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 […]

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!

Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat Minister for Children and Families, is asking Lib Dem councillors about how the current system of providing support and education for children with special educational needs could be improved so I am posting a request for information on your experiences and opinions. The views will feed into a Government Green Paper […]

But as one election campaign drew to a close yesterday, another began. Just as we were all about to put away our rosettes and clipboards, Cambridge City Council’s lone Tory, Chris Howell handed in his notice. The word in the Lib Dem committee room last night is that it was due to pressure of work […]

East Chesterton electors went to the polls yesterday in a by-election for a new county councillor. Local Liberal Democrat Ian Manning beat off an intense Tory challenge from Matt Bradney, the Tory who was defeated at the last county elections, reportedly due to having overseen the Guided Bus fiasco. When the votes were counted, the Tory actually […]

The Liberal Democrats are holding a Coalition Politics Discussion Evening next Tuesday (21 September, 7-9 p.m.) at Melbourn Village College (about a mile from Meldreth Station).  It is being organized by my colleague Cllr Susan Van de Ven, county councillor for Melbourn. Whether you like or loathe the Coalition, whether you are bewildered or bored by it, the fact […]

Last Thursday’s Area Committee received a report on the plans for the Wulfstan Way shops and gave Council officers the green light to proceed with a range of improvements including new pathways, extra seating with public art, fresh parking spaces, a noticeboard and road safety enhancements. It is hoped some of the changes will be […]

Tuesday 7th September 2010 marks the first Four Seasons Fair, which will be held at St James’s Church in Wulfstan Way. It runs from 5.00pm to 8.00pm The fair promises to help households in Cambridge with a wide variety of services available to the residents and entrance is FREE of charge. The fair will showcase […]