April 2012

South Cambridgeshire District Council is nominated for Award

Recent good news to rave about is that innovative work by South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) officers who help councillors in their role as community champions has been recognised by a national body. SCDC’s democratic services team has been shortlisted by The Municipal Journal for best team in their field. Winners of the prestigious local […]

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Super Fast Broadband in slow going

Yesterday, the Madingley Exchange Race To Infinity Team received the latest update from BT, relating to the progress of the target dates for super fast broad band (SFBB). The statement reads, “Thank you for forwarding the comments from your campaign team, I understand their frustration and I am happy to confirm that we have not […]

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Government plans to withdraw housing benefit from under-25s

Housing charities and campaign groups have been outraged by an idea floated by Downing Street to strip housing benefits from under-25s and make them move in with “mum and dad” as a way to “make work pay” and save the UK from growing welfare expenditure. The proposal – which was floated by No 10 earlier […]

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Call for Candidates for South Cambs Youth Council

The Young People of South Cambridgeshire now have an opportunity to have a bigger say in how their neighbourhood is run by becoming “youth councillors” in the South Cambs Youth Council. This follows on from the development of the South Cambridgeshire Young People’s Plan (YPP) which was put together with the help of young people […]

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Cambridge Airport Opens New Route to Burgundy France

Flyers from Cambridge Airport have been handed a new service to the Burgundy region of France, starting this summer. Cambridge Airport says that European regional airline, Danube Wings, will launch its first ever UK scheduled services from the Cambridge region with twice-weekly non-stop flights to the Dole-Jura Airport starting in June. The regional airport of […]

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