Richard Taylor

Tag: Arbury

  • Policing Arbury Ward – Cambridge – January 2009

    I attended an Arbury Ward police meeting on the 28th of January 2009 in the Meadows Community Centre. Attendance The session was led by Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) Luke Upcott and Sam Bagshaw. Labour Councillor for Arbury Mike Todd-Jones was present, and in addition six residents had turned up. I think the fact the […]

  • December 2008 – North Area Committee Cambridge

    I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 11th of December 2008. I made representations to my local councillors, and other members of the committee before the meeting, specifically on Policing North Cambridge. City Cllrs Levy, Upstone and Liddle were absent, as was County Councillor Hughes who it was reported was in Hospital. […]

  • Sure Start Funding Cut Endangers Suport for Families with Young Children

    I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 11th of December 2008. The main issue which took up most of the “Open Forum” time was the loss of “Sure Start” funding which had adversely affected two volunteer groups which work supporting families with young children in North Cambridge. The Chair and Treasurer of […]

  • Cllr Ward Defends Sidelining Arboricultural Officers on Jesus Green Plans

    Cllr Tim Ward has written a letter to the Cambridge Evening news which has been published today (13th December 2008). He is responding to Bronwyn Hipkin who recently wrote: Having read with alarm of the fate of 59 trees on Jesus Green which Cllr Smith tells us are all diseased and dangerous, I rang the […]

  • Setting Police Priorities for North Cambridge in December 2008

    I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 11th of December 2008. One of the things councillors had on their agenda for this meeting was the setting of the police priorities for North Cambridge for the forthcoming quarter. The policing section of the meeting is run as an open meeting to which members […]

  • Rampage in Arbury

    A couple of youths went on the rampage in Arbury in the early hours of Saturday morning. Around twenty cars were damaged, many with their wing mirrors smashed off, three had widows broken. The trail of destruction ran from Carlyle Road right down to Searle Street. When I opened my curtains to look at the […]

  • Police Consulatative Meeting – Arbury Ward October 2008

    I attended an Arbury ward police consultative meeting which was held at the Meadows Community Centre on the 16th of October 2008. The police were represented by PC Rachel Ball and a new PCSO, Luke Upcott who had recently joined the force. Two Labour party representatives were present: County Councillor Elizabeth Hughes of Kings Hedges […]

  • Cllr Mike Todd-Jones – Statement on Planning Matters

    At Cambridge City Council’s August 2008 North Area Committee Meeting Cllr Mike Todd Jones distributed the following statement which I am publicising as it will probably not be included in the minutes and is not currently available online: I have decided not to make decisions on planning matters at Area Committees until sufficiently trained in […]

  • In advance of the August 2008 North Area Committee Meeting

    I sent the below email to my local councillors in advance of Cambridge City Council’s August 2008 North Area Committee meeting. Councillors Mike Todd-Jones, Alan Levy, Tim Ward and Rupert Moss-Eccardt, I am making some suggestions in advance of this evening’s North Area Committee meeting on the subjects of: Policing Jesus Green Works and New […]