Some deeply depressing usability antipatterns from @eastangliabylines.co.uk. Just look at this cookie banner. A vivid green Accept All button alongside a virtually invisible grey-on-a-grey-background Reject button.

Forecast rain for Cambridge for the next ten days. www.wxcharts.com?dataset=ecmw...

It may actually be about to rain. www.netweather.tv/live-weather...

Article by Green councillor Ingrid Flaubert saying that better governance matters more than boundaries for local government reorganisation. cambridge.greenparty.org.uk/2026/07/cllr...

Cllr Ingrid Flaubert: The Real Question for Greater Cambridge - Cambridge & South Cambridgeshire Green Party

"I believe the big issue is how we coordinate housing, transport, infrastructure and climate across Greater Cambridge."

cambridge.greenparty.org.uk

Fire severity index for Wednesday this week. "The Met Office's Fire Severity Index (FSI), is an assessment of how severe a fire could become if one were to start. It is not an assessment of the risk of wildfires occurring." experience.arcgis.com/experience/3...

Here we go again. ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-heal...

I’m pretty sure the river isn’t supposed to look like this. Just below Jesus Green lock.

Kings Parade on a Sunday evening.

Back in the second Cambridgiest city in the world. It does have a bit more castle than we do.

Ex Petriburgo semper aliquid novi, July 2026 edition. www.cambsnews.co.uk/peterborough...

A Labour leaflet which is being distributed in Cambridge attacking Reform UK and the Green Party.

A suggestion reaches me that some people are working on a change to the Option D plans for new Cambs councils. Apparently this would involve Peterborough taking a lot less of Huntingdonshire, but also a bit of Fenland, aiming to improve Labour's position in Peterborough overall.

BBC #FoI request reveals that options for mass rapid transit (MRT) in Cambridge include "converting Mill Road, Histon Road, Milton Road, Newmarket Road, and parts of Hills Road and Trumpington Road, to one-way to enable implementation of MRT lanes" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cambridge: Could the UK be about to get another underground?

Experts have suggested a radical solution to Cambridge's congestion issues - but is it realistic?

bbc.co.uk

Website analysing HMOs in Cambridge put together by the Guest Road Area Residents’ Association: cambridgehmos.netlify.app

All seven Cambridgeshire and Peterborough councils issue a joint statement urging the government to get on with deciding the future of local government in the area. www.cambridge.gov.uk/news/2026/07...

Apparently as well as chatting to two Prime Ministers today, the King found time to visit Cambridge Mosque. www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...

King Charles praises Europe’s first eco-mosque during visit to Cambridge

King Charles, who has long supported interfaith relations - has spoken with community leaders at the revolutionary mosque, which prioritises a safe place for prayer while also promoting sustainability

mirror.co.uk

Quite a lot of the Botanic Garden roped off due to the risk of some trees dropping branches in the hot weather. Plenty of it still open though.

One of the first duties of a new Prime Minister. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters...

Letters of last resort - Wikipedia

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Here's @philrodgers.co.uk with a letter from #Cambridge to Andy Burnham www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/phil-ro...

Phil Rodgers: A letter to Andy Burnham to put him in the picture about Cambridge

Our political correspondent, Phil Rodgers, writes to the prospective Prime Minister with his thoughts on the challenges facing the Cambridge area.

cambridgeindependent.co.uk

At the Cambridge Radio studios where I'll be talking to Steffi Callister at about 5:30 about today's non-decision on new councils for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

A few moments ago in the Commons, Secretary of State Steve Reed said that it is still the government's intention that elections to the new Cambridgeshire and Peterborough councils will go ahead in May next year, with the councils taking over in April 2028. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cambridgeshire council reform plans delayed by government

Housing Secretary Steve Reed says he needs more time to decide on the options to carve up the area.

bbc.co.uk

County's council reform plans delayed by government #Cambridgeshire #BBCNews

Cambridgeshire council reform plans delayed by government

Housing Secretary Steve Reed says he needs more time to decide on the options to carve up the area.

bbc.co.uk

In this week's @cambridgeindy.bsky.social, a warning that trees planted in £31.9m Milton Road scheme are dying, hotel vision for Shire Hall, how 50,000-home Local Plan has been updated, pic special on Carter Jonas v COEL charity cricket and @philrodgers.co.uk's letter to Andy Burnham

In slightly more soothing Cambridge news…

Get this ugly, ridiculous piece of security theatre off our streets. That chain wouldn’t stop a bicycle thief, let alone a terrorist attack. It’s all the more ludicrous because the other end of King’s Parade is defended by plain old bollards, which is what we should have here.

Report from Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty that Option D has been selected for local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshire, and will be announced next week. x.com/BenObeseJect...

And yet instead of being “clearly dangerous” the suspect has been released and is no longer part of the investigation. A reminder of the importance of the presumption of innocence, which Keir Starmer clearly forgot about in this interview, despite all his legal training.

vast herds of language students sweeping majestically through the streets

Plans for Lost Gardens Cambridge, a redevelopment of Shire Hall as a 167-room hotel, opening in 2028. lamingtongroup.com/projects/los...

Cambridge Water announces a hosepipe ban. www.cambridge-water.co.uk/news/cambrid...