Richard Taylor

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  • Cambridge City Council Lacks Imagination on Cycle Parking

    Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on the 30th of April 2009 received a report from officers on progress towards installing cycle parking at the King Street – Manor Street junction. Officers reported that they are working towards providing six wall mounted loops on the wall to which bikes can be locked. The committee were […]

  • Proposals for Yet More Trees to be Felled on Midsummer Common and for New Planting to Encroach on the Open Space.

    Cambridge City Council’s tree officers have published a new plan for tree works on Midsummer Common. The proposals are being put before Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee to be held on Thursday 30 April 2009 at 1915 in the University Centre off Mill Lane. It is not clear if the final decision to go-ahead […]

  • Proposed Felling, Planting and Transplanting of Trees on Jesus Green

    Following the rejection by the Heritage Lottery Fund of Cambridge City Council’s bid for £4.4 million pounds worth of work on Jesus Green which would have involved the felling of fifty-nine trees a new proposal for tree works has been published. The new proposals involve felling eight trees immediately and transplanting a further twenty-eight (six […]

  • Emerging Influenza Epidemic in Mexico and the USA

    I have been closely following the emerging swine flu virus which is being transmitted from human to human in Mexico and Southern California. It has already resulted in more than sixty deaths in Mexico. Analysis of the virus by the USA’s Centers for Disease control has shown the current virus contains sequences from swine flu, […]

  • New Square – Another Cambridge City Council Grandiose Plan Involving Felling Healthy Trees

    Plans for tree felling and planting at New Square in Cambridge are on the agenda of Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee to be held on Thursday 30 April 2009 at 1915 in the University Centre off Mill Lane. The proposals include felling five healthy trees (pictured) which the council’s own experts describe as being […]

  • Public Questions for the April 2009 Cambridgeshire Police Authority Meeting

    There is to be a Full Cambridgeshire Police Authority meeting on the 29th April 2009 at 16:00 in the Police Headquarters, Huntingdon. Members of the public are able to ask questions or make statements at the beginning of these meetings. I have submitted the below, all of which I think are important things the Police […]

  • Cambridge to Lose Police Station

    A report released today in advance of a meeting of a Cambridgeshire Police Authority next Wednesday, the 29th of April reveals that Cambridge is likely to lose its police station at Parkside. The Police Authority is shockingly not being asked for its comments on the plans, or to approve them, it is being asked merely […]

  • Cambridge City Council to Debate Tree Felling Policy

    Trees are set to be a major item of discussion at Cambridge City Council’s Full Council meeting later today (Thursday 23rd April 2009). Liberal Democrat ruled Cambridge City Council has recently felled hundreds of trees in the city. Many have been felled for spurious reasons ranging from increasing biodiversity by allowing more light into watercourses, […]

  • Missed Opportunity at the Penny Ferry Car-Park

    Cambridge City Council is currently refurbishing the riverside car park and adjacent areas in Chesterton at a cost of £62,523; a very large amount of money given what is being done. In the last few days it has become apparent that the “Lead Councillor” for the project, Cllr Liddle, is not happy with what is […]

  • Cambridgeshire County Council to Consider Improving Oversight of Spying

    Cambridgeshire County Council’s Cabinet on the 21st of April is to receive a Review of the Application of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) This report reveals that the county council currently allows a large number of relatively junior officers (23) to authorise the use of its spying powers (It follows from the fact there […]