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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... Full Story »
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... Full Story »
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... Full Story »
Liam's Fund
10:21 - 25 June 2009
A GROUP calling themselves the Big Hearted Charity Bikers have set themselves a big charity target for a sponsored ride this weekend. More than 30 bikers are taking part in the ride from Little Downham to Great Yarmouth, via Hunstanton and Cromer, on Satu... Full Story »
17:13 - 11 August 2008
SOHAM-based fundraiser Liam Fairhust has been crowned Britain s Kindest Kid. Following a trip to Downing Street in the company of Five newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky, TV viewers were encouraged to vote from a shortlist of five charitable under-16s – and 13... Full Story »
Court Watch
11:10 - 03 July 2009
LITTLE Downham man Paul Fuller has denied two charges of fraud, relating to more than £11,000 worth of motor vehicles and a mobile phone bill. It is alleged that 46-year-old Fuller committed fraud on May 16, by dishonestly claiming that he was in lawful p...
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10:58 - 03 July 2009
A MAN given a four-month electronic curfew order for assaulting Councillor Andy Wright admitted breaching it this week, by staying away from his curfew address for 34 nights. Ely magistrates decided to extend Mark Garrod s curfew order by a further month,...
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Keep It Local Campaign
14:23 - 16 June 2009
THE Soham branch of the Cambridge Building Society has pledged its support to the Ely Standard s Keep It Local Campaign. The branch, which employs four staff, all from the local area, has been in the High Street in Soham for 13 years and has been a consis... Full Story »
14:14 - 09 June 2009
A SOHAM mum who decided to brave the stormy economic waters and launch her own business is going from strength-to-strength. Claire Hedgecock, 32, of Mereside, is a home-based nail technician who is a passionate supporter of local charities and schools and... Full Story »
Features
12:22 - 12 March 2009
ELY-based author David Burke spent Sunday lunches with a frail lady in her 80s. But these were no Age Concern visits – the lady he was sharing fish fingers with none other than Melita Lettie Norwood, a Cold War spy who hid her true profession until she... Full Story »
15:06 - 11 March 2009
IF you have been watching the Orang-utan Diary programme you will, no doubt, have been disturbed to learn that these beautiful creatures are facing possible extinction in less than 10 years. The programme shows the devastating effects on the orang-utans a... Full Story »
Smallholder's Diary
10:40 - 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... Full Story »
11:55 - 09 June 2009
THE last week has been the hottest thus far this year, and if the weathermen are to be believed we can look forward to more of the same. The advantage of this is great for the plants in the greenhouse and polytunnel, which are growing at an impressive rat... Full Story »
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