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
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.
Water & Sewerage
At all times:
0800 145145
Bill enquiries:
0800 919155
Electricity
At all times:
01223 440221
Supply problems:
0800 783838
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
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)

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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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Hosepipe ban in place for Cambridge Water users
The ban is with immediate effect and enforceable from 01:00 BST on 17 July.
Life sentence for man who killed and buried woman
Karl Hutchings, 48, is sentenced for the murder of Julie Buckley, 55, in Cambridgeshire last year.
Man denies attempted murder of 10 people on train
Anthony Williams pleads not guilty to various charges after passengers were stabbed onboard.
Murderer stabbed 'gentle and kind' man 17 times
Liam Rush killed Granville Graham before later handing himself in at a local police station.
Hundreds of homes earmarked for near leisure park
Music and arts venue Cambridge Junction could be upgraded as part of the plans.
Schools warned of handheld fan and spray risks
Head teachers in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough told of the risks by the local education authority.
Police force seizes 450 e-scooters in a year
It is illegal to use privately owned e-scooters on public roads, Cambridgeshire Police says.
Volunteers flock to town's goose ground force day
Their mission: to start work on a treatment centre for the gaggle geese that roam March's streets.
Man who electrocuted ex-partner jailed for 24 years
A court hears how Ashley Hudson, 40, told his victim he "would rather kill her than leave her".
Shortage of trains causes delays for passengers
It is because roof-mounted arms connecting trains to overhead electric wires are being checked.
'Spend a penny' toilets to be reopened on common
It follows a deal between Cambridge City Council's Labour and Liberal Democrat groups.

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