Milton Village

Now that H1N1 flu is circulating widely it is no longer possible to contain it by aggressively treating cases and contacts of cases. Here is the latest HPA advice for patients updated on 3rd July straight from the doctors’ surgery. The advice in summary is: If you have a flu like illness with a temperature […]

Milton Country Park are holding a photography competition as part of their “Sport in the Park” event (which takes place on 26th July and about which there will be more here later). There are classes for under 16s and adults. Entries must be in by 21st July. Full details can be found on their poster […]

Overnight repairs to the westbound carriageway of the A14 between Junctions 37 (Newmarket) and 31 (Girton) are taking from tonight for the next five weeks. The works are to replace sections of the worn out road surface and road markings. The working hours will be between 8pm and 6am, Mondays to Fridays. The works will […]

As swine flu becomes more prevalent (and we have upgraded to a WHO level 6 pandemic) there have been some subtle changes to the HPA advice. You can read the latest version here. Also with schools now affected then if you have children then you may find this web site is useful for helping them […]

Following the confirmation of two cases of Swine Flu, IVC is closed for seven days starting yesterday (22/06). You can read the letter from the Principal to parents here. There will be a partial opening tomorrow (Wednesday) for those students taking the GCSE exam. They hope to re-open on Tuesday 30th June. There is some […]

As Swine Flu has now reached Impington Village College there’s a good chance it will be in Milton soon so this is probably a good time to remind you of the leaflets below from the Health Protection Agency. The main advice is that if patients have been to an affected area and get flu symptoms […]

A police surgery will be held in the Bowls Pavilion on Wednesday (24/6) from 3-7pm. PCSO Lee Paige will be on hand to discuss any concerns you may have. He would particularly like to speak with anyone interested in the new Neighbourhood Watch scheme for Milton.

This Sunday (5/7) from 10:30am to 5:30pm The Bicycle Rally is being held in Milton Country Park. Described by the organisers as a day of celebrating the bicycle in all its forms. A day for all cyclists it will feature: Static displays of veteran, vintage, classic and thoroughbred cycles Short and longer organised local rides […]

There are now two carton re-cycling banks located at Tesco so you can now re-cycle any foil or wax lined cardboard cartons – e.g. fruit juice cartons, boxes of soup, milk etc of the sort made by Tetra Pak and others. Wash them out and flatten them by lifting the triangles on the sides (if […]

This Sunday (14/6) from 11am to 4pm the Park are holding their “Environment Event”, one of a series of keynote events this summer. With a free programme of family activities including pond dipping, making Bug Hotels, bird spotting and den building. Plus inspiration, help & advice on sustainable living with ‘Think Global, Buy Local’, stalls […]