Milton Village

Milton Country Park is hosting an event this Saturday (26/9) as part of a national Bandstand Marathon day of events. The event at the Park will focus more on making ‘music’ than on professional bands performing. Performances start at 1pm and will include brass bands, samba, swing jazz, acappella singing and woodwind, with the chance […]

Milton surgery are holding drop in Flu vaccination clinics at the following times: Monday 5th October 8:30am – 12:noon and 2pm – 5pm Tuesday 6th October 8:30am – 12:noon and 2pm – 5pm No appointment needed. They are for everyone over 65 and those with certain chronic conditions (e.g. Diabetes, Heart Disease etc.). Please see […]

This Sunday (27/9) from 11am to 4pm the Park are holding their “Food, Farming and Countryside Day” event, one of a series of keynote events this summer. The event will include sheep dog demonstration, locally reared meat, advice of keeping hens and ducks, and a variety of other stalls, as well as the Milton Country […]

The parish council has received a request from an Associate Producer at Available Light Productions who is researching a three part documentary series for BBC4 on the British village. This follows their series “Mud, Sweat & Tractors” also for BBC4. The idea is to look at the changes to the village in the last hundred […]

The level crossing on Fen Road will be closed this Tuesday night (29/9) from 11pm until 5:30am on Wednesday morning. For more information contact the Network Rail Helpline on 0845 711 4141.

Milton surgery would like to remind you to not stop using tissues and washing your hands because, as predicted, when schools re-opened after the summer there has been an increase in Swine Flu cases. The latest Health Protection Agency weekly pandemic flu update reports that: The rates of flu-like illness and related activity have started […]

You may remember that Chris Thomas of Hall End was planning to be on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square from 2-3am last Wednesday morning as part of Antony Gormley’s One & Other artwork. He’s now written a report of it in his blog which includes images from his microscope which he recorded on the […]

It’s that time again and the scouts are holding another of their jumble sales next Saturday (19/9) at 2:30pm at the Community Centre. Admission 30p. They’re collecting jumble from houses on Friday night so if you’ve had one of their leaflets don’t forget to put your jumble out with the leaflet attached before 6:30pm. Alternatively […]

We have been given new contact numbers for PC Phil Shulver and PCSO Claire Whiteman which should let you phone them on their mobile phones via the police 0345 number. This will not only be cheaper for you but also ensure that if they are on leave or on rest days calls get dealt with […]

Your parish council’s planning committee meets on Monday night (21/9) at 7:30pm in the parish council office. Full agenda is online here. No applications are being considered within the village although cyclists and horse riders may be interested in the item “Guided Busway – discharge of Condition 3(a)(iv) – design and external appearance of the […]