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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation the above meeting has been cancelled

The Parish Council are aware of the concern about the spread of Covid-19 or Coronavirus. This continues to be a fast moving issue, which is being carefully monitored by Public Health England (PHE).

Please see the information at the attached link for the current guidelines https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance

The Parish Council would advise parishioners to continue to check with the Government, Public Health England and NHS advice pages for the latest guidance.

The Parish Council are aware of the concern about news reports on the spread of Covid-19 – or Coronavirus. This continues to be a fast moving issue, which is being carefully monitored by Public Health England (PHE). 

However, there are some really simple steps we can all take to get into good habits to protect ourselves and others to stop the spread of viruses and germs including Coronavirus.

These include:

• Wash your hands more often than usual, for 20 seconds, and use soap and hot water.
• Particularly remember to wash your hands after coughing, sneezing and blowing your nose, or after being in public areas or travelling on public transport.
• We can all reduce the spread of all germs when we cough or sneeze, by covering mouths and noses with a tissue, or a sleeve (not your hands) if you don’t have a tissue, and throw the tissue away immediately in a closed bin
• Keep up to date with information from trusted sources – like these:
  • Public Health England – five things you can do to protect yourself and your community
  • For updates see the NHS dedicated Coronavirus webpage
  • Coronavirus A4 Poster.pdf

This information was received from Cambs County Council on the 10th March. The Parish Council would advise parishioners to continue to check with the Government, Public Health England and NHS advice pages for the latest guidance

We have been advised today by UK Power Networks that the outages last week were due to a transformer fault at the Schole Road substation.  All residents on that substation are currently on a generator whilst repairs are carried out.  It is anticipated that power will be switched back to the main supply on Wednesday morning.  Please note there will be a brief outage whilst this is taking place.

See below from the Environment Agency I am writing to tell you about a new and unique lock volunteering role available to residents of Parishes and Towns near to Houghton, St Ives, Godmanchester and Eaton Socon locks on the River Ouse. The role will involve volunteering with the Environment Agency to assist boaters at  lock sides and attending waterways festivals. Volunteers will be trained by the Environment Agency and will be given a uniform and ID badge.     The scheme is managed by Cambridgeshire ACRE on behalf of the Environment Agency. You can contact the scheme co-ordinator, Rachael Brown on 01353 865037  or email her at rachael.brown@cambsacre.org.uk. Rachael is also happy to take any general inquiries about the scheme, what the role involves and how to apply.  In addition there is an Anglian Waterways Volunteer scheme website which gives more details about the scheme and how to apply, the link for this is here: https://anglianwaterwaysvolunteerscheme.wordpress.com/

on Saturday 18 January, 11 am to 1 pm in the Ploughman Hall, a Parish Councillor and our two District Councillors will be holding a surgery for residents to ask questions and raise queries.

Welcome to October’s Highway Events Diary which highlights all known events that will have an impact or take place upon the public highway. The diary features events across Cambridgeshire and you are able to sort and filter the diary to show events in your immediate area by using the down arrow in the title bar.

October’s Highlights

12^th – 17th, St.Ives Michaelmas Fair. The historic annual fair returns to St.Ives town centre, as it has done for the last 800 years. The tradition of throwing new pennies to the children continues during the opening ceremony. Road closures and restrictions will be in place to include the setting up, and dismantling of the fair.

20th, Cambridge Town and Gown . Returning for its 8^th year, the popular 10k run takes on an orange theme raising money for Muscular Dystrophy UK. Road closures will be in place for the event, so please bear this in mind if you plan on visiting Cambridge.

14^th – 17^th , Anglian Ruskin University Graduations, Cambridge. Intermittent, temporary road closures will be in place in the City centre due to mass crowd movements during the graduation ceremonies.

Looking ahead:

5^th November, Cambridge bonfire and fireworks. The popular event returns offering a funfair, food stall, fireworks and bonfire festivities. Although the event is held for one day / evening with road closures, it is worth noting that footpath closures will be in place between 31^st October and 7^th November for the setting up and dismantling of the equipment.

11^th November, Remembrance parades and services will be taking place across the County so please expect road closures to be in place during this time.

2020:

8^th March, Cambridge Half Marathon. The popular running event returns, taking in the scenery of central Cambridge. Road closures will be in place for the event, so please bear this in mind if you are planning on visiting Cambridge.

3^rd May, Sawston Fun Run returns following its best attended run last year. The 2020 Fun Run will be celebrating the VE Day anniversary, and will be raising money for charity. Road closures and restrictions will be in place throughout the event.

23^rd & 24^th May, Duxford Air Festival returns for the Battle of Britain. With the event being so popular, the routes around the event location will be busier than normal.

6^th & 7^th June, The Tour ofCambridgeshire returns meaning numerous road closures and restrictions along the route. For more information please visit: https://www.golazocycling.com/Tour_of_Cambridgeshire/Gran_Fondo_UCI_Tour_of_Cambridgeshire.php

*Please remember details of all highway events can be found on https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/roads-and-pathways/highway-events/