You leave your house, upset. You can’t remember why, but you’re wearing your slippers and no jacket. You don’t have a phone, or any money with you. You end up in a street that’s familiar to you, but you’re not sure why. It’s now dark. You turn and face one way, then another – then […]
Comberton Parish Council have a summer festival Saturday 5th July 2025 from 2 pm to 11 pm
Following on from our meeting between Peter Blake (Interim Director of GCP), Jonathan Camp (Senior Project Manager GCP), business leaders, farmers representatives, and local councillors last Friday, it was agreed that New Road should remain closed until Greenways works are completed on that stretch (phase 1). A further meeting was held (Thursday 24 May) with […]
School Lane will be closed from 10:00 to 20:00 on 7 June for Barton’s celebration of the end of World War II. Road closed order will be posted on the main notice board and at the end of School Lane.
The County of Cambridgeshire Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 – Section 14(2) as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991 (Temporary Prohibition of Waiting) Notice 2025-1152 and 2025-1153 18 May to 29 June In order to ease congestion on High Street, Cambridgeshire County Council has issued Temporary Prohibition of Waiting and Parking. These […]
A meeting was held Friday afternoon with the GCP, County and District Councillors, Barton Parish Councillors, Barton business owners and local farmers to ensure that the GCP is fully aware of the impact of the Greenways works on village businesses. All agreed that the project management and communication needs to improve and that the next […]
Action Fraud are urging the public to look out for phishing emails that relate to extortion as the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) received over 2,924 reports in March 2025, a staggering increase compared to only 133 reports made in February. The reported phishing emails received by the National Cyber Security Centre’s SERS relate to […]
The road diversion put in place by CCC Streetworks has been lifted. There are no diversions signs in Comberton at Green End or Long Road. These signs directed traffic away from Barton along South Street and Royston Lane to the A603. The original Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) is back in place with the diversion […]
Barton Is Open: Support Local Businesses Through the Disruption The cones are out, the diversions are up – but Barton is still very much open for business. Just outside Cambridge, Barton is a village with its own quiet pull. Independent shops, well-loved cafés, proper pubs, and long-standing businesses give the place its rhythm. […]
It’s 1.59am on Wednesday morning. One teenager should have been safely asleep in bed, but was woken up by her mum’s partner shouting. She confided in officers that the man had violently pulled her mum out of bed in front of a young toddler and her worried mum had told her to call the police. […]