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Sue Freestone, the former principal of King’s Ely, has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Mrs Freestone retired at the end of...

Students Billy and Tom have secured places on the National Youth Theatre (NYT) programme.

Published: 3:14 PM April 20, 2021    Ely Cathedral’s Peregrine Falcons can now be viewed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, via a state-of-the-art webcam. - Credit: Ely Cathedral  The pair of rare Peregrine Falcons living high up in the roof of Ely Cathedral can now be watched 24 hours a day, seven days a week, via webcam.   In true Big Brother style, the rare birds – which were first spotted in 2019 – can be viewed by members of the public using the specially installed camera.   The peregrines successfully hatched two fledging chicks last year which created much interest from...

Published: 1:05 PM April 14, 2021    King’s Ely housed crew members from Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) women's crew in the week leading up to The Boat Race. - Credit: KING'S ELY The President of Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club (CUWBC) spoke to students at King's Ely just days after the crew won The Boat Race on Ely’s River Great Ouse.  Sophie Paine, who has been president of CUWBC since August 2020, visited on April 7 to meet staff and students from King’s Ely Boat Club.  Having talked about CUWBC’s preparations for The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, she said: "It...

Several Ely school children were privileged to meet and talk to the Duke.  HRH was also happy to meet with a few local well-wishers who were of course happy to meet the Prince. A maple tree was planted to commemorate the special event.  The Duke also unveiled a carved commemorative stone - a tonne of Cumbrian green slate - which had been inscribed by Sutton calligrapher Tom Perkins.   Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Julie Spence, said: "I would like to convey to Her Majesty The Queen, the deep sympathy felt by the whole of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough on hearing the sad news of the...