From today, petrol stations have to report their prices online so that consumers can compare them. Here's a map of prices around Cambridge from www.fuel-finder.uk.

Leaflet from Labour’s Arbury candidate Jocelynne Scutt announcing a public meeting starting in about an hour. Unfortunately I won’t be able to make this as I only found the leaflet on the doormat this morning, but if you’re free and concerned about the plans for Arbury Court…

New proposals from the GCP to close Sidgwick Avenue to motor vehicle traffic by adding bollards. The plans will be discussed at the GCP's Assembly meeting on 12 February cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Mee... (item 8)

Maruf Ahmed has been selected as Labour's candidate for Queen Edith's Ward in the May city council elections. www.facebook.com/CambridgeLab...

Statement from Terry Harris of Cambs News Online saying that he has issued notices of defamation to Peterborough councillor Wayne Fitzgerald and combined authority mayor Paul Bristow.

Petersfield features prominently in @cambridgegreens.bsky.social campaign plans for February.

A political bust-up is brewing over cuts to holiday food vouchers in Cambridgeshire, with the Lib Dems blaming the Labour government (www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/news/article...), and Labour councillors blaming the Lib-Dem-controlled county council (survey.labour.org.uk/freeholidaym...).

A striking graphic from Survation, showing that Labour have lost nearly half their support since the general election. It's also notable that they've lost nearly as much support to Reform UK and the Conservatives as they have to the Greens and Lib Dems. www.survation.com/labour-polli...

Tardis spotted in Bradmore St off East Road www.facebook.com/share/p/1aYJ...

Well very nice to see this place back in operation.

County councillor Des Watt, who represents Yaxley and Farcet, has joined Advance UK, a right-wing party led by Ben Habib, former Deputy Leader of Reform UK. Cllr Watt becomes Advance UK's first representative on Cambridgeshire County Council. cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Cou...

A bit of news I missed last week - the government has announced that Daniel Zeichner has been appointed as the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Türkiye. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Reflecting optimism about his future electoral prospects, Councillor Morris of Hardwick changes his middle name to "Councillor".

Local political developments I did not entirely expect no. 23: @borofergie.bsky.social joins the Greens. www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/indepen...

This Thursday, 29th, it would appear. (See note on front page.) www.stradegund.co.uk

Revs goes bust - but is likely to continue trading while a sale is arranged. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oxfordshire County Council withdraws from X. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshire-...

A new style of activist-with-pothole picture from the Green party's Miranda Fyfe. Might just catch on. www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

Now the fun starts…

I remember coming across this book when I was aged about eight and being disappointed that it featured very little on the subject of lunar exploration.

Hearing that the Radegund is about to reopen, which will be excellent news if true.

The Earl of Beaconsfield reopens after a lengthy closure. www.cambridge-news.co.uk/whats-on/foo...

A misleading statement from @mhclg falsely claiming that local elections are being postponed, not cancelled. In fact the elections to the councils being abolished are indeed being cancelled, not just postponed. mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/22/m...

Confirmation that May's elections in Cambridge, Huntingdonshire, and South Cambridgeshire are going ahead, but Peterborough's elections are, shamefully, being cancelled.

The Greens now have more than 1,800 members in the Cambridge and South Cambs constituencies combined. The last figure I have for Labour's membership in the Cambridge constituency (only) is 1,510 at 31 December 2024.

In this week's @cambridgeindy.bsky.social, reaction to revised Hughes Hall plans for Fenner's site, Mill Road petition, school performance tables, AstraZeneca keeps #Cambridge expansion option open, reservoir latest & @philrodgers.co.uk on #Labour chances in #Cambridge City Council election

Cambridge City Council is to reverse its widely-criticised decision to close the public toilets at Quayside democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/documents/s7... (page 11)

Your Party continues to do what it’s best at.

A glossy A3 leaflet arrives from Arbury Liberal Democrats, with lots of local content promoting Fionna Tod, who is clearly their candidate for the May elections. Arbury has been a safe seat for Labour for many years, but perhaps the Lib Dems are feeling optimistic this year.

On Thursday a Parliamentary written answer from Alison McGovern on council reorganisation said "On the most ambitious timelines, elections to new unitary councils could take place in May 2027" - so it sounds like they might well be later than this. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

Huntingdonshire District Council decides to ask the government to press ahead with its local elections this year, by 43 votes to 0 with one abstention. Quite right too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJK-...

Just signed up for that politics geek's delight, the Bennett School of Public Policy Annual Conference on 26 March. Speakers this year include Andy Burnham. www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...

The Cambridge Growth Company launches a new survey "to build a richer understanding of the day-to-day experience of people working in knowledge-intensive industries across Greater Cambridge" thecgc.org.uk/index.php?ti...

A shameful decision by Peterborough City Council's cabinet to request the cancellation of this year's elections, leaving the council with no democratic mandate beyond May. www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politic...

The government has launched a new road maintenance rating system, scoring each of 154 local highway authorities on how well it is maintaining the roads. Like many others, Cambridgeshire has an "amber" rating. maps.dft.gov.uk/local-road-m...

Notice at Abingdon lock.

Unable to match the Americans in conventional weaponry, Denmark instead defends Greenland by deploying some decidedly unconventional weaponry throughout the USA. www.dezeen.com/2026/01/05/l...

Here are the Cambridgeshire seat projections from the recent More in Common MRP poll, which shows Reform UK sweeping almost all before them to take six of the county's eight seats. The only survivors of the cyan tsunami are the Lib Dems in South Cambs and Labour in Cambridge.

The Neitherlands. 🇳🇱

A survey from YouGov finds that people in Cambridge and South Cambs think that they live in the south of England, while the rest of the county identifies with neither the north nor the south. yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

An update from Queen Edith's Lib Dem councillor Karen Young on the perennial issue of potholes, including the management of "teenage potholes" and the council's "seek and destroy" strategy. karenyoung.uk/2026/01/08/p...

Cambridge looks set to escape the worst of #StormGoretti as a rare red weather warning is issued for parts of Cornwall.

Confirmation from Cambridge City Council that it wants the May elections to go ahead. cambridge.gov.uk/news/2026/01...

It appears that South Cambs will not be asking for May's elections to be cancelled either - so unless the government decides otherwise, local elections should be going ahead in both Cambridge and South Cambs. x.com/borofergie/s...

Statement from Cambridge Lib Dems welcoming Cambridge Labour's decision not to ask for May's city council elections to be cancelled. www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/news/article...

Very sorry to learn of the death of Australian rally team manager Phil Rodgers just after Christmas. rallysportmag.com/vale-philip-...

In Newnham next Saturday, the Greens will be introducing their candidate for the May local elections to supporters. Whoever it is will be well-placed to gain the seat from Labour, judging by recent Newnham results. actionnetwork.org/events/newnh...

Cambridge Labour's website still doesn't seem to have recovered from the festive season. Curious...

Every notice tells a story.

Hang on to the yellow snow jokes, as we are a little way outside the weather warning area for Friday.