Author Archives: Cambridge Town Owl

It’s one of the most astonishing scenes in the UK’s early post-war political and military history. And as TV producer in his late 20s, David Attenborough found himself summoned to Downing Street for a live broadcast to the nation. So off he went. When he arrived, this was the scene that he saw. We’ve hadContinue reading “Sir David Attenborough at 100 – and when he sent a Prime Minister to bed to get some rest”

In an historic night for a host of reasons, Cambridge Labour’s hold on political power at the Guildhall evaporates in the face of: Above – delete/amend as appropriate The balance of power at Cambridge Guildhall My vaguely-confident predictions from yesterday (more vague than confident – the only thing strengthening on my side is this persistentContinue reading “Greens now the second largest party in Cambridge, as Labour lose political control”

…according to various people quoting various polling and modelling organisations This despite the best efforts of Cambridge Labour’s elected councillors (City and county) to hold the walls from the combined Lib-Dem and Green Party political onslaughts. (See Cameron Holloway, the current leader here.) There wasn’t much coming from the local candidates whose politics are toContinue reading “Cambridge City Council expected to move to No Overall Control”

…or the old Cattle Market site for those of you who have been around for longer Also, it looks like LandSec are going to be selling on their long term lease. “Whilst we can’t comment on sales processes, we don’t have plans to redevelop Cambridge Leisure Park and the centre will remain open as usualContinue reading “New proposals for The Junction / Cambridge Leisure Park”

The BBC Radio Cambridgeshire recordings will be available for the next 3-4 weeks Plus we also had the annual recording of the Queen Edith’s hustings which, due to event clashes meant it was a ‘set up and record’ operation, along with the regular appearance of the noisy nestlings which you can hear in the background!Continue reading “Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire candidates go head-2-head”

Strange what you stumble across when doom scrolling with a frazzled out brain (You can access the consultation document at the foot of this link) I couldn’t even do basic admin tasks today such was my abnormally-fatigued state, spending most of the time between Wednesday afternoon and Friday evening tucked up and wondering why myContinue reading “Theresa May’s Government consulted on light rail in February 2019”

Cambridge City Council publishes its statement of nominations for the 14 wards being contested. Image: Debate not hate by the LGA You can: “Anything new to report?” Dominic McGrath’s report for Labour List covers the battle that Cambridge Labour faces to hold onto party political control in this article. With a very small majority followingContinue reading “All five parties contesting Cambridge City Council seats in 2026”

South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon District Councils will be holding their final elections in the relatively short-lived histories as district councils – having been formed in 1974. Cambridge City Council didn’t publish theirs today, which is unusual. You can read: Note with both both of the districts above, there are ***lots*** of people who were electedContinue reading “First candidates lists for local elections published”

An old map arrived in the post a week ago which shows how extensive the east-west rail links from Cambridge used to be. Plus some recent findings in the world of old magazines and past research reports Above – the old Cambridge – Huntingdon – Kettering route. There are lots of photos on the RailwayContinue reading “The old local rail network around Cambridge a blueprint for light rail or regional rail links?”

Cambridge PPF arranged for the filming of the event at Wolfson College which meant I could pay more attention to who said what. (Scroll to the end to see the two positives. Save the best till last etc) Image: Trials of democracy. If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. A project fundedContinue reading “Few positives from the audience at Cambridge Past, Present and Future’s event on the future of Gtr Cambridge”