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Wicken Vision Project Receives Overwhelming Public Support

08:19 - 20 August 2008

THE ambitious project to extend Wicken Fen Nature Reserve and create an important conservation area in East Cambridgeshire has received overwhelming public support. A public consultation – launched by the National Trust earlier this year - has found that...

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Doctors Issue Warning as Measles Returns To East Cambs After 10-Year Absence

19:21 - 19 August 2008

MEASLES has returned to East Cambridgeshire after a 10-year absence, and doctors are warning parents of the dangers of not vaccinating children against the disease. Three young babies, between the ages of four and 17 months, contracted measles in July, b...

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Gallery: Ely Choir Girls Celebrate A-Level Results

King s School Ely students, Holly Brown, left, and Amelia Harrington, celebrate their results. Both girls are inaugural members of Ely Cathedral Girls Choir and have combined their A-level studies with daily practices, singing in cathedral services, con...

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Video: MP visits hauliers to discuss fuel prices

HAULIERS had a visit from Jim Paice MP to discuss the rise in fuel duty on Friday. Partners from Geoff Hobbs Haulage in Soham told Mr Paice that their costs had gone up 15 per cent in the last year - and at 36,000 litres of diesel every 10 days, they are...

Sarah Deamer who achived one of the top five marks in textiles

Gallery: One In Three King's School Students Achieve As or Bs

One in three King s School Ely students achieved As or Bs in their three principal A-level subjects – the best-ever results in those two top grades. The overall percentage achieving As and Bs was 65 per cent, which was 6 per cent better than last year an...

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Olympics

Ely's Goldie is Going For Gold in Beijing

GOLDIE Sayers easily qualified for the Olympic javelin final on Thursday after throwing 62.99m in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Goldie, who lives in Ely, has been suffering from a stomach bug at the Macau holding camp, but on her arrival at the Bird...

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Cricket

Gallery: Ely defeated at home by Histon

CCA Senior League Division 2 City of Ely I 108 Histon II 182-8 Histon won by 74 runs ELY were defeated at home on Saturday when the visitors batted first and made 182-8 in their 45 overs. In reply, Ely were bowled out for 108....

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