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FROMYOURCOUNTYCOUNCILLOR
TheTour DeFrance comes toCambridge
on
Monday 7
th
July 2014. CambridgeshireCounty
Council andCambridgeagreed to host theStage3
start of theTour deFrance at no expense to the
tax payer. The start of the race is nowmarked on
the pavement onGonvillePlace near Parkers
Piece inCambridgeandParkersPiece andGon-
villePlacewill be the first 2 roads to be closed on
Sunday 6
th
July in the evening. Other roads in
Cambridgewill be closed between 4amand 7am
onMonday 7
th
July, includingTrumpington and
HillsRoad. For a full list of road closures please
visit thewebsite
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
letourstage3
. Alsoon thewebsite youwill find de-
tails of planned changes to the bus routes for the
day and changes to the train services. The publici-
ty caravan is due to start at 10.15am on7
th
July
and the race start is 12.15pm. The peletonwill
leaveCambridge throughTrumpingtonRoadand
will travel along theA1301 through the villages of
Trumpington, Great ShelfordandHinxtonwhere
theTour leavesCambridgeshire travelling on to
SaffronWaldenand throughEssex towards Lon-
don to finish onTheMall in front of Buckingham
Palace.
Please be advised that residents can come along
to theBuckden village hall on the secondTuesday
of themonth at 6.30pm for an hour to speak tome.
I will be in theAragon room and no appointment is
necessary. My next surgery will be held on
Tues-
day 10
th
June 2014
and I look forward tomeeting
any resident who would like to come and speak to
me.
Cllr JulieWisson
CountyCouncillor Buckden and theOffords
07725 791459
01767 677837
julie.wisson@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
NEIGHBOURHOODWATCH (NHW)
Local Crime.
April was another quiet month for serious crime
in the village, the only one reported to us being
an attempted entry to a house in St. Hugh’s Rd
on 22nd. Although rare, these incidents often
create aminor wake-up call if only in the immedi-
ate vicinity. Given the normally high standard of
security in modern homes (except perhaps out-
buildings), the best protection in usually quiet
neighbourhoods is constant vigilance - being
alert to suspicious persons and unusual vehicles
at all times but especially at night.
Scams.
Scams are in the news again if only because of
the proliferation of them particularly on the tele-
phone and on-line. Yet, the Trading Standards
Institute estimates that only some 5% of them
are reported. Highlighting any individual one is
now pointless but we can recommend a new
scam resourcewebsite
www.thinkjessica.com
for
advice on protecting yourself from them.
NewNWMembers.
We have had an encouraging response for new
members resulting from an invitation to those in
Buckden who use eCops to consider registering
with the national NW programme. This provides
a much more comprehensive range of crime
alerts, advice and communication options and
includes information on the village organisation
andmembership.
101 calls.
The inadequacies of the 101 non-emergency
number, chiefly in respect of its poor response
times, are now well known and efforts to im-
prove the service are promised! We would be
pleased to have details of any poor experiences
encountered.
Contact details.
Notwithstanding the above comment, report an
incident or suspicious behaviour to the single
non-emergency number 101. Call 999 if a crime
is in progress or threatened.
Your village NW Coordinators are:
Clive Wil-
liams 811828andRichardWest 811467
FromTerryHayward
By the time this is read the result of theDistrict
Council Electionwill be known and I will have visit-
ed over 1,200houses inBuckden, Stirtloe, Didding-
ton andSouthoe.
To those Imissed I apologise and to thosewho
were inwhen I calledmy sincere thanks for your
courtesy andpatiencewhile I told youmy story.My
thanks also to themany small children anddogs
who viewedmewith amixture of mild interest and
friendliness!
Whatever the result I shall continue to try to serve
the community as amember of our ParishCouncil.
With all best wishes
TerryHayward, Independent Candidate forHun-
tingdonDistrict Council.
