Public Utilities
Gas
To report a gas or carbon monoxide emergency, or if a pipeline is struck (even if no gas leak has occurred) call the National Gas Emergency Service 24 hours a day on 0800 111 999 (calls are recorded and may be monitored).
0800 111999
0800 111999
General Recycling
Fortnightly service for newspapers, tins and bottles collected from roadside. For information:
01353 863864
Milton Recycling Centre, Butts Lane, Milton:
01223 860674
Bins for bottles (glass and plastic), cans, paper & clothes at Burwell: Village College & Ex-service Club Bins for plastic bottles at Tan House Lane Garden / vegetable / wood waste: Burwell Allotments Shredder Plastics / clothes / bottles: Tesco Supermarkets.
01353 863864
Milton Recycling Centre, Butts Lane, Milton:
01223 860674
Bins for bottles (glass and plastic), cans, paper & clothes at Burwell: Village College & Ex-service Club Bins for plastic bottles at Tan House Lane Garden / vegetable / wood waste: Burwell Allotments Shredder Plastics / clothes / bottles: Tesco Supermarkets.
Water & Sewerage
Electricity
Energy Conservation
Insulate your home to save money and reduce CO2 emmisions. Arrange a no obligation survey of your home.
Contact: HEAT Cambridgeshire Scheme:
08000930450
ECDC Energy Conservation Officer:
01353 616251
08000930450
ECDC Energy Conservation Officer:
01353 616251
Power cut?
Working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to keep your lights on but sometimes faults occur.
0800 3163105 (From Landline)
03333232105 (From Mobile)
Web
Text POWER and your postcode to 80876
0800 3163105 (From Landline)
03333232105 (From Mobile)
Web
Text POWER and your postcode to 80876
Refuse / Recycling
Check Dates by Postcode/Address
Normal weekly collection on Thursdays or Fridays Large articles can be collected free of charge (not bathroom or kitchen fittings):
01353863864
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New T4 and T5 coach services
T4
Burwell <=> Addenbrookes
T4 Timetable
T5
Cambridge <=> Burwell <=> Soham Train Station
T5 Timetable
T4 and T5
Replace No.11
All Tiger Bus Routes
Soham To Ely Trains
T4
Burwell <=> Addenbrookes
T4 Timetable
T5
Cambridge <=> Burwell <=> Soham Train Station
T5 Timetable
T4 and T5
Replace No.11
All Tiger Bus Routes
Soham To Ely Trains
UK's biggest solar farm approved for east of England (Click on image for larger version)
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
Millstone Park Housing Development
(350 new homes)
Linden Homes
Web Site
Planning Docs
This Land
Councillors
Express Concerns
(350 new homes)
Linden Homes
Web Site
Planning Docs
This Land
Councillors
Express Concerns
BBC News
MP inundated with racist abuse after online postThe abuse followed Ben Obese-Jecty's retweet questioning Rupert Lowe's organisation's fee, he says.
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Lack of support for man with learning disabilityThe government ombudsman finds three organisations fail to provide support to a disabled man.
Dogs banned from lake as blue-green algae spottedIt has been known to kill animals, and cause symptoms such as rashes and vomiting in humans.
The race to better 'the electric vehicle experience'A Cambridge start-up is one firm taking on the challenge of improving battery charging technology.
Bus service connecting town to city to stopPeople living in Ramsey say they will be cut off from Peterborough when the service stops in August.
More than 13,000 children not fully vaccinated for schoolCambridgeshire and Peterborough's NHS is urging parents to get jabs for their children.
Man who stabbed wife after relationship ended jailedDaniel Crow attacked his wife with a 10-inch kitchen knife, causing her multiple wounds.
Plans for 90 new homes on farmlandThe plans follow a previous outline planning application for 135 homes that was withdrawn in 2019.
Cost a major factor for any future folk festivalCambridge Folk Festival may still return in 2026 but with cost effective changes, councillors hear.
Bedroom blaze sparks battery charge warningFirefighters warn people to unplug their devices when fully charged following a blaze at a flat.