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Business Spotlight: All Eyes
Over Village News is proud to be supported by a number of local businesses who help make it possible for our volunteer-led organisation to continue to serve our village. Over the coming weeks, we’re excited to feature these local businesses in our ‘Business Spotlight’, to share a little more about their work and their place in our community. For the full list of local businesses supporting Over Village news, click here: Businesses – Over Village News Set up in 1987 as a lens wholesaler, dealing directly with opticians, this local gem evolved to dealing directly with the public 20 years ago. All Eyes do not perform eye tests. This means…
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Book Now: Men’s Breakfast at Over Baptist Church
You’re invited to a Men’s Breakfast at the Over Baptist Church (junction of Glover Street and New Road) on Saturday 22nd February from 8.30 to 10.00am. Following a cooked breakfast, our special guest, Giles Cornell will tell us briefly why he is a Christian and how his faith has affected his life and work. Giles has been married for 30 years and has two grown-up children. He has been the Senior Pastor of the Lighthouse Church in Ely for nearly 20 years. The church works hard in the Ely community and has projects to help those facing isolation, loneliness, homelessness and addictions. The church also provides space for young people…
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Gardening Club – upcoming meeting
The next Gardening Club meeting is on Wednesday 19th February at 7.30pm in the Over Community Centre Main Hall. The speaker will be Patricia from Oakington Garden Centre talking about their family-run business and their plans for the future. There will be free refreshments available at the start of the meeting. We will have our usual Raffle and the popular Flower of the Month Competition. The tubers for our Growing Potatoes in a Pot Competition will be handed out on the night. Visitors are welcome £3.
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Over Village Produce Show
Saturday 2nd August 2.00 – 4.30pm Over Community Centre Main Hall Calling all Over residents to make a note of this date in your diary. Why not make this the first time you enter one or more of the categories. We have all the usual Produce classes: Vegetables, Fruit, Plants, Flowers & Arrangements, Home Cooking, Jams and Preserves, Homemade Beers and Spirits and Photography. People, Places and Pets are the three themes for both Adults and Children’s Photography 2025 so keep these in mind when you are out and about with your cameras or mobile phones. This year we are introducing a new Craft Section with 12 classes to participate…
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South Cambs District Councillor (SCDC) Bill Handley’s Report to Over and Willingham residents – February 2025
Four-day week consultation Until 23rd March 2025, people can share their views on the quality of SCDC’s services during its trial of a four-day week. It can be accessed here: www.scambs.gov.uk/4DW and anyone who prefers a paper copy can request one here: communications@scambs.gov.uk or call 01954 713000. The consultation is designed to allow residents to comment on the service they received during the four-day week trial and the information gathered during the consultation will help SCDC councillors to decide on the next steps for the four-day week at the Council. As a reminder, during the four-day week trial, staff were asked to deliver 100% of their work, in 80% of…
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Casting Call: Over Players – Calendar Girls the Musical
The Over Players are looking to cast the roles of the schoolboys, Danny and Tommo, in our spring show Calendar Girls The Musical! About the roles: Danny: Chris & Rod’s son who is a conscientious head boy. Danny has 69 lines and a couple of songs. Tommo: Best friend to Danny and to his mum, Cora. Tommo has 29 lines and a couple of songs. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings at Over Church Hall, with performances 28th – 31st May 2025. Casting for the show is 18+ If this sounds like the role for you, please email Christine (c.turner1@hotmail.com) and Olive (olive123swain@gmail.com). For more information about The Over Players, please…
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Willingham Medical Practice – February Newsletter
WILLINGHAM & LONGSTANTON SURGERIES Willingham 01954 260230 Longstanton 01954 207600 Dispensary 01954 207602 Website: www.willinghammedicalpractice.nhs.net District Nurse Team: 0330 726 0077 Health Visitors: 0300 029 5050 A&e is not an alternative to a gp appointment – when the surgery is closed please call 111 for medical assistance, or 999 for a life threatening emergency for urgent mental health support, please call 111 and select option 2. Surgery Closure Please note the surgery will be CLOSED from 1pm on WEDNESDAY 19th MARCH for whole staff training. Please plan ahead and make sure you have enough medication to last, remembering to order your repeats at least THREE working days before collection. Waiting Times…
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Business Spotlight: Clear Glass (Cambridge) Ltd
Over Village News is proud to be supported by a number of local businesses who help make it possible for our volunteer-led organisation to continue to serve our village. Over the coming weeks, we’re excited to feature these local businesses in our ‘Business Spotlight’, to share a little more about their work and their place in our community. For the full list of local businesses supporting Over Village news, click here: Businesses – Over Village News With a heritage dating back over 100 years, Clear Glass was formed in 2012 by an Over resident,taking over former business, Constables, on retirement of the owner. With a staff of 8, they’re nowbased…
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New Chair-based Exercise Class in Over
South Cambs is launching a new chair-based strength and balance exercise class in Elm Court Sheltered housing scheme in Over, starting Monday 3rd February at 10:30am-11:30am, lasting 6 weeks. Please see details in the attached poster.
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RSPB Ouse Fen Nature Reserve – January 2025 Update
Restoration Business as Usual At Ouse Fen the RSPB are now working in partnership with Brice Aggregates to transform their minerals quarry at Needingworth into the largest reedbed in the UK, and a wetland that will support threatened bird species like Bittern along with a host of other wetland wildlife. It’s a great place to visit too – so get your boots on this Spring and take a look! Recent Wildlife News (Photograph courtesy of Gill Street) During the autumn migration and lingering into winter we saw a procession of wading birds pass through Berry Fen and one of the partly restored reedbeds including Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Green, Wood and…