Milton Village

The South African automotive specialist that bought Pi Technology in 2006 (renaming it to Pi Shurlok) is proposing to make Milton Hall the entire group’s global headquarters under major new international expansion plans. Control Instruments’s chief executive, Richard Friedman, has relocated from South Africa to Milton Hall to run Pi Shurlok where he will also […]

Between 14:10 and 14:20 on Thursday (10/4) a male described as being white, 21- 40 years old, 5’6″ – 5’10” tall, bald or shaven head and wearing a black jacket, white T shirt and white trousers claimed to be from Cambridgeshire Police and forced entry into an elderly gentleman’s home on Cambridge road. After a […]

The council meets on Monday night. The agenda and supporting papers are available online. The meeting is starting early at 7pm as it is being attended by a County Council highways officer so that the council can consider any major projects to be submitted to the County Council bidding process and also to consider any […]

You may remember a report here back in mid-February of a cat lost in the high steet. She’s now turned up. She had been camping out in a garden on Cambridge Road. She’s now home safe and healthy.

In email to a villager today Anglian Water said: I am sorry to read of the odour problems you have been experiencing and appreciate how distressing this must be. Unfortunately, we have been experiencing operational difficulties at the pumping station which we are working to resolve. All the odour control units are fully operational and […]

The next meeting of the club is being held at 7:45pm on Wednesday, 2nd April i.e. tomorrow, at the church hall in Church Lane. All are welcome. Just turn up. Cost £1. This will be a “show and tell” session with no particular theme so bring along whatever photos you’ve been taking which you would […]

Jim Daniels, the parish council clerk, has had a response to his complaint to Anglian Water. It reads as follows: I apologise for the nuisance caused by the odour from the Cambridge Sewage Treatment Works. I’m also sorry to hear that one of the residents was disappointed with the response they received when contacting our […]

The Park is due to pass into the hands of the Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust today. They say they intend to keep it pretty much as it is now. Their main plan for changes is to re-vamp the Visitor Centre, something for which they are currently looking for outside funding.

From this Sunday, 6th April some P&R fares will increase. The return ticket will be increasing from £2 to £2.20 and the Babraham to Addenbrooke’s ticket will be increasing from £1.50 to £1.70. This is the first rise for two years but still means the increase is above general inflation at 5% per year. The […]

We suffered with the smell from Cambridge Sewage Treatment Works for years until it was finally got under control as a result of much pressure from our local councillors and SCDC Environmental Health officers however I’m sure it won’t have escaped your attention that it has got bad again in recent weeks. It’s not just […]