Two Cambridgeshire councillors have been honoured in the 13th annual ‘councillor of the year’ awards. Cllr Peter McDonald (Lib Dem) of South Cambridgeshire District Council has...
He is famously remembered for telling a constituent “please feel free to never bother me again” after an exchange of correspondence over same sex marriage –...
It is July 2019, and Cambridgeshire is hosting a debate between Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson in the battle to decide which of them becomes Prime...
County councillors condemned Stagecoach’s decision to axe or reduce more than 30 services across the county calling it ‘appalling, ‘scandalous’ and even ‘diabolical’. But a proposal...
You wait ages for a bus … then none arrive. Sadly, this is the reality of what is going to happen throughout Cambridgeshire and Peterborough if...
A councillor who quit the Lib Dem group on South Cambridgeshire District Council was told by the council leader he had not “fully grasped” implications of...
A £500,000 county council grant towards a proposed new village centre at Stretham is under threat. The council’s communities, social mobility and inclusion will be recommended...
A newly elected parish councillor is furious that his vice chairman Charles Roberts was exonerated over remarks made to him prior to his election. Cllr Roberts...
Council leader Anna Bailey has been left red-faced after an online poll of a neighbouring council’s proposals found only 25 per cent supported her. Cllr Bailey,...
Fenland District Council signalled a head-on clash with Government over plans to house asylum seekers in March, Whittlesey, Chatteris, Wisbech and numerous villages.
Never work with friends. That’s the old adage. It’s up there with the one about never working with animals and children. Over the years in journalism...
Only one MP can amend their Facebook page overnight to record the fact they are now “Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Leader of the Conservative...
MP Lucy Frazer’s remedy for anyone seeking urgent access to NHS dental provision is to call 111. She admits there is no quick fix to find...
A three-month trial of a four-day week could begin in January for around 470 desk-based staff at South Cambridgeshire District Council. A decision will be made...
Journalists have a problem – we don’t make friends easily. And especially with politicians. It affords us – rightly so – a distance from any or...
The fear of Wisbech St Mary and Parson Drove being split under proposed boundary changes lifted with publication of the new proposals for Fenland. The news...
The latest edition of Private Eye magazine (No 1579) features an article about This Land Ltd, Cambridgeshire County Council’s wholly owned property development company.+ It states...
Huntingdon, St. Neots, St Ives, and Ramsey have been updated on ambitious plans to help them recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. Huntingdonshire District Council says its...
A council has refused to allow a floating holiday lodge to be classified as a permanent home. The decision by Huntingdonshire District Council follows a bid...
Some of a town’s most revered trees may have to be removed. Issues with the trees around the wall of Wisbech Castle have been raised following...
Staff shortages, sickness and re-configuring rounds has been a nightmare for waste collection and street cleaning at East Cambridgeshire District Council. Performance targets have been the...