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Russian musical tradition comes to Fenland, with a visit by the St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 23:59

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.

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Rare steam vehicles to create a spectacle at Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 23:57

HISTORIC fire appliances and military vehicles will be on show at Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum on Sunday, including some very rare steam vehicles that will create a spectacular show, pumping water from the nearby drain and jetting it back into the water course .

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Ely and District Model Railway Club annual exhibition

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 23:55

SIXTEEN model railway layouts will be on show when Ely and District Model Railway Club stage their annual exhibition at Ely College on Saturday May 18.

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Chamberlain’s Men set for Ely return

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 23:53

THE Old Palace garden in Ely will be transformed into an open air theatre next week when theatre group The Lord Chamberlain’s Men perform Shakespeare’s summer comedy, As You Like It.

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Smiles at the ready as we launch 2013 Baby of the Year competition

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 23:51

EAST Cambridgeshire’s cutest youngsters are preparing to take centre stage once again as the 2013 Baby of the Year competition is launched by the Ely Standard.

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Two Fenland men among those jailed for “cynical and violent” robbery which left elderly victims traumatised

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 17:31

FOUR men – including two from Fenland- have been jailed for a total of 54 years for an armed robbery.

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Tax dodging take-aways in Wisbech suspected of evading VAT could owe £100,000

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 16:24

THREE tax dodging Wisbech take-aways who potentially owe over £100,000 were caught in a single night by a revenue task force.

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Ely set to be ‘guinea pig’ in county wide survey to see how we all travel and how it can be improved

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 15:48

ELY is to be a guinea pig for a county wide survey to find out how people travel-and feed into a to improve their everyday journeys.

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Former mayor attacks new alcohol restrictions claiming they are “ineffective and anti business”

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 14:52

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.”

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Landbeach superstore lends its support to Ely Foodbank

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 13:07

A LANDBEACH second hand superstore is raising funds for the Ely Foodbank tomorrow.

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MP Barclay one of 116 Tory MPs to support referendum on continued EU membership

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 12:00

MP STEVE Barclay aligned himself to the group of Tory MPs wanting a referendum on this country’s members of the European Union.

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Illegal workers rounded up as police and customs officers swoop on Wisbech premises

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 11:31

INDIAN and Pakistani workers who had over stayed the terms of their visas and Chinese workers – one of who had entered the UK illegally- were among those arrested in Wisbech.

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VIDEO: Dramatic views from the skies over Ely and the Fens from paramotor enthusiast

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 11:03

AN enthusiast from Ely has put together startling images of what it’s like to be guiding a paramotor over Cambridgeshire.

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Driver who killed two people in St Ives crash is jailed

Ely Standard - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 09:13

A DRIVER who killed two people after attempting a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre at more than 100mph has been jailed.

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As Soham basks in supermarket victory focus now on nearby Newmarket where FOUR supermarket plans set for early decisions

Ely Standard - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 23:08

IT may have been a new supermarket for Soham that captured yesterday’s headlines but today the focus is on nearby Newmarket where no less than FOUR supermarket applications are with planners.

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GALLERY: Blossoms and Bygones at Haddenham and Aldreth

Ely Standard - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 16:55

VISITORS to Haddenham took a step back in time at the annual Blossoms and Bygones festival on Sunday afternoon, as the village took on a Victorian theme to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the village school.

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Ely salad grower becomes star of national campaign

Ely Standard - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 16:46

AN ELY salad grower has become the star of a national healthy eating campaign.

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AUDIO: Police commissioner says outreach worker for Fenland will take his private office staffing to 10

Ely Standard - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 16:35

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.

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Tutte tribute could be in place by Christmas

Newmarket Journal - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 15:55

The Journal campaign to honour Newmarket-born wartime code-breaker Bill Tutte could see a permanent memorial in place by the end of the year.

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College announces scholarship plans

Newmarket Journal - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 15:53

Newmarket College has announced it will be offering 15 new music and drama scholarships as part of its plan to improve.

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