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
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.
Water & Sewerage
At all times:
0800 145145
Bill enquiries:
0800 919155
Electricity
At all times:
01223 440221
Supply problems:
0800 783838
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
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
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
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BBC News
Councillor's 'evil' remark appalling, says Starmer
The prime minister calls Reform UK leader Nigel Farage "spineless" for not addressing the comment.
Met Office issues yellow warning for heavy rain
The Met Office warns there will be "heavy and prolonged" rain for 24 hours from 06:00 GMT on Friday.
Illegal goods worth £280k netted in city shop raids
Officers visited 36 businesses across Peterborough and Whittlesey during the operation, say police.
Fraudulent carpenter ordered to pay victims £15,000
A judge tells a fraudulent carpenter to make amends after imposing a suspended jail sentence.
Christmas e-scooter warning as 332 seized in year
Police say buying one as a gift might be "pretty costly" as it could be seized.
Pub wins licence changes despite church objections
A spiritualist church states that noise from drinkers "really compromised" its healing sessions.
Boundary change is highway robbery, says councillor
Documents show places in Bedfordshire could become part of a new Cambridgeshire council area.
Watchdog examines assault linked to train stabbings
A man says he was attacked by someone carrying a knife a month before the train attacks.
In pictures: Armistice Day in the East of England
Thousands across the region join a two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT to mark the end of World War One.
Police officer dismissed for using racist language
PC Andrew Goodwin's behaviour "has no place in policing", the chief constable says.
E-bike mobile phone thieves strike across city
Police urge vigilance and put on extra patrols after thieves target a wide area of streets and parks.

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