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Wisbech taxi chief Dave Patrick to stand for vacant Fenland Council seat as Lib Dem

14:02 - 12 March 2010

WISBECH taxi drivers leader Dave Patrick will be out to prove that if you can t beat them, join them as he sets out to become a district councillor. For too long the views of Wisbech residents have been ignored, he said....

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Household appliances and building materials stolen from Wisbech home

14:12 - 12 March 2010

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after household appliances and building materials were stolen from a home in Wisbech. Items including a gas boiler, a fridge and a dishwasher were stolen from the home under renovation at Newlands in Barton Road. The bur...

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Serious issues surround Fenland Council's suspension of taxi drivers

13:50 - 12 March 2010

SERIOUS issues surrounding the imposition of suspensions on two Fenland taxi drivers who have picked up six points on their licence, threatens to escalate simmering discontentment. Fresh from a narrow defeat over the removal of taxis from the Horsefair in...

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The East Anglian Air Ambulance celebrates its 10th anniversary.

SPECIAL REPORT: East Anglian Air Ambulance celebrates 10th anniversary

11:55 - 12 March 2010

SINCE the East Anglian Air Ambulance was launched, its crews have been on about 10,000 rescue missions, helping thousands of people when they need it most by providing specialist care at the scenes of emergencies and getting patients to hospital fast....

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The Giggly Girls Group is one of the nine shortlisted for the Kid of the Year award. They received a monthly award from editorial assistant Barbara Sutton.

Choose your Kid of the Year - nine youngsters shortlisted for overall prize

08:00 - 12 March 2010

THE Kids Are Alright – and we ve been proving it for the last year. We are now giving our readers the opportunity to choose a Kid of the Year. Each month a Kids Are Alright judging panel has picked a winner. We have now pulled together a shortlist of nine...

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McCain’s Bill Bartlett receives the WASPO from Bill Wiggin MP.

McCain Foods awarded with WASPO at House of Commons after sunflower oil switch

CHIP manufacturer McCain Foods has been awarded a WASPO (Wiggin Award for Sustainable Palm Oil) in recognition of the company s change of oil four years ago. McCain, which has a plant at Whittlesey, switched from palm oil to sunflower oil across all its f...

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WIN! Tractorland DVD

TRACTOR Ted is visiting Pigeons Farm at Thorney next weekend – and we have five copies of his Tractorland DVD to give away. The weekend will be packed with fun with lambs, baby rabbits, chicks hatching and farm equipment to explore. Details of how to ente...

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Kids Are Alright

Friday Bridge teenager wins final monthly Kids Are Alright award

SELFLESS teenager Abbie Ross has been named our final Kids Are Alright monthly prize winner. Abbie, 18, from Friday Bridge has recently returned from a six-month trip to Kenya where she worked voluntarily in a school, orphanage and hospital....

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Gallery: Young dog handler to take part in Crufts competition

A YOUNG dog handler from Fenland will be among a Cambridgeshire team competing on the on world s greatest stage tomorrow (Saturday). Eight-year-old Aiden Murdoch, from Chatteris, will take part in the junior flyball competition at Crufts with his Labrador...

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Building Design Awards

John Elworthy, Editor of the Cambs Times/Wisbech Standard.

Selecting this year's Building Design Awards shortlist has never been harder

WITH this year's Building Design Awards just days away, Cambs Times/Wisbech Standard Editor John Elworthy gives his thoughts on the shortlisted projects. John's words come as this year's shortlist is revealed....

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Saints manager calls it a day

TYDD St Mary Football Club s manager Carl Wilson will resign at the end of the season and a meeting will be held next week to discuss the club s future. The meeting will be at The Five Bells, Tydd St Mary on Wednesday at 7.30pm. Wilson said: I am still p...

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Street to the rescue as Wisbech earn a point at Haverhill

Ridgeons Premier Division Haverhill Rovers 1 Wisbech Town 1 WISBECH boss Steve Appleby was happy to take a point from a hard battle at Haverhill on Tuesday night. The Fenmen had the heroics of goalkeeper Alex Street to thank as Rovers bossed large period...

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