The Queen Edith’s Community Forum is planning a fun and informative environmental family day in May in conjunction with the City Council. An arts & crafts marquée Face painting from T J Kids 10.30-12.30 Take it or Leave It (swap your old stuff for new stuff) Seed sowing with Transition Cambridge Cambridge Carbon Footprint – […]

Cambridgeshire County Council has told is it is about to start resurfacing some roads in this area. Here are the details, so you can try to find alternative routes: Mowbray Road between Holbrook Rd and the QE Way roundabout: this Thursday, 14th April Fendon Road between the two roundabouts: this Friday, 15th April and Sunday […]

Sedley Taylor Road and neighbouring Luard Road has had a traffic calming scheme for a year and a half, and it has dramatically reduced rat-running and speeding which used to be a constant problem. Yellow lines reduce parking too. However, parking is still a problem on Saturdays. Like the apple a day keeping the doctor […]

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Next Thursday’s South Area meeting will be discussing some important issues, including a council policy for the licensing of sex establishments.  The meeting’s at Homerton College, open to everyone and starts at 7.30 p.m. You can view an agenda on the City Council website. Sex establishments Sex shops,pubs and clubs have to be licensed by […]

This Thursday’s South Area meeting (3rd March) has three planning applications. Here are the details, with links to the Council’s planning website, where you can read the applications, view the plans and see people’s comments and objections:1. A 5-bedroomed house next to The Cottage on Gazeley Road 10/1278/REM2. A 5-bedroomed house next to The Cottage […]

Could I have a dropped kerb on Blinco Grove, please? That was the very first thing I was asked to do as a new councillor back in 1994 when I was first elected. The request came from a lady who used a wheelchair and needed a dropped kerb near her home, (‘mobility crossing’) in order […]

St John’s Church on Hills Road is holding a Big Brew Coffee Morning on Wednesday 2nd March, from 10.45 to 12 noon. The church has practised fair trade for many years, and I am promised there will be delicious Traidcraft products for sale. All welcome! There is a chance to win a fair trade hamper […]

Cambridgeshire County Council has introduced a nifty new system for reporting road and pavement problems on its website. Not only does it allow you to track the fault and see when it will be repaired, but it also lets you pinpoint the problem on an interactive map. The picture shows Queen Edith’s — as near […]

Ambitious plans to spend a total of £200,000 over the next four years planting trees across Cambridge are being launched by Cambridge City Council. The move supports the Liberal Democrats’ manifesto pledge at the last council elections to replace every tree on council land that needed to be removed. ‘Though the city will continue to […]