Agenda for next week's @camcitco Full Council meeting, including motions on the role of the Guildhall in civic life, parking in King's Hedges, and management of the city centre. democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/ieListDocume...

Plus: the bus service costing £180 per passenger, e-scooter extension, more busway delays, pic specials on Christmas in #Cambridge on Parker's Piece & Anglesey Abbey's Snowman trail, guide to festive fairs & @philrodgers.co.uk on whether the Greens can win in Cambridge

Proposed new eastern entrance to Cambridge Station from Clifton Road eastwestrail.co.uk/you-said-we-...

Here's my daughter Meriel's boyfriend Jack Gale representing the Cambridge Medieval Fighter's Guild at a Saturday Knight Fights event last month. His opponent is Martin Gill of the White Company, who won a gold medal at this year's world championships www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S98...

Former US Vice President Mike Pence will be speaking at the Cambridge Union Society at 4pm tomorrow. I think this is the first visit to the society by a former US President or Vice President since Ronald Reagan in 1990. No doubt there will be a substantial security presence.

If your church clock isn't working, then I suppose is-there-honey-still-for-tea-o'clock is quite a good time to leave it set to

Interesting interview with Daniel Zeichner on today's Chris Mann show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (starts about 70 minutes in). Amongst other things Daniel confirms his intention to restand for Cambridge at the next election.

"What happens in Cambridge over the next decade will be a litmus test for how Britain balances prosperity with fairness, and development with sustainability." www.truthaboutlocalgovernment.com/post/cambrid... Extended piece by Cllr Cameron Holloway (Lab - Newnham) Leader of Cambridge City Council.

Paul Belton, a partner at Carter Jonas, reflects on what the current political situation means for growth in Cambridge www.propertywire.com/analysis/pol...

Opening of Cambridge South station delayed until June 2026 after a key subcontractor went into administration karenyoung.uk/2025/11/06/c...

Report of possible Stagecoach bus strike www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/cambrid...

Daniel Zeichner asks questions in Parliament about trade with Israel and the West Bank - something he would not have been able to do while he was a government minister www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25386/dan...

For anyone interested in design for data visualisation, I can recommend this Design Community Cambridge event being held at Cambridge Intelligence's offices at 6:30pm on Tuesday 11 November. Free registration required (www.tickettailor.com/events/desig...)

Just been helping my daughter move to the great city of Peterborough. A pretty straightforward drive from Cambridge, but quite a different story by public transport.

Haunted locations in Cambridge according to the UK Haunted Locations database www.paullee.com/ghosts/ghost...

Uh oh

Theory 1: This is all just expectations management to make the actual budget tax rises look less bad. Theory 2: Labour think that most people believe they have already broken the manifesto tax pledges, so they'll suffer little damage from breaking them some more. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Leaked letter from government minister Steve Reed to South Cambs leader Bridget Smith about the council's four day working policy. www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/ministe...

Later today I'll be driving my father to a hospital appointment in Oxford, on the day that the city introduces a new congestion charge. However, unlike the abandoned Cambridge scheme, it's still possible to drive to or from almost anywhere in the city without paying the charge (Map: ‪Stephen Gower‬)

Greater Cambridge Local Plan documents - lots of detail on proposed developments for Cambridge city and South Cambs consultations.greatercambridgeplanning.org/draft-greate...

Even by the standards of by-elections this is a pretty remarkable result. As well as illustrating just how fundamentally the usual political order is being disrupted, it also shows what a key factor anti-Reform tactical voting is. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ca...

There still seems to be some uncertainty as to whether next year's local elections will go ahead in areas such as Cambridgeshire where local government is being reorganised www.lgcplus.com/politics/gov...

Glad to see the Mumford Theatre at ARU is starting to list events again. It used to have a good programme of very reasonably priced productions in the Before Times. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mumford-th...

Voting closed at 8pm yesterday and no result has yet been declared. I suspect this means it's fairly close and there are lengthy discussions going on behind the scenes about whether particular emailed-in votes are in compliance with Rule 47(g)(iii)(1).

Risk of surface water flooding in Cambridge now (left) and from 2040 (right) check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/map?easting=...

Here's @philrodgers.co.uk discussing the two political asteroids threatening #Labour in #Cambridge www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/phil-ro...

County councillor Des Watt, who was elected to represent Yaxley & Farcet earlier this year, has left the Reform UK group on the council and is now listed as a non-aligned Independent. This reduces the Reform group to nine, one less than the Conservatives. cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Cou...

A truly epic High Court judgment in a legal battle involving wooden lodges on land near St Neots caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025...

In @cambridgeindy.bsky.social we report on £80m regeneration plans for 'deprived' estates in #Cambridge, explore how 1930s semi was retrofitted, feature Hills Road Sixth Form's Big Biology pics & @philrodgers.co.uk discusses what could threaten Labour's position in city

Plans to demolish and rebuild Arbury Court, the Kingsway flats, and other housing in north Cambridge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia, is giving the Lee Lecture at Wolfson College at 6pm on 13 November, speaking on polarisation. The event is open to all and free to attend (booking essential), with drinks served afterwards, it says here www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/about/events...

Facebook post from former Romsey city councillor Mairéad Healy saying that a letter has been delivered to homes in Cambridge using her name fraudulently and without her consent. www.facebook.com/mairead.mary...

Cambridgeshire county councillor Andy Osborn, who represents Roman Bank & Peckover for Reform UK, has pleaded not guilty after being charged with an election offence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It does seem that there's a lot more graffiti in Cambridge now compared to a few years ago. I don't report it all to cambridge.gov.uk/report-graff... because that would be a full-time job, but I did report this one on Riverside after seeing a small child cycling past it.

Confirmation that the Gardenia has closed for good www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here are the Cambridgeshire seat results from the More In Common MRP poll, which nationally projects an astonishing annihilation of both Labour and the Conservatives by Reform UK. The local results are similar to the recent YouGov MRP, except that Reform take Huntingdon.

Projected vote shares for the Cambridgeshire seats from YouGov's latest MRP. Labour holds Cambridge - though no doubt the Greens will be ecstatic to be 0.2% ahead of the Lib Dems. The LDs retain South Cambs by a mile, SNMC by a kilometer, and Ely & E Cambs by a hundred yards or so.

Substack from former Cambridge MP David Howarth substack.com/@drhow

Well I can certainly recommend the Polish restaurant, a very enjoyable evening

Looking forward to a new culinary experience this evening as I'm heading to the Polish restaurant on Chesterton Road.

Just came across this interesting internal Labour party training material on "campaigning against minor and emerging parties". It's from 2019 but still pretty topical today, and features a few pieces of Cambridgeshire content. labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Leaflet from the Greens, aiming to position themselves as the main opposition to Labour in Cambridge

Thrive cafe on Norfolk St announces that they are closing permanently at the end of November www.thrivecambridge.com

Camcycle are recruiting a CEO - the job details include a salary of £60,000

Later this month @camcitco's Licencing Committee will be considering an application from Morresi Hairstylists in King Street, who want to serve cocktails to their customers from 9am. democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID...

A second local Your Party website appears - independents4ypcambs.uk, alongside the existing yourpartycambridge.uk. "This is not a split", it insists, perhaps optimistically featuring pictures of both Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.

News from Dave Baigent that another Labour councillor will be leaving the party shortly www.facebook.com/dave4YPCambs...

In @cambridgeindy.bsky.social we report on opening day of #Cambourne to #Cambridge busway inquiry, feature special report on array of solar schemes in countryside, civic quarter latest & pic specials on Bridge the Gap walk & Dragon Boat Festival, & @philrodgers.co.uk on River Cam

Some ludicrous restrictions on public questions being proposed by the Combined Authority. Currently the deadline for public questions is 3 working days before a meeting; they want to change this to 7. Guess what the deadline for publishing the agenda is? shorturl.at/DQdrk (item 7)

New consultation from @camcitco.bsky.social and South Cambs on their preferred option for council reorganisation. Includes an event at the Guildhall at 5:30pm on Tue 30 September (free registration required) engage.cambridge.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...