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Dear Residents,

The January meeting of BARTON PARISH COUNCIL scheduled to be held in the Village Hall, School Lane, Barton CB23 7BD on TUESDAY 4^th January 2022 at 7:30 pm has been POSTPONED due to Councillor absence and will now be held on:

TUESDAY 11^th January 2022 at 7:30 pm at Barton Village Hall

The Agenda will be published on Tuesday 4^th January and any request to speak in the public forum should be sent to the clerk by 10 am on Tuesday 11^th January.

Apologies for any inconvenience,

Ian Minto, Parish Clerk

Neighbourhood Watch

Why are software updates important?

Software updates are an important part of staying secure online. But why? You’ll often hear about the new features or performance improvements in a software update, but what isn’t talked about as often are the bug fixes and security improvements. Out-of-date software and apps contain weaknesses. This makes them easier to hack. Companies fix the weaknesses by releasing updates. When you update your devices and software, this helps to keep hackers out.

Why would cyber criminals target me?

Your device contains a lot of personal data that is highly valuable if it fell into the hands of a fraudster. The likelihood is your device will contain your full name, date of birth, address, bank details, passwords, as well as many other forms of personal data such as private photos or videos.

Improve your online security by using automatic software updates

We understand it can sometimes be annoying to remember to update your devices every time a new update is released, that’s why we encourage you to enable automatic updates wherever it’s available. That means you don’t have to manually install updates every time they’re released.

We’ve provided some useful links below where you can find step by step instructions on how to enable automatic updates for your devices and apps.

• Apple – Mac (opens in a new tab)
• Apple – iPhone and iPad (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft Windows 10 (opens your MS settings)
• Windows 7 is no longer supported. You should upgrade to Windows 10
• Android smartphones and tablets (opens in a new tab)
• Android apps (opens in a new tab)

For more of the government’s latest advice on how to stay secure online, visit the Cyber Aware website: www.cyberaware.gov.uk
 
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Found all the Advent Windows so far? Please send your photos and comments.

Reminder that the Christmas Tree will be officially light Saturday late afternoon. There will be mince pies, mulled wine and hot chocolate plus entertainment. All welcome.

4 pm to 6 pm.

(Have you spotted all the Advent windows so far?)

 

 

Transport Consulation

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to respond to our ‘Making Connections: have your say on greener travel in Greater Cambridge’ consultation.

We want to hear from you and there’s still time to share your views, either via the online survey or at one of the events we have planned. The proposals are of interest to everyone who lives in or travels to Greater Cambridge, whether for work, education or leisure.

The consultation sets out three main areas on which we’d like to hear people’s thoughts:

• A new bus network: At the heart of the proposals is an expanded and transformed bus network, offering more frequent services, with longer operating hours, more rural connections, and new routes into our growing employment sites.
• Funding transport improvements: A new public transport network will need funding and lower congestion to run. There are two main ways to free up road space and raise money to invest in better bus services and more cycling and walking infrastructure – a road charging zone, or additional parking charges. We’d like to hear what people think about these.
• Better cycling and walking routes and high quality public spaces: lower traffic levels would create more opportunities to improve routes for people cycling and walking. Lower traffic levels and better air quality would also create more opportunities to provide high quality public spaces for people to enjoy.

Events

There are a number of events taking place over the consultation period:

Wednesday 1 December, 4pm-5.45pm and 6pm-7.45pm This is a joint in-person event with our Cambridge Eastern Access consultation 

• The Abbey Stadium, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8LN (please use Cutthroat Lane)
• There’s still time to register to attend this event. Please register at http://ow.ly/RNZy50GC9PI

The event will be in person and there are two separate sessions on the evening. Each session will include a presentation on each of the two consultations, followed by a question-and-answer session.

We are asking people to register online to ensure we are following Covid-19 guidelines. The event space will be sanitised between sessions and all GCP employees will be wearing facemasks whenever they are not presenting.

Monday 13 December, 6.30pm, online public consultation event via Zoom

• This online event will consist of a presentation on Making Connections followed by a question-and-answer session.
• Please register to attend at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5Ilo0Wi6R1a_eZpvQwVuDg

Tuesday 14 December, 6-8.30pm, North GCP Community Forum online via Zoom

• Update on Making Connections as well as a brief update on other GCP schemes including Waterbeach to Cambridge, Milton Road, Histon Road and Greenways.
• To attend this event, please register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eDQ1GoKmSZKFBo7pAdIw1w

The consultation closes at midday on Monday 20 December 2021.