The club meets this Wednesday night (19/11) at 7:45pm at All Saints’ church hall. It will be a practical portrait and lighting session exploring both studio, and artificial lighting so if you can bring along your camera, and a tripod if you have one. All welcome. See their web site for more details.

I occasionally mention here the ecops.milton list. E-cops is a service run by the local police that lets them keep in touch with the community. They’ve just got a new sergeant and he really seems to have grasped the potential of their mailing list judging by the latest mailing, which details what his team got […]

The county council have agreed a list of cycling improvements that could see around £7.2 million invested in Cambridge and surrounding villages over three years arising from Cambridge’s successful bid to become a national “Cycling Demonstration Town”. The news for Milton is mixed. Item 22 on the list is: 22. Milton to Impington – Improvements […]

Your parish council meets on Monday starting at 7pm as they have an unusually long agenda. The meeting will begin with a presentation from a representative of the Highways Agency about the widening of the A14 and specifically the implications for Milton. Among the items they are considering after that are: A planning application for […]

From this Monday (17/11) Milton Tesco will no longer be displaying carrier bags at the checkout “as a little encouragement” to do your bit for the environment. Apparently they’ll still be available if you need them, free of charge as before, but you’ll have to ask for them.

Cambridge Mencap, whose Edmund Close sheltered housing is in the heart of Milton, is seeking green fingered volunteers to support adults with learning disabilities. Their Gardening Project provides its five adult members with the chance to enjoy the outdoors, develop their gardening skills, and meet new people. They need volunteers to support the group with […]

This year Impington Village College have been supporting a local campaign called Plug into Dance which is all about getting more people of all ages and abilities dancing for health reasons as well as because it’s creative, social and fun. The campaign is to culminate in a festival of dance across the Cottenham and Impington […]

The Highways Agency is planning the widen the A14 past Milton to three lanes each way and you are invited to attend a Public Information Exhibition to view the detailed plans they have developed for the proposed A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton Improvement. They will be holding this at Girton College Conferences, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, […]

Sadly only days after the last criminal damage in the Country Park a group of youths destroyed dog waste bins and a litter bin by setting them on fire, presumably using fireworks, some time early on Tuesday night. The replacement cost is estimated at around £1,500. Badly burned litter bin Dog waste bin – reduced […]

Turnstone Estates Ltd has lodged a planning application for “Erection of 120 Bed Hotel and Restaurant together with Associated Parking and Infrastructure” on the field opposite Tesco which they describe as the “teardrop site”. The application has been lodged with both the City Council and SCDC as part of the site falls in both district […]