CAMBRIDGESHIRE ROAD WORKS & EVENTS INFORMATION: SOUTH CAMBS 1st – 15th February 2021
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
ROYSTON ROAD
HARSTON
Two-way signals
03/02/2021
03/02/2021
Highway repair and maintenance works.
https://one.network/?120521739
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Against Scams Partnership.
EE Smishing Scam
One of our Facebook followers has kindly alerted us to this smishing message he received purporting to be from EE. As our informant is a customer of EE he did the right thing and contacted their customer services separately, using a number he knows to be correct, to check whether this was a genuine communication. EE confirmed it was not and is a scam.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCAMBSCC/bulletins/2bb7221
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Against Scams Partnership
Bank Phishing Text Scam
One of our wonderful supporters has kindly shared a screenshot of the below scam text message they received which is designed to trick the recipient into providing their personal information. The message purports to be from Lloyds Bank and claims that a new recipient has been added to the payees on the account and provides a link to click if you had not added the new payee.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCAMBSCC/bulletins/2b9dd11
East West Rail, Harston Working Group
You can read all about the current situation with East West Rail on the Harston Residents Website by following this link:
http://www.harstonvillage.uk/blog/harston-east-west-rail
Planning Permission for Adverts and Signs
You may need to apply for advertisement consent to display an advertisement bigger than 0.3 square metres (or any size if illuminated) on the front of, or outside, your property (be it a house or business premises).
Therefore, you are unlikely to need consent for a small sign with your house/building name or number on it, or even a sign saying ‘Beware of the dog’.
Temporary notices up to 0.6 square metres relating to local events, such as street parties and concerts, may also be displayed for a short period. There are different rules for estate agents’ boards, but, in general, these should not be bigger than 0.5 square metres.
The planning regime for larger, professional adverts, signs for businesses and so on is complex though all outdoor advertisements must comply with five ‘standard conditions’.
They must:
- be kept clean and tidy;
- be kept in a safe condition;
- have the permission of the owner of the site on which they are displayed (this includes the Highway Authority if the sign is to be placed on highway land);
- not obscure, or hinder the interpretation of, official road, rail, waterway or aircraft signs, or otherwise make hazardous the use of these types of transport;
- be removed carefully where so required by the planning authority
For more information go to: https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/4/adverts_and_signs
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Against Scams Partnership
SCAM WARNING
Fake Covid-19 Vaccine Scam Text
Scammers continue to exploit the confusion and urgency of the coronavirus pandemic to commit fraud on unsuspecting victims – this time by way of a fake text claiming the recipient can get a dose of one of the newly-approved vaccines.
The bogus message, seen below, states that the recipient is entitled to a vaccine and to receive more information they should click on the link in blue.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCAMBSCC/bulletins/2b3f81e
CAMBRIDGESHIRE ROAD WORKS & EVENTS INFORMATION: SOUTH CAMBS 1st – 15th January 2021
NETWORK RAIL
NEWTON ROAD
HARSTON
Road closure
05/01/2021
06/01/2021
Works for rail purposes. Working hours 00:15 – 04:45.
https://one.network/?117840112
CAMBRIDGESHIRE ROAD WORKS & EVENTS INFORMATION: SOUTH CAMBS 16th – 31st December 2020
NETWORK RAIL
STATION ROAD
HARSTON
Road closure
26/12/2020
26/12/2020
Works for rail purposes. Working hours 08:00 – 18:00.
https://one.network/?119143910
County Broadband
County Broadband is currently taking pre-orders for hyper-fast full fibre broadband installation in Harston and nearby villages.
Details are to be found on their website: www.countybroadband.co.uk
If you have any questions please get in contact:
Harry Stevenson – harry.stevenson@countybroadband.co.uk
