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Eight page enforcement notice wrapped round giant cuppa

Giant cuppa outside High Flyer with the enforcement notice now showing around the bottom.

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East Cambridgeshire District Council ordered the High Flyer’s recently acquired promotional tea cup to be removed.

Cant's Drove, Murrow, near Wisbech, and probably the worst road in Fenland.

Cambridgeshire Highways

Worst road in Fenland? You'd better believe it

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Arson attack at Fulbourn Health Centre

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service

Suspected arsonist held after health centre fire

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a break in at a Farm on Swavesey Road, Fen Drayton

Equipment worth £6,000 stolen from farm during overnight break-in

Alexandra Collett

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Lucy Frazer, MP for South East Cambridgeshire, at Prickwillow Museum

Lucy Frazer

'Support this local attraction,’ MP urges on museum visit

Louise Hepburn

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The crash happened on the B1085 at Red Lodge

Suffolk Live

Man dies after lorry crashes into trees

Katy Sandalls

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Milk thieves have been caught on camera in the south of Ely, stealing milk from resident's driveways.

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Caught on camera: milk thieves strike in the city

Katie Woodcock

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Ely Museum friends and staff wish Sally Austin a happy retirement

Events

Ely Museum team member retires after 16 years' service

Louise Hepburn

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Open top bus rides on this open top Bristol VR owned by Mark Judd of MR Judd Commercials.

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Town buzzing with buses - for one day only

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Cllr Sidney Imafidon visited Ely and enjoyed watching the finishing touches put to the eight-foot-high tankard

Have a BREW-TIFUL day says the pub with a giant tea cup outside

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Hear ye - Ely's beloved town crier Avril Hayter-Smith. East Cambs District Council believes they have much to cheer about.

East Cambridgeshire District Council

Community at the heart of council’s corporate plan

Katie Woodcock

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Man remanded in prison after £1.7million of class A drugs discovered by police when they pulled over a car in St Neots.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Heroin worth £1.7m found in holdall in car in St Neots

Clare Butler

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50 nail bars and car washes got a clean bill of health during a police day of action

Cambridgeshire Constabulary | Special Report

Nail bars and car washes targeted in modern day slavery checks

John Elworthy

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£750 in cash was stolen during a break-in at the Co-op store in Cottenham on Sunday morning.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Cash stolen and till broken in fourth break-in at Co-op store

Ben Jolley

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NHS encourages people to book Covid-19 jabs as there is a "plentiful supply" of vaccines available across Cambridgeshire.

Covid - A Year On

Where to get a walk-in Covid-19 vaccine in Cambridgeshire this weekend

Ben Jolley

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Neil Roberts, 45, messaged the ‘girls’ on a social media platform

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Paedophile caught by cops after preying on 'teenage girls' online

Clare Butler

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Boy feeding goats at a petting zoo farm

East of England Tourism Awards 2021: Small Visitor Attraction of the Year

Sophie Stainthorpe

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The team at Sutton fire station raised £925 for The Fire Fighters Charity by holding a car wash on July 18.

Charity Fundraiser

Fire fighters car wash raises £925 for charity

Ben Jolley

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Mark Ellis Photography 2021Newmarket Nights 2021

Newmarket Nights

'Joy' at Newmarket Nights return as Sir Tom Jones wows crowd

Suzanne Day

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Kevin Delaney has spoken out publicly about his experience of Covid-19

NHS | Interview

Kevin’s powerful testimony challenges us to #DoTheRightThing

John Elworthy

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A court has found Bernadette Walker was murdered by her father Scott Walker

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

'Father' found guilty of murdering his teenage daughter

Sam Russell, PA and Louise Hepburn

Suspected drink driver gets out ok but he arrested at St Neots

Drink driver fleeing traffic cops overturns before being arrested

John Elworthy

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The Red Arrows display team in action at the Duxford Summer Air Show at IWM Duxford.

IWM Duxford | Gallery

RAF Red Arrows and Typhoon wow crowds at Duxford air show

Alan Davies

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Ely friends George Marsden and Jake Scott-Paul raised £3,300 for Mind by completing the Spartans “Super” obstacle race

Charity News

Friends raise £3,300 for charity by taking on 'gruelling' challenge

Ben Jolley

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Primrose Hill Care Home in Huntingdon had the most care home deaths from Covid in Cambridgeshire, a CQC report revealed.

Covid - A Year On

'Every number is a lost life' - Worst Covid affected care homes in Cambs

Clare Butler

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Giant cuppa outside High Flyer with the enforcement notice now showing around the bottom.

Eight page enforcement notice wrapped round giant cuppa

John Elworthy

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The crash happened on the B1085 at Red Lodge

Suffolk Live

Man dies after lorry crashes into trees

Katy Sandalls

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Milk thieves have been caught on camera in the south of Ely, stealing milk from resident's driveways.

Video

Caught on camera: milk thieves strike in the city

Katie Woodcock

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Cllr Sidney Imafidon visited Ely and enjoyed watching the finishing touches put to the eight-foot-high tankard

Have a BREW-TIFUL day says the pub with a giant tea cup outside

John Elworthy

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Barclays Bank on Broad Street, March has closed its doors today (July 23) - the third Fenland branch to do so in two years.

Alternative banking available as local branch closes

Katie Woodcock

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Greater Anglia train

British Transport Police | Updated

Person dies after being struck by a train near Cambridge

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Whittlesey Aquapark.
, Whittlesey
Tuesday 20 July 2021.
Picture by Terry Harris.

Fenland District Council

Aquapark boss hits back at threat of enforcement

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Welney Wetland Centre, near Wisbech

Days Out Guide | Gallery

7 of the prettiest villages to visit in East Cambs and Fenland

Ben Jolley

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East of England Tourism Awards 2021: Taste of East of England Award

A waitress serving customers food at a restaurant

Sophie Stainthorpe

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The Taste of East of England Award at the East of England Tourism Awards 2021 recognises businesses within the tourism industry that offer food, beverage and service innovation and excellence.

Lucy Frazer, MP for South East Cambridgeshire, at Prickwillow Museum

Lucy Frazer

'Support this local attraction,’ MP urges on museum visit

Louise Hepburn

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Giant cuppa outside High Flyer with the enforcement notice now showing around the bottom.

Eight page enforcement notice wrapped round giant cuppa

John Elworthy

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Open top bus rides on this open top Bristol VR owned by Mark Judd of MR Judd Commercials.

Gallery

Town buzzing with buses - for one day only

John Elworthy

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Hear ye - Ely's beloved town crier Avril Hayter-Smith. East Cambs District Council believes they have much to cheer about.

East Cambridgeshire District Council

Community at the heart of council’s corporate plan

Katie Woodcock

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Things to do

'Joy' at Newmarket Nights return as Sir Tom Jones wows crowd

Mark Ellis Photography 2021Newmarket Nights 2021

Newmarket Nights

Suzanne Day

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Sir Tom Jones' barnstorming performance at Newmarket Nights showed what a "joy" it was for gigs at the Suffolk racecourse to return, organisers have said.

The Red Arrows display team in action at the Duxford Summer Air Show at IWM Duxford.

IWM Duxford | Gallery

RAF Red Arrows and Typhoon wow crowds at Duxford air show

Alan Davies

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KD Theatre's performance of 'Honk the musical' in the open-air setting of the Dean's Garden of Ely Cathedral.

Ely Cathedral | Review

Superb acting, singing and dancing at KD Theatre musical

Rosemary Westwell

Cllr Sidney Imafidon visited Ely and enjoyed watching the finishing touches put to the eight-foot-high tankard

Have a BREW-TIFUL day says the pub with a giant tea cup outside

John Elworthy

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Town ready to rock: huge open air free event put on by Wisbech Town Council on August 8

Fenland District Council

Fenland Council welcomes Covid-19 compliant free rock festival

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Sport

Goodwood: ones to watch on day two

Poetic Flare ridden by jockey Kevin Manning wins the St James's Palace Stakes on day one of Royal Ascot

Lee Power

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Day two of Glorious Goodwood is the highlight of the racing action on Wednesday afternoon. The feature race of the meeting, the Qatar Sussex Stakes, takes centre-stage with a prize fund of £1 million. The market leader is the dual G1 winner...

Stradivarius ridden by Frankie Dettori

Ones to watch on day one at Goodwood Festival

Lee Power

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Ely 10is Academy's mixed 1st team off and running at the 2021 LTA Dunlop competition

10is Academy team make league for first time

Sebastien Scaux

Talk of the Fens podcast

Podcast

Talk of the Fens: Should the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have gone ahead?

Daniel Mason

Ely Tigers Rugby Club pre-season

Rugby

Ely Tigers prepare for new season after Covid-19 lockdown

Daniel Mason

Lifestyle

RAF Red Arrows and Typhoon wow crowds at Duxford air show

The Red Arrows display team in action at the Duxford Summer Air Show at IWM Duxford.

IWM Duxford | Gallery

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The RAF Red Arrows and a Typhoon wowed crowds at Duxford as the IWM site in Cambridgeshire held its first air show in nearly two years. Here's pictures from the weekend.

Never-seen-before artefacts on show at Oliver Cromwell's House in Ely.

Heritage

Family portraits and engravings go on show for first time

Ben Jolley

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Dr Annie Gray, Mill Road Cemetery and What does the UK eat?

University of Cambridge

Open Cambridge prepares for a feast of events

Alan Davies

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Young smartly dressed businessman holding phone and paperwork victorious in front of PC screens showing stocks

Personal Finance | Promotion

How to tackle the quandary over retirement income

Peter Sharkey

Children help with harvest in 1951

Heritage | Gallery

Harvest children and an explosion inquest - our look at the archives

Ben Jolley

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