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
Councils consider election delayThe government have given them until the 15th January to make submissions.
Bus strikes to go ahead as planned over ChristmasStagecoach East staff in Cambridge are locked in a dispute with the company over pay.
Sewage works 'odour zone' may reduce homes schemeThe Cambridge Business Park has been earmarked for new offices and homes to be built.
Lidl looking to build new town's first supermarketThe chain is preparing a planning application for a store in Northstowe.
Under-25s £1 bus cap extended until March 2027Since the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Tiger Pass was introduced, 60,000 passes have been issued.
More police deployed for so-called Black Eye FridayThe last Friday before Christmas is part of one of the busiest weekends for emergency services.
Inmate denies killing murderer found dead in prisonNathaniel Reece is accused of murdering convicted killer John Mansfield at HMP Whitemoor.
Pedestrianising part of town could begin in summerWhile some on-street parking bays could be lost, a council says it will improve a nearby car park.
Forty cars too damaged to be moved from fire siteWhile many of the 425 trapped cars have now been collected, 40 are too badly damaged to be moved.
Becoming British: The new citizens settling in the UKHow do people feel about gaining UK citizenship - and do they feel welcome?
Action demanded at crossroads where minibus crashedThe local highways authority says it has installed additional signs at the Bluntisham site.