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Buckden Roundabout
January 2018
Village Notices
BUCKDEN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
RURAL CRIME ACTION Team (RCAT)
Cambridgeshire is still one of the fastest growing counties in the country both in terms of its economy and population.
Huntingdonshire district has a particularly high mix of villages and rural areas with issues such as thefts from farms of tools,
metals, and diesel as well as hare coursing often being reported.
The constabulary’s Rural Crime Action Team (RCAT) was formed in 2016, The RCAT’s role is to combat hare coursing and poach-
ing, as well as using specialist knowledge to deal with other aspects of rural crime including plant and tractor theft, arson, and
illegal raves.
The team also spends time raising awareness of crime prevention strategies for people living in rural communities with officers
regularly meeting people to flag up issues and share experiences .
RCAT continues to make inroads into reducing rural crime and has achieved to date a number of notable successful convictions,
but rural crime cannot be tackled in isolation.
Not all forces have dedicated rural crime teams. However working across borders and working with agencies such as Country-
side Watch will be key to tackling this growing threat to what is a traditional way of life in our county.
SEASONAL GREETINGS TO ALL. WE YOU WISH YOU A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR.
PHONE NUMBERS
101 Information for the police | 0800 555 111 Crime Stoppers | 999 in an emergency | 0300 123 2040 Action Fraud
EMAIL burglarycrackdown@cambs.pnn.police.uk
OR online at
www.crimestoppers-uk.org
Your village NW Coordinators are RICHARD WEST 811467 CLIVE WILLIAMS 811828
The Changing Seasons
The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trusts is pleased to announce our first event of the new year. This will take
place on Wednesday 10
th
January 2018 at 7.30pm at Brampton Memorial Hall, Thrapston Road, Brampton, PE28 4TB.
Our speaker will be Professor Tim Sparks. Tim is Professor of Environmental Change at Coventry University and his topic today
is Phenology – the study of seasonal changes in plants and animals.
Tim has a keen interest in phenology and will explain how phenology has developed from the initial findings of Robert Marsham
in the 18
th
Century. Tim re-established the UK Phenology network in 1998 and tonight, he will illustrate some of the changes
that occur with the seasons and discuss the impact on climate change. This should be a really interesting talk for anyone inter-
ested in wildlife. Everyone is most welcome to attend. Booking is not necessary. Entrance charge £2.50 (accompanied children
free). Please contact Tim on 01480 457795 for more information.
Part of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Registered Charity No: 1000412
Christmas Bonus Prize
£200 no. 44
Mrs Ruth Nicholas
£100
No. 94
Mrs Ruth Forshaw
£25
No. 53
Mrs Eleanor Cox
£25
No. 189
Mrs Gillian Haverson
£25
No. 136
Mrs Milly Small
£25
No. 188
Mrs M Upchurch
BSPA
200 Club Prize Winners
December 2017 Draw
Emily Jane
The Flower Boutique (Brampton)
Says THANK YOU to
T & E BARRETT WEALTH MANAGEMENT; THOROUGHBREADS; 5
th
AVENUE
HAIR & BEAUTY; PETE CARTER LTD; M A MOTORS; CLEARVIEW INSTALLATIONS;
BUCKDEN DAY NURSERY; LOW FARM; DATAWOLVES; JESSAMINE PAYNE; PAX-
TON ELECTRICAL; GOOD2GO; THETECHGURU; ROB BARNES (decorating);
BLUELINE SECURITY; THE MIND SPA; THE DRIVEWAY & PAVING DOCTOR;
THE SALON ON THE GREEN; and all the smiling people who have supported
this fundraiser.
St Mary’s Christmas tree looks lovely and together we have raised in
excess of £900 for St. Mary’s Restoration Fund & Buckden Preschool