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The leader of East Cambridgeshire District Council has spoken out after “perpetual” parking problems were revealed in Ely’s high street.

Published: 7:58 AM May 7, 2021    Updated: 8:03 AM May 7, 2021 Ballot boxes being taken to Ross Sports Centre in Soham last night where verification took place to late in the night. The count begins this morning for all the East Cambs divisions on Cambridgeshire County Council. - Credit: ECDC Littleport won the ‘honour’ of achieving the lowest turn-out of any division across East Cambridgeshire for yesterday’s local elections.   With electors going to the polls in all eight divisions...

EAST ANGLIA’S CHILDREN’S HOSPICES  Poor taste  I was disappointed to discover that the usually reliable Ely Standard had opted to advertise the National Stud tours in last weeks edition (April 29). The grand national, and many other horse races throughout the UK, causes horses to lose their lives every year without failure, this years victims being The Long Mile and Houx Gris. Twenty nine horses have died at the Grand National alone since 2010, most from either broken legs or broken bac...

Second person charged in overdose death A second person is facing murder charges in connection to an overdose death in Blue Earth County. (Source: Associated Press) By Kelsey Barchenger | May 3, 2021 at 12:05 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 12:05 PM MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A second person is facing murder charges in connection to an overdose death in Blue Earth County. 60-year-old Anna Bailey of North Mankato is the latest to be charged in the February death of 21-year-old Travis Gustavson, of...

High days and holidays – or in other words when the fancy takes them – will see the Fenland Flag fly over council offices in Ely. East Cambridgeshire...

Mr Bowman, a local resident vexillographer embarked on the design and promotion of a flag for the Fenland area in 2016.   Cllr Bailey said: “Mr Bowman writes that the symbol of the Fens is the Fen Tiger and that this designation derives from the, sometimes violent, opposition of the local population to the fen drainage schemes of the 17th century.   “‘Fen Tiger’ is a well-known and well used nickname for someone from the Fens; many associations and businesses in the area use the term,...

Although poorly maintained by the council since that time, the kerbstones of these two pathways are still in place today. In March 1945 EUDC further resolved to install a public sewer along the length of Upherds Lane at a cost to the public purse of £720.0s.0d, including repair to the construction of the lane. Extensive potholes in Upherds Lane, Ely - Credit: Harry Rutter / Archant Further efforts by residents of the lane to require the council to bring the road up to a reasonable standard w...

The term of office for 60 of the 61 members of Cambridgeshire County Council is effectively over. Fresh elections will take place on May 6.    For one, of course, his time as a councillor, and that of a tenant of the council farms estate, ended abruptly and simultaneously some weeks earlier.  Roger Hickford resigned as deputy council leader and member for Sawston and Shelford on February 26.   It was ahead of a decision to be taken by his former council colleagues over whether to release a ...

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TALL BONES by Anna Bailey (Doubleday £12.99, 352 pp) After studying creative writing in Bath, Bailey set off for the U.S. and rural Colorado, and her experiences there illuminate this claustrophobic portrait of small-town life on the edge of the Rocky Mountains. She paints a dark picture of a community desperate to protect its secrets in the wake of the disappearance of 17-year-old Abigail during a party at local beauty spot — Tall Bones. Her best friend Emma is ridden with guilt at leaving ...