Wisbech

Patients at a Wisbech surgery have raised £800 for the charity during a host of coffee mornings.

Volunteers from the Wisbech Salvation Army have been remembering those less fortunate this Christmas by delivering food hampers.

Manea firefighters were called to a tractor fire.

A new infection control czar has been appointed at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and a campaign launched to combat the risk of the spread of Ebola, flu and winter vomiting bugs.

After watching an advertising campaign urging women over 70 to go for breast screening, Monica Grimwood and her friend decided to make an appointment.

This is the first Christmas that West Norfolk residents will be living under the new recycling regime and they are being urged to do their utmost to make the most of it and waste as little as possible.

The Country Land and Business Association is urging Norfolk County Council to ban the release of sky lanterns from its land and buildings.

Leading animal experts at Wood Green, The Animals Charity, have urged pet owners to get clued-up on dog safety and follow some simple rules to help keep their four-legged friends relaxed over Christmas and new year.

Fenland District Council has welcomed the jail sentences handed down to two Latvian gangmasters who have been exploiting vulnerable migrant workers.

A Leverington woman has graduated from university.

A generous couple raised £580 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance at their diamond wedding anniversary party.

A mum is appealing for help in tracking down the handbag belonging to her devasted six-year-old daughter which was lost during a bus ride.

A Fenland charity has been boosted by two donations.

At The Luxe, Wisbech:

Every year comes with its challenges and opportunities and sees destinations gaining or losing their appeal – here I look at some that should be top of most hit lists in 2015.

Christmas around the fireside. A real fire with dancing flames and sweet smelling smoke; and the promise of roast chestnuts or hot buttered toast cooked by glowing embers late in the evening.

A nativity play celebrating Christmas across the world has been staged by Wisbech Grammar School’s preparatory school.

CHATTERIS

A dying woman’s plea to find new homes for her cats resulted in several offers of help.