Abbeyfield will be hosting their annual Garden Party at Burdett House on the 10th June from 12:30
Everyone Welcome!
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We have been advised that a Hustings will take place for the coming elections at 7.30pm on Tuesday 6th June at Histon Baptist Church, Station Road, Histon, organised by Pastor Ron Day.
Local candidates will take part in what should be lively debate and the meeting will be chaired by Rob Campbell (Executive Head at IVC).
All welcome!
Harry and Rakhee will celebrate 25 years at Histon Post Office in June. They would like to see as many people as possible come and help them do so on Saturday 10th June
Come along to the Boot car park between 2pm and 4pm – refreshments provided!
Following a recent post on HI People, please see the update below taken from the May edition of the Girton News:
Residents will be aware of considerable activity relating to sewage pumping stations in the village. While the PC has had no direct notification of the issue, we have now been able to glean the following: as a result of a collapsed sewer in the region of the Oakington Road bridge it has been necessary to switch off the pumps at the nearby pumping station and at Redgate Road and Girton College. Sewage is being tankered away from two of these locations. Anglian Water is pulling out all the stops against considerable technical difficulty to locate the problem. They will then attempt a temporary by-pass of the blockage so that the pumps can resume their work. The blockage will then need to be dug out and repaired. It is not known how long any of these activities will take as the location and extent of the collapse is still unknown.
More information and regular updates can be found on the Anglian Water Website
The first authorised Graffiti Art workshop has been arranged for Saturday 13th May near to the Guided Bus stop in Impington.
The Public Art Working Group has asked for the following to be posted:
Are you young and aged 12 or over?
This is a public art initiative, in conjunction with the County Council, to encourage engagement with the youth of our villages. A great opportunity to create your own masterpiece under the guidance and expertise of a renowned graffiti artist!
Pitch up from 11am. We will be preparing the wall from 11am to 1pm, then the first workshop will follow from 2 to 4pm following a break for lunch. If you are staying the whole day bring a packed lunch, tea coffee and juice will be provided.
All materials supplied
Bring your enthusiasm – we need you!
For information and to grab your place please contact Kilo Sinstars at kiloSINfba@hotmail.com
Bus companies have been advised
We have just received the latest roadworks and events bulletin from Cambridgeshire County Council. Click here to view all the works planned in the South Cambridgeshire area from the 16th – 31st May 2017
Histon:
Anglian Water – Station Road – Proposed Start Date: 22nd May – Proposed End Date: 23rd May 2016 – Mutil Way Signals – repairs to manhole in carriageway. Out of hours after 19:00
Cambridge Water – Station Road – Proposed Start Date: 22nd May – Proposed End Date: 24th May – Give and Take – Lead relay and blank of supply at main
There are no events/works planned for Impington
Thank you to all those who have taken the trouble to obtain photographic evidence at the Duck Feeding Platform on the Green. This has been very useful to our Pest Control company in that despite all the evidence on the site pointing to water voles, it is now clear that “Rattus Norvegicus” are present.
Our Pest Controller has taken the appropriate action and will be monitoring the area weekly until satisfied there is no evidence of rat.
He does, however, point out that it is important that bread is not used to feed the ducks. It has no nutritional value for ducks, and only serves to attract rats.
Following a recent report of rat sightings at the duck platform on HI People Facebook page, we alerted our contractor who visited the area yesterday. On inspection of the bait stations, we have been informed there is no evidence of rats currently on the Green but several burrows of water voles.
Water voles are often mistaken for brown rats, they have glossy brown or black fur and black eyes. Their ears are rounded and almost hidden, and they have a dark, slightly furry tail.
Water voles are rapidly declining in the UK and are fully protected under section 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(as amended). Schedule 5 of this Act makes it an offence to intentionally damage or obstruct access to water vole burrows. Future works and maintenance to this area of the Brook and the Platform will be carefully considered.
Did you know, ‘Ratty’ in The Wind in the Willows was not a rat, but a water vole!
We warmly welcome another variety of wildlife to add to our ever-growing Village Green.
A vacancy for the final year of the current Council has arisen on the Parish Council following the resignation of one of our Impington Councillors.
The Parish Council hope to fill this vacancy by co-option at the AGM on 15th May 2017. If you would be interested in being considered for this opportunity, please can you write or email by 8th May with your brief reasons for wishing to stand. If more than one applicant comes forward there would be a vote amongst the existing Council members to fill the position.
Parish Councillors are volunteers and unpaid. Full Council meetings are held the third Monday monthly and there are other Committees and Working Parties you can join if you wish.
Please write to: The Clerk, Histon & Impington Parish Council, The Parish office, Histon & Impington Recreation Ground, New Road, Impington, CB24 9LU or email clerk@hisimp.net. If you wish to discuss the vacancy please phone 01223 235906 for a chat
The Parish Council has applied to Reef TV to take part in their exciting Village of the Year 2017 programme.
Histon & Impington are going to be unique in our area, as we are 2 villages with only one single Parish Council, so that may attract some attention during the process. We now have to do some work on preparing the application form provided as they need to find out more about our villages. A couple of Councillors will make a start on this and a resident with skills in this area has very kindly offered to help with preparing the document to be judged. Part of the process is to identify what we would do with the £10,000 prize money if chosen as eventual winner! Applicants are encouraged to think creatively on this as it may form part of the judging criteria so if you have any great ideas, please email clerk@hisimp.net
We should hear by 26th May if our application to progress to the final 76 villages in the competition has been successful. Successful villages will be filmed during June and July for the broadcast.
If you are interested in contributing to this exercise, please contact the Parish Office on 01223 235906 or by email as above.
