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A bit sad to see the Fitzwilliam Museum charging for exhibitions after so many years of free admission to them. Perhaps inevitable in these straitened times, and yes there are some concessions, but not everyone will be able to shell out £16.
The Greater Cambridge Development Corporation publishes 158 pages of papers from its board meeting last week. As well as establishing a transparency policy, the board discussed some items which were so secret that they were redacted from the agenda. thecgc.org.uk/files/261020.B…
Just signed up to hear Martha Lane Fox giving the Bennett School of Public Policy’s Annual Public Policy Lecture on the topic “We’re all going to die! (Or are we?)” on 26 November. The lecture “will explore what AI could mean for the next 50 years” bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/even…
Tough choices facing councillors as costs for the Civic Quarter project rise. Officers offer 4 options:
1) Spend an extra £8.5m and keep the Guildhall
2) Rent out most of a refurbished Guildhall
3) Let the new unitary council decide
4) Sell the Guildhall
democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/d…
Cost pressures also mean that cuts are being considered to the overall Civic Quarter project. A committee meeting will consider the options on Tuesday 3 November. democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/i…
Cambridge Investment Partnership launches a consultation on its plans to redevelop Arbury Court and the Kingsway flats area. ip-cambridge.co.uk/news/resi…
Power cut in Histon & Impington due to an underground cable fault. Parts of Arbury were also affected earlier. ukpowernetworks.co.uk/power-…
Phil Rodgers retweeted
After dramatic gains, where now for the #Cambridge Greens? @PhilRodgers takes a look
cambridgeindependent.co.uk/n…
The city council election in Abbey ward in May looks to be more uncertain than expected, as ex-Green councillor Elliot Tong announces he will be running as an Independent.
Report of a vessel sinking in Baits Bite lock, leading to the lock being closed. facebook.com/share/p/18RBLMk…
Phil Rodgers retweeted
In @CambridgeIndy we explore how most planning applications will now be decided by planning officers, not councillors & look at latest Hughes Hall plans. We feature Sidgwick Avenue trial, #Waterbeach station debate, anti-racism march & @PhilRodgers on #Cambridge Greens
ALT Cambridge Independent front page 21-10-26
The Cambridge Film Festival starts on Thursday. cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk…
Confidential minutes from a key county council committee meeting about This Land Ltd in 2020 have been released under Freedom of Information laws. Although heavily redacted, they do show the council agreeing a financing limit of £185m whatdotheyknow.com/request/d…
Andrew Rowson, who submitted the FoI request, has recently published this graph comparing losses made by This Land Ltd with county council spending on potholes. publicinterestreport.blogspo…
Phil Rodgers retweeted
The Hunts Post should never have published this. This is basically a story about someone going to the police because he didn't like the way the Chairman managed the meetings. The police investigation has no legs, the case will be closed within days - and we can go back to focusing on the real story - a Reform UK Councillor who is under investigation for allegedly submitting inaccurate nomination papers.
Someone has built a website attempting to identify where every MP and councillor in England and Wales stands on the Green Party's "Zionism is racism" motion. In Cambridge it lists only Petersfield councillor Kathryn Fisher as supporting the motion. zionismisnotracism.co.uk/cou…
In Peterborough the website lists three councillors as supporting the motion, and three supporting the website's campaign against it. zionismisnotracism.co.uk/cou…
Apparently the site was built by a single individual. While it's clear that a lot of work has gone into it, AI-assisted development certainly makes this sort of campaigning website a lot easier to put together, and we are likely to see a lot more of them. zionismisnotracism.co.uk/who…
