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Best Book Forward walkers raise funds to fight breast cancer
THIRTY hardy souls from Sutton were up at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning, to take part in a half marathon walk in aid of Cancer Research, to support their work in fighting breast cancer.
11.58: Fiery debate under way at Shire Hall as Cabinet v Committee goes head to head
A FIERY debate is under way at Shire Hall as Conservatives get their first taste in many years of not having overall control of the county council.
Police close Ely home being used as a drug den for almost two years
POLICE have moved to close down a home in Ely that was being used as a drugs den.
Endangered water voles on display at Welney Wetland Centre
VISITORS are encouraged to catch a glimpse of the treasured water voles at the Welney Wetland Centre.
‘Hard up’ benefits cheat who hid £80,000 from two councils given suspended sentence
BENEFITS cheat Victor Dudziak who claimed to be so poor that he and his wife were forced to sell personal items, had savings of more than £80,000 stashed away.
GALLERY: Fire crews cut roof and doors off car to free injured driver
FIRE crews had to cut the roof and doors off a car in March today to free a driver trapped following a collision in St Peter’s Road.
- New European routes announced at Cambridge Airport
- Sutton mum Julia Andeson is East Cambs’ first civil funeral celebrant
- GALLERY: Rosmini Centre hosts international children’s festival to coincide with Wisbech Park protest
- Surprise defeat for council’s Lib Dem leader once derided by former council leader as akin to being ‘savaged by a cotton bud”
- Protest organiser says UKIP withdrew from anti immigration rally for fear media would use their presence as “racist propaganda”
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EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE BUSINESS AWARDS: Search begins to find district’s top companies and entrepreneurs
OUR search for the best in enterprise starts again as we launch the 2013 Ely Standard East Cambridgeshire Business Awards.
- Councillors’ backing for Ely pub’s expansion plans
- Wisbech gets its own Starbucks
- Language training centre set to open its doors in Ely
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Latest government review is another attempt to run fire services as cheap as possible
I HAVE been associated with the fire service for four decades, in both formal position on Cambridgeshire fire authority until earlier this month and a long-life admirer of their work.
- Otter discovery? They were minks in those photographs - I used to shoot them with a friend
- Boathouse is another example of what Cambridge University wants, Cambridge University gets
- We all want to do our shopping as close to home as possible - so I support Soham store plan
- How will Ely benefit from Cambridge University Boat Club’s boathouse plan?
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- New European routes announced at Cambridge Airport
- Sutton mum Julia Andeson is East Cambs’ first civil funeral celebrant
- Olly Murs to perform in Peterborough on the same day his new single is released
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- Protest organiser says UKIP withdrew from anti immigration rally for fear media would use their presence as “racist propaganda”
- GALLERY: All quiet on the Wisbech front as anti-immigration protest passes peacefully in front of 300
- GALLERY: Blossoms and Bygones at Haddenham and Aldreth
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- VIDEO: Dramatic views from the skies over Ely and the Fens from paramotor enthusiast
- AUDIO: Police commissioner says outreach worker for Fenland will take his private office staffing to 10
- VIDEO: Ely artist produces portrait of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge
- VIDEO: Jennifer’s early morning dash is no wild goose chase as she saves eggs from being swept away by grass cutters
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World Book Night
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Victory for Bishop in Ely Laser Open
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ELY Sailing Club hosted its annual Laser Open on Saturday, with 10 sailors rigging their boats to take part.
- Littleport Town looking for a new manager
- Wilburton muscled out by experienced Sutton
- VIDEO and GALLERY: A glorious scintillating afternoon as Wisbech Town’s cup runneth over in 2-1 defeat of Stanway
- Battling draw brings curtain down on Robins’ season
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Olly Murs to perform in Peterborough on the same day his new single is released
THE huge Olly Murs outdoor summer concert at Peterborough’s Embankment on Sunday June 2 will certainly be a day to remember for his fans - not only is Olly performing in the city, his latest single is being released on the same day.
- Dance Review: Northern Ballet’s The Great Gatsby
- Russian musical tradition comes to Fenland, with a visit by the St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble
- Lazy Sunday Afternoon: Soul singer Freddie Hall at the Townhouse in Ely
- Ely and District Model Railway Club annual exhibition
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Chatteris journalist writes biography on West Indian cricket great Brian Lara
A CHATTERIS journalist has written a biography of one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
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