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Cambridgeshire Fire Authority is seeking judicial review over transfer of governance of fire service to county's police commissioner

A legal battle is set after Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority agreed to challenge a take-over bid by the police and crime commissioner.

Big plans for Wisbech's east side development get approval

Plans that will shape the future growth of the eastern side of Wisbech have been approved.

Action plan for Sutton St James adopted

A curb on HGVs travelling through Sutton St James heads a new wishlist of aims for the village this year.

Fenland Slimming World members handover 'too big' clothes to cancer charity

Members of Slimming World groups across Fenland have donated their old clothes to help a cancer charity.

Doddington mum Syrah Arnold completes charity skydive

Initiative aims to help children in Wisbech, Chatteris, March and Huntingdon improve their life chances

Celebrations as keys to 12 affordable homes in Tydd St Giles are handed over to families

Families are settling into their new homes as the keys to much-needed affordable new houses in Tydd St Giles are handed over.

Baby Walter Olney from Manea and his family write to Prime Minister Theresa May to call for precision medicines to be available on the NHS

Family of baby with cystic fibrosis call for specialist drugs to be available on the NHS.

New secondary school for Wisbech gets green-light from Cambridgeshire County Council

A new £23million secondary school for Wisbech has been given the thumbs-up and should be open in just two years' time.

BUSINESS

Wisbech firm Anglia Components gives £4,000 each to two charities

Anglia Components has streamlined its charitable activities to give focus on two chosen local charities each year.

Developer pulls out of homes plan at Long Sutton sports club

Plans to improve Long Sutton Cricket and Hockey Club by generating income from new housing have been dashed.

Drinks are back on at new-look Granary in Long Sutton

The doors will open again on a new-look Long Sutton pub and a friendly landlady this weekend.

Conversion plan for historic town house
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CRIME

Paedophile hunters help convict Wisbech man for grooming two young girls online

A paedophile who was arrested after being tricked by 'paedophile hunters' into believing he was grooming two young girls online has been convicted.

Witnesses sought after teenager punched in Walpole St Peter

A teenager was punched in an assault in Walpole St Peter yesterday.

Sexual predator from Tydd Gote sentenced over four-year abuse of young girl

A 47-year-old man from Tydd Gote is starting a lengthy prison sentence after admitting 14 sexual and indecent image offences in court today (Tuesday).

Doddington Medical Centre’s van could have been stolen to order before being torched

Professional thieves could have been behind the theft of a van used by the Doddington Medical Centre to transport items between its surgeries and also out to vulnerable patients.
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HEALTH

Baby Walter Olney from Manea and his family write to Prime Minister Theresa May to call for precision medicines to be available on the NHS

Baby Walter Olney from Manea and his family add their voices to plea for specialist medicines to be free on NHS

A four-month-old baby and his family are among those petitioning the Government to make new precision medicines available on the NHS.

Brave Upwell teenager Annie Fowler speaks out to raise awareness of ME

An Upwell teenager has spoken out about her fight with a debilitating illness that has left her on daily medication and with no energy.

Bingo night at Emneth Central Hall will help family of sick baby Paislee-Blu

Paislee-Blu has a rare form of cancer and her parents have been keeping a hospital bedside vigil while she undergoes treatment.
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EDUCATION

Initiative aims to help children in Wisbech, Chatteris, March and Huntingdon improve their life chances

A project to boost communication, language & literacy has been launched by Cambridgeshire County Council.

New secondary school for Wisbech gets green-light from Cambridgeshire County Council

A new £23million secondary school for Wisbech has been given the thumbs-up and should be open in just two years' time.

Wisbech Thomas Clarkson Academy serves up a first as it donates food to the homeless

Thomas Clarkson Academy has become the first school in the area to start regularly donating its leftover food to the homeless.

Cambridgeshire County Council is set to introduce a new RE syllabus for the county's schools

hanges will be made to the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in Cambridgeshire from September when a new, more concise syllabus is brought in.
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POLITICS

Cambridgeshire Fire Authority is seeking judicial review over transfer of governance of fire service to county's police commissioner

A legal battle is set after Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority agreed to challenge a take-over bid by the police and crime commissioner.

Big plans for Wisbech's east side development get approval

Plans that will shape the future growth of the eastern side of Wisbech have been approved.

Councillor Peter Human takes over the job of Mayor of Wisbech from Councillor Steve Tierney

Wisbech has a new mayor following the annual pomp and circumstance ceremony at the town's Council Chamber on Friday.

Bright future for Cambridgeshire with LED rollout
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