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Simon Crowson has “stepped aside” from the 50/50 Vision homeless project in Wisbech.

A Salvation Army member who helped set up a joint venture to tackle homelessness in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire is leaving his post to move to Chatteris.

Cllr Simon King who held onto his Roman Bank seat - Credit: Harry Rutter Early Friday at the Hudson leisure centre in Wisbech and the celebrations are about to begin as every available seat – for county, district and town – goes to the Conservatives.  County council leader Steve Count wins a handsome victory in March North & Waldersey, along with his colleague Cllr Jan French.   Andy Maul (left) who lost out to Steve Tierney - Credit: Harry Rutter And the pattern is repeated as the resul...

Cllr Samantha Hoy who has retained her seat on Cambridgeshire County Council. - Credit: Harry Rutter Tories held both Wisbech West and Wisbech East as the results were announced for Cambridgeshire County Council.  Steve Tierney retained his west division, polling 1,049 votes to the independent Andy Maul who secured 451 votes.   Labours Daniel Kerry came third with 202 votes, Ted Hurlock fourth for UKIP with 97 votes.  A fifth candidate, independent Lynn Monk, managed 27 votes.  In Wisbech ...

Wisbech West – 24.18pc  Counting under way at the Hudson leisure centre in Wisbech for Cambs CC - Credit: Harry Rutter Tory Party chiefs, whilst confident of retaining control, have learned from past experience -including that of 2013 when UKIP delivered an extraordinary electoral blow – not to be complacent.    Including the deputy leader’s former seat, they have held 35 of the 61 council seats – with Lib Dems, Labour and independents the remaining 26.   Retention of that comfortab...

No one knows for sure, however, what affect the Hickford inquiry – that has come to be known as farmgate – will have on the minds of voters when they make their choices.  Fenland is critical to continued success for the party – it returned nine councillors, all Conservatives, for the eight divisions in 2017.  It includes the division of March North, the seat of council leader Steve Count, and that of Roman Bank where Simon King, eased out of Fenland Council by the Tory group over an exp...

Cllr Maul said he noticed the poor conditions of roads daily over the past year as his café switched to home delivery and he finds himself constantly using local roads.  “Only few months ago I was travelling along North End and had to pull over after I hit a pothole: it smashed my wheel to pieces.”  Cllr Maul said a reason for standing for a county seat was to ensure people had a choice and he felt that in his time as a town and district councillor he had built a good rapport with the co...

He added: “I am delighted Stuart has been recognised in this way – he deserves it”.  Mr Halliday said the Foyer – a supported housing project in Wisbech - were inspired to launch its resilience awards after being inspired by Stuart’s actions.   He said: “To summarise, in the first lockdown Stuart was furloughed. In that time, he volunteered for a local organisation that was distributing food parcels to the needy.   “He went back to work after lockdown but was then furloughed ag...

Terry Wood Published: 4:56 PM December 29, 2020    Updated: 5:53 PM December 29, 2020 Simon Spike Crowson (right) and 50 Backpacks volunteer Terry Wood slept/stayed out on the streets in Wisbech throughout Christmas night and into Boxing Day to turn the spotlight on homelessness. - Credit: Archant On Christmas night I was on the streets of Wisbech for 12 hours with Simon Spike Crowson so that we could find out for ourselves what life can be like for some every night.  We did it also for 5...

He said the Christmas night sleep out was also partly to respect those that didnt make it through this year “and the people that have been let down by the systems and continue to sleep rough on our streets”.   He said that in 2020 “we as a community have come together like no other during unprecedented times and we as a community have made a difference to peoples lives thousands of times”.   Mr Crowson said: “Although numbers continue to grow, we as a community have provided 32 peop...