Local Government Reorganisation – consultation reminder Until Thursday 26 March, the government is consulting on four different options for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, which have been developed by different councils across the region. I cannot overstate how important this issue is and I encourage you to have your say either via the government’s consultation portal online or SCDC’s own website. Cambridge City, East Cambs and South Cambs District Councils are all in favour of option B. The Government will make a final decision on which local government structures are put into place this summer with the new unitary councils operating in a shadow capacity from May…

Over Gardening Club’s March meeting will be held in the main hall at Over Community Centre at 7.30pm.  This month we have a talk by Roger Harvey entitled “The Chelsea Experience”. We are a friendly group of gardeners and plant lovers who have regular meetings with a speaker and raffle and occasional plant sales.  Meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month; from September to May we meet at Over Community Centre where we usually have a guest speaker talking on various aspects of gardening, in June we often arrange a visit to a local garden and in July we hold a social evening.  Membership runs annually from…

We are a parent driven group that help raise money to enrich the children’s experience at Over Primary School. Our current project is a BIG ONE, we are trying to raise vital funds to improve and upgrade the schools adventure playground. And we need help from anyone in the village that would like to help and it can be anything from displaying this poster in your shop / business or if you are a resident and you would like to donate. If you would like to donate and help please use the link below: https://www.gofundme.com/f/over-primary-school-adventure-playground?attribution_id=sl:89bf403f-2c84-4c89-9f48-4d1325b95c03&lang=en_GB&ts=1769595268&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=whatsapp

Sarah Doig, also from Rickinghall in mid-Suffolk, spoke to 38 attendees. Basil was a modest man and was little known outside his local area until firstly, The National Trust took over the care of the Sutton Hoo estate i(ncluding the Anglo-Saxon burial mounds) in 1998 and secondly, the Netflix film The Dig was released in 2021. He undertook many archaeological digs throughout his life, and put much effort into making detailed records of each one. Sarah spent nearly five years researching over 100 of his notebooks, with his scribbled writing, and numerous sketches. He also took many photographs but had a habit of cutting people’s heads off. Thirty-five of his…

A BioBlitz is an event in which volunteers work together in small groups to find and identify as many species of plants, animals, birds, fungi and other organisms as possible. Come for an hour or stay all day – bring along a picnic!