Campaign to establish a twinning relationship between Cambridge and the Bulgarian town of Karlovo. bnrnews.bg/en/post/554257…

Cambridge City Council's Cabinet meeting on 16 October will consider the council's position on the updated EHRC code of practice, which will likely be a controversial issue. In the last decade two Labour councillors have quit the council over trans issues. democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/documents/s740…

or rather 16 November. I do know what month it is, honest!

Another controversial issue to be considered by the same cabinet meeting is whether the council should fly the Palestinian flag from the Guildhall on 29 November to mark the UN’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/documents/s740…

Not entirely reassuring bike racks, no. 17: Orchard Park.

Reader, it did not activate.

Recruitment opens for permanent Chair of the Greater Cambridge Development Corporation.
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Nearly seven years since it was installed, the security barrier on King’s Parade is starting to look a bit worse for wear.

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Texas wasn't even close in the end, which is quite a thing.

Mississippi, on the other hand, is almost unbelievably close.

In Alaska, the Democrats' cunning wheeze of getting an additional Dan Sullivan on the ballot paper seems not to have paid off so far - though there are still about a quarter of the votes remaining to be counted.

It's a one-horse race for the Abbey city council seat according to Independent Elliot Tong - though I suspect his former colleagues in the Green party might disagree.

An event with Hunter Biden at King's College, 11am on Saturday 14 November. eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-fireside-c…

The Conservatives overtake Reform UK to return to second place in the polls, but Labour are rising even faster, as Greens and Lib Dems droop. Andy Burnham has repeatedly ruled out an early general election, but it must be becoming more and more tempting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_p…

Mitcham’s Corner Co-op has been ram-raided. facebook.com/share/r/1C6bxL…

An intriguing Facebook post from former Labour councillor Jeremy Benstead about Labour's Cambridge HQ, Alex Wood Hall in Norfolk St. Labour first acquired the site in 1927, and substantially redeveloped it in the 1980s. More at capturingcambridge.org/petersfield/no…

Labour out canvassing in Petersfield, where city council leader Katie Thornburrow's seat will be up for election in May. We're just getting to that time of year when residents' concerns about potholes start to overtake their concerns about overgrown weeds. facebook.com/katiecampaign/…

Drama in Cherry Hinton as councillors Mark Ashton and Rob Dryden leave the Labour group and sit as Independents. democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.…

Some Greens getting excited about the electoral consequences on Instagram. While it is now slightly easier for the Greens to become the largest party on the council at May's elections, it remains wildly unlikely that they'll make enough gains to take outright control.

Statement from Cambridge Labour. cambridgelabour.org.uk/news/councillo…

Well you could hardly want more suitable weather for it.

That thing where someone locks their bike to both the bike rack and also to your bike. Oh well it’s a nice evening for a walk.

Happily they’d gone by the time I came back.