START-up businesses in the Fenland area are encouraged to apply to a local Dragons Den to win a share of a £5,000 business prize, before the deadline at the end of this month.

A DIRECTOR of a potato firm is facing a lengthy jail term after paying bribes to a supermarket buyer.

THE headteacher of Peele Community College in Long Sutton, Ian Charles, has been suspended.

MARCH has a new Mayor after Monday night’s annual ceremony when Bernard Keane, the outgoing encumbant, handed over the chain of office to Jan French.

THE take-over of March’s City Road toilets by the town council split members at Monday night’s meeting.

FORMER March Mayor Bernard Keane was officially appointed as the Town Crier on Monday.

SATURDAY’S sunny weather was a welcome start for the first ever Norfolk run organised by Fenland kit car owners.

TWO items unearthed in Outwell were declared treasure at inquests on Monday.

THE historic Rose and Crown Hotel in Wisbech is due to re-open at the end of the month with a fresh look and a clean slate after being granted a new premises licence.

A FAMILY of Arsenal fans saw their dreams come true recently when they stepped out to play a match at the Gunners’ Emirates stadium.

WORK on new railings commemorating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is set to start this weekend alongside the river in March.

A 58-year-old man died in a fatal collision just outside Chatteris on Saturday morning.

THE RSPCA has launched an emergency appeal to find foster homes for young horses.

POLICE are appealing for information about the theft of a rabbit trap and damage caused at allotments in Chatteris.

THIS week (14-19th May) is Adult Learners Week and while many people have the preconceived idea that learning is just for the young two Wisbech students prove it’s never too late to learn.

EVENTS and initiatives are being planned across Cambridgeshire to support national Foster Care Fortnight, which runs from May 14 to 27.

A CRACKDOWN on illegal tobacco launched just last month has already generated over 7,000 pledges from members of the public across the East of England to help rid their communities of the problem.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE County Council has been awarded the East of England Charter For Elected Member Development.

AN RSPCA inspector is appealing for information after a blind young cat, which could have been either kicked or beaten was then dumped in a recycling clothes bin in March.

INADEQUATE that’s the damning conclusion of government inspectors who have put March Neale-Wade Community College into special measures.