The safety of lorries driving on Midsummer Common in Cambridge has been extensively discussed in the last couple of years. In November 2015 a cyclist was seriously injured when they went under a dodgems lorry. The council then cancelled the 2016 Midsummer Fair funfair on safety grounds. In light of that background I was surprised […]

On Friday the 10th of March MP Heidi Allen (Conservative, South Cambridgeshire) visited Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge to promote the the NHS Organ donation register. Allen tweeted to say she had signed up to the register herself, and she implored others to do so, writing in a tweet: I’ve just signed up to the online […]

A House of Lords debate on the proposal for a mayor for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough on the 2nd of March 2017 heard that Minister Andrew Percy MP (Brigg and Goole, Conservative) had apologised for the omission of the fact the majority of respondents to an online consultation were opposed to a mayor from the draft […]

Gonville and Caius College have blocked yet another riverside path in Cambridge. I reported in 2015 how they blocked access to a riverside path near Fen Ditton, that path has now been re-opened, but they’ve now installed a new gate, and put a lock and chain on another gate, on the riverside path in-front of […]

On Thursday the 2nd of March 2017 the authorisation of a new model of TASER weapon, the X2, for use by UK police was announced via a written ministerial statement to the House of Commons. I Wrote about the TASER X2 in 2012. On the evening of the 2nd of March I asked Cambridgeshire’s Police […]

Ever watched a meeting of your local hospital governors online? This might explain why you haven’t! The Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Addenbrooke’s) Council of Governors met on the 22nd of February 2017. A report to the meeting from Chief Executive Roland Sinker stated bed occupancy levels at the hospital were at 99.9% and […]

Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner has had the opportunity to take part in twenty-one votes this month while debating a Bill to give the Prime Minister the power to start the process of the UK leaving the European Union: 1 Feb 2017: Daniel Zeichner MP (Cambridge) voted against empowering the Prime Minister to give notification of […]

On the 25th of January 2017 the Greater Cambridge City Deal board voted to pursue a new plan for tackling congestion in Cambridge. The plan was illustrated at the meeting by a conceptual “petal diagram” which shows the main roads into the city with no roads providing connections between those radial roads. Notably the plan […]

I have made the following submission to the Greater Cambridge City Deal board for its public question slot at its 25 January 2017 meeting: Submission related to Item 9 – Progress Report – Upcoming Milestones When the board next considers plans for Milton Road will it receive a report: collating the results of responses to […]

Cambridgeshire Police are due to launch an online route for reporting crime shortly. The new service is already live at: https://www.contactcambspolice.uk/Report/Crime/ Providing an online route for reporting crime is excellent news, it is something I’ve been lobbying for. I think this has the potential to reduce the threshold people have for getting in touch with […]