There is to be a consultation on extending the Cambridge Leisure Park cumulative impact zone to include Hills Road to Purbeck Road and Cherry Hinton Road to Clifton Road. Designating an area a CIZ recognizes the effect of alcohol-related disorder  arising from a concentration of licensed premises in one place and makes it unlikely any […]

Thanks to the local resident who was walking in Pigs Passage and told me a Raleigh bike has been abandoned in the allotments between Holbrook and   Glebe Roads. I have reported this to our City Ranger John McAspurn and the bike has now been collected. Do click on the pig before you go! * so […]

Cambridge City Councillors are seeking assurances that county Conservatives will not close libraries. Liberal Democrat city councillors put down a motion at a meeting of Cambridge City Council on Thursday (Thursday, October 21) demanding that Cambridgeshire County Council rule out closures in the libraries review. Now city council Leader Sian Reid will write to Cambridgeshire […]

Parking is difficult in Cambridge – even if you are on a bike. The City Council has improved  provision recently; my own favourite place to park now is the Grand Arcade cycle park, next to the car park. As well as a few hundred Sheffield racks, the cycle park has a bike repair shop and […]

Cambridgeshire County Council is reviewing the library service in Cambridge (see previous post). To our great alarm, the Tories who run the County Council have refused to rule out closing libraries. As part of their decision-making process they have been doing counts as well as consulting. There have already been two counts at Rock Road […]

Next Monday (18th October), Cambridgeshire County Council will start on improvements to the shared use path on Cherry Hinton Road. Most of the work should be finished in six weeks. It has actually been waiting on the Mill Road work, to avoid too much disruption at one time. Some finishing off work will be done […]

The Justice Service is an ancient service of Christian worship insituted by the High Sheriffs, at which congregations pray for the visiting High Court Judges. High Sheriffs are appointed by the Crown: formerly county administrators, now responsible for the wellbeing and protection of High Court Judges and for sustaining and improving the morale of people […]

Congratulations to Caroline Peet and the Queen Edith’s Federation Team, who have won the contest to run the new primary school on Gunhild Way. At the County Council Cabinet meeting at Shire Hall yesterday, councillors voted unanimously for the Queen Edith’s Federation to run the new school. I and my colleagues Geoff, Viki and Jean […]

We are in the middle of the latest phase of construction on the busy Hills Road Bridge in Cambridge — a route used by thousands of cyclists every day as well as thousands of pedestrians and motorists. Several people have asked me what is going on, particularly as there is frequently no activity taking place. […]

Good news for local children: Cambridgeshire County Council education officers are recommending the Council’s Cabinet to vote for the Queen Edith’s Federation to run the new school on Gunhild Way. The councillors in the Cabinet get the final say when they meet next Tuesday – so Queen Edith’s nearly home!