Fenland, England News

TWO March woman who have devoted more than 40 years of their lives to girlguiding have received a prestigious award.

RUSSIAN folk songs and Russian Orthodox sacred music will be performed by the St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble, at a concert held in St Peter's Church in Wimblington on Sunday May 19 at 7.30pm. Bringing part of a rich Russian musical tradition to Fenland, the five-strong ensemble perform intensely spiritual Russian Orthodox church music, alongside ... (more)

John Leonard William Smith, 38, of Primrose Farm, Small Lode, Upwell, were each sentenced to 13 years and six months.

FORMER Wisbech mayor Jonathan Farmer claims that putting the brakes on drinks licences in the town centre is "ineffective, won't make any difference and is anti business." Cllr Farmer said Wisbech had one of the lowest densities of pubs in the country and "what the town needs is more pubs and this measure isn't going to help". "We have to evidence ... (more)

POLICE commissioner Sir Graham Bright says his personal office has grown to 10 staff and may get bigger but is still cheaper than the police authority he replaced.

A GROUP of UKIP councillors from Lincolnshire are due in Wisbech on Saturday to speak at an anti-immigration protest rally.

HISTORIC railway arches on the outskirts of March have won a temporary reprieve while Fenland planners decide whether they should allow them to be demolished.

TORY group leader Martin Curtis has pledged a "significant" change to the way Cambridgeshire is run if the county council votes him in as leader.

MP STEVE Barclay is to petition Parliament to pile pressure on Fenland District Council to resolve the problem of derelict and empty buildings in Wisbech.

Efforts are being stepped up to combat the menace of dog owners who fail to keep them under control or clear up their pets' mess.

A MOTORCYCLIST suffered two broken legs in a collision with a car on a Fenland riverside road tonight at the spot where an 85,000 safety barrier scheme is nearing completion.

A FORMER school cook who had nearly 22,000 indecent images of children on his computer has been jailed for 12 months.

A MAN who battered a former Fenland man to death at a remote Essex farm last year was today jailed for a minimum of 23 years.

MP Steve Barclay will meet with Housing Minister Mark Prisk to discuss how to tackle rogue landlords and crack down on overcrowded housing in Fenland.

TONY Martin, the farmer who shot two burglars on his remote Fenland farm almost 13 years ago, confronted a thief yesterday who was trying to steal tractor batteries.

Sue Dowey, on behalf of emqc Ltd, compiled a 12-page report examining whether the council has continued to comply with the national standards for Customer Service Excellence over the past year.

The county's 32 Tory councillors will decide at a meeting at 1pm tomorrow if Cllr McGuire or Councillor Martin Curtis, who represents Whittlesey North, as their next leader.

THREE young Fenland curators who spent 18 months researching and putting together an exhibition about Wisbech have received a prestigious award.

MOTORISTS could be forgiven for getting confused as they drive through a Fenland village where there are two different speed limit signs on the same stretch of road.

A woman has been charged with the murders of three men whose bodies were discovered dumped in ditches five miles apart.