FLOWERS were laid at the side of the Sixteen Foot drain, and Chinese lanterns were set off to mark Angel Day - the fourth anniversary of the accident in which nine year old Charlotte Walker lost her life, after the car she was travelling in left the road, and car plunged into the water near Bedlam Bridge.

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THE search to find Fenland’s cutest baby is moving to Wisbech next month, with youngsters having their pictures taken at a special photography studio set up at the Co-operative store in the Horsefair.

A RIVERSIDE property being blamed for a rat infestation in March is the home of a reclusive woman who refuses to allow visitors to enter, according to a neighbour in West End.

MARCH Town United has secured its biggest result of the season - an out of court settlement which will safeguard the football club’s future.

A DRAMATIC drop in GCSE results at three Fenland schools has been blamed on disruption caused by the £100 million Building Schools for the Future programme.

HUNDREDS of people are expected to gather at Wisbech Town FC on Sunday when it hosts the funeral service for one of its most capped players.

LAND owned by retired coalman and Fenland councillor Ralph Butcher and his partner Norman Bedford has won permission for a housing estate despite planners’ claims that the access is sub standard.

BRAVE Fenland soldiers who stood their ground during a terrifying World War Two Japanese invasion have been commended on the 70th anniversary of their fall.

WHAT are the migrant crime figures for Cambridgeshire? You would expect our police force to have this answer at their fingertips.

IT was standing room only at Wisbech Town Council last night as a community came together to kickstart the rejuvenation of their town.

A HOSE pipe ban in Cambridgeshire is looking “increasingly likely” as water companies and the Government look at how to cope with the drought in East Anglia and the south east.

COUNCIL leader Nick Clarke dismissed Government claims that Cambridgeshire had a “moral duty” to freeze council tax and said raising it by 2.95 per cent “is simply the right thing to do for our communities.”

THE family of a three-year-old boy who died after he was hit by a car near King’s Lynn Mart has today paid tribute to their “little man”.

THOUSANDS of workers with pensions managed by Cambridgeshire County Council could soon find they are the joint owners of a bank.

HUNDREDS of boats took to the River Nene at the weekend as student rowers from across the country converged on Fenland.

SMALLHOLDER Frank Harris has won the right to live legally in a mobile home after Fenland Council forgot about him for the past 10 years.

FRIENDS of a man killed in a Fenland road accident donned fancy dress for a memorial party which raised more than £750 for his sister’s unborn baby.

WEDDINGS and civil ceremonies will be carried out at March Library once the registration service moves there.

NEW figures reveal more than 42,000 drivers were caught by speed cameras in Cambridgeshire during 2010.

TWO Fenland lawyers will take part in a high-profile charity event in London to raise funds for breast cancer causes.