Cutting the clutter that makes Cambridge inaccessible is the aim of a proposed policy set to be discussed by councillors.
The new policy is set to declutter the streets and improve people’s ease of movement by introducing rules that will remove the number of free standing ‘A’ boards and promotional signs in public areas.
The policy comes after a city centre accessibility review that found that street clutter and obstructions cause difficulties for pedestrians, users of pushchairs and buggies and disabled people.

Oxford City Council have agreed to set up an Oxford Lottery to raise money for voluntary and community sector groups in the city.
The Oxford Lottery will be available online and is expected to raise at least £60,000 a year for local good causes.
Lottery players will be able to nominate their favourite local good causes as inheritors from the lottery, or to support a general fund. Voluntary groups will also be able to sign themselves up as potential beneficiaries of the general fund.

In response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Croydon Council will be installing fire sprinklers in twenty-five of its housing blocks.
Councillor Alison Butler, the deputy leader, announced at the council’s cabinet meeting that council blocks with 10, 11 or 12 storeys will be receiving fire sprinklers.

The government has acquired the first set of permanent new homes to relocate residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced that the government has acquired the first tranche of new homes to rehouse the Grenfell Tower fire victims.
The 68 flats are newly built social housing and form part of the Kensington Row development in Kensington and Chelsea.

Sadiq Khan has disclosed his long-term ambition to make the capital a ’fairer, greener, healthier and more prosperous’ city for Londoners.

A leading global education expert has criticised the government’s 30-hour free childcare plan for failing to target poor families.

Nearly one-third of house moves have dropped in some parts of the country over the last year, according to research by Lloyds Bank.
Research has found that housing market activity is now considerably below level before financial crash, thanks to high prices and stamp duty. The number of home sales in England and Wales dropped by 7 per cent in 2016, but fell most heavily in London, by 18 per cent, and 10 per cent in the south-east. Brent in north London and Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire saw the number of transactions fall by 30 per cent.

The NSPCC has published a report which shows that change is needed so that children can get the right support.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are unable to adequately support young people who need specialist support.

More than 75 per cent of teaching assistants in Durham may be given a pay rise in order to settle a long-running dispute.