Politics

Wisbech Park bandstand has been restored to its former Edwardian glory following a £62,000 refurbishment which included a new thief proof roof.

Around 42 miles (65.9km) of drought damaged fen roads are to be repaired thanks to £3.5million of government funding.

Councillors at Cambridgeshire County Council and East Cambridgeshire District Council have been accused of hypocrisy after awarding themselves an inflation busting pay rise.

Drivers should enjoy a smoother ride along large sections of the A47 later this year when Highways England East undertake resurfacing and safety improvement schemes.

Fenland has been awarded nearly £180,000 of government cash to help tackle migration issues including creating better community cohesion and migrant homelessness.

Fenland councillors have voted to postpone giving themselves a pay rise until November 2019 with deputy leader Will Sutton arguing ‘it’s absolutely the right thing to do’.

The immediate future of Wisbech’s Community House has been secured following a grant to Fenland Council from the Clarion Housing Group.

Heidi Allen, MP for South Cambridgeshire, has today announced she will be putting her name forward for the Conservative nomination for the election of the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in May 2017.

Peterborough City Council has voted for a devolution deal with authorities in Cambridgeshire which would include an elected mayor for the first time.

A Ukip leadership candidate has rejected comparisons with Donald Trump and suggestions she is attacking a single minority after calling for Muslim veils to be banned in public places.

Police are investigating suspected post-referendum racism after hateful notes were allegedly posted through letterboxes of Polish residents in Cambridgeshire.

Thousands attended a special service for Armed Forces Day in Wisbech Market Place at the weekend, before cadets led a parade to pay tribute to veterans. Organisers were thrilled to see the turnout was even greater than last year’s and hailed it their best event yet.

Conservative Jason Ablewhite is the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire.

The Conservative police and crime commissioner candidate for Cambridgeshire has dismissed accusations of discrimination over private Facebook messages made about “pikeys” and “Spanish asylum seekers” found in an “inflatable grotto lorry.”

The grieving dad of a Tory party activist who killed himself after allegedly being bullied yesterday (Thursday, December 10) accused a leading Conservative supporter of ‘trying to portray himself as a white knight.”

UKIP’s Richard Mandley scraped home to hold on to the party’s Chatteris Cambridgeshire County Council seat by just 10 votes over the Tories in yesterday’s by-election.

The first artefacts have been recovered from a Spitfire which has lain buried in a field for 75 years since it crashed during the Second World War.

Fenland residents with mental health issues can now refer themselves for help thanks to the launch of a new patient service.

The chief executive of Peterborough City Council has moved a step closer to a job share with Cambridgeshire County Council.

Peterborough’s planners are set to team up with their counterparts in Fenland to deliver what is believed will be an improved and more cost-effective service.