Entries by Andrew Martin

Twelve Days of Christmas

Have you found all the “Twelve Days of Christmas” dotted around the village? The twelve days starts on 25th December with a “Partridge in a Pear Tree” and finishes on 5th January with “Twelve Drummers Drumming”. Keep looking if you haven’t spotted them all.   Happy New Year from all Barton Parish Councillors.  

Flood on High Street

Parish News As many are probably aware, the end of the High Street is flooded. This has been reported to Cambridgeshire County Council Highways for emergency action. Please take care on this stretch of road. Clerk Barton Parish Council    

Tier 4 Update

Dear members, volunteer coordinators and parish councillors The Government has announced that Cambridgeshire is moving into Tier 4 restrictions from 12.01am on Saturday 26 December. I had hoped that the previous update would be the last until the New Year but we wanted to share with you all what this announcement will mean. Firstly, the […]

Car Park Closed—Vandalism

Parish News The recreation ground car park is currently closed because of recent acts of vandalism causing damage to the surface. There has been a spated of cars driving on the site creating damage to the surface by skiding and drifting. One car R126 HNH was spotted near the ground that may or may not […]

Merry Christmas

Parish Council On behalf of Barton Parish Councillors, I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Sarah Pitchford (Chairman)

COVID-19 Update

South Cambs District Council News Covid-19 update – 18 December 2020 Dear members, volunteer coordinators and parish councillors This is my last update this side of Christmas. Next week the Sustainable Communities and Wellbeing Team will send out a special Winter Warmers – Isolation and Loneliness Newsletter so keep an eye on your inbox. I […]

CamBedRailRoad and East West Rail

Parish Council News CamBedRailRoad (CBRR) is a community based, voluntary, think tank led by two distinguished transport infrastructure Civil Engineers, with extensive experience in the UK and the Far East, and our Chairman, County Councillor Sebastian Kindersley. Barton Parish Council invited Sebastian to present their vision for EWR to the Councillors and Traffic, Travel and […]

Cyber Security Advice

Neighbourhood Watch News Due to coronavirus, more people will be doing their festive shopping online this year. This means more opportunities for hackers to carry out cyber attacks. They often do this by targeting people and businesses using: * email and website scams * malware – software that can damage your device or let a […]

Catalytic Converter Thefts

Neighbourhood Alert Catalytic Converter Thefts Please be aware there have been a number of catalytic converter thefts across South Cambridgeshire in recent months. Among the brands targeted Toyota, and Honda are high on the list along with four by four vehicles and Sprinter vans. Thieves are selecting models that have the most high value metals […]

Christmas COVID Update

Parish Council News Dear Residents, This is the latest information from South Cambridgeshire District Council. From one minute after midnight on Wednesday 2nd December, we enter Tier 2 (High Alert). This is for areas with a higher or rapidly rising level of infection, where some additional restrictions need to be in place. The Tier 2 […]