The term of office for 60 of the 61 members of Cambridgeshire County Council is effectively over. Fresh elections will take place on May 6.
For one, of course, his time as a councillor, and that of a tenant of the council farms estate, ended abruptly and simultaneously some weeks earlier.
Roger Hickford resigned as deputy council leader and member for Sawston and Shelford on February 26.
It was ahead of a decision to be taken by his former council colleagues over whether to release a report of an investigation into his tenancy and interactions with the county farms team.
Tory Party chiefs, whilst confident of retaining control, have learned from past experience -including that of 2013 when UKIP delivered an extraordinary electoral blow – not to be complacent.
This is alongside the principal sponsor Gemini, a cryptocurrency specialist who, like any other sponsor seeks a return on its investment and doubtless measures the effectiveness of every cent.
One can but hope the county council, the county constabulary and the district council are doing likewise on our behalf.
PETER HARVEY, Ely
Clarification on boat race policing accounts
To provide some context to the statutory accounts of Boat Race Company Limited, and the Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation, it is extremely rare and almost unheard of to expect the trading subsidiary of a charity to publish a profit and loss account in its standalone financial statements where it meets the definition of a “small” company under the Companies Act.
I wrote this sonnet to it.
THE WHITE DOVE
Sweet white dove, perched giddily on scented shrub
Ringed but lost, peeking in panes for company
Wooing love and nurture, unphased by fear.
Rejected, my heart sang on your return
Rapping on my pane, seeking hail the same
Like errant son who learns what he has spurned -
Till instinct made you test your wings again!
White dove, sweet bird, now ever lost to flight
Village homes welcomed you and tried to trace
Owners afar, pitiless, knowing your plight:
That, instinct fled , never more you could find base.
White dove, rare visitation
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Louis Thorold: Dad recalls moments after baby boy killed in A10 horror crash at Waterbeach I guess nothing prepares you for the worst
Louis Thorold died after a van mounted the pavement and crashed into his pram (Image: Cambridge News)
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The dad of a baby killed in a horrific crash on the A10 in Cambridgeshire has recalled the scariest moment of his life.