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Updates from the Meldreth Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group

Face Coverings and
More Special Stop Orders for Meldreth

Face Coverings
Face coverings are no longer legally required on public transport, but Thameslink and Great Northern have asked us to make rail users aware that they are asking customers to be considerate and wear a face covering if they can whilst travelling.

If you are travelling onwards in London, face coverings must be worn for the full duration of journeys on the TfL network, including inside stations and bus stations, unless you are exempt.

More Special Stop Orders
From 27th January GTR will be adding in two more morning peak stops at Meldreth, heading to Cambridge – these are ‘Special Stop Orders’, arranged on an emergency basis during this period of reduced timetables brought about by workforce shortages, and specifically designed to accommodate children and young people heading to school and college in Cambridge.

  • 07:12 Kings Cross to Ely, call additionally at Meldreth at circa 07:48
  • 07:42 Kings Cross to Kings Lynn, call additionally at Meldreth at circa 08:18

We look forward to the restoration of the regular timetable as soon as the workforce builds back and allows.

 

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SCDC Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant (OHLG)

South Cambridgeshire District Council : Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant (OHLG)
Rate paying businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors in England could be eligible for one-off grants of up to £6,000 per premises. The OHLG scheme is only for hospitality, leisure and accommodation businesses on the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) ratings list who have been severely impacted by the Omicron variant. Businesses must have been trading on 30 December 2021 to be eligible.  Click here for more information.

 

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Update from South Cambridgeshire District Council : Green bin collections suspended

Please see below for a news release from South Cambridgeshire District and Cambridge City Councils. It advises residents that, unfortunately, green bin collections are suspended from Monday.
– Green bin collections are being suspended from Monday (13 December) because of the number of drivers and loaders absent – particularly with Coronavirus or self-isolating.
– After that, green bin collections are planned to resume on Wednesday 12 January 2022 in line with the previously published Christmas schedule.
– Crews are working hard to complete green bin rounds that are scheduled for the rest of this week. The message for the rest of this week is to put your green bin out as normal. If it is not collected on your usual collection day, leave it out, and it will be emptied by the afternoon of Tuesday 14 December.
– During the green bin suspension, the advice for garden waste is to store this in the green bin or in a plie in the garden, or home compost, until collections resume. If necessary, it can be taken to the household recycling centres at Milton or Thriplow.
– As always, residents are being encouraged to waste as little food as possible, so they have less to throw away. For this period only, residents who do have food waste are being asked to put it into the black bin.
– Changes are now being made to update the online bin collection calendar at www.scambs.gov.uk/recycling-and-bins to reflect the suspension of green bin collections.