Published:
3:57 PM February 2, 2021
Updated:
4:00 PM February 2, 2021
Funding and video training about Covid-19 safety measures is available for taxi drivers in East Cambridgeshire thanks to a county-wide scheme.
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Funding and video training about Covid-19 safety measures is available for taxi drivers in East Cambridgeshire thanks to a county-wide scheme.
The county-wide scheme - which is a partnership between East Cambs District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council - will explain necessary safety precautions including cleaning, cashless payment and the use of masks.
It will also provide a subsidy for fitting a screen within their vehicle.
The video includes guidance such as asking passengers if they have any COVID-19 symptoms before entering the vehicle, different points to sanitise their hands, maintaining social distancing where possible and opening windows for ventilation.
Naming of the estate turned out to be the least of the multifarious issues that faced HCLT.
Initially it was to be called West End Gardens but the district council felt it sounded too similar to the existing road West End which lies adjacent.
The trustees suggested an alternative, Ovins Rise, that was accepted. The name refers to Ovin, who is believed to have been the steward of Etheldreda, the East Anglian Queen who lived from 636-679AD.
A dash of luxury inside the first community land trust home at Haddenham
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A stone plinth called Ovins Stone is in Ely Cathedral but was originally found in Aldreth; a replica can be found in Haddenham churchyard.
Published:
3:18 PM January 21, 2021
Updated:
3:19 PM January 21, 2021
Safe Soulmates, which was set up in December 2018 by Stretham friends Christine O’Neil and Vicky Baddeley, has received a £114,000 funding grant from the National Lottery s Reaching Communities fund.
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A dating agency for Cambridgeshire people who have autism and learning difficulties has received a £114,000 funding grant from the National Lottery s Reaching Communities fund.
Safe Soulmates was set up in December 2018 by Stretham friends Christine O’Neil and Vicky Baddeley.
It was launched “in response to the issue of loneliness and social isolation” in the area.
Christine, who has a background in the learning disability sector, said at the time: “I realised that there was nothing in this area to help people who have some kind of additional need.”
Published:
4:36 PM December 22, 2020
Diners at the Maids Head, Wicken, can now enjoy outside dining in a heated marquee. It is #Covidsafe and open for business as an alternative to main restaurant.
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Customers enjoying a night out in East Cambridgeshire can now choose to do so in the heated marquee at a pub/restaurant.
The Maids Head at Wicken opened at the weekend for what they described as a “lovely #CovidSafe first evening”.
The pub said health officers from East Cambs District Council offered them reassurance that they had met the standard.
“A visit from East Cambs EHO to make sure we were preparing everything within the new guidelines for outdoor spaces and mixed households which indeed we are,” said a post on the pub’s Facebook page.
Published:
12:57 PM November 11, 2020
Updated:
11:31 AM December 7, 2020
Ely Fudge Company have thanked East Cambs District Council for allowing them to stay open - like all of the city’s food shops - during the second Covid-19 lockdown.
Louise Mortimer, owner, said thanks to the council and Councillor Alison Whelan’s advice, the independent business has been allowed to stay open.
“It came as a really great surprise to us,” said Louise.
She added that the shop has received “great support from all our customers” and that the team will continue with its click and collect system.
It will also still offer free delivery on set days for Ely and surrounding villages during November, as well as the normal postal deliveries up to Christmas.