Midsummer Fair, starting this Wednesday on Midsummer Common, is one of the big dates in Cambridge’s civic calendar.  King John granted permission for a fair on the Common back in 1211: in those days it was an opportunity for different merchants to meet and trade their wares. For more information see here. These days it is […]

Watch out for events featuring small waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Energy-saving light bulbs and household batteries can now be recycled at Sainsbury’s Coldhams Lane and Cherry Hinton Hall car park. Batteries can be recycled at most supermarkets. Watch for the new recycling bins in the City centre.

I have had several complaints about the drains problems in Hills Road. Whenever we have heavy rainfall, the northbound side of the road turns into a mini-canal. The cycleways are unuseable so you have to go in the road with the cars, and you get a shower as you are waiting to cross Long Road. […]

As reported earlier in the year, Cambridge City Council has allocated funds to improve the Wulfstan Way shops – £101,000 to be exact. There will be a follow-up workshop on 22nd June to discuss proposals in more detail. For more information, contact Penelope Hird — [email protected].

Have you visited the Nightingale Avenue rec’ lately? The City Council has put lots of extra kit in over the last few years — new climbing frames and spinners in the children’s playground, a second tennis court, a wheel-friendly path round the park, and most recently, a multi-use games area that can be used for […]

Queen Edith’s young people have been taking outdoor cookery classes as part of the City Council’s CHYYPS (Children and Young People Participation Service) this summer. On Tuesday, I was invited to go and  sample the results. Despite an unseasonally rainy day (what passes for summer in this country!) there were about 20 children chopping and […]

Cambridge workers are being urged to take part in a Cycle Challenge. We are being pitted against The Other Place. We’ve beaten Oxford in the Boat Race and University Challenge already this year, so here’s the next trial of fortitude! It works like this: you sign up at your place of work, then encourage your […]

Our Lib Dem candidate for South Cambridgeshire,Sebastian Kindersley, has asked me to sharethis letter of thanks to all who supported theLiberal Democrats in the General Election:  Thank you for your support in the recent elections. Thanks to your help, we made some real progress in South Cambridgeshire on 6th May. In the general election, we […]

Here are the results for the Queen Edith’s city council election and the South Cambridgeshire parliamentary election held on 6th May 2010: Queen Edith’s City Council seat Jean Swanson (Lib Dem) 2129 — a new record! Vincenzo Marino (Con) 1221 Jonathan Goodacre (Lab) 541 Brian Westcott (Green) 334 Carol Jackson (UKIP) 122 Lib Dem majority […]

Polling stations are open May 6th from 7 AM to 10 PMQueen Edith’s voters vote at St Jamse’s Church Wulfstan Way and St John’s Church, Hills Road (opposite Homerton College). The Liberal Democrats have opened up this election and we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform our political system to one that is fair and […]