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Cambridgeshire Police vs Jazz
The Cambridge building where a licence for a jazz club is being opposed by Cambridgeshire Police On Monday the 27th of June 2011 I went to Cambridge Guildhall to observe a licensing hearing consider an application for The Jam House, 21 Hobson Street, Cambridge. The Jam House is a chain of jazz venues. The Jam […]
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Councillors Reminded They Opted for Low Key Signage of 20 MPH Limits
Cambridge councillors opted against clear signs like these (from Saffron Walden) for the city centre 20 MPH limits. (Image Source [My Photo!]) I observed Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on Tuesday the 21st of June 2011. Councillors were presented with the results of speed surveys showing at best that introducing new 20 MPH limits […]
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Councillors Make Odd Choice of Path to Fix on Jesus Green
Councillors deemed this path the worst on Jesus Green and earmarked £30K for work on it. I observed Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on Tuesday the 21st of June 2011. Councillors decided to provisionally allocate around £30,000 to what their officers described as the worst path on Jesus Green – the one from (not […]
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Cambridge City Council Environment Scrutiny June 2011
TV Screens Reminded Those Attending Which Meeting They Were At I observed Cambridge City Council’s Environment Scrutiny committee on the 21st of June 2011. Rubbish This was the first scrutiny committee for Cllr Swanson in her new post as Executive Councillor for bins. The committee looked at how the budget for her area, formally titled, […]
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Hike in Cambridge On Street Parking Charges
The Guest Road area is to see the largest increase in residents parking permit charges I have just returned from observing a meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council’s cabinet where the decision was taken to increase Cambridge’s on street parking charges. The cabinet approved raising the annual charge for residents parking permits from around £40-50 to […]
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Meeting Carrie Herbert of the Red Balloon Learner Centre Group
On Monday the 13th of June 2011 I met Carrie Herbert, founder and chief executive of the Red Balloon Learner Centre Group. Red Balloon learner centres are places where children can obtain an education instead of in schools. Fundraising for the centres focuses on their role in providing children who’ve been bullied at schools a […]
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Cambridge Eco Homes 2011 Launch
Eco Homes in Cambridge are Open on the 18th and 26th of June 2011 On the evening of Friday the 10th of June 2011 I attended the Cambridge Eco Homes launch event in St Luke’s Church Centre on Victoria Road in Cambridge. Cambridge Eco Homes is an event run by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. They organise […]
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Elderly Woman Stopped from Swimming at Parkside
Parkside Pools apparently has strict rules on goggles.(Img Source) Earlier today (Monday the 6th of June 2011) I was swimming at Parkside Pools in Cambridge. I witnessed something I thought was outrageous: the pool’s manager, named as “Ryan Thorpe”, got an elderly lady to leave the water and escorted her out of the pool area. […]
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Cambridge City Council Full Council – May 2011
Ian Nimmo-Smith as Mayor of Cambridge (Source) I observed the latter part of Cambridge City Council’s Full Council meeting on the 26th of May 2011. This was the “annual meeting”, the first of the civic year, and the first for the newly elected councillors. I arrived well after the ceremonial fancy dress session and after […]
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Cambridgeshire Renewables Infrastructure Framework – Kick Off
Alex Plant, CEO of Cambridgeshire Horizons, at the CRIF event. On the 25th of May 2011 I attended the kick-off meeting of the Cambridgeshire Renewables Infrastructure Framework. Despite attending the four hour event and reading the project’s website I wasn’t really in a position to offer a succinct summary of what the “CRIF” is or […]