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For everyone and especially parents the following guide provides useful advice on:
Mobile phones and apps
Streaming content and smart TVs
Gaming consoles and online games
Social media
Cyberbullying
Privacy and information security
Viewing inappropriate content online
Online predators
Version 1: The Ultimate Parent Guide for Protecting Your Child on the Internet Version 2: The Ultimate Parent Guide for Protecting Your Child on the Internet
See also these guides from www.antivirusguide.com
Internet Safety for Kids: The Definitive Guide [2022] The Ultimate Social Media Safety Guide for Kids [2022] The Definitive Guide to Parental Control [2022]
Postal Code: CB25 (Changed 2006-2007 from CB5)
STD CODE: 01638
Latitude: 52:16:26N (52.274)
Longitude: 0:19:43E (0.3287)
GeoNames: 2654195
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410 Homes now approved
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Flagship Homes
Evri van driver found without insurance or licencePolice say the van, which had about 100 parcels inside, also had unsafe tyres.
Volunteers disappointed by flower display vandalismA Chatteris group, who decorate the town with floral displays, say their work has been vandalised.
Approval given for 425 homes and 22 parking spaces A new residential quarter on the edge of the city has been approved by councillors.
Battery left on charge leads to bedroom blazeHolidaymakers return home to discover their bedroom badly burned by a vacuum cleaner left on charge.
Town pulls together to feed fire crews at Holme FenLisa Renfree says she is "astounded" by the towns generosity in helping feed the firefighters.
Cambridge vice-chancellor heckled at Arday vigilDeborah Prentice is seen in public for the first time since former professor Jason Arday's death.
Greens quit coalition as council loses majorityStephen Ferguson and Lara Davenport-Ray quit the Liberal Democrat-led administration at the council.
Kitten abseil rescue like 'prison escape attempt'Firefighters use ropes to rescue a kitten after other attempts fail to release her from a small gap.
Homeowner feared energy grant scheme was a scamCouncils in Cambridgeshire have asked the government for more money after the success of the scheme.
Nature reserve fire continues to burn undergroundFirefighters are spending an 11th day tackling a blaze at a nature reserve near Peterborough.
Watch: Pub thief caught stealing £1,800 of alcoholThe man appeared at Cambridge Magistrates' Court where he admitted non-dwelling burglary and theft.