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 […]

I was very sad to receive this report from Cambs Police on the discovery of a modern slavery operation at Kneesworth. The link at the bottom leads on to more general information about modern slavery in Cambridgeshire and how to become better informed. Modern slavery operation finds five men at Cambridgeshire nursery: A nursery business […]

It’s for the next generation that it all matters most. They’ve been out there doing their best, in the wake of disastrous decisions by much older people before they even had a chance to vote. They care deeply about the issues, but now have a prime minister who couldn’t be bothered to turn up for […]

Jeremy Bridle writes on Facebook: I don’t usually make political statements on here but this is really important. If you’re in South Cambs and are thinking of voting Labour or Lib Dem please read this. I know a lot of people have been unsure between Labour and Lib Dems for the South Cambs anti-Tory tactical […]

Gotta gloat about my friend Sarah Decent of Shepreth, who features in this video – the Lib Dem Party Political Broadcast. It’s about the localized impact of Brexit on people, businesses, hospitals and community, and it features Sarah’s shoe shop, Modish, in Green Street Cambridge. As you might know I’m not someone to get excited […]

Walking Bus to School? Recently I was contacted by Alix Valentine and School Crossing Patrol Officer Sarah Dixon about the idea of starting up a walking bus to Bassingbourn Primary School – something that will always be in the realm of possibility when so many parents already walk with their children to school every day. […]

CAM VALE BUS USER GROUP: Would you like to see the 127 bus running as far as Letchworth? Recently, I met up with councillor colleagues Sebastian Kindersley and Steve Jarvis, and officers from Cambs and Herts, to discuss pooling resources on both sides of the county border, in order to enhance current bus services. This […]

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Oblivious to autumn wind and rain, the 1st Orwell Scouts are out there right now on the A10 path, litter picking a clear streak from Foxton Level Crossing to Fowlmere Road, Shepreth. Notable finds include a microwave, old coats and sandbags (weighing just a little bit to shift). They’ve had horns honking from appreciative passing […]

Community Newsletter September 2019 BEECHWOOD AVENUE TRAFFIC MEETING 29 OCTOBER Our growing villages are seeing an inevitable increase in traffic, with intensified flash points giving cause for concern.  Beechwood Ave Melbourn rat running and turning out of the A505/New Road junction have prompted local residents to seek improvement measures. Even big development planning conditions have […]