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DON T these developers ever give up? Mereham has been resubmitted, and now the shop/petrol station project at Littleport has now reared up it s ugly head. Any chance of a profit and they never give up, with never any regard to the effect it will have on... Full Letter »
AS a user of the A1421 Sutton to Haddenham to Stretham road and the A10 to Cambridge, I was amazed to receive a notice from Sutton parish council about the construction of Northstowe. If planning permission is granted, we will be inundated with heavy lorr... Full Letter »
I HAVE just sat through another dreary presentation from the stubborn National Trust regarding its ideas for these Wicken Fens. Thanks to East Cambridgeshire District Council s public participation procedure, I was able to put the following points and que... Full Letter »
WE would like to thank everyone who supported our daughters Jo and Tracey to help raise £2,000 for our granddaughter Sophie s treatment for plagiocephaly (a misshapen head). We would especially like to thank John Cutler for designing and supplying the He... Full Letter »
OVER the past few years we at Haddenham Baptist Church have opened our doors and held what we have called a House of Prayer . It has been great to find people who come in and have a quiet time, a spiritual time. Some have been people who come to our chur... Full Letter »
AS a blind person with special needs, I recently telephoned customer services at Tesco in Ely, advising that I would be arriving the next day with Dial-a-Ride at 10.30am and would like someone to show me around the store and that I would require a wheelch... Full Letter »
THERE have been lots of comments regarding the poets in the Royal Standard over the last few weeks. I have some empathy as there are a lot of laws of the Land that I do not like or agree with. However, no-one has the option of obeying the laws they like... Full Letter »
I READ with utter dismay and disbelief your article about the licensing problems that the Turning Point group and the Royal Standard have experienced. That such a group of writers and poets exist and meet in Ely is such a positive initiative for Ely and... Full Letter »
FURTHER to the correspondence on last week s letters page, I feel it is very important to set the record straight regarding the issue of the performances of poetry in the district. I would like to make it clear from the onset that no establishment needs... Full Letter »
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