From Highways England: M11 junctions 8 to 10 bridge repairs  I write to inform you that we’ll be carrying out work at the above location to replace the expansion joints and re-waterproof the Junction 9 overbridge. We will also be carrying out some resurfacing.  We plan to complete this work over 13 weeks from Thursday 16 September to Monday […]

Village train services: semi-fasts to & from London, plus half-hourly Saturday services A reminder that Govia Thameslink are running a consultation on changes to the train service timetable which comes into effect in May 2022 – you can respond until August 5th. The highlights of the proposed timetable are: 6 semi-fast services from the village […]

The consultation on this plan closes just before midnight on July 13 – please respond if you care about getting you area on the radar for safe cycling and walking. If you don’t ask, you don’t get! See here. My own response for the Melbourn and Bassingbourn Division is here.

If you need your first or second Covid vaccination, please see here for information on walk-in clinics as well as how to make an appointment, if you prefer: Information regarding walk-in clinics | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (cambridgeshireandpeterboroughccg.nhs.uk)

From Cambridgeshire County Council Two leading Councillors are backing a national call to plug the financial gap in adult social care funding and also for an urgent reform of the system. The letter to the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care comes from the national body of leaders of […]

This anonymized letter from Thakeham to a local landowner, threatening compulsory purchase, has been shared with the South West Cambridge Action Group.

All through Covid times we’ve seen much greater public participation in local government meetings, with the use of Zoom and other virtual platforms. People attending have said that they find it convenient (they may have small children or other caring responsibilities) or cheaper (no transport costs) or just safer (don’t want to venture out on […]

An historic Joint Agreement has been signed by the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Independent groups to form a new administration for Cambridgeshire County Council. This follows Conservative losses rendering them short of a majority. Councillors Lucy Nethsingha and Lorna Dupre for the Liberal Democrats, Elisa Meschini and Richard Howitt of Labour, and Tom Sanderson of […]

Thank you to residents of Melbourn, Meldreth, Whaddon and Bassingbourn for your support and confidence in the elections yesterday. I’m humbled and thrilled to have been re-elected as your County Councillor, and look forward to working together with so many newly elected colleagues including Sally Ann Hart, our new District Councillor for Melbourn Ward who […]