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Cambridge politics is not often dull, but if it has a quiet season, it usually comes in the summer. The local election campaign is over, the city’s new mayor has donned her robes, and local councillors and activists – while still of course working hard for residents all year round...
Plans for a visitors centre and cafe at a new arboretum in Soham have been described as “terrific” by councillors. The proposals to convert and extend a former engineering workshop to create the new centre off Eye Hill Drove have been approved by East Cambridgeshire District Council. How the visitors...
A flagship project that would see 150km of red Tarmac cycle paths running from villages into Cambridge has been described as “a tragedy waiting to happen” and like “putting a motorway down a high street”. The Greenways are a Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) scheme to build a mostly 3m-wide path...
The Cambridge Independent launched its Shining Stars campaign last week, aiming to raise £10,000 for Ormiston Families’ Stars children’s bereavement support service. The service provides specialist support and counselling to children in Cambridgeshire who are struggling to cope with the loss of a loved one. Counsellor Paula Thexton, Charlotte Burnett...
Caroline Fitton, of the Wildlife Trust in Cambridgeshire, explains the importance of gathering data on our nature reserves. The early summer months are peak season for conducting ecological surveys – the busiest time of year for the Wildlife Trust in Cambridgeshire’s monitoring and reserves staff along with volunteers, out with...
Opinion | By James Palmer, chair of Eastern Powerhouse One thing unites business leaders in the East of England above all others – staff vacancies are the biggest issue. From the largest to the smallest business, across the entire skillset, businesses struggle to find the right people to fill vacancies....
Our politicial commentator, Phil Rodgers, analyses the election results in Cambridge and East Cambridgeshire, and discusses what they mean the GCP’s congestion-charging proposals for the city. Phil Rodgers. Picture: Keith Heppell The votes have been counted, the results have been declared, election leaflets have hit the recycling bin, and posterboards...
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