Monday….

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Roy Gerstner Admin

A very good asset to our town/area will be announced on Monday…

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Someone Asked – Again… No Fun Fair Coming at Present

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Roy Gerstner Admin

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MN @ War

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Roy Gerstner Admin

As many know I was an Electronics & Communications Engineer for 27 years in the British Merchant Navy…. There were many local men here in Whittlesey who served in Two World Wars and other conflicts…. I was involved in (No World Wars) several conflicts around the world, mainly in a humanatarian role, although I was involved in taking Jet Fuel for the Kosovo conflict.

BBC One News 6 & 10pm – Week beginning Monday 31^st August
Coverage of WWII & the men & women involved Merchant Navy in World War II
on Tuesday 1^st September

As a supplement to BBC1’s two main news reports at 18:00hrs & 22:00hrs, next week, there will be coverage of WWII and the men & women involved, including the Merchant Navy.

They plan to transmit a piece about the Merchant Navy in the main news at 6.00pm and 10.00pm on Tuesday 1^st September.
This will focus on Milag Nord (the MN camp near Bremen), where newscaster Hugh Edwards’s father was held and hopefully will include an interview with our National Secretary, David Parsons, covering the MN’s contribution to WWII in more general terms.

Lest we forget
If you know of any shipmates in need of help or assistance please contact welfare@mna.org.uk

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ONS COVID-19 Roundup 27th August

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Roy Gerstner Admin

Coronavirus (COVID-19) roundup
27 August 2020

Hello – welcome to today’s edition of the coronavirus (COVID-19) roundup, a summary of our latest analysis related to the pandemic.

Today we’ve added estimates of international travel up to June 2020, as well as the latest indicators of the economic impact of COVID-19. Some of the main points include:

Home Office statistics show that there were an estimated 1.3 million passenger arrivals (including returning UK residents) in April to June 2020; this is 97% (27.7 million) fewer than the same period in 2019
The number of applications for visitor visas in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020 was 99% lower than in the same period in 2019
More than half of the workforce in the arts, entertainment and leisure industry (51%) are still furloughed, compared with 13% of staff currently furloughed in the workforce as a whole
When asked about insolvency, almost a quarter of arts and entertainment businesses (23%) reported the risks as severe to moderate; this is the joint-highest proportion of any industry, along with the hospitality sector