There are continued news reports that right-wing Conservatives are seething at coalition policies.
All the more reason for Liberal Democrats to be pleased that their moderating influence on government is working. And for more restrained Tories to be grateful.
Do you walk, cycle or even drive along our country roads? If so, just keep a lookout for how the grass has been cut.
The lads and lasses at County Highways have done a good job in cutting just enough grass to maintain good visibility for road users. And they’ve left enough for wildlife.
There are always complaints about cutting too late, too early, too short or too long. But overall it’s pretty good and sensitively done. How about some “well dones?”
Just bad luck? The Health Protection Agency has been giving as much information as possible about the clean-up at the Bayer site in Hauxton. You can find out all about it at:
http://www.scambs.gov.uk/Environment/Pollution/LandPollution/BayerSite/default.htm
Our MP, Andrew Lansley, is in charge of the Health Protection Agency. Only now it’s to be wound up. The 60 workers in Histon won’t lose their jobs at once; they and their functions will be transferred to the Department of Health. Then we shall see.
The smell from the Bayer site is - not to put too fine a point on it - not nice. It is a horrible chemical smell, which can cause irritation to eyes, throats and skin. Anyone concerned - and there are a lot of people concerned - would do well to look at the website, which is regularly up-dated.
This is a very difficult job for the professionals, who are on the receiving end of a barrage of criticism from worried residents. News that the Agency is being wound up can’t help.
The Cambridge News tells us that so-called “lean” mince sold in supermarkets can contain up to 25% fat - more than the standard alternative.
Consumers are being let down by misleading and inaccurate labelling, some of which massively understates the true amount of fat, the research by Local Government Regulation (LG Regulation) found.
Do we really need regulation? First of all, who actually compares one shop with another? I imagine that most people go to their favourite retailer or butcher to buy meat. And then if they use their eyes they can tell which mince contains more fat. Next we shall have regulation of how much fat a hamburger may contain. Or fish and chips.
Don’t tell me we do already.
But on a serious note, if some mince says it contains 15% fat and it really contains 25% then the good old lads and lasses at Cambridgeshire Trading Standards should catch them and prosecute them for mis-labelling.
Formula One team to ‘aero test’ at museum on Wednesday 1st September
Imperial War Museum Duxford confirms that a Formula One test day will take place at the museum on Wednesday 1 September 2010.
Further information, including details of the team and driver, will be announced in due course. No Reserve Day has been booked by the team.
In accordance with the agreement reached between the museum and South Cambridgeshire District Council for F1 testing at the museum during 2010, the team will run its cars between 8.00am and 6.00pm and shall complete no more than 180 passes along the runway.
The museum will open, as usual, between 10.00am and 6.00pm.
I wrote about this in June. The flawed questionnaire about our transport priorities. I’ve still not heard of any being delivered in our 10 villages. The consultation ends on 30th July.
Amongst the possible priorities which you are asked to rate is improving roads for cars. Now people have been conditioned to think that cars are bad, so a loaded choice. There is nothing about keeping our roads properly maintained for all road users. So far people have chosen improving public transport as their chief priority.
It now looks as if there is scant possibility of getting the consultation document in time - if at all. I asked yesterday in Full Council and was given no assurance. Does anyone care that nearly 2% of Cambridgeshire’s population is disenfranchised?
You still have an opportunity to express your opinion bu completing the questionnaire on:
