28 July 2025 / 28 July 2025 by marke
Last Wednesday, Cambridge City Council’s Planning Committee approved construction conditions for new student accommodation next to Newnham Croft Primary School and Paradise Nature Reserve. This controversial development was originally refused planning permission by the council but the decision was overturned on appeal. “The only access to Owlstone Croft is through narrow streets of terraced houses […]
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In a YouTube ‘song-letter’1 to Cambridgeshire Councils, an Irish environmentalist group asks “What’s the use of learning, if you cannot comprehend, that throwing rubbish somewhere else does not achieve the end?” This is a question that is proving almost impossible to answer. Since March this year, Cambridge’s recycling waste has been transported to Newry in […]
21 July 2025 / 28 July 2025 by marke
In 2024, Anglian Water had the second highest number (482) of pollution incidents, after Thames Water (523), in England. This was one of the many shocking statistics in the Environment Agency (EA)’s pollution incident report for 2016-20241, published last week (Friday 18th July). Green County Cllr Elliot Tong says ‘Since Labour took control of national […]
18 November 2024 / 18 November 2024 by marke
Cambridge Water Failures Pose Threat To Environment And Water Supply The annual reviews by Ofwat, the Environment Agency and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) of the performance of England’s water companies were published on 21 October 1. Jean Glasberg, Green Party City Councillor, says: “These letters make shocking reading. They provide […]
30 September 2024 / 30 September 2024 by marke
Kathryn Fisher has been selected as Green Party candidate for the Histon and Impington by-election of 24 October 2024. More information here.
15 July 2024 / 15 July 2024 by marke
Urgent action needed to tackle pollution, flooding and water shortages Cambridgeshire residents are facing rising water bills with proposed price hikes of 13-14%1. But we are confronted with polluted rivers and failing sewage treatment plants, dried up chalk streams, and both flooding and drought which are damaging agriculture, roads and other infrastructure and affecting our […]
4 June 2024 / 5 June 2024 by marke
The local Green Party prospective parliamentary candidates for the General Election are listed here.
31 May 2024 / 5 June 2024 by marke
Miranda Fyfe has been selected as Green Party prospective parliamentary candidate in South Cambridgeshire for the General Election 2024. Miranda has lived in Cambridgeshire for over 30 years. An active member of the Stapleford village community, she has worked in NHS management and is a keen campaigner for Active Travel and public transport, who practises […]
3 May 2024 / 3 May 2024 by marke
Abbey – Naomi Bennett Elected with 52% of vote. Coleridge – Sarah Nicmanis Second with 34% of vote. Newnham – Hugh Clough Elected with 46% of vote.
14 April 2024 / 14 April 2024 by marke
