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CPRE’s hedgerows petition handed in to DEFRA

Hedgerow petition - Jess Hurd

National and local CPRE staff head towards Defra (Copyright Jess Hurd)

A petition signed by almost 50,000 supporters has been handed to Edward Barker, Defra’s Director of Natural…


Transport Action Network A428 Challenge Crowdfunding appeal: Halt climate chaos and the attack on nature

Transport Action Network has launched a fundraising appeal to support their legal challenge to the construction of the £1billion A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement, part of the supposedly cancelled Oxford-Cambridge Expressway. To find out more, to get involved or to make a donation go to https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/halt-climate-chaos-and-attack-on-nature/.

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Environment Agency update on Drought in East Anglia

We attended the Environment Agency’s Drought update briefing on 22nd September. To see the slides from this briefing, which detail the situation across East Anglia Area along with an update on ecological impacts, click here to download Powerpoint.

Read more | Sep 26, 2022


Keeping warm this winter

"Rafael" by Chris JL is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

PM Liz Truss has announced an energy price guarantee that would cap average energy bills at £2,500 over the next two years. While we welcome this much-needed protection for…


Household Waste Recycling Centres – closed for Bank Holiday

Due to the special Bank Holiday to mark the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, all Household Waste Recycling Centres in Cambridgeshire will be closed.

Please don’t spoil this very special day by dumping your waste in the countryside or our rivers and streams.

For further information see the notice on the County Council’s home page link to