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
Village News
UK's biggest solar farm planned for east of England (Click on image for larger version)
Latest Proposals
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Current Status
Latest Proposals
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Current Status
BBC News
Britain's Pompeii: Bronze Age artefacts go on displayItems from the UK's largest collection of everyday Bronze Age finds go on display at its new home.
Numbering bricks enables old station to be rebuiltWansford Road station is being moved brick by brick to its new home near Peterborough.
Congestion still major issue in council electionThe contest on 2 May is the first ballot since plans for a city congestion charge were dropped.
Mandela's daughter thanks college for sculptureMakaziwe Mandela-Amuah hopes students at Cambridge will be inspired to make 'a better world'.
Water companies release image of proposed reservoirIt has a "crucial role in a future with more people but less reliable rainfall," says Anglian Water.
Foreign states targeting UK universities, MI5 warnsThe University of Cambridge is among those warned of risks to their cutting-edge research.
Princess Royal meets apprentices building a futureOne of the trainee builders says "I have finally found a path where I can see myself progressing".
First archaeological dig in almost 30 years beginsThe park is celebrating its 70th anniversary after it opened to the public on 26 April 1954.
'Britain's Pompeii': UK's largest Bronze Age findAn exhibition showcasing many of its finds is opening in Peterborough, close to where it was found.
Food charity 'desperately short' of van driversA charity is looking for more volunteers to help drive vans and manage warehouse deliveries.
Plans for more than 400 homes given the go-aheadThe government has backed proposals for the development on the outskirts of Cambridge.