MP David Howarth and Cambridge residents have shown that people power can protect our planet by backing a world-first climate change law that sets legal targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Read the rest of this entry.

Over the last year or so, Nichola and Romsey county councillor Kilian Bourke have been asking local people for their thoughts on Mill Road’s problems and the solutions to them. Read the rest of this entry »

Media coverage of the prospective “closure of Mill Road” last week was sparked by off-the-cuff remarks from Council highways officers and was unhelpful.

The real news, hidden behind the headlines, is that the County Council seems set to scrap Mill Road’s funding for an accident reduction scheme, or at the very best kick the project into the long grass. Read the rest of this entry »

At the request of local residents, Nichola has asked ASDA to find ways to stop customers removing shopping trolleys from their premises. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s good news that a “Neighbourhood Speedwatch” scheme will soon be underway in Cambridgeshire, giving trained local volunteers the opportunity to contribute to road safety in their neighbourhood. Nichola has submitted a formal request to the County Council for Petersfield to be one of the first areas to benefit from the scheme because of the frequency of accidents here. Read the rest of this entry »

In response to concerns about plastic bottles blowing out of the blue recycling boxes, the City Council is trialling the use of net covers on the boxes. Residents of Glisson Road were selected to be the Petersfield guinea pigs.

The trial will be monitored for six months. If you are using a net, do record a Comment here to let us know how well it works.

Nichola has challenged the County Council’s Conservatives to live up to their promise to promote new technologies to save money and reduce carbon emissions. Last year, she approached Cambridge University Professor Colin Humphreys, a world expert on LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology, to ask for advice on the possible use of LEDs for street lighting. Prof Humphreys agreed to help the County Council set up a pilot project in Cambridgeshire, but the offer was rejected by senior Cabinet members on the grounds that LED street lighting was not a viable technology.

Read about LED street lighting and Nichola’s challenge here: Read the rest of this entry »