How to use a private window on your browser

All leading web browsers have a “private browsing” mode that, once enabled, stores nothing about your activity on your computer in that browsing window. This won’t stop online services from seeing what you get up to, but it won’t leave any traces of your activity on your computer (no history, web cache or anything else) and so it’s always a useful first step to take.

Internet Explorer: Go to Safety – Tools – “InPrivate Browsing”.

Firefox: Click the Menu button with three horizontal lines – “New Private Window”.

Chrome: Click the Menu button with three horizontal lines and select “New Incognito Window”.

Fire safety advice

Following an investigation it is believed that a fatal flat fire in Kings Hedges started accidentally, and the most probable cause was an electric bike that was charging.

We want to share some important safety advice from the fire service on how to safely charge electric bikes or scooters. All our council homes are provided with a smoke detector. Take a moment to test your smoke detectors today. If there are any issues contact us on 0800 805 1313

Lists and registers

Community Risk Register: Looks at the risk of an emergency happening with the South Cambridgeshire district.

Electoral Register: A record of people who are registered to vote.

Parish Register: Information on parish councils.

Cambridgeshire County Council Birth Register: To register the birth of a baby.

Sunday Trading Register: Available at the Environmental Health offices.

Gifts and Hospitality Register: Details on interests, gifts, and hospitality received by council members, available at our Cambourne office.

Food hygiene ratings

Places used as a food business must be registered by law (for example, market stalls, food vans). See our food hygiene page for more details. 

Learn about food ratings on the Food Standards Agency website.

Housing

Housing Register is used to apply for housing with us.

You can apply for sheltered housing using the Home-Link lettings scheme.

Mutual Exchange Scheme: Used by any tenant of a housing association or a local authority in the UK so that they can swap their home with another tenant.

Help to Buy Scheme: Set up by the government to help people to buy their own home. You can buy a home worth up to £600,000 with a 5% deposit if you meet the rules of the scheme.

How to use a private window on your browser

Fire safety advice

Lists and registers

Food hygiene ratings

Housing

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