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Speedwatch training
A group of Coton villagers met today to be trained on the use of Speedwatch – the mobile speed camera which measures the speed of passing cars. Once trained, pairs of volunteers can borrow the police-owned camera and use it at times to suit them. Another...
Phone Scam
Residents have been receiving calls from a ‘representative’ of BT, informing them that the caller was disconnecting them because of an unpaid bill. The caller explains that a certain fee will be required to stop the resident from being...
Police Surgery in Coton
Hi, Just a quick reminder that I am holding a police surgery at Polhill Garden Centre in Coton on Saturday 19th February between 2pm and 4pm. A police surgery is a regular drop in session for you to talk to us about any local crime or safety issues...
Speedwatch
John Fuller from Parkside Police Station is coming to Coton at 10am on 26th February to talk to us about Speedwatch and to train interested villagers how to operate a mobile speed camera. There is a lot of concern among villagers about the volume and...
House Wanted
Are you thinking of renting or selling your property in Coton soon? Tricia is looking for a modest 3-bed property so her children can live in the village of their school. If you are interested, post a comment, which will be passed on. Carolyn Postgate
We won!
BT announced today that the Madlingley exchange isone of six exchanges to have won the national competition for faster broadband.http://www.racetoinfinity.bt.com/winners. This is due to the extremely hard efforts of many people, including several from...
We are 2nd in the BT competition to get faster broadband
We are 2nd in the national BT competition out of 2495 competitors! This is the result of hard work by severalvolunteers in Coton and Hardwick and neighbouring villages. People have been going door to door in the cold and snow to get votes. We have now...
How to get faster broadband in Coton
The five areas in the UK which have the largest percentage of votes by December 31st 2010 will win the chance to bring BT Infinity to their area and BT will give a donation of computer equipment worth £5000 to a local community project. If you have a...
Broadband Problems
Are you having trouble with your broadband in Coton? I’ve received a report of very slow download speed in recent days from a Coton resident : ” I normally have a reasonable service but in the last week the internet has been much slower than...