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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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'Game-changing' cancer service approved for rolloutMore cancer patients could receive genetic testing thanks to a new technique pioneered in Cambridge.
Tribute concert to mark Syd Barrett 80th birthdayThe Pink Floyd founder member is to be remembered with a concert, art exhibition and album.
More than £2m could open up to 40 new SEND places"Underutilised space" at the school could be repurposed as SEND demand increases, a council says.
£3.5m pot could save threatened sixth form collegeA sixth form college is at risk of closure because of expensive structural repairs, a report says.
Six young poets picked to open Latitude FestivalThey will perform their pieces on the theme of generations at Henham Park.
'Heathrow-sized' solar farm application withdrawnKingsway Solar Farm would have covered more than 3,000 acres of farmland in Cambridgeshire.
Village's indoor market celebrates 50 yearsBaker Dorothy Doel says the market is "quite a social place on Wednesday morning".
Hospital boss steps down after five monthsLesley Dwyer confirms Jo Segasby will replace Michelle Arrowsmith.
Petrol station wall torn down in cash machine raidA telehandler was used in the incident, the second of its kind in the county in two days.
Tributes as motorcyclist killed in M11 crash is namedRichard Beazer's family say he "led a full life that was cut so devastatingly short".
County may lose a third of bus services by 2035Proposed "bus franchising" will mean the combined authority will set routes, timetables and fares.