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WASTE TRANSFER SITE IN THE HEART OF FENLAND ON 4.6 ACRE SITE NEAR MARCH

12:50 - 04 July 2008

EXCLUSIVE By JOHN ELWORTHY JUST off the A141 and less than two miles from the centre of March on a 4.6 acre site, planning is under way to create Fenland s biggest waste transfer plant. By next year the newly constructed plant- housing a building some 36...

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REVEALED TODAY EXCLUSIVELY THE FOUR POST OFFICES IN FENLAND THREATENED WITH CLOSURE

10:02 - 04 July 2008

WEB EXCLUSIVE By EDITOR JOHN ELWORTHY FENLAND will lose four post offices in the latest round of closures that will not be officially announced until next Tuesday. Confidential documents obtained by the Cambs Times and Wisbech Standard name the four post...

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Gallery: Thomas Clarkson CC students race at the Greenpower series

THE last thing on the mind of most racing drivers is how much fuel they are burning as they scream through the chicanes. But with record petrol prices continuing to rise, students at a Fenland school have built their own environmentally-friendly racer to...

Gallery: Annual Fuchsia and Pelargonium Show

MORE than 270 colourful plants graced a village hall when it played host to a Fenland group s annual fuchsia and pelargonium show. Titles in a total of 105 classes were also up for grabs for members of Wisbech and District Fuchsia and Pelargonium Society....

Gallery: Rose Fair Week

COUNCILLOR Jonathan Farmer, Mayor of Wisbech, visited stalls set up in the town centre on the opening day of this year s Rose Fair. He met helpers from the Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum selling the official Rose Fair pink roses on the first day of celebr...

• Gallery: Fenland Village Country Fair
• Gallery: Students build environmentally-friendly racer
• Gallery: Football Tournaments held at March Town United
• Gallery: Primary School has French-themed week
• Gallery: Ralph Burrows Auction
• Gallery: Record number of teams show up for annual football tournament

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Slideshow: Former England cricket star in Wisbech

FORMER England international cricketer Devon Malcolm demonstrated his fearsome skills as a fast bowler in a match against the Wisbech Grammar School s first team this week. Malcolm famously bowled 9-57 against South Africa at The Oval on August 20, 1994,...

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Setchell is back with the Fenmen

FORMER Rushden and Diamonds, Kettering and Wisbech defender Gary Setchell has re-signed for the Fenmen as a player and assistant manager. The 33-year-old centre-back joins from Swaffham Town, who were relegated to the Ridgeons First Division last season....

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