Phil Rodgers
@philrodgers
Well I thought it was interesting. Mostly about Cambridge. phil@philrodgers.co.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...
I’m pretty sure the river isn’t supposed to look like this. Just below Jesus Green lock.
The canal boats here have postboxes, electricity hookups, and even a little building with washing machines in it.
Back in the second Cambridgiest city in the world. It does have a bit more castle than we do.
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.
The density map shows the clusters more clearly cambridgehmos.netlify.app#density
Website analysing HMOs in Cambridge put together by the Guest Road Area Residents’ Association: cambridgehmos.netlify.app
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.
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.
That looks like quite a swooshy new building in place of the old Register Office.
The Oxford English Dictionary does not concur. www.oed.com/dictionary/g...
Cambridge Folk Festival is to ban attendees from bringing their own food and drink into the main arena. Even water bottles must be brought in empty, though free refill stations will be available. www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk/your-visit/f...
Petition asking that police and council officers should have powers to demand the removal of balaclavas etc where crime or anti-social behaviour is suspected. democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD...
The County Council is proposing to reduce the speed limit on a number of roads in Cambridge to 20mph. Here is a map of the affected roads. There is a consultation on these plans running until 5 August, details are here: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/tr...
Things I wish I’d known about the Hungarian National Gallery before slogging up all those stairs to it in a heatwave: (a) if you walk a few minutes around the back to Palota út, there is a convenient elevator; (b) the gallery is closed on the last Monday of the month.