A Wisbech town councillor – who has spent two years as the “live in” caretaker at Wisbech Castle – has resigned from the council. David Topgood...
Most would choose to spend their 102nd birthday tucked up at home – but not Ron Green. He is patron of the animal rights Camp Beagle...
Robinson College, Cambridge, and funded by an £18m donation from a man who made a fortune renting televisions, has been given a Grade II* listing. Built...
A “sexual predator” who targeted a woman in Peterborough city centre, raping her multiple times, has been jailed for 18 years. Abbas Abbass, 40, approached the...
Cambridgeshire County Council leaders expressed disappointment with today’s autumn statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt. Council leader Lucy Nethsingha warned: “We echo the...
Police seized a knuckleduster from a 19-year-old man in Peterborough. A police spokesperson warned that only are they illegal to have them in public but also...
A man who walked into a Cambridge home and stole bank cards and a car has been jailed. Carrying an open wine bottle, Jason Turner walked...
Network Rail is to get £300,000 from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CAPCA) to look at re-opening the Wisbech to March rail line with the emphasis...
This week an email landed in my county councillor inbox ‘warning’ me that someone is ‘investigating’ my links to Extinction Rebellion. The email, in a threatening...
Network Rail has revealed that more than 1800 bridges were hit by vehicles in 2021/22 with the Fenland bridge at Stonea near March ‘top of the...
A simple enough plea by police in Ely: “Do you know this pair?” East Cambridgeshire Police say they are keen to speak to either men –...
Paul Bristow dismissed a request that he and other Conservative MPs should stop naming hotels which are housing asylum seekers. The Peterborough MP tweeted tonight: “The...
A drug dealer who tried to hide half-a-million pounds’ worth of cocaine in a secret compartment in his van, has been jailed. Nicholas Zialor, 35, of...
Nearly all of us have done it – left a pan of hot oil on the hob for too long. In most cases we remember in...
A couple from Cambridge have relived the moment they claimed their £1m National Lottery win. When Holly Saul (30) and Ben Lowther (39) scooped the life-changing...
Fenland District Council is hoping for news shortly that a levelling up fund (LUF) bid for a £1.7m visitor centre and improved link to the Market...
Asylum seekers have arrived at the 3-star Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough, to be greeted – online and on TV – by a barrage of criticism from...
Covid didn’t stop them and neither has rocketing energy costs. Soham’s world-famous Christmas house is back, as big and bright as ever. Each year John and...
For one brief moment today pub boss Jonathan Capper feared his beer would have to rise to £220 a pint to cover an unwelcome £1.1m bill...
Comedian Ernie Wise has been among its distinguished patrons but the 102 ensuite bedrooms at the 3-star Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough, looks likely be snapped up...
A High Court ruling today looks certain to put paid to Fenland District Council’s hopes of obtaining an interim injunction to stop a Wisbech hotel from...
Cost of using One Leisure centres in Huntingdon, Ramsey, St Ives, and St Neots which are managed by Huntingdonshire District Council, will rise by 8.7 per...
Two cars blocking a war memorial ahead of today’s 11am Armistice Day service were towed away by Cambridgeshire police. And their efforts were widely applauded on...
New figures, released by Cambridge City Foodbank, have revealed that 6,798 emergency food parcels were provided to people across Cambridge in the last 6 months –...
A thief who rammed a police car in a desperate attempt to avoid justice has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Jimmy Willett, 22, arranged to buy...
Bird flu is suspected to be the death of swans and geese in Peterborough. “The south side of the river near Fletton Quays, Peterborough just now...
Thieves broke into a Cambridgeshire school farm overnight on Sunday and stole £1,500 worth of tools and equipment. The theft left students and staff at The...
CHS Group, a charitable housing association and social enterprise based in Cambridgeshire, has launched its 2022 Shoebox Appeal. It aims to ensure all of the young...
Opening times for all four Fenland District Council leisure centres will be reduced from December 1 until March 31 next year in a bid to save...
It remains touch and go if Fenland District Council will obtain an interim injunction to stop the Rose & Crown Hotel, Wisbech, from being used to...