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Cambs Police and Crime Panel To Discuss Member Recruitment at Illegal Secret Private Meeting
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel Logo I have submitted the following question to the Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel meeting on the 17th of June 2015: Why is there no mention within the agenda and papers for the 17 June 2015 Police and Crime Panel meeting of the apparent resignations of panel members Peterborough City […]
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Cambridge UKIP Candidate Explains His Absence from Hustings Events
Richard Taylor: Patrick O’Flynn hasn’t been attending general election hustings in Cambridge so I’d like to ask him why he hasn’t been attending. Do you not think it’s valuable to see you up on stage not just at a great public meeting like this, which it would fantastic if other parties held, but next to […]
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Alexandra Gardens Trees Threatened Yet Again
How Alexandra Gardens Trees May Look After Proposed Works The trees in Alexandra Gardens in Arbury, Cambridge are yet again under threat from Cambridge City Council chainsaws. The council has published two documents as part of a consultation: Report on Alexandra Gardens Tree Root Damage Claims Tree Works Order The tree works order proposes a […]
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New Cambridgeshire Police Policy – No Review of CCTV Following Cycle Thefts
Detective Chief Inspector Lorraine Parker of Cambridgeshire Police announced a new policy of not reviewing CCTV following cycle thefts at a meeting of Cambridge’s Community Safety Partnership on Tuesday the 10th of February 2015. DCI Parker also reported that the seasonal spike in cycle thefts in October had been at its highest ever level in […]
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Cambridge Language Students at Risk From Irate Residents
The safety of language school students in Cambridge is at risk from irate residents Cambridge’s Community Safety partnership was told on the 10th of February 2015. The meeting heard that some language school students were “going absolutely crazy” and the problems were exacerbated by them living in the new high density accommodation near the station […]
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Cambridge South Area Committee Farce – February 2015
I observed Cambridge’s South Area Committee on the evening of Monday the 2nd of February 2015. The meeting was the most farce-ridden disheartening display of attempted democracy I’ve observed. Almost every element of the meeting was either a farce itself or highlighted a farce elsewhere in one of Cambridge’s local councils. Cllr Amanda Taylor claimed […]
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Milton Road Made Top Priority for Greater Cambridge City Deal Spending
On the 28th of January 2015 the Greater Cambridge City Deal Board decided to make spending £23.04m on Milton Road in Cambridge their top priority. The board was taking decisions on how to allocate money the UK nationally is investing in Greater Cambridge through the City Deal. The leaders of Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridge City […]
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Friends of Ditton Meadows Formed to Oppose New Foot and Cycle Bridge
I attended the first public meeting of the Friends of Ditton Meadows on the 21st of January 2015. The meeting provided me with an update on the consideration of proposals for a new bridge over the River Cam to carry the Chisholm Trail cycle route. I found out about the existence of the friends group […]
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Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel – Josie Gowler Confirmation Hearing
On Monday the 15th of December 2014 I observed Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel who were holding a confirmation hearing for the appointment of Josie Gowler to the position of Chief Finance Officer (Director of Finance) and Deputy Chief Executive of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. The best question asked during the […]
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First Public Meeting of Greater Cambridge City Deal Board Members
On the 18th of November 2014 I observed the first public meeting of the members of the Greater Cambridge City Deal Board. The Greater Cambridge City Deal is at least £100m which the UK has, as a nation, decided to invest in Cambridge. Following the initial £100m two further central government grants of £200m each […]