Explore your local wildlife with Wildlife Watch, the junior branch of The Wildlife Trusts. If you care about nature and the environment and want to explore your local wildlife – this is the club for you. Cambridge Watch Group meets monthly, usually on Saturday mornings at , however the next meeting will be a boat […]
Author: Paul Oldham
Concert for EACH
At 8pm next Monday (31/5) Cambridge Folk Club are holding a concert at the Golden Hind Pub on Milton Road in the upstairs function room in support of EACH who run the children’s hospice in Milton. The event is being headlined by Boo Hewerdine, a very well renowned local singer/songwriter, and great entertainer. He is […]
A4 60019 “Bittern” Cancelled
A4 60019 “Bittern” is no longer coming through through Milton this Saturday (22/5). The charter train operator’s website explains why: WE ARE VERY SORRY, BUT AS A RESULT OF LINESIDE FIRES APPARENTLY CAUSED BY 60019 ‘BITTERN’ ON A TOUR TODAY (THURSDAY) AND ON OTHER VERY RECENT OUTINGS WITH THIS LOCO, NETWORK RAIL IN CONJUNCTION WITH […]
A4 60019 “Bittern” steams through Milton
On Saturday the A4 60019 “Bittern” will again come through Milton hauling the “East Coast Diversion” service from York to London Kings Cross. Full timings are available here and as it leaves Ely at 18:59 it should pass Milton shortly after 19:00, if it’s on time.
Local Learning Disability Charity Needs Volunteers
Cambridgeshire Mencap, whose Edmund House homes lie in the heart of Milton, is looking for volunteers to help people with a learning disability. You can make a big difference in a person’s life just by going with them to see a film, helping them to go bowling, or just popping round for a cup of […]
District Council Elections
In the election for South Cambridgeshire District Council which was also held on Thursday the votes cast were as follows: Gerda Ann Covell The Conservative Party 908 Mark Peter Hersom Liberal Democrat 1274 So Mark is elected as our new councillor alongside Hazel Smith. Overall SCDC’s make up has changed with the Conservatives and independents […]
Result for Cambridgeshire South East
The result in the General Election for our constituency was as follows: Name Party Votes % +/- Jim Paice Con 27,629 48.0 +0.8 Jonathan Chatfield LDem 21,683 37.6 +6.2 John Cowan Lab 4,380 7.6 -13.8 Andy Monk UKIP 2,138 3.7 +3.7 Simon Sedgwick-Jell Green 766 1.3 +1.3 Geoffrey Woollard Ind 517 0.9 +0.9 Daniel Bell […]
Milton v Brampton
In the final of the Kershaw Senior League “A” on Monday Milton beat Brampton 5-3 in an exciting game of football followed by well deserved celebrations at the Lion & Lamb. We have a full match report available for you to read.
Saturday Night Live at All Saints’
This Saturday (8/5) from 7:30pm until 10pm Freddie and Friends New Orleans Jazz Band, a full six piece Traditional New Orleans/Dixieland Jazz band, are playing at All Saints’. Tickets just £6 (under 16s admitted free of charge). In Aid of East Anglian Childrens Hospice.
Save Milton Country Park Revisited
Paul Oldham, one of the leaders of the Save Milton Country Park campaign, has written a long article on his blog questioning some of the claims being made in the local council election leaflets about the campaign to save the Park.