Public Utilities
Gas
To report a gas or carbon monoxide emergency, or if a pipeline is struck (even if no gas leak has occurred) call the National Gas Emergency Service 24 hours a day on 0800 111 999 (calls are recorded and may be monitored).
0800 111999
0800 111999
General Recycling
Fortnightly service for newspapers, tins and bottles collected from roadside. For information:
01353 863864
Milton Recycling Centre, Butts Lane, Milton:
01223 860674
Bins for bottles (glass and plastic), cans, paper & clothes at Burwell: Village College & Ex-service Club Bins for plastic bottles at Tan House Lane Garden / vegetable / wood waste: Burwell Allotments Shredder Plastics / clothes / bottles: Tesco Supermarkets.
01353 863864
Milton Recycling Centre, Butts Lane, Milton:
01223 860674
Bins for bottles (glass and plastic), cans, paper & clothes at Burwell: Village College & Ex-service Club Bins for plastic bottles at Tan House Lane Garden / vegetable / wood waste: Burwell Allotments Shredder Plastics / clothes / bottles: Tesco Supermarkets.
Water & Sewerage
Electricity
Energy Conservation
Insulate your home to save money and reduce CO2 emmisions. Arrange a no obligation survey of your home.
Contact: HEAT Cambridgeshire Scheme:
08000930450
ECDC Energy Conservation Officer:
01353 616251
08000930450
ECDC Energy Conservation Officer:
01353 616251
Power cut?
Working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to keep your lights on but sometimes faults occur.
0800 3163105 (From Landline)
03333232105 (From Mobile)
Web
Text POWER and your postcode to 80876
0800 3163105 (From Landline)
03333232105 (From Mobile)
Web
Text POWER and your postcode to 80876
Refuse / Recycling
Check Dates by Postcode/Address
Normal weekly collection on Thursdays or Fridays Large articles can be collected free of charge (not bathroom or kitchen fittings):
01353863864
Events
Local Area Events
Events Calendar
Burwell Museum Cambridge Events Visit Ely
Local Area Events (Skiddle)
Events Calendar
Burwell Museum Cambridge Events Visit Ely
Local Area Events (Skiddle)
Action
Médecins Sans Frontières
MSF Web Site
Area Photos
Village News
UK's biggest solar farm approved for east of England (Click on image for larger version)
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
Millstone Park Housing Development
(350 new homes)
Linden Homes
Web Site
Planning Docs
This Land -
Councillors
Express Concerns
This Land -
Council plays down
fears over loan
This Land Business Plan?
(350 new homes)
Linden Homes
Web Site
Planning Docs
This Land -
Councillors
Express Concerns
This Land -
Council plays down
fears over loan
This Land Business Plan?
BBC News
King welcomes those who showed bravery during train knife attackThe group of rail staff and passengers had shown bravery during the Huntingdon train knife attack last month.
Resident doctors strike over ongoing pay disputesResident doctors are striking between 07:00 GMT on Wednesday until 07:00 on 22 December.
Trains cancelled after railway line floodsFlooding and signalling faults are causing issues on the line running from London Liverpool Street.
Diesel car fault cause of hospital car park fireA fire service says the blaze at the hospital's Car Park 1 on Saturday is being ruled as accidental.
Doubts over Send schools plan 'worrying' familiesThe government is to focus on increasing places in mainstream schools rather than building new ones.
How a college carol service became a Christmas institutionMillions of viewers and listeners will tune in for an event that has barely changed in decades.
Help to get loved ones home in time for ChristmasHealth chiefs are sharing advice on some of the steps families and friends can take.
Dad-of-three killed by drug driver after 999 call Adam Bates, 23, is jailed for nine years after causing the death of a man and injuring his wife.
Family pays tribute to 21-year-old killed in crashRelatives of Joshua Hampson-Crofts call him an "amazing" man who "achieved the impossible".
National Highways urges patience as getaway loomsAn average of 77 incidents a day are reported to the organisation's regional control room.
Festive tractor run a first for villageDozens of tractors take part in the first illuminated Christmas road run in a county village.