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Please see message from Cllr Ian Stott:

Dear Volunteer,

In March most years, the Parish Council organises an ivy-cutting party to try and keep on top of the growth that threatens to strangle our trees.  Because of lockdown we are unable to organise the normal working party, however, I would like to invite you to help by doing some ivy cutting on your own.

I am sure there are some very capable people here in the village and, if you are willing to work unsupervised, I would like to invite you to contact me.  I can then give you a few brief instructions and co-ordinate everyone so that volunteers are working suitably distanced from each other.

My plan is to make the Saturdays of 13^th and 20^th March ivy-cutting days.  If you can spare some time; 30 mins, an hour, or longer, please contact Ian Stott:

I look forward to hearing from you and thank you for your help.

With kind regards

Ian

In 2016, Hilton Parish Council produced a map initially used as reference material for the environment management plan and the green spaces management policy. The Parish Council have now agreed to publish this map in a pdf format at a lower resolution (as the original file size is too large). You can view a copy of the map on the parish council website – https://hiltonparishcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/HGS-Village-Map-A2-10.pdf

High quality printed A2 copies of the map are available for £5 – if you would like one please contact the Clerk –

Here is our weekly summary of offences and incidents affecting your community, reported to police during the period 28th February to 6th March:

Hilton – The Neighbourhood Policing Team have been forwarded a request from a Hilton resident, received on Thursday 4th March, regarding lorries regularly breaching an overnight ban on heavy vehicles in the village. (Ref CC-04032021-0354)

And Finally – Warning of A ‘National Insurance Number’ Telephone Scam:

My thanks to an Ecops subscriber in Somersham with experience of this telephone scam, for drawing my attention to it.

Action Fraud, the UK Centre for cyber-crime and fraud reporting and investigation, issued an alert to the public after receiving over a thousand extra calls in one week about the scam.

Victims received an automated telephone call telling them that their ‘National Insurance Number had been compromised’ and in order to fix it and get a new number, they should press number 1 on their phone to be connected to a service agent.

However, the agent was in fact a criminal who pressured victims into giving their personal details, to be used in subsequent fraud.

Action Fraud advise that people remain vigilant and cautious of any calls suggesting that their National Insurance Number has been compromised. If you have any doubts, hang up the phone.

Full details of the Action Fraud alert are at:

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/alert/warning-national-insurance-scam-leads-to-surge-in-calls-to-action-fraud

A report has been compiled regarding the heavy rainfall on 23rd and 24th December 2020. You can read a copy of this report below:

HPC Report Following Heavy Rain Dec 23-24 2020