July 2008
The following cases of making false claims for benefit were heard in Huntingdon Magistrates Court on Wednesday 23 July. The prosecutions were brought by Huntingdonshire District Council.
Hinchingbrooke Country Park is a great setting for messy play as there is plenty of space for making a really BIG mess!
Minibeast detectives are invited to Hinchingbrooke Country Park on Thursday 7th August, to discover what lurks in the ponds, hovers above your heads or crawls beneath your feet.
Students from Samuel Pepys Special School enjoyed Tag-Rugby coaching from St. Neots Rugby Club outside of school hours over the last few weeks. This non-contact version of the full game has allowed the students to practice ball-handling skills, dodging skills and most importantly teamwork.
If you would like to know more about minibeasts with no legs, 6 legs or lots of legs then come to Hinchingbrooke Country Park on the 1st August and join the rangers hunting for creatures around the site. There will be 2 sessions, one for families with children aged 4+ from 10am until 12 noon and one for families with children aged 8+ from 1.30pm until 3.30pm.
Impressions Fitness Suites have teamed up with Waitrose to encourage you to get fit, increase your activity levels and receive a free jute shopping bag for your efforts, helping you to go green!
Angling is one of the most popular pastimes in the country, and Countryside Services are delighted to be able to offer this taster session to youngsters aged 6-12. If you are aged between 6 –12, and would like to learn more about this pastime, and pick up hints and tips from experienced coaches, then this is for you.
Huntingdonshire District Council has launched an electronic system to enable petitions to be submitted online via the internet.
Shoppers flocked to this week’s Farmers’ Market in Huntingdon (Friday 18 July) to be one of the first two hundred to get their hands on a new sustainable shopping bag.
Looking for some fun during the school holidays? Then look no further. Come and join the Rangers at Hinchingbrooke Country Park for a fun packed session making dens in the woods.
Did you know angling is the most popular sport in the UK – come rain or shine river banks are frequently dotted with green umbrellas shading or sheltering the keen fisherman underneath. If you are aged between 12 and 16, and would like to learn more about this pastime and pick up hints and tips from experienced coaches, then read on.
Don’t miss your chance to win up to £150 for entering the best sandwich competition, part of the Huntingdonshire Food and Drink Festival 2008.
The following cases were heard by Huntingdon magistrates on Wednesday (9 July 2008):
Huntingdonshire District Council has signed up with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) campaign to combat the growing number of myths that are undermining health and safety legislation.
Young people in Huntingdonshire were given the opportunity to have their say and present at an overview and scrutiny event in the council chamber, at the district council on 1 July 2008.
Schools across Huntingdonshire have been benefiting from sports activities and sports days run by Huntingdonshire District Council’s Leisure Development team.
Plans for this year’s Huntingdonshire Food and Drink Festival are coming along and it looks set to be tasty array of events. Taking place during British Food Fortnight from 25 -29 September, food and drink revellers can expect the events to tantalise their taste buds and have them coming back for seconds.
Almost 100 participants braved the bad weather on Sunday 6 July to attend the Huntingdonshire Disability Sports Forum Outdoor Festival at the St. Ivo Outdoor Complex.
For more than 10 years Huntingdonshire District Council has been working with partnerships established in each of our four market towns Ramsey, St Neots, St Ives and Huntingdon to help ensure the vibrancy of the towns.
To promote Noise Action Week the environmental protection team at Huntingdonshire District Council, ran a poster competition. The lucky winner of the Noise Action Week poster competition was Ryan Turner from Spaldwick Infant School, aged 7.
Have you ever wanted to explore your local wildlife but never known where to go or what you are looking at? Well here is the perfect chance!
Huntingdon Farmers’ Market is launching its new sustainable shopping bags at 10am on Friday 18th July with a free giveaway for the first two hundred shoppers to claim one.
Yoga and massages are not just for adults – they are for babies and toddlers too!
The rangers are inviting families to come and help them look for minibeasts at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve on Thursday 31 July. This is the chance to have a go at pond dipping and minibeast hunting in the long grass and under logs.
Post Office Limited has today (July 8) announced the names and locations of the 26 offices in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough that are expected to close in the autumn and also unveiled plans to introduce 12 alternative outreach services.
Dragonflies and damselflies will be part of a walk along the banks of the River Great Ouse in Wilhorn Meadow, in St Ives, on July 13th at 2.30 pm. The walk has been organised by Huntingdonshire District Council’s Countryside Services and will be lead by local naturalist Mick Twinn so that local people, adults and children alike, can learn more about these extraordinary insects.
Huntingdonshire District Council is to carry out a review of its existing committee structure. The present arrangements with a cabinet system of decision making has been in operation now for six years, replacing the old out-moded committee system that had existed since the 19th century.
A special evening of moth magic, to include moth trapping and releasing, is taking place at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve on 12 July from 9.30pm onwards, and everyone is invited by the Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve to learn more about the magic of moths.
Following a day-long trial at Huntingdon magistrates court on Thursday 26 June 2008, Lillian Freeman (31) of Sapley Park, Huntingdon, and Mark Taylor (27) of The Whaddons, Huntingdon, were each found guilty of charges of benefit fraud.
Tickle our taste buds and be in with a chance to win up to £150 by entering the hunt for the best sandwich competition as part of the Huntingdonshire Food and Drink Festival 2008.
Representatives from Anglian Water will attend a meeting of Huntingdonshire District Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Service Support) to discuss the continuing problems being experienced by residents of St Audrey Lane and Warren Road, St Ives as a result of flooding from the foul sewerage system.
Spring Common Special School launched their ‘five a day cook book’ today, (1 July 2008) at the school, complete with tasters of the recipes available in the book.
This week marks the anniversary of the Smokefree legislation, which will be one year old on the 1 July 2008 and Huntingdonshire District Council has been at the forefront of implementing the successful introduction of this significant public health legislation.
A brand new tennis court facility operated by St Neots Leisure Centre is now officially open. The project cost over £300,000 and was funded by BIG Lottery Funding and Huntingdonshire District Council.