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FENLAND: Businessman ready for court action, Post Office raid and Hippodrome pledge

17:34 - 15 May 2008

WHITTLESEY: Retired businessman ready for court action over windows A RETIRED businessman is prepared to face court action over a dispute with Fenland District Council about the renovation of his office. Ralph Hix installed white UPVC window frames... Full Story from the Cambs Times »

Accidents like this happen
FENLAND: Safety campaigner wants warning signs alongside water on local roads

17:03 - 15 May 2008

Story by: JOHN ELWORTHY ROAD safety campaigner Graham Chappell wants warning signs - similar to those found on cigarette packets – to be put up at entry points to Fenland roads that run alongside water. His using this road can cause death by drowning in... Full Story from the Cambs Times »

Wisbech blaze
WISBECH: Fire chief 'embarassed' after colleagues called to fire at partner's home

18:06 - 15 May 2008

EXCLUSIVE By JOHN ELWORTHY OFF duty fire chief Philip Pilbeam admitted to being a little embarrassed after colleagues were called to a blaze at his partner s home as he tucked into Sunday lunch at a Wisbech restaurant. The fire destroyed the family s ga... Full Story from the Wisbech Standard »

News at Ten
FENLAND: Businessman ready for court action, Post Office raid and Hippodrome pledge

17:34 - 15 May 2008

WHITTLESEY: Retired businessman ready for court action over windows A RETIRED businessman is prepared to face court action over a dispute with Fenland District Council about the renovation of his office. Ralph Hix installed white UPVC window frames... Full Story from the Wisbech Standard »

Cambridgeshire Police
Gang beats neighbours unconscious

11:38 - 15 May 2008

TWO neighbours were beaten up and knocked unconscious by a gang of youths in their own gardens during late-night assaults in Ramsey. Just after midnight on Friday (Saturday morning – May 10) the first neighbour, a 35-year-old man, noticed a group of youth... Full Story from the Hunts Post »

Hinchingbrooke Hospital
In-patients endorse Hinchingbrooke Hospital food and staff

13:00 - 14 May 2008

HARD on the heels of being voted one of the most popular hospitals in the country with the local population, a survey of in-patients has underlined their confidence in the treatment of those who have to stay in Hinchingbrooke. The results of the Ipsos MOR... Full Story from the Hunts Post »

School plea for crossing warden
School children want safe passage across road

11:17 - 14 May 2008

AN infants school in St Neots has launched a campaign to find someone to help children cross the road safely after being without a lollipop person for two years. Parents and children are said to be risking danger by having to cross busy Huntingdon Street... Full Story from the Hunts Post »

Jubilee Gardens campaigners
No Hot Dogs in Jubilee Gardens Please!

10:10 - 15 May 2008

ANGRY residents fear Ely s award-winning Jubilee Gardens could be ruined by street traders. They have joined forces to fight a plan which they believe could open up the picturesque park to street salesman, selling everything from ice-cream to hot dogs. T... Full Story from the Ely Standard »

Molly dancers
Good Golly Miss Molly!

10:05 - 15 May 2008

CHILDREN across Cambridgeshire will be painting their faces black and watching men dress as women, as part of a new multicultural, Lottery-funded initiative. Primary schoolchildren at St Andrews School in Soham, Stretham Primary School and Millfield Prim... Full Story from the Ely Standard »

Video & Pictures From Across Cambs

Tommy stands outside the finished house.
Video & Gallery: Walsh's eco house is finally up for sale

16:18 - 08 April 2008

AN estate agent s board has gone up outside Tommy Walsh s eco house – six months after he finished it and three months after a TV series ended showing how it built it. The delays were not unexpected, for Tommy wanted every last feature of both the inside... Full Story »

Fun at Coates over the holiday weekend
Slideshow: Crowds come out for May Day activities

16:30 - 08 May 2008

SUNSHINE brought out the crowds to watch traditional May Day activities on North Green, Coates, on Saturday. The event was opened by Whittlesey mayor Councillor Pam Potts who crowned the May Queen and King, Cheyenne Hollis and Adam Stanley. Twenty four yo... Full Story »

Johnny Dee asks Bert Crawford if he celebrates St George’s Day. Pictures: TOM JACKSON
Video: Spreading some St George's day patriotic cheer!

14:20 - 23 April 2008

By TOM JACKSON AS the debate on whether England should do more to celebrate St George s Day, one radio journalist hit the streets of March to spread some patriotic cheer. BBC Radio Cambridgeshire s Johnny Dee – complete with England flags, St George s-cro... Full Story »

Action from the match. Photo by Brian Purdy
Slideshow: Wisbech beat Norwich United

11:33 - 24 April 2008

THE last kick of the game gave Wembley-bound Lowestoft Town a 1-0 Ridgeons Premier Division over Wisbech Town on Tuesday night. Fenmen manager Roy McManus was infuriated when hosts Lowestoft, who play Kirkham and Wesham in the FA Vase Final on May 11, wer... Full Story »

Shailesh Vara MP wants people to fight for their post office
Video: MP calls for people to fight for their post office

12:35 - 21 April 2008

WITH The Hunts Post s Action Week for Post Offices beginning on Monday, an MP has called on people to stand up and fight for their local branches. Shailesh Vara, MP for North West Cambridgeshire, spoke to The Hunts Post during a visit to Ramsey Post Offic... Full Story »

St Neots FC
Video & Slideshow: Open for business - St Neots FC's new ground

10:34 - 16 April 2008

A NEW football stadium in St Neots is a golden opportunity for the town, the chairman of the town s football club said this week. St Neots Town FC took possession of their new £6.8million facility at Loves Farm on Friday and chairman Bob Bridges told Th... Full Story »

Eel Day Crowd
Video & Gallery: Fun in the sun for annual Eel Day

15:37 - 06 May 2008

ELLIE the eel snaked her way towards sun-soaked Jubilee Gardens for Ely s fifth annual Eel Day on Saturday. She processed, with the help of 10 town criers from across the region, to the riverside, accompanied by the music of Ely Samba Band. Among the at... Full Story »

Fete-goers bounce up and down for the camera.
Slideshow: St Andrew's Primary hold annual fete

14:06 - 13 May 2008

ST ANDREW S Primary in Soham held its annual fete on Saturday. Traditional games such as roll the penny, guess the number of sweets in a jar and hook the duck competed with a bouncy castle and face painting for childrens attention. The final total raised... Full Story »

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