AN innovative tracking system to trace stolen computers will be launched at a primary school next week.
Education ICT Service, a business unit of Cambridgeshire County Council, has joined forces with Dell to install the software in a bid to reduce laptop thefts from the county’s schools.
Computrace is a theft protection service which tracks, locat
es and recovers stolen computers and will be launched at Kingsfield Primary School in Chatteris at 9am on Friday.
Undetectable and irremovable software is installed and works behind the scenes to contact the Computrace Monitoring Centre and, if stolen, reports its location.
Computer equipment worth £11,000 was stolen from the school last year.
Burglars raid garden shed
BURGLARS snatched a petrol lawnmower and strimmer after targeting a garden shed.
The criminals struck at a house in Tyghes Close, Deeping St James, overnight between Friday and Saturday.
They entered the garden and forced the padlock from the shed before making off with a petrol lawnmower, an electric strimmer and two petrol hedge cutters.
It is believed that the burglars may have had a vehicle nearby to enable them to transport the goods.
nAnyone with any information is asked to call Lincolnshire police on 01522 532222 quoting incident number 270 of October 28 or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.
Age Concern annual meeting
THE Peterborough branch of Age Concern is holding its annual meeting tomorrow.
People are invited to go along to Central Library, Broadway, Peterborough, at 10.30am.
There will be a guest speaker and advice on moving home.
nFor more information or to arrange transport, call 01733 564185.
Speed cameras
on A605
MOBILE speed cameras will be out on roads in Peterborough tomorrow, Thursday.
The Cambridgeshire vans will set up along the A605 for the day.
Road traffic officers aim to reduce the number of casualties on the county’s roads.
