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CONCERN is growing among the farming community about plans to create fenland habitat on prime agricultural land between Wicken and Cambridge. The National Trust wants to create a large scale nature reserve; an area stretching east from the River Cam to B... Full Story »
17:56 - 19 November 2008
A TOTAL of £400,000 has been allocated for the provision of a new Ely Country Park, it was announced this week. And there may be more money to come – an extra £350,000 could be provided from the Cambridgeshire Housing Growth Fund. News of the funding was... Full Story »
08:26 - 19 November 2008
CREDIT Crunch foodstore Lidl has launched a last ditch bid to open a store opposite Ely Tesco. There is no love lost between the budget supermarket chain and its main rival Aldi, who are locked in a battle to capitalise on growing trends for cheap food s... Full Story »
17:51 - 18 November 2008
THE Ely Cathedral Girls Choir will be featured on Classic FM with a recording of Benjamin Britten s Ceremony of Carols. They can be heard on radio station s Full Works programme at 9pm on Tuesday, December 2. Producers at the station were impressed by t... Full Story »
08:31 - 18 November 2008
CLUBS, offices and schools all joined in to raise money for Children in Need on Friday. Ely Netball Club raised £85 from a floodlit charity tournament on Friday night; wedding-wear manufacturers Richard Designs, based on the Lancaster Way business park d... Full Story »
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