The Metropolitan Police have provided a booklet to further raise awareness of some of the ever-evolving ways to scam the public out of their hard earned money. Some useful contact details are below:
Action Fraud – 0300 123 2040 or www.actionfraud.org.uk
Little book of Cyber Scams available at www.met.police.uk/fraud
Job adverts at www.safer-jobs.com
Ticketing fraud at www.star.org.uk
Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111 or www.crimestoppers-uk.org
Elder abuse on 080 8808 8141 or www.elderabuse.co.uk
Age UK on 0800 169 8787 or www.ageuk.org.uk
Alzheimer’s Society on 0300 222 1122 or www.alzheimers.org.uk
Travel Agents at www.abta.com
Citizens Advice Bureau on 03444 111 444 or www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Cifas at www.cifas.org.uk
Cyber Aware at www.cyberaware.gov.uk
Financial Conduct Authority on 0800 111 6768 or www.fca.org.uk
Coach Services will be running an additional service on the
40 via Mundford on Mondays to Fridays, as of 3.2.20 (this is subject to
agreement from the Traffic Commissioners Office that it can start on that date
– If we do not get this, then it will be a March Start).
We have used the funding from the various ceased services to
support this and there is a further amendment, which will allow a change at
Thetford and onward travel to Bury St Edmunds.
From 3.2.20, a new 0948 pick-up has been added Monday to
Friday from Mundford to Kings Lynn, with a new return from Kings Lynn at 1310,
allowing a 2hr30 in Kings Lynn. For those that wish to stay in Kings Lynn
longer, they can use the existing 16:30 departure from Kings Lynn, back to
Mundford.
It may not be known to local people, but the current 0855
from Mundford to Thetford, on the current Coach Services 40 service, is
available to concessionary pass holders. This arrives in Thetford at 0910.
There is an 1100 departure from Thetford, allowing 1hr50 in Thetford. There is
also a return at 1405 to Mundford for those that require more time. As of
3.2.20, the 1405 return will be amended to 1425. This will allow passengers to
change at Thetford to Coach Services routes to Bury St Edmunds and will allow
around 2hr45 in Bury St Edmunds.
Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do to get these
service changes earlier, but I trust this is beneficial to the residents of
Mundford and that they will use it. Obviously, there is already an option to
Thetford as mentioned above and this can be viewed on the current 40 timetable https://www.coachservicesltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/40-Aug19.pdf.
For further information about the service and through ticket details, it is best to contact Coach Services on 01842 821509.
The Regeneration Team at Breckland Council receive an email on a monthly basis which details any Funding available for the rural area from the Rural Services Network. Not all of the grants may be of use to yourselves but could be useful to a group or business within your parish.
Please read the Rural Funding Digest January 2020 to check if any grants are available to you,
Police are appealing for witnesses to a police pursuit which took
place between the A47 at Hockering and the A1065 near Brandon earlier today
(Thursday 2 January 2020).
A
white Vauxhall Astra failed to stop for officers on the A47, at the junction
with the B1108 at Hockering at approximately 10.15am. As a result, officers
pursued the vehicle along the A47 towards Dereham before the vehicle turned off
towards Mattishall. The vehicle was then located on the B1108 and the pursuit
continued on the A1065 before ending near Brandon.
Two
teenage boys from Essex and a teenage boy from Cambridgeshire have been
arrested in connection with the incident. All three are currently in police
custody.
Officers
would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the pursuit, or has any
dashcam footage. Anyone with information should contact PC Ben Hawkins at
Swaffham Roads Policing on 101
quoting incident number 78 of Thursday 2 January 2020.
Message sent on behalf of Mr Peter Evans,
Chairman of Norfolk Neighbourhood Watch:
Our next Norfolk Neighbourhood Watch meeting will be taking
place on Thursday 9th January 2020 at Breckland Council Offices, Elizabeth
House, Walpole Loke, Dereham, NR19 1EE.
All coordinators, members and anybody who would like to set up a
new scheme are invited to attend.
Tea and coffee available from 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start.
We hope to see you there.
Whether you are passionate about food
or simply want to make the most of the food that you have bought, you might be
interested in getting involved in our Food Savvy project.
We are looking for people who would
like to become Food Savvy Champion volunteers who are willing to share their
knowledge with others to help to reduce the amount of food we waste.
In the UK each year households throw
away seven million tonnes of food and drink. This costs the average
family with children about £810 a year or the equivalent of £70 per
month.
As a Food Savvy Champion you will be
trained in issues regarding food waste and equipped with tools and ongoing
support to help others in your local community to make the most of their food,
reduce food waste and save money.
Anyone over the age 18 can join the
scheme; you will receive free training and resource pack and ongoing support
from your programme coordinator and waste reduction officers.
The next training course will be held
on Saturday 25 January 2020 at County
Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH.
If you would like more information or
are interested in becoming a Food Savvy Champion please email lovefoodhatewaste@norfolk.gov.uk
Advent is upon us, leading up to Christmas. Amidst the decorations and commercial pressures of preparing for Christmas, it is easy to lose the meaning of Advent as a separate season. In South Africa, where I come from, this is further complicated by the fact that Christmas falls in the middle of the summer holidays, and schools break up at the beginning of December, so Christmas parties start in November.
“Advent” means coming. It is a time when we think about Jesus’ birth, when he came to live among us as a human being. It is also a time when we remind ourselves of the promise that he will come again as judge at the end of time, to set everything in creation to rights.
It is a time for carol services, carol concerts and other events leading up to the celebration of Christmas. Advent for many begins with the switching on of the Christmas lights at Mundford on the 1st December, and the Advent Fayre earlier that day.
Carol services are to be held at Little Cressingham, Sandton Downham, Oxborough, Mundford, Foulden and Ickburgh. The schools will present a Nativity Play before they close for the Christmas holidays.
Generally it is a time of building excitement, and a time for family and friends to gather together and enjoy one another’s company.
Christmas itself, of course, is a joyful time of celebrating God’s greatest gift, when he became a human being and lived among us as one of us. It is a time to enjoy being with family and friends, celebrating the year’s achievements and sharing what we have.
May you all have a joyful and peaceful Christmas and look forward to 2020 with anticipation and hope.
Rev Linda Lubbe
Associate priest in the Mundford, Hilborough and Oxborough groups of churches.
