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Baby of the Year winners announced

11:06 - 02 July 2009

THE lines have now closed, the votes have been counted and, after weeks of nervous anticipation, the winners of the Ely Standard Baby of the Year competition have finally been revealed. Hundreds of votes were polled across our three categories, with doti...

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Liam Fairhurst Has Died At The Family Home In Soham With His Family At His Bedside

09:05 - 01 July 2009

Liam Fairhurst has died. The teenager finally lost his four-year battle against cancer yesterday afternoon at his Soham home with his family at his bedside. Liam, a pupil at Soham Village College, has been instrumental in raising more than £320,000 for th...

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Human League Star Hoping To Wow Crowds At Forest Gig

08:17 - 03 July 2009

EIGHTIES electro pop sensations The Human League, are all set to wow crowds with a dose of heady nostalgia this summer. The band, who have sold some 20 million records worldwide, have been hard at work over the winter months retuning their act and they a...

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Smallholders Diary: 30 June 2009

OUR original eight Light Sussex chicks are now six weeks old and its time to introduce them to the main run, once we have clipped one of their wings. It will be interesting to see how they get on with the rest of the hens, particularly as they will have t...

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Gallery: Sutton Feast Week celebrations are underway

THERE is fun for everyone at the Sutton Feast Week celebrations, which are well underway in the village The annual event kicked off last week, with a variety of craft activities taking place. Over the weekend, villagers got to show their competitive side...

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Lack of Runs Costs Ely

A LACK of runs for the City of Ely 1st XI saw them slip to a seven wicket defeat at the hands of an impressive March Town side. Opting to bat first, Ely got off to a strong start with Bruce King (36) and Andrew Foster (10) providing a reasonable platform...

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Haddenham Sweep To Top Of League

HADDENHAM swept to the top of Division 5A after romping to a mammoth 149-run victory over Chatteris. Sent in to bat first, the home side were in no mood for a spell of measured and patient play, instead plumping to dispatching ball after ball boundary-war...

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