The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support’s biggest fundraising event. People across the UK – and sometimes further afield – hold a coffee morning where donations on the day are made to Macmillan. Last year Macmillan raised a record £20.5 million from this event! As part of this event a coffee morning is […]
Author: Paul Oldham
Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support’s biggest fundraising event. People across the UK – and sometimes further afield – hold a coffee morning where donations on the day are made to Macmillan. Last year Macmillan raised a record £20.5 million from this event! As part of this event a coffee morning is […]
Milton Air Quality – an update
The group who have been working on this issue posted an update to milton-chat on Thursday: Is there really a problem? In the last three months around 200 reports have been recorded on the Milton Air Quality Observation Log, or ‘Ponglog’ on http://tiny.cc/ponglog from over 50 different people. Since August, 2/3 of these incidents have […]
Pong Reporting making the News
Milton made it onto the front page on the BBC news web site on Saturday with a link under “Also in the News” to Village asked to ‘rate its pong’ which took you a page detailing the work that a working group of villagers have been doing to collect evidence about the smells which you’ll […]
Afternoon Tea, Cake and Conversation
The Milton Community Café is opening again this Tuesday (26/8) from 2:30pm to 4:30pm in the Youth Building on the Sycamores recreation ground, next door to the sports pavilion. Games to play and room to sit and chat over a nice cup of tea and a slice of cake. We look forward to seeing you […]
Histon Police Station
Histon Police Station aka Histon Enquiry office is closed from this Thursday, 28th August for 15 days until Friday, 12th September. Any enquiries or document production can be taken to Parkside police station or call 101 for other options.
Tea and Tissues
Do you have a child starting school this September? Join other parents for a cup of tea or coffee on Monday (8/9). Refreshments served 9am-3pm in All Saints’ Church Hall, CB24 6AB. Grab a quick drink on your way to work or stay as long or as short a time as you wish. Meet other […]
Bullying Double Glazing Selling
We had a report that on Wednesday a local old lady was called on at her door, where a young lady talked her way in to the house, and tried to sell her double glazing. She was very forceful, and bordered on bullying the old lady. Lucky her neighbours look out for her. The police […]
Milton Photographic Club
The next meeting of the club will be on Wednesday (17/9) at 7:45pm in the church hall. There will be a talk by Daphne and Andy Hanson, from Bottisham and Burwell Photographic Club, entitled “Two Hands On”. They will talk about their photography and show a selection of prints, with tips and pointers. All welcome. […]
White Horse Beer Festival
The are holding their Fifth Beer Festival from Wednesday to Sunday (10/9-14/9) at the pub. Twenty ales and ciders, live local entertainment, no entrance fee, no glass hire, home made food.