Council bosses are calling on people to nominate their village heroes who deserve recognition for ‘amazing’ voluntary work they carry out in communities. Nominations for ‘s fifth annual Community awards are now open with five gongs up for grabs. The awards celebrate the achievements of local people who have made a significant and voluntary contribution […]
Horses on Track
A train has hit horses on the track between Cambridge and Waterbeach. Some details on Cambridge News or if you follow #waterbeach on Twitter. This is the reason there’s been all the emergency vehicles going down Fen Road with blues and twos. We’re been asked not to go down Fen Road and to keep the […]
Charities & Community Groups to Benefit
Surplus items are being recycled and reused to help benefit charities, schools, community groups and other public bodies by as it downsizes. The council is moving staff out of offices, such as Castle Court in Cambridge, to save millions of pounds. In doing so is also cutting back on desks and other items which the […]
Milton Photographic Club
The next meeting of the club will be on Wednesday (19/11) at 7:45pm in the church hall and will be a practical session involving making and photographing food landscapes – see here for some examples. Please bring along cameras, tripods and flashes, a small cardboard tray or cut down box (30×20 cm approx) to ‘build’ […]
The Midas Collective
Next Saturday (22/11) at 7:30pm All Saints’ Night Live present The Midas Collective, a collective of musicians and creative types who write, record and perform new interpretations of Blues and Rock’n’Roll music plus comedy! Free entry. Collection for Ekisa Ministries, Uganda and Great Ormond St. Hospital. They also have a poster you can download.
Osteria Waggon & Horses
The Osteria Italian restaurant opened for business at the Waggon & Horses last Friday. They don’t have a web site yet but they do have a Facebook page and they are also on Twitter as @OsteriaWH where they tweeted photos of their opening night menu. Opinions on milton-chat from those people who have tried it […]
White Horse Charity Quiz Night
The are holding a charity quiz for on Thursday (13/11). Starting at 9pm. Only £2 per person.
More Ticket Machines at the P&R
Extra ticket machines are due to be installed at Cambridge’s Park and Ride sites to make it quicker and easier for the millions of customers using the sites each year. Since parking charges were introduced there have been queues to use the machines at busy times, so the Council have ordered more machines, which are […]
Carnet Tickets on Stagecoach Cambus
Stagecoach Cambus have finally introduced a carnet style scheme for travel on their buses using their Dayrider or Dayrider Plus tickets. The system is a bit like the London Oyster card, but with some drawbacks. To begin with you need one of their Smart Cards. If you don’t have one already then you can order […]
Parish Council
Your parish council meets this Monday night (3/11) at the Bowls Pavilion starting at 7:30pm. The agenda can be found on their web site. No planning applications are being considered. The council will be discussing the ongoing issues relating to North Lodge Park, problems at the cemetery, a proposal to move the bus stop opposite […]