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Electing a Cambridge City Councillor for King’s Hedges
In the last election held in Kings Hedges, the ward in which I live, over 76% of electors in the ward did not vote. In the last Cambridge City Council elections Kings Hedges was one of three wards in the city where neither the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats or Labour put up a candidate who lived […]
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More Mud for Stourbridge Common
Cambridge City Council is proposing to spend £15,000 on making a muddy bit of Stourbridge Common even muddier. The published proposal, which the council are currently seeking comments on, states: Cambridge City Council is proposing to create a small ‘scrape’ in the Common, by excavating a small area of land within an existing wet area. […]
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Cambridge Criminals Queuing Up to Volunteer for Police GPS Tags
Cambridge’s Community Safety Partnership meeting on the 23rd of July 2013 received a report from Detective Inspector Mick Birchall of Cambridgeshire Police which revealed some of Cambridge’s prolific offenders have been volunteering to wear police GPS tracking tags. The detective told the meeting demand was so great criminals were queuing up to receive the tags […]
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Funding A14 Upgrade
Upgrading the A14 was debated at Cambridgeshire County Council on the 16th of July 2013. The A14, particularly between Cambridge and the A1(M) is a highly congested and dangerous stretch of road. Incidents, which occur almost every day, result in unreliable journey times as well as injuries and deaths. Addressing the problem is crucial to […]
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Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright Announces ALERT
Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright used the June 2013 Police and Crime Panel meeting to announce a new technology system for Cambridgeshire Police, called: “ALERT”. Commissioner Bright told the panel that the system would enable neighbourhood watch groups to: know the very next morning whether there’s been a burglary, whether there’s been some […]
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Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel Annual Meeting 12 June 2013
On the 12th of July 2013 I observed Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel’s annual meeting. The only substantive item of business was a review of decisions made by the Police and Crime Commissioner. The meeting turned into a total farce as it emerged the panel was under the impression it was to scrutinise the decisions […]
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Commenting on Proposed Council Tax Rises
The Conservative party is split on the question of council tax rises. Conservatives in central government are saying they want to see council tax kept at its current level, but locally in Cambridgeshire we’ve got a Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner and a Conservative run County Council who are proposing council tax rises. I have […]
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Tackling Problems Caused by Street Drinkers in East Cambridge
I observed Cambridge’s East Area Committee on Thursday the 2nd of August 2012. One of the key things raised, as usual for East Area Committee meetings, was crime, and other problems related to street drinkers in the area. The committee heard from two members of the public one of whom was Joanna Dean of Norfolk […]