Human Interest

Fenland police Inspector Ian Lombardo has issued a massive thank-you to the local community after an overwhelming response to a toy appeal.

Work has officially kicked off at the site of a former agricultural garage in Chatteris to bring new homes for disabled adults in Cambridgeshire.

The crash occurred between King’s Dyke and the B1095

Children and families in Wisbech are benefitting from new play equipment following more than £30,000 of investment in three of the town’s play areas.

Prolific charity fundraiser Cyril Snushall has raised one last sum following his death in October.

No homes were built for social rental in Fenland last year, figures show.

The secret to a long life says Owen Green who celebrated his 100th birthday on Saturday (8) is hardwork - but a beer with every meal could help too.

Thousands of people packed Wisbech town centre yesterday (Sunday) for the annual Christmas Fayre.

RSPCA heartbreak after being called to collect the puppies who had been left in a cage in a remotely located shed in Gorefield.

Volunteers were recognised for their vital contribution to their communities during a celebration in Wisbech yesterday (Thursday ).

A Wisbech-based charity set up by two local business women has given a major boost to the Meadowgate Academy's mini-bus appeal.

VIP Hair in Walsoken hosted its annual World's Biggest Coffee Morning in September on behalf of MacMillan Cancer Support and raised £2,400.

Fenland's four leisure centres have formally been handed over to the new management company.

Families armed with spades turned out in force on Saturday morning to take part in a tree planting session at Chatteris’s newest park.

Dozens of children in Fenland will be homeless this Christmas, according to estimates from housing charity Shelter.

A food bank has been overwhelmed with the generosity of the traveller community after receiving more than 50 trolley-loads of goods in three days.

Plans to increase a development of homes in Elm from 20 to 27 units look set for approval despite massive local opposition.

The murders of three women have prompted separate calls for frontline professionals to better understand controlling and coercive domestic abuse.

A local football club is in mourning following the death of one of its lifelong supporters in a road crash yesterday morning (Wednesday).

Two in every five pubs in Fenland have closed in the last decade, new figures show.