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Four Ely students preparing for summer of opportunity at Royal Ballet School
FOUR King’s Ely fashion students are preparing for an opportunity of a lifetime after securing exclusive work experience placements at the Royal Ballet School in Covent Garden this summer.
Muriel’s Richard Dimbleby book brings back memories of the Queen’s coronation.
AS the nation prepares to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Ely woman Muriel Halliday has unearthed a book she was given as a schoolgirl in the city, to celebrate the Queen’s Coronation.
ELY COLLEGE: Principal says students are ‘knuckling down’ well and maths targets are back on track
THE principal of Ely College has hit back at claims that a recent set of below-par results in maths exams would leave some students in danger of failing their GCSEs.
Record attendance for model train show
THE 34th annual Ely and District Model Railway Club show was a hit with collectors and enthusiasts once again this year, with more than 1,000 people turning out.
Fitness fans exercise through the night as they support Soham’s Swimming Pool fitathon
NEARLY 100 fitness fans got involved in a 24-hour fitathon exercise event in Soham, to raise funds for the St Andrew’s Swimming Pool Association.
Popular councillor stuns public meeting by revealing his firm has gone bust
TOWN and district councillor Colin Fordham surprised colleagues by announcing at a public meeting that his business had gone bust with the loss of eight jobs.
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Business See all
Merger will create one of region’s largest firms
ELY’S longest established law firm, Archer & Archer has announced that it is to merge with King’s Lynn and Swaffham-based lawyers, Ward Gethin, a move which will create one of the largest legal practices in the region.
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Ely off to flying start in season opener
CITY of Ely kicked their season off with an excellent seven-wicket victory over Wisbech II on Saturday.
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BRAKESPEARE: ‘Tastefully designed’ pet coffins, Ken Follett in Ely and the new Fenland typeface
FORMER Ely man Reg Kemp’s plan to complain to the standards board over the appointment of March’s town crier is also featured by our diarist this week.
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