Parking on the New Road verge

Our local neighbourhood policing team has just published the following:  read more ...

Parking on New Road Impington

28 July 2010, 9am:

For several months the team have been receiving complaints regarding cars and vans parking on the grass verge on New Road, Impington (the section of road running from Station Rd).

Some of these complaints have been from the owner of the verge relating to the damage being caused by the vehicles.

The team have been speaking to a number of drivers and asking them to stop parking on the verge. This has not been wholly successful and cars continue to park on the verge.

Following further complaints it has been decided, in consultation with the Force Central Ticket Office, that vehicles found parking on the verge, from Sunday 1st August 2010, may be issued Fixed Penalty Notices without further notice.

Kind Regards,

Your local neighbourhood policing team

Hunt for butterfly & moth

The White-spotted Pinion Moth and White-letter Hairstreak Butterfly are both UK Biodiversity Priority Species that may occur in Histon and Impington. Butterfly Conservation is organising survey work for these two species thanks to a grant from SITA Trust using Landfill Tax Credits. Cambridgeshire is the national stronghold for The White-spotted Pinion. Both species use Elm as a caterpillar foodplant.  read more ...

Speed Limit Changes - 6th August

From Mike Davies, Programme Manager - Cycle Cambridge, County Council:  read more ...

Crime

There's a spate of bicycle thefts being reported at the moment - the Police are issuing this good advice:  read more ...

Cambridge Open Studios

Each year, the artists and craftspeople of Cambridge and the surrounding area open their workspaces and homes to the public. They reveal the processes that create their work and invite you to learn about the ideas behind it. It is the interaction between artists and visitors that makes open studios so special. This year's event takes place on the weekends of 3rd/4th, 10th/11th, 17th/18th and 24th/25th July.  read more ...

Your choice of GP practice

The Department of Health is seeking views from the public, from healthcare professionals and from other staff working in the NHS on new proposals that give patients a much greater choice of GP practice.  read more ...

HISTON FEAST 2010

From 2nd July the High Street in Histon will be festooned with bunting as the village gets ready to celebrate HISTON FEAST WEEK 2010.  The shops and businesses will be decorating their windows to participate in the Window Display Competition which is the start of Feast Week.

There will then be nine days of events with, of course, the main focus being the annual FEAST PARADE which takes place on Sunday 4th July at 3pm.  The Parade will start at Clay Street and wind its way down School Hill into Histon High Street where it will turn right into Station Road to Barclays Bank at Vision Park.  The Parade will turn round at Barclays and return along the same route, dispersing at Narrow Lane. Roads in the centre of Histon will be closed throughout the Parade and there may well be traffic delays throughout that time.

We aim to raise £2,000 at this event and hope all members of the local community will support us by giving us their loose change as the Parade progresses through the village. Please come out and support us.

There are many events throughout the week, culminating in our final day of events on 10th July, when there will be the popular Histon Feast Market and the Fun Run.  Our final event will be the joint Rec/Histon Feast Concert at the Recreation Ground on Saturday evening.

For details of all our events please purchase the Histon Feast Magazine at a cost of £2 from local shops in the village.

We look forward to seeing you all at HISTON FEAST 2010

SANDRA DUNN, Chair, Histon Feast 2010

Cllr Mike Mason: “The Guided Bus is a Disaster”

Mike Mason sent this article to the Courier which we are republishing with the permission of the original publishers. There is much that has not been generally known. Cllr Mason, as most know, has represented the village parish councils and in an expert on the Guided Busway project.

Your comments are most welcome.

B1049 Speed Limit Changes

The detailed orders which will make the proposed speed limit changes on the B1049 happen were published at the end of last month, and are available on the County Council website.  read more ...

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