Milton Village

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 […]

Donating sessions are being held at the Community Centre on Monday (30/11). Sessions are 1:15pm-3:30pm and 4:30-7:00pm. You can now book an appointment rather than simply turning up and waiting your turn. Call 0300 123 23 23 to do so.

The Parish Council Clerk’s Office understands that a two bedroomed, first floor flat at the sheltered housing in Barnabas Court will be available in the next couple of months. If you are interested, please contact Debbie Driver on 578632.

Chris Thomas of Hall End is taking part in Antony Gormley’s One & Other artwork (2,400 people get an hour each on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square over 100 days and nights). Chris’ slot is next Wednesday … from 2am to 3am! Chris will be doing a five minute introduction to East Anglia/Cambridgeshire, […]

The Milton Park & Ride site opened in November 2008 with 500 car parking spaces. Original plans for the site provided for an expansion to 1,000 spaces which would be constructed on a phased basis depending on when funding would become available. The second phase for an additional 250 spaces has now been given the […]

The Jolly Brewers pub in Fen Road re-opened for business today after a long closure offering a full selection of drinks including Fullers and Adnams beers. The new landlord, Gao, says he will be offering pub food in the bar and a more a la carte eating experience on the restaurant side from this Sunday.

Milton allotments’ Foodshare scheme had a record month in August and has now donated over 150kg of food worth over £450 in supermarket prices. If every allotment in the UK were to follow Milton’s example, over £25m of food would donated to charity each year. The scheme was filmed by the BBC for “Look East” […]

It appears that the Landbeach web site had the story of the large wind turbine we reported yesterday somewhat garbled. According to our county councillor, Michael Williamson, Landbeach Parochial Church Council sold the land some time ago with a covenant that it should only be used for agricultural purposes. They have now been approached by […]