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Conservators of the Cam To Consider Charges Hike
River Cam The Conservators of the River Cam are to meet in Cambridge Guildhall at 0930 on Wednesday the 7th of December to consider a report prepared by consultants Ecorys Ltd at a cost of £27,963. The report is on how the Cam Conservators might balance their budget in the future. A summary of responses […]
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Why I Support the Degrading is Degrading Campaign
On the 4th of November 2011 Cambridge student newspaper Varsity reported the launch of a “Degrading is Degrading” campaign. Having read the article I responded immediately by Twitter to express my support. While I had no particular knowledge or experience of the process of “degrading”, the Cambridge terminology for being allowed to take a year […]
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Planning Application for Cycle Store in Front Garden
102 Hartington Grove, Including the Cycle/Bin Store A planning application has been submitted to Cambridge City Council for a bike shed and bin store in the front garden of 102 Hartington Grove. Comments are currently being sought on the application’s webpage. As it is a retrospective application the structure in question is present in the […]
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A Minor Crash Last Year
High Street Cottenham: site of my minor collision last year. Almost exactly a year ago I was involved in a minor road collision. I’m writing this post to: Urge people driving in the snow and ice this winter to take care. Encourage a revival of the principles of the Good Samaritan. Raise some ideas for […]
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Large Rise in UK Police TASER Use
TASER armed officer on duty outside a pasty shop in Padstow, Cornwall. Channel Four News are this evening reporting the results of a survey of TASER use by UK Police Forces which they have carried out via Freedom of Information requests. They have uncovered a 100% increase in TASER use in Cambridgeshire in 20010/11 compared […]
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Appointment to Cambridgeshire’s Policing and Crime Scrutiny Committee
I have been appointed to the Cambridgeshire County Council committee responsible for scrutiny of policing and crime related matters in the county. The chairman of the committee, Cllr Steve Tierney, co-opted me onto the committee apparently as a result of the campaigning, lobbying, reporting and scrutiny which I have been doing on matters the committee […]
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Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Strategy Group
The inaugural meeting of the “Interim Community Safety Countywide Board” is to be held at Cambridgeshire County Council’s Shire Hall on the 24th of November 2011. This new board is intended to be central to the strategic oversight of policing and crime related matters in the county. Its members are made up of representatives from […]
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Shoplifting Decriminalised in North Cambridge
Campkin Road Tesco, Cambridge At 17.45 on Wednesday the 23rd of November 2011 the north Cambridge neighbourhood policing sergeant, Jason Wragg, sent the following to some of the residents of the area who have signed up to the ECops email system: GOOD NEWS Your north police officers, PC Tom Gallagher and PC Darren Goodwin caught […]
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Cambridge Magistrates – 17 November 2011
Inside Cambridge Magistrates’ Court (source) On Thursday the 17th of November 2011 I observed one of Cambridge’s magistrates courts in operation. I have written separate articles on two of the cases I observed: Consequences of Punching A Random Stranger on Fitzroy Street in Cambridge Charges Dropped After Student Fees Protestors Strike Deal With Prosecutors Other […]
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On Julian Huppert on Drugs
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert The Cambridge News is today reporting that Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert has said: Drug users need help, not prison. My response to this is to agree that those addicted to drugs need to be given help; however I think we do need to punish, as well as help, those who commit […]