Ruth Murphy, a director of Addenbrooke’s Hospital,  has now responded to my letter about staff smoking and leaving litter in residential streets. While they are entitled to have a cigarette in their break, leaving litter behind is not. Ms Murphy writes that there are now smoking shelters on the edge of the hospital site, and […]

Starting 16th November, Viridor will be handling the recycling materials    from Cambridge blue bins. Cambridge blue bins are the place to throw all your dry recyclables —   cardboard, paper, aluminium and steel cans, Tetrapaks, glass,   aerosols and plastic bottles. On Tuesday 10th November, five city councillors, three City Rangers, two customer services staff and Vicky […]

Stagecoach, the major bus operator in Cambridge, has announced changes to services, as reported previously. The changes include cutting two services, the Citi 2 and Citi 7, which will go down from six an hour to four. The changes are set to take effect on 29th November. There has been no consultation with the public, […]

It is with sadness that I post the news that the Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, David Howarth, has decided not to defend his seat at the forthcoming General Election. I have known David since I arrived in Cambridge in 1992, he was my Group Leader on the City Council for ten years, and always […]

Gordon Brown has proposed the meanest attack on children since Maggie Thatcher the Milk Snatcher. Since 2005, working parents have been able to save on childminder and nursery costs via a childcare vouchers scheme. It’s a salary sacrifice scheme that means you don’t pay tax or national insurance on childcare up to a certain amount […]

I have been notified* of changes to Stagecoach and Whippet bus services from Sunday 29 November 2009. The table shows which services are changing and the impact of that change. Bus changes No 09 One change that affects us is to the Citi 1 and Citi 2 routes. The Citi 1 will now go down […]

I have now received a response to my letter of 16th September to Addenbrooke’s director Stephen Graves about staff smoking and leaving litter in neighbouring streets such as Red Cross Lane and Greenlands. See previous post. He confirms that staff do have smoking shelters on site and should not need to go off site to indulge. Progress […]

On Saturday 17th October, the Rock Road Library Gardeners will be holding a Celebration of Apples from 11 am to 1 pm, to raise funds for developing the garden. There will also be a plant sale and cake stall. For more info, see the Rock Road Library Garden website or contact [email protected]

Free versus Fair Trade? Wednesday 4th November, 5.00 p.m. for 5.15 p.m. start DAV 014 (David Building), Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge Free entry What are the relative merits of free and fair trade? Is there any common ground? Can trade benefit the developing world? Speakers: Sir Teddy Taylor, Free Trade League, one-time MP for Southend-on-Sea […]

Dear Cllr Taylor, Apologies for the delay in getting this display up and running. Our
contractor’s engineers did inspect the site almost immediately. It was found that there
was a power failure to the shelter, which has burnt the main fuse to both the shelter and
the display. Because this is not part of the display’s circuitry, our contractors were
neither able nor authorized to replace the fuse. I have since then been in contact with
the Street Lighting team at the council, who as well is not responsible for power to
shelters, and we have sourced a certified electrician to do the job. I am expecting that
they will visit the shelter sometime next week, and let me know what the outcome is.
Hopefully this should be sorted out next week, but if there are any further delays, I will
let you know.