WBC Notes from the Meeting on Wednesday 29th October
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Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people – BBC News
PFAS in drinking water is back in the headlines after the BBC reported enforcement action to cut levels affecting millions. These forever chemicals are hard to remove and build up in the environment. This matters locally because the Saxon Pit area contains incinerator bottom ash, which is a known source of PFAS. Water from the pit is regularly pumped into Kings Dyke without a trade-effluent permit to stop the site flooding.
This has gone on for years and has even been raised by our MP.
We will keep pushing for this discharge to be properly regulated, filtered and tested, with full transparency so the public can understand whether local watercourses are being affected.
Saxongated@AB-Ghoster.
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GhostedLB.
Just so you’re able to answer the inevitable questions…
The November 9th Remembrance Parade will NOT be affected. The Road closure permit expires at Midnight Friday night, with a 4 hour contingency for excess time on Saturday.
It will all be cleared away before Sunday.
AdvanceNoticeMarketStreetClosure@BW.
For nearly 20 years, I have been attending meetings at the now called NorthWest Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
This year I attended with Cllr Barry Wainwright (Chairman of NQS PPG) for their AGM.
We were made very welcome.
My apologies for the scewed pictures, best I’ve got at present….but the numbers speak for themselves.
The very good news is that the trust is out of debt, for many years ran a big deficit and needed bailling out year on year.
Barry & I were the only 2 representatives from Whittlesey.
click on pictures to enlarge.
NWA NHS TRUST AGM 2025
click on bottom left corner – to advance/retard pages.
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The original estimate/budget was for £13 million, now it appears to have risen to £19 million, for various reasons, including a bigger footprint, and kitchen/cafe.
Click Here..CambsNews
Whittlesey’s Manor Leisure Centre is set to undergo a multi-million-pound redevelopment, with the spotlight on costs, financial sustainability, and the addition of a commercial kitchen and café—a feature designed to make the centre a true hub for the community.
The redevelopment, part of the Fenland Inspire! initiative, will see the ageing pool building expanded and modernised while the separate sports hall is demolished. But the project’s financial implications are drawing particular attention, with total estimated costs rising to £18.67 million.
Key Financial Details
Originally, the project budget was set at £13.94 million, including the replacement of the sports hall, padel courts, and rifle club facilities. However, inflation, enhanced design requirements, and the addition of new amenities have pushed costs significantly higher.
The latest RIBA Stage 2 pre-construction estimates place the total cost at £17.18 million, which includes contingency funds, inflationary adjustments, and expanded event and rifle range spaces. With Sport England’s recommended enhancements added, the total project budget rises to £18.67 million. A £2 million grant from Sport England, if approved, could reduce the final cost to £16.67 million.
Inflation alone is expected to add £570,000 to the budget, reflecting the time lag between the initial costing in December 2024 and the planned construction start in August 2026. Pre-construction work for the RIBA Stages 2–4 is estimated at £1 million, providing detailed designs, planning approvals, and cost certainty before construction begins.
Read the full story by John Elworthy – Click Here.
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Being a customer of Barclays for over 65 years, I too am sorry to see them and others stopping face-to-face support locally.
We do have our ‘Excellent’ Nationwide’ who’s staff are extremely helpful.
Yes …..I was one of the very few Councillors who wrote to Barclays about them closing their facility at the Whittlesey Library – I did publish the stock reply.
Q/ |Did Your Councillor write to Barclays – why not – YOU ask them| ?
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GhosterSundayBarclaysClosure@Library.
Nothing is perfect, however I’ve had quite a lot of contact with NQS patients and of course the PPG (Patients Participation Group), and generally at last the practice is much better than last couple of years.
Still a little way to go (Anima), and of course our for-ever increasing population putting stress on everything.
Thought about joining the Patients Group – contact me or Barry Wainwright, details on the Councillors contact list on top toolbar.
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GhostedSundays@PPG.
Photography by Alan Hobbs – he is the shadow
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