Press releases

Three councils have set out why their plan to reorganise Cambridgeshire’s seven councils into two new unitary councils – known as option B, which would create one for North Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and another for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire – is the most beneficial plan for the whole region.

A man has been ordered to pay over £2000 in fines and costs after items he removed from a house clearance were found dumped and set on fire down a farm track in Wilburton.

Motorists who use the car park extension at the back of Littleport Railway Station are being advised that much of it will be temporarily out of action from 13 March for up to 12 weeks.

Residents in Wilburton have welcomed the opening of a new community hub.

A consultation launches today seeking views on giving the council and the police new powers to crack down on anti-social driving in East Cambs.

The council is launching a campaign to remind the public not to discard batteries in recycling or black bags, after a bin lorry caught fire.

Villages and towns which have yet to embark on a neighbourhood plan are being given a £5000 boost from East Cambridgeshire District Council.

Emma Grima has been appointed as the new Chief Executive for East Cambridgeshire District Council.
She will take over from the UK’s longest serving district council Chief Executive, John Hill, who retires after 30 years of service at the Ely-based authority on 31 December.

John Hill, the longest serving district council Chief Executive in the UK retires after 25 years in post at East Cambridgeshire District Council on 31 December.

East Cambs residents are being urged to keep nappies, vapes and un-rinsed food containers out of their blue recycling bins.