March News

Stock image of police lights.

Five men arrested following A47 police chase

Trees in Gull Drove, Guyhirn, caught fire on August 13.

Trees in Gull Drove, Guyhirn, caught fire on August 13.

Firefighters promptly extinguish accidental tree fire

Krista Dolmane, finance manager at Little Miracles, and Neil John, partner and personal injury solicitor at Fraser Dawbarns LLP, presenting a cheque for fundraising to Louise Evans, head of income generation at Little Miracles at The Spinney.

Krista Dolmane, finance manager at Little Miracles, and Neil John, partner and personal injury solicitor at Fraser Dawbarns LLP, presenting a cheque for fundraising to Louise Evans, head of income generation at Little Miracles at The Spinney.

Fraser Dawbarns’ charity golf day raises over £3,000 for Little Miracles

William 'Bill' Durrant, the former president of the Wisbech Royal British Legion branch, has died aged 87.

William 'Bill' Durrant, the former president of the Wisbech Royal British Legion branch, has died aged 87.

Tributes paid to respected figure of Fenland military community

General Election 2024

NE Cambridgeshire candidates share their views on housing

Stock image of child learning.

Stock image of child learning.

General Election 2024

NE Cambridgeshire candidates share their views on education

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Stock image of surgeons.

General Election 2024

NE Cambridgeshire candidates share their views on the NHS

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Stock image of money.

General Election 2024

NE Cambs election candidates share their views on the cost-of-living

Fenland District Council has released Voter ID data.

Fenland District Council has released Voter ID data.

General Election 2024

Meet the election candidates for North East Cambridgeshire

March and District Model Railway Club visited Rose Lodge care home in Wisbech on May 14.

March and District Model Railway Club visited Rose Lodge care home in Wisbech on May 14.

Model train demonstration is a hit with care home residents

Colin Bedford receives his donation.

Colin Bedford receives his donation.

Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Funding boost for Colin's hospital campaign

Wisbech Sea Cadets visited March police station to learn more about what officers do to keep people safe.

Wisbech Sea Cadets visited March police station to learn more about what officers do to keep people safe.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Wisbech Sea Cadets visit March police station

Planning applications approved by Fenland District Council from the week of March 4.

Planning applications approved by Fenland District Council from the week of March 4.

Fenland District Council

Fenland planning applications from the week beginning March 4

Funfairs will be coming to Wisbech, March and Whittlesey!

Funfairs will be coming to Wisbech, March and Whittlesey!

Wisbech, March and Whittlesey to have all the fun at the fair!

Fenland District Council is considering a legal challenge in a bid to stop the Wisbech incinerator from being built.

Fenland District Council is considering a legal challenge in a bid to stop the Wisbech incinerator from being built.

Wisbech Incinerator

Fenland District Council

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Council considers legal challenge over incinerator decision

Pictured, back left: Erin, Ronnie, Finley, Jack Bottom row Matthew, Harry and Rylie. Not pictured is Shaye who captained this team.

Pictured, back left: Erin, Ronnie, Finley, Jack Bottom row Matthew, Harry and Rylie. Not pictured is Shaye who captained this team.

Young Scorpions battle it out

Fenland shoplifter Jordan Palmer has been jailed after going on a stealing spree and breaching a court order.

Fenland shoplifter Jordan Palmer has been jailed after going on a stealing spree and breaching a court order.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Fenland shoplifter jailed after stealing spree

In September, Mayor Dr Nik Johnson stopped off at Shippea Hill - a previous holder of the least-used railway station. He described it as a 'hidden gem'.

In September, Mayor Dr Nik Johnson stopped off at Shippea Hill - a previous holder of the least-used railway station. He described it as a 'hidden gem'.

Local government

'Disappointment and frustration’ at lack of progress on Wisbech Rail project

Stock photo of a Covid booster vaccine being administered.

Stock photo of a Covid booster vaccine being administered.

COVID-19 booster clinics start today in Fenland

Appeal after car set on fire in the open in March

Appeal after car set on fire in the open in March

Police appeal after car set on fire in the open in March

Three Fenland routes will be taken over by new operators after July 24, 2023.

Three Fenland routes will be taken over by new operators after July 24, 2023.

New bus operators to take over Fenland Stagecoach routes

Fenland for Business and Innovate UK Edge event in Chatteris. Back, from left, James Grayston, RTO Catapult Grant; Alexander Craig, Qualitetch. Front – Ann Wardle, Fenland for Business; Julie Pauley, Innovate UK EDGE; Belinda Smith, Agrimech

Fenland for Business and Innovate UK Edge event in Chatteris. Back, from left, James Grayston, RTO Catapult Grant; Alexander Craig, Qualitetch. Front – Ann Wardle, Fenland for Business; Julie Pauley, Innovate UK EDGE; Belinda Smith, Agrimech

Fenland District Council

Event highlights free help available to innovative Fenland businesses

Fenland Hall, in March, is the base for Fenland District Council.

Fenland Hall, in March, is the base for Fenland District Council.

Fenland District Council

Local Elections 2023: Fenland polling stations now open

Stock image of a fitness class

Stock image of a fitness class

Free beginner fitness and sport taster courses start soon

Businesses in Fenland can apply for grants from the district council.

Businesses in Fenland can apply for grants from the district council.

Local government

Grants of up to £75,000 on offer to Fenland businesses

Councillors at Fenland District Council have agreed to a two per cent cut to council tax.

Councillors at Fenland District Council have agreed to a two per cent cut to council tax.

Local government

Fenland District Council agrees two per cent cut to council tax

Police have released images from this morning's collision on the A47 between Thorney Toll and Guyhirn.

Police have released images from this morning's collision on the A47 between Thorney Toll and Guyhirn.

A47 reopens between Guyhirn and Thorney Toll after collision

Four leisure centres across Fenland are predicted to have £600,000 added onto their energy bills.

Four leisure centres across Fenland are predicted to have £600,000 added onto their energy bills.

Fenland Freedom Leisure Centres facing additional £600,000 on energy bills

British Transport Police taking a drone out on a test flight.

British Transport Police taking a drone out on a test flight.

Drones being used to monitor trespass on railways during half term

Best Street Scene Project award winners, Chatteris In Bloom-Street Pride.

Best Street Scene Project award winners, Chatteris In Bloom-Street Pride.

Fenlands 'finest volunteers' honoured in annual district council celebration

Check out our daily traffic and travel updates.

Check out our daily traffic and travel updates.

Traffic and travel updates for Cambridgeshire

The Hereward Rail Partnership has kick-started its 10th anniversary celebrations.

The Hereward Rail Partnership has kick-started its 10th anniversary celebrations.

Parties on the platforms as rail partnership celebrates 10th anniversary

Qu Gao (left), from Chatteris, is winner of the Adult Fenland Poet Laureate Awards 2022. Alan Wheeldon, from Wisbech, was awarded second.

Qu Gao (left), from Chatteris, is winner of the Adult Fenland Poet Laureate Awards 2022. Alan Wheeldon, from Wisbech, was awarded second.

Winners of Fenland poetry competition announced

$Burrowmoor Primary School has been rated \'inadequate\' after its most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2022.$ $Burrowmoor Primary School has been rated \'inadequate\' after its most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2022.$

Pupils’ poor behaviour raised in primary school’s damning Ofsted report

The Nottingham Building Society (NBS) branch on Broad Street, March is one of 17 branches to close before the end of this year.

The Nottingham Building Society (NBS) branch on Broad Street, March is one of 17 branches to close before the end of this year.

Second bank in two years to close in town

Costel Burdulea (pictured) was found in a red Vauxhall Vivaro which had left the B1098 Sixteen Foot Bank near March.

Costel Burdulea (pictured) was found in a red Vauxhall Vivaro which had left the B1098 Sixteen Foot Bank near March.

Man dies after B1098 ditch crash

The ?260,000 grant will help to create spaces at Cambridge Central Library (L) and March Library (R) as part of the EverySpace project.

The ?260,000 grant will help to create spaces at Cambridge Central Library (L) and March Library (R) as part of the EverySpace project.

Cambridgeshire County Council

EverySpace project in two Cambridgeshire libraries moves step closer

Craig Stoneham of Smith's Drive in March stole a BMW from a driveway in Haddenham on August 18, 2018.

Craig Stoneham of Smith's Drive in March stole a BMW from a driveway in Haddenham on August 18, 2018.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Man arrested before crime he was fleeing from was reported

Students at Cromwell Community College, Neale-Wade Academy and Sir Harry Smith Community College were praised for their resilience as they collected their GCSE results.

Students at Cromwell Community College, Neale-Wade Academy and Sir Harry Smith Community College were praised for their resilience as they collected their GCSE results.

Cambridgeshire GCSE results

Resilience aplenty as Fenland students overcome Covid battle

People have also been expressing their upset and praise for the ideas on social media

People have also been expressing their upset and praise for the ideas on social media

Cyclists call bicycle plates and insurance 'unenforceable and unworkable'

David Champion, 42, was last seen leaving his home in March in the early hours of yesterday morning (August 14).

David Champion, 42, was last seen leaving his home in March in the early hours of yesterday morning (August 14).

Police 'increasingly concerned' for man missing since early hours yesterday

B&M in March will reopen on Saturday (August 13) following an expansion.

B&M in March will reopen on Saturday (August 13) following an expansion.

Discount store expanding making it ‘bigger and better for customers’

Health secretary Steve Barclay has agreed to explore financial redress for mesh-injured, campaigners say. - Credit: Supplied

Health secretary Steve Barclay has agreed to explore financial redress for mesh-injured, campaigners say. - Credit: Supplied

Health secretary to investigate financial redress for mesh-injured

Campaigner Kath Sansom will meet with health secretary Steve Barclay today. They will discuss financial redress for those suffering complications from pelvic mesh implants.

Campaigner Kath Sansom will meet with health secretary Steve Barclay today. They will discuss financial redress for those suffering complications from pelvic mesh implants.

‘We should be offered compensation’ - Campaigner's plea to Steve Barclay

Two vehicles ended up in ditches after a crash on the A141 between March and Guyhirn on August 4.

Two vehicles ended up in ditches after a crash on the A141 between March and Guyhirn on August 4.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Two vehicles in ditches after crash on A141 between March and Guyhirn

Emergency services pumping water out of a property in Gold Street, March, on Christmas Eve 2019.

Emergency services pumping water out of a property in Gold Street, March, on Christmas Eve 2019.

Upcoming conference for flood groups aims to ‘combat flooding’

Drugs seized during a police patrol in Gaul Road, March were being stored in a candy floss container.

Drugs seized during a police patrol in Gaul Road, March were being stored in a candy floss container.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

‘Strange looking candy floss...’ seized during police patrol

Three Counties Running Club saw their Couch to 5k group graduate at the end of July

Three Counties Running Club saw their Couch to 5k group graduate at the end of July

Praise for Three Counties Running Club's 5k graduates

Joe Tumner (pictured), 32, of All Saints Close in March, has been jailed after glassing another man in the head following a fight at the Red Lion Pub in March during a Halloween party.

Joe Tumner (pictured), 32, of All Saints Close in March, has been jailed after glassing another man in the head following a fight at the Red Lion Pub in March during a Halloween party.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Man who glassed another man in the head after a fight jailed

Screen shot from widely distributed CCTV footage of a catalytic converter theft in March.

Screen shot from widely distributed CCTV footage of a catalytic converter theft in March.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Cambridgeshire hit by wave of catalytic converter thefts

Winners from President's Day at March Golf Club. From left to right: Derek Wisbey, Jean Alterton, Carolyn Morton (president), Gary Neugebauer, Dawn Robinson, Justin Jackson, Jo Rowlett and Chris Hodson.

Winners from President's Day at March Golf Club. From left to right: Derek Wisbey, Jean Alterton, Carolyn Morton (president), Gary Neugebauer, Dawn Robinson, Justin Jackson, Jo Rowlett and Chris Hodson.

Over 60 golfers participate in golf club event

FACET staff and students get together to celebrate 20 years of learning

FACET staff and students get together to celebrate 20 years of learning

FACET charity celebrate their 20th anniversary

March Dental Surgery's new home on Broad Street

March Dental Surgery's new home on Broad Street

March Dental Surgery turns derelict building into hotel-style practice

Hot Pots in March is part of Cambridgeshire County Council’s day service provision in Fenland.

Hot Pots in March is part of Cambridgeshire County Council’s day service provision in Fenland.

Cambridgeshire County Council

5-star Hot Pot cafe going from strength to strength