COVID Vaccination Scam
Cambridgeshire Police News Sadly, scammers continue to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to commit fraud on unsuspecting victims. We’ve had reports of fraudsters sending fake text messages, which claim you are entitled to a dose of the newly-approved vaccine. The bogus message states that you are entitled to a vaccine and to receive more […]
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 […]
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 […]