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The Tory Deal That Signals Disaster For Rural Communities near Northstowe

  “Multi-million pound deal struck to provide community facilities at Northstowe” This is the spin that South Cambridgeshire District Council put on the recent agreement to let developers off with a bonus of £30 million! According to the press release, a report presented to the Northstowe Joint Development Control Committee today (Wednesday 29 January) outlines […]

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Barack Obama – Complete Speech at Nelson Mandela Memorial Event

Celebrating the life of an extra-ordinary man. A giant amongst men. He earned his place in history through struggle, shrewdness, persistence and faith. He showed us the power of action of taking risks on behalf of our ideals. He accepted the consequences of his actions knowing that standing up to powerful interests and injustice carries […]

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Madiba Tribute by Soweto Gospel Choir at Woolies Pretoria

An amazing tribute to Nelson Mandela sung by the Soweto Gospel Choir as a #flashmob in a Woolworth’s store in Pretoria, South Africa.  

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Council extends local plan consultation by two weeks

  The current South Cambridgeshire Local Plan consultation is being extended by two weeks. This final consultation was originally due to close on Monday 30 September but this is being extended to 5pm on Monday 14 October 2013.   The news release from the council earlier this afternoon says that “Council bosses took the decision […]

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Planning and Development Minister tours growth sites in Cambridge region

Planning and Development Minister Nick Boles MP came to the Cambridge area last week on a fact finding mission to sites for thousands of new homes in the region, following confirmation that the government will be investing over a billion pounds in a major upgrade to the A14. This was a promise that had been […]

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AstraZeneca confirms head quarters move to Cambridge

AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday last week that it is to move its new global headquarters and research center to Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), a science park on the southern outskirts of Cambridge, next to Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The site, where 2,000 office and research & development staff will work, is expected to be ready by 2016.   […]

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Campaign to reinstate Bedford to Cambridge railway link

Once upon a time there was an East-West railway linking Cambridge to Oxford. Nowadays, travellers wishing to make that journey have to travel via London, adding cost and time delay to the journey. The reinstatement of the direct link would be of immense benefit to the residents of Cambridge. There have been moves afoot to […]

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Shape Your Place goes live in South Cambridgeshire

The award winning www.ShapeYourPlace.org project went live in Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire on 17 June 2013 and launched on 18 June 2013. This will mean that the project will cover the whole of the county.   ShapeYourPlace has been a real success attracting thousands of visitors and generating many conversations about local issues in […]

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Sites in local villages to provide new homes

South Cambridgeshire District Council yesterday announced plans for more new homes in villages. This comes two weeks after its announcement that it is to build new settlements at Bourn Airfield, Waterbeach and West Cambourne. According to the news release, supporting new jobs and sustaining quality of life in villages are at the centre of the […]

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Better broadband on its way to South Cambridgeshire

At the Broadband Champions Event in April, the Connecting Cambridgshire project team indicated that we should expect to hear more in May about when the first phases of the roll-out plan would be announced.   On the very last day of May, it happened … with a caveat that “there is still a lot of […]

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