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20:47 > Friday 12th March 2010

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Nigel Lambert on March Market Place, just yards from his Greetings shop opposite. 6332BP310
March card shop owner leads protests against plans for market place ice cream café

16:39 - 12 March 2010

PLANS for a café style ice cream van on March Market Place were greeted with dismay by Nigel Lambert who splashed out £10,000 for an ice cream machine in his shop opposite.... Full Story from the Cambs Times »

Alan Melton
Standards Board clears Fenland District Council Leader Alan Melton of any wrong doing

15:51 - 12 March 2010

BY John Elworthy A LOCAL council watchdog today cleared Fenland Council Leader Alan Melton of allegedly bringing the authority into disrepute. They also made it clear they felt councillors should be able express their views freely and unhindered. The Sta... Full Story from the Cambs Times »

Alan Melton
Standards Board clears Fenland District Council Leader Alan Melton of any wrong doing

15:51 - 12 March 2010

BY John Elworthy A LOCAL council watchdog today cleared Fenland Council Leader Alan Melton of allegedly bringing the authority into disrepute. They also made it clear they felt councillors should be able express their views freely and unhindered. The Sta... Full Story from the Wisbech Standard »

Police.
Household appliances and building materials stolen from Wisbech home

14:12 - 12 March 2010

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after household appliances and building materials were stolen from a home in Wisbech. Items including a gas boiler, a fridge and a dishwasher were stolen from the home under renovation at Newlands in Barton Road. The bur... Full Story from the Wisbech Standard »

Scott Preston
St Neots Community College is improving, says deputy head

15:00 - 12 March 2010

A FRESH start is on the cards for St Neots Community College with the school s acting head confident that it will be out of special measures within a year. For months nothing has been going right for the college: It has debts of £830,000, it was placed i... Full Story from the Hunts Post »

frederick sears
Ramsey man jailed for sex offences against a child

13:41 - 12 March 2010

A RAMSEY man has been jailed for four and a half years after being found guilty of sexually abusing a child. Frederick Walter Sears was convicted of two counts of unlawful intercourse with a girl under 13. Sears, 59, of Canberra Court, Ramsey pleaded guil... Full Story from the Hunts Post »

Council leader Fred Brown
Plans For Sothern Bypass Still On Track Says Council Leader

10:00 - 12 March 2010

CLAIMS that plans for a southern bypass in Ely have been dealt a fatal blow following the announcement of Government spending cuts have been vigorously denied by the district council. Liberal Democrat councillors claim that Central Government plans to wit... Full Story from the Ely Standard »

Mark Peters Has Joined CamSAR
Radio Presenter Made Honorary Member of Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue

10:53 - 11 March 2010

STAR Radio s Breakfast Show presenter Mark Peters has been made an honorary member of the Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue Service. The service, which was founded in August 2006 to provide trained search and rescue personnel to Cambridgeshire police, want... Full Story from the Ely Standard »

Video & Pictures From Across Cambs

Kath Sindle and Joe Hampson, both of Elliott Lodge in March, celebrated Valentine
Video: Octogenarians at Elliott Lodge in March celebrate Valentine's Day by getting engaged

09:02 - 15 February 2010

THEIR companionship started over a cup of tea eight months ago. And octogenarians Joe Hampson and Kath Sindle, both residents of Elliott Lodge in March, celebrated Valentine s Day… by getting engaged.... Full Story »

BBC Migrants
Slideshow: Unemployed workers fared differently in BBC film The Day the Immigrants Left

17:25 - 03 March 2010

FENLAND unemployed workers fared differently in the BBC film The Day The Immigrants Left. Many had agreed to take part in the social experiment after weeks of fly posting by the TV crew to find willing recruits. But cometh the hour, it wasn t quite as... Full Story »

The Subaru Forester is crushed.  9597BP110
Video: Subaru Forester that was used by hare coursers in March area crushed by police

13:07 - 18 January 2010

POLICE crushed a Subaru Forester today that was used by hare coursers in Fenland. The 4x4 was seized in September when police arrested two men from Leicestershire who coursed illegally in the March area. Since October 1 there have been 160 incidents of po... Full Story »

BBC Migrants
Slideshow: Unemployed workers fared differently in BBC film The Day the Immigrants Left

17:25 - 03 March 2010

FENLAND unemployed workers fared differently in the BBC film The Day The Immigrants Left. Many had agreed to take part in the social experiment after weeks of fly posting by the TV crew to find willing recruits. But cometh the hour, it wasn t quite as... Full Story »

Parts of the maintenance track have been under water for long periods of the year
VIDEO: Cambridge guided bus will run like this…one day

13:10 - 11 March 2010

FOOTAGE of the Cambridgeshire Guided Bus in action has been re-released by the county council to remind passengers that this is what they will get…one day. Cambridgeshire County Council has said it is unwilling to accept the busway while there are still f... Full Story »

Haiti fundraising
Slideshow: Hunts residents raise money for Haiti earthquake appeal

15:01 - 28 January 2010

HARROWING television images showing the devastation of the earthquake in Haiti have prompted thousands of people across the UK to donate to the appeal, raising more than £38million. As many as 200,000 people were killed and £2million made homeless by the... Full Story »

Hoop Trundle
Video: Fun and Frivolity at Annual Hoop Trundle Extravaganza

16:14 - 08 March 2010

THE annual Hoop Trundle extravaganza at the King s School in Ely provided spectators with the typical mix of fun and frivolity at the weekend. The trundle, which involves bowling traditional wooden hoops along a 100 metre course, is one of the most highly... Full Story »

Goal celebration
Slideshow: 10-man Crusaders equalise late on in derby match against Fordham

14:21 - 22 February 2010

THE local derby between Ely Crusaders and Fordham looked to be going all Fordham s way as they sped to a two goal lead against a Crusaders side reduced to 10-men. A stunning individual effort from Rob Leigh provided Fordham s first goal and when Jamie Pea... Full Story »

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