The Friends of Milton Country Park are looking for local clubs, groups and businesses to take part in the 2014 Easter Egg Hunt. We provide you with chocolate eggs to give out, you get a stand and a chance to meet 250 young people and their families. Stands are hidden around the park for children […]
Bin Collection Tweets
We have added a new service for followers of @MiltonNews on Twitter where we are tweeting the date and type of the next bin collection the day before it happens. So the (late) new year bin collection was tweeted thus on Wednesday morning:
Epiphany Carols
The excellent Wren Choir are back all All Saints’ church to sing Epiphany carols this Sunday (5/1) from 3pm. The programme will include congregational favourites “As With Gladness” and “We Three Kings” and the choir will sing works including including Crotch’s “Lo star-led chiefs” and Cornelius’s “Three Kings from Persian Lands”. All welcome.
Planning Committee
Your parish council Planning Committee meets at 7:30pm on Monday (6/1) in the Bowls Pavilion. The parish council web site has the agenda online online. The following new applications are being considered relating to properties in Milton village: – 6 Cambridge Road, Milton – extension to form indoor pool and vehicle access gates. – 5 […]
Running the London Marathon for EACH
In April Dr Hunt of Milton Surgery is running the London Marathon in aid of , the children’s hospices charity one of which is located in Milton, and is hoping you will support him. He writes: I am really excited about running the London Marathon for the East Anglia Children’s Hospices. They provide an oasis […]
Country Park over Christmas
As usual is open to visitors throughout the Christmas period. However, please note the following restrictions: Christmas Day: The car park, toilets and café are closed. Boxing Day: The café is closed. New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day: Open as usual.
Season’s Greetings
This should be the last posting to Milton News before Christmas so can Beth and I wish you all a happy and stress free Christmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year.
Sign up to Twitter Alerts
Cambridgeshire Constabulary is urging people to sign up to a new social media scheme that allows it to release important information quickly in times of emergency. Twitter Alerts make it easier for organisations to get critical information to the right people at the right time. The force is joined by more than 50 organisations that […]
Found Cat
Diana Milne of 23 Fen Road reports that she seems to have acquired a cat. She thinks it’s a stray and when it comes into her garden and she’s been feeding it. Unfortunately this is all the details we have but if you live near her (so that’s north side of Fen Road, Church Lane, […]
Planners give green signal for Cambridge’s new rail station
Plans for a new rail station at “Cambridge Science Park” are on track after planners agreed the proposals on Wednesday (18/12). The new station will transform train travel to one of Cambridge’s main business areas, including the Science Park, St John’s Innovation Centre and the Cambridge Business Park as well as providing a very convenient […]

