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‘The decades under which home ownership grew won’t be repeated, so what now for our children?‘

‘The decades under which home ownership grew won’t be repeated, so what now for our children?‘

‘The decades under which home ownership grew won’t be repeated, so what now for our children?‘

18 January 2024

The last time homes were this unaffordable was 1876, says our columnist, who asks ‘what now’ for the younger generations?


Opinion: Animal cruelty, the Post Office scandal and a Rose Queen dilemma

Opinion: Animal cruelty, the Post Office scandal and a Rose Queen dilemma

Opinion: Animal cruelty, the Post Office scandal and a Rose Queen dilemma

14 January 2024

Once again animal cruelty has been making headlines.


Opinion: Let’s hope stormy start is not an omen for the year ahead...

Opinion: Let’s hope stormy start is not an omen for the year ahead...

Opinion: Let’s hope stormy start is not an omen for the year ahead...

06 January 2024

Well Christmas is now an almost distant memory and 2024 has blustered its way in with heavy rain and stormy weather.


Opinion: Stop ignoring Welney’s warning signs and Fenland give solid no to ‘compulsory’ veganism

Opinion: Stop ignoring Welney’s warning signs and Fenland give solid no to ‘compulsory’ veganism

Opinion: Stop ignoring Welney’s warning signs and Fenland give solid no to ‘compulsory’ veganism

16 December 2023

Drivers have been risking themselves and their vehicles by driving through the flood water across Welney Wash.


Opinion: Child cruelty figures are abhorrent, while news one in five men change their underwear just once a week is shocking

Opinion: Child cruelty figures are abhorrent, while news one in five men change their underwear just once a week is shocking

Opinion: Child cruelty figures are abhorrent, while news one in five men change their underwear just once a week is shocking

10 December 2023

Shocking figures out this week from the children’s charity NSPCC showed a horrifying increase in the number of child cruelty offences in our county.


Opinion: Keyboard warriors should take a look at themselves, and why do we allow advertising to our children?

Opinion: Keyboard warriors should take a look at themselves, and why do we allow advertising to our children?

Opinion: Keyboard warriors should take a look at themselves, and why do we allow advertising to our children?

03 December 2023

It’s not often that Fenland hits both national and international headlines but one town certainly did it in style thanks to a simple twist of nature.


‘Gone is the Argos catalogue – the teens now have gift registry apps’

‘Gone is the Argos catalogue – the teens now have gift registry apps’

‘Gone is the Argos catalogue – the teens now have gift registry apps’

28 November 2023

In 2022 our columnist boldly declared her dislike for Christmas Eve boxes but now she says the internet is serving up a fresh slice of festive horror.


Opinion: The Twin Flame Game – How one couple set fire to the concept of soulmates with an elaborate scam

Opinion: The Twin Flame Game – How one couple set fire to the concept of soulmates with an elaborate scam

Opinion: The Twin Flame Game – How one couple set fire to the concept of soulmates with an elaborate scam

25 November 2023

Fenland Citizen columnist Eve Tawfick talks about The Twin Flame Game in her column this month.


Opinion: U-turn over ticket offices a welcome first – and remembering the brilliant Matthew Perry was more than just Chandler Bing

Opinion: U-turn over ticket offices a welcome first – and remembering the brilliant Matthew Perry was more than just Chandler Bing

Opinion: U-turn over ticket offices a welcome first – and remembering the brilliant Matthew Perry was more than just Chandler Bing

08 November 2023

I think this week has scored a first for me as a journalist – or very close to it.


Opinon: Bridge strikes are down to driver error – it’s that plain and simple

Opinon: Bridge strikes are down to driver error – it’s that plain and simple

Opinon: Bridge strikes are down to driver error – it’s that plain and simple

28 October 2023

Closure of a Fenland bridge that regularly ranks as the ‘most bashed’ in the country is not an option – at least for now.


Opinion: How can any business survive in this current climate without more government support?

Opinion: How can any business survive in this current climate without more government support?

Opinion: How can any business survive in this current climate without more government support?

22 October 2023

A village cafe owner has been forced to make the heartbreaking decision to close partly because of the ridiculous costs of running a small business.


Opinion: Road wars is ‘chicken and egg’

Opinion: Road wars is ‘chicken and egg’

Opinion: Road wars is ‘chicken and egg’

14 October 2023

We currently have a chicken and egg situation here in Cambridgeshire.


Opinion: Rose Fair will still need a parade

Opinion: Rose Fair will still need a parade

Opinion: Rose Fair will still need a parade

09 October 2023

For almost 60 years Wisbech Rose Fair has been attracting crowds not just from across Fenland but also by the bus load from around the country.


Opinion: It seems that the diaphanous film of charisma has been peeled away to reveal the man beneath

Opinion: It seems that the diaphanous film of charisma has been peeled away to reveal the man beneath

Opinion: It seems that the diaphanous film of charisma has been peeled away to reveal the man beneath

08 October 2023

The early 2000s are oft characterised along the arch of a pencil-thin eyebrow, pop starlets in low-rise jeans, and risqué reality shows.


‘The phone ban is a distraction...the government has no idea how to fix the issues in schools today’

‘The phone ban is a distraction...the government has no idea how to fix the issues in schools today’

‘The phone ban is a distraction...the government has no idea how to fix the issues in schools today’

03 October 2023

If the best schools policy Conservatives want to crow about is a phone ban that already exists, then education is in trouble, fears our columnist.


‘E-scooters are the answer to soaring car costs for young drivers’

‘E-scooters are the answer to soaring car costs for young drivers’

‘E-scooters are the answer to soaring car costs for young drivers’

26 September 2023

With the cost to run a car now out of reach for many young people, our columnist argues now might be the time to fully embrace the e-scooter.


Opinion: Mayoral duty is an honour and should not be given on party lines

Opinion: Mayoral duty is an honour and should not be given on party lines

Opinion: Mayoral duty is an honour and should not be given on party lines

23 September 2023

Being the mayor of your home town is an honour – that is a fact.


Opinion: Our health service is in dire straits and staff are on their knees

Opinion: Our health service is in dire straits and staff are on their knees

Opinion: Our health service is in dire straits and staff are on their knees

17 September 2023

An incident this week involving my mother has highlighted the dire straits our local health service is in.


Opinion: Special school is great news, but let’s hope they have planned ahead – and then there was that kiss, surely Rubiales should be setting an example

Opinion: Special school is great news, but let’s hope they have planned ahead – and then there was that kiss, surely Rubiales should be setting an example

Opinion: Special school is great news, but let’s hope they have planned ahead – and then there was that kiss, surely Rubiales should be setting an example

02 September 2023

Fenland, and in particular March, is finally going to get a much-needed special needs school.


Opinion: From Barbie to Buffy: The Evolution of the strong female lead

Opinion: From Barbie to Buffy: The Evolution of the strong female lead

Opinion: From Barbie to Buffy: The Evolution of the strong female lead

01 September 2023

In her monthly Baffling Britain column, Eve Tawfick talks about women role models on the big screen...


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