Recycling centres are reopening tomorrow – but please DON’T throw away any unwanted computers, laptops, screens, mice and keyboards! Meldreth Coronavirus Community Support is building new computers out of second-hand donations, to supply Melbourn Village College students who are on home study due to Covid-19 restrictions but lacking home computers. We’d also like to make […]

A few of the many enjoyable and hopeful things that happened in our community this year: Meldreth School Junior Travel Ambassador Iris Bostanci, aged 8, makes a passionate case for cycling to the Greater Cambridge Partnership Citizens Assembly. Bassingbourn Barracks mums get an overwhelming public response for bits and pieces to start up their new […]

Lots of people have been in touch to ask what measures might be taken to preserve and enable the safe space for walking and cycling that opened up so dramatically during lockdown. One thing you can do straight away is to sign the ‘Spaces to Breathe’ open letter sponsored by the Cambridge Cycling Campaign – which […]

This flag, now 125 years old, was last displayed on VE Day 1945 in Huntington Road Cambridge.

Cambridgeshire County Council Health Committee meets virtually on Tuesday May 5, the first time since the UK declared a Public Health Emergency on January 30.  I’ve submitted the following questions in light of current concerns around care home settings. In recent weeks and days, in reaction to reporting on deaths in care homes, and the […]

Every village in South Cambridgeshire – that’s over 100 villages – now has its own local support network, each with particular features and ideas.  There has been much sharing of good practice on prescriptions collections, village communication, emergency financial support for residents in need, local food bank need, and social and practical support.  The bigger […]

For many families, the coronavirus outbreak has meant a change in financial circumstances. If your circumstances have changed, and you have school aged children, you might want to consider whether you meet the criteria for free school meals: Income Support. Income Based Job Seekers Allowance. Income-related Employment & Support Allowance. Child Tax Credit – but […]

1. DO NOT call your GP or the NHS 111 if you think you have basic and manageable Coronavirus symptoms. As counter-intuitive as this might seem, this is because medical support must be cordoned off for those who absolutely require it. Please read the advice on the NHS Coronavirus page. 2. DO wash your hands […]

The council is working in partnership with the Local Resilience Forum – involving all public sector organisation in the county – to look at issues of business continuity and mutual aid. In addition, the countywide Strategic Co-ordinating Group is establishing a Community Reference group, to support vulnerable people. As a public sector organization, the County […]

Footways in Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth have been sided out – meaning encroaching grass pulled back and removed to reveal the actual width of the pavement. In some cases, two-thirds of the pavement had been covered up. These include: along the A1198 Old North Road, from Tudor Court to Swinnell Court; A1198 from Bassingbourn Barracks to first Kneesworth […]

Welcome to New County Councillor for Shepreth: Peter McDonald A by-election on February 27 saw an overwhelming win for Peter McDonald, now County Councillor for the Duxford Division which includes Shepreth and a large number of other villages including Foxton. We are delighted to welcome Peter, who is an experienced district councillor and whose professional […]