Local Highway Improvement (LHI) Applications Over Parish Council is keen to support the zebra crossing near the primary school, a vital step toward improving safety for our children and community. How you can help:• Sign a petition• Contribute financially• Record a short video in support• Share your own ideas Together, we can make this project a reality. Please note: LHI allows only one application per Parish Council, so the Council must decide which project to prioritise and whether community funding (including Over Parish Council’s contribution) can meet the 10% minimum requirement for any LHI application. I will fully support whichever decision the Parish Council makes. Longstanton Bridge – Safer Access…

We thank all clubs and societies and advertisers who have contributed to Over Village News in 2025. There will be no email sent out next Friday (26 December) and so we wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas. We will resume normal service in the New Year, with the next email sent out on 2 January 2026. Please do send us your news items which will be posted online as usual.

OWLS Community Car Scheme coordinators and drivers would like to wish all their customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. OWLS has provided almost 1,000 journeys this year to people living in Over, Willingham, Longstanton and Swavesey who need to attend medical appointments or make other necessary  journeys, but are unable to access other means of transport. We urgently need more drivers to meet increasing demand. Are you retired or about to start retirement or perhaps working part-time? Drivers do not have to commit to regular days/times but being able to do one journey a week is really helpful.  Drivers use their own cars and receive 45p…

Despite a mild evening, only 22 turned out for the AGM because of competing activities, particularly in Over.  After the formal proceedings two members gave short presentations. Firstly, Carole Pook from Swavesey gave a talk explaining the link with Cambridge of the freed slave Olaudah Equiano.  A bridge over the River Cam in Chesterton was named Equiano bridge in 2022. Olaudah Equiano, was born in Africa in about 1745.  He became a prominent abolitionist and writer in Britain.  He died in London on March 31 1797, aged 52.  His marriage in Soham in 1792 to Susannah Cullen who came from Fordham connected him to Cambridgeshire.  They lived in Soham and…

Come and join us for some Christmas cheer on Friday 12 December at All Saint’s church, Longstanton at 7pm.  We’re hosting a FREE concert full of festive favourites, with mulled wine and mince pies to follow.  We very much look forward to welcoming you there! Donations towards the work of Arthur Rank Hospice Charity would be very welcome.

December 22 from 1700. See poster for details

Please do join us at our next Memory Café when we have ‘Rebecca Mitchell’ entertaining us with great Rock’n’Roll. All are welcome, teas, coffees and cake will be provided. Our Café is in the Over Day Centre, to start at 10:00 am. For more information please visit our FaceBook page – www.facebook.com/OverMemoryCafe/ For those looking forward to our next lunch club, this will be Saturday, January 24, bookings can be made online or at the Day Centre as usual – www.overdaycentre.co.uk/what…/saturday-lunch-club/