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 […]

has been christened! This will be a sister school to the Queen Edith Primary School in Godwin Way, opening next September. Building has begun and is scheduled to finish in July. The school takes children from the combined catchment areas of Ridgefield, Queen Edith and Morley Primary Schools. Here is a update from the Federation’s […]

1. Go to one of the meetings about the future of libraries on 7th April and tell the Conservative County Council Library Service how much you care about Rock Road Library. The first one is the official public meeting, on 7th April at St John’s Church, Hills Road, 7 – 9 p.m. The second is […]

The Strategy & Resources Scrutiny Committee that I chair has weighty but fairly dry agenda, scrutinizing the performances of the Leader of the Council and the Executive Councillor for Customer Services and Resources. Last night’s meeting was no different. It covered objectives across different service areas, job approvals, budgetary matters, land disposals, telephone and printer […]

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 […]

Cambridge City Council has been named Green Council of the Year for its efforts to tackle climate change. The Lib Dem-run council received the accolade at the party’s Spring Conference for its track record on improving energy efficiency, cutting its carbon footprint and improving recycling. City Council Leader, Sian Reid said: “I am delighted that […]

NCT sale at CRC, 26th March

Cambridge Liberal Democrats are launching a major consultation in a bid to find the best way forward for the future of the Lion Yard toilets. They are inviting specialist groups to a focus meeting and letters and questionnaires will be sent out to 500 people from the city who signed the recent petition against plans […]

Queen Edith’s has a new police sergeant, Jim Stevenson. He presented his first report to the public at the South Area meeting at Homerton College last Thursday. In general, crime in Queen Edith’s has decreased slightly over the last quarter, except for bicycle thefts, particularly in the Hills Road area and at Addenbrooke’s. While the number […]