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FROMYOURCOUNTYCOUNCILLOR
CambridgeshireCountyCouncil has nowmoved to
a committee structure of governance. The 5 com-
mittees are Children and Young People, Health,
Adults, Economy and Environment and Highways
and Local Infrastructure. There is a also aGeneral
Purposes committee that all chairmen and vice
chairmen sit on. The new leader of the council is
Councillor SteveCount. I am pleased to be able to
continuemywork on theChildren andYoung Peo-
ple committee and I now also sit on the Health
committee along with my commitments at Cam-
bridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority and
theCromwell MuseumManagement Committee.
Please be advised that residents can come along
to the Buckden Village Hall on the second Tues-
day of themonth at 6.30pm for an hour to speak to
me. I will be in the Aragon room and no appoint-
ment is necessary. My next surgery will be held
on
Tuesday 8
th
July 2014
and I look forward to
meeting any resident who would like to come and
speak to me. I also look forward to working with
your newDistrict Councillor TerryHayward.
Cllr JulieWisson
CountyCouncillor Buckden and theOffords
07725 791459
01767 677837
julie.wisson@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
NEIGHBOURHOODWATCH (NHW)
Local Crime.
The focus of crimes in May was on the theft of
cycles and scooters and from vehicles. Commer-
cial vehicles are particularly at risk as they often
carry valuable trade equipment. If possible, park
such vehicles with the main access doors close
to a building or wall where they cannot be
opened.
NWReport toAnnual ParishMeeting.
At the Parish Council’s Annual Meeting on 17
th
June, the lead NW Coordinator for Buckden
gave a short briefing on recent developments in
NW nationally and locally.
He reported that, In theautumnof last year, the
HomeOffice decided to re-invigorateNW partly
in response to the reduction in police numbers.
Apart from some fine-tuning of the organisation,
themain changewas the introduction of ana-
tionwidewebsitewhich embracedall NW
schemes in the country and links toall organisa-
tionswhich are involved in fighting crime, such
as theFire andRescueService andTrading
Standards. It alsogives comprehensive advice
on crimepreventionmeasures andhow to set up
and run local NW schemes. Organisers of NW
schemes can show its geographical details and
membership on the siteand use it to contact its
members. Crime incidents can alsobe shownon
it by thepolice.
However, themost important andwelcome fea-
tureof thewebsitewas the introduction of an
alert systemwhereby thepolice and other organ-
isations can issueup-to-the-minute information
on crime threats and incidents andput out regu-
lar crime summaries andpolice priorities. Both
theHuntingdonandSt Neots police use the site
frequently for thesepurposes. Having registered
with the system, you candecidewhich reports
and fromwhom youwish to receive them and
immediately respond to them if necessary.
After some teethingproblems, the system is now
workingwell although the take-up byBuckden
residents has been rather slow.
Contact details.
Report an incident or suspicious behaviour to the
new single non-emergency number 101. Call
999 if a crime is in progress or threatened.
Your villageNWCoordinators are:
Clive Williams 811828 and Richard West
811467
FROMYOURDISTRICTCOUNCILLOR
May I extendmygrateful thanks for all of those
villagerswho voted forme in the recent District
Council election. I canassure themand thosewho
voted for other candidates that I shall domy very
best to represent all the residents of Buckden,
Stirtloe, DiddingtonandSouthoe. So far I have on-
ly attended training sessions and theCouncil
AGM. It is very apparent that there aremany
changes afoot in the running of theCouncil and I
shall domy best to keep you all informed.
Onabroader noteNetworkRail is embarking ona
series of feasibility studies toexplore options for
the closureof level crossings inour area. Thismay
have ramifications for our level crossing at the bot-
tomof Mill Road and I shall keep you in thepic-
ture. Consultationon ‘The LongTermTransport
Strategy for Cambridgeshire’ will takeplace be-
tween 5
th
Juneand 11 July - full details canbe
found on
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/LTTS
Finally I do not intend tohold regular ‘surgeries’ I
live in the village and ameasily accessible
on
07884268175
or
terry.hayward@huntingdonshire.org.uk.
TerryHayward
District Councillor, BuckdenWard
