Politics

Council bosses are anticipating that leaflets advertising a wheelie bin consultation will be delivered soon.

The Combined Authority is asking for views on the future of the region’s buses with the launch of its bus franchising consultation from noon today.

Residents are being urged to have their say on whether wheelie bins should be introduced - or told ‘don’t complain’ afterwards.

Councillors have approved plans for a new farmhouse despite strong opposition from their own planning officers.

Police and Crime Commissioner Darryl Preston has announced new investment plans to up efforts to tackle local issues such as anti-social behaviour.

A pole dance school has been ousted from a Norfolk village after complaints about seeing women in ‘thongs and bras’ through the windows.

New road marking and signage improvements have been installed at a notorious Fenland accident black spot.

Bids are being invited for grants of up to £50,000 for shopfront improvements to businesses in the heart of March town centre.

Taxi fares in Fenland look set to rise for the first time in more than two years – despite some reservations from drivers.

Plans for a change of use of long-established Chatteris factory units gained unanimous backing from councillors despite concerns raised by highways.

Concerns of overdevelopment, the impact on an old windmill, and a lack of community benefit led to rejection of plans for homes on a ‘prime’ site.

The Household Support Fund in Cambridgeshire is preparing to finish as the national scheme comes to an end.

People in Cambridgeshire are still facing a minimum of a three year wait before they could see publicly owned bus services begin running.

National housing provider Sanctuary has delivered 24 much-needed new affordable homes for local people in March.

An autonomous transport system could be the answer to the Wisbech to March rail project.

Workers at a Wisbech supermarket have announced a fresh strike.

Planning applications are due to be submitted later this year as big changes are on the horizon for how a county handles its waste.

Residents are being asked if they want to switch from bags to wheelie bins in what could be a major shakeup for waste and recycling collections.

Cambridgeshire’s war on weeds is well underway with more than 440km of kerbside already treated after a U-turn in policy.

Fenland Council is to write to new Government ministers urging them to overturn the decision by the Conservatives to approve the Wisbech incinerator.