Take a walk around Milton Country Park and help raise £5,000 for Cancer Research UK’s vital work.
It’s a family event and all ages are welcome. There’s a 4k walk around the park or 12k walk which includes a beautiful ramble alongside the famous river Cam. Both routes are suitable for pushchairs.
For more information click here Cambridge Cancer Walk
Are you OPEN MINDED, OBJECTIVE AND IMPARTIAL?
Are you DISCREET?
If you can answer yes to these questions, would you like to become an Independent Custody Visitor? Cambridgeshire Police Authority is looking for people to join its Custody Visitor Panels.
A vacancy is currently available on the Parish Council, if you are interested in becoming a Parish Councillor click here for more details.
In your village and others around, there is a huge problem with vehicles travelling at excess speed usually during the rush hours. We would like to take this opportunity to ask if there are any times and locations were you feel we need to be concentrating our speed checks.
The Speedwatch scheme allows the public to get actively involved in monitoring the speed of vehicles travelling through their neighbourhood. It is used in areas where speeding has been identified as a priority at quarterly neighbourhood panel meetings.
The village has lost one of its elders with the death of Daphne Black on April 17th. Her funeral was held at All Saints’ on April 30th and she is buried in the Orchard Road cemetery, as is her mother. There is a tribute to Daphne on p. 21.
The very successful Mobile Warden Scheme was set up by Val Trueman sixteen years ago. Sadly she has now had to resign as Chairman due to ill health. We are grateful to Val for her hard work and wish her well.
Would you like to join the band of Walkers who regularly help make the Bridge the Gap Walk a very successful and enjoyable day for all concerned, especially the two charities who benefit?
Heydon Grange Wind Farm – the impact on Melbourn
Some of you may have read in the press about a possible wind farm development in the area. The facts are, that a German company called Volkswind are undertaking an ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’ (EIA) on land owned by Heydon Grange golf club, to assess the affect that such a development would have on the local environment.
Cambridgeshire County Council’s ruling group has decided keep £25 million in reserve, and to cut its support to ten Library Access Points across the county by 50% – a total of just £15,000. That includes Melbourn Library.
New for Melbourn and District
If you are the parent or carer of children under the age of five, you might like to come along to the newly established Story Time at Melbourn Library, located in The Moor, adjacent to the front entrance of Melbourn Village College (follow signs from the High Street). This takes place Thursdays, 10am to 10:45am, during term time.
