- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'over-paid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- 'Anxious' teacher 'set self alight'
- 'Crush racism' in football: PM
Community News
Obituary: Joe Hindle
FORMER carpet fitter Joe (Harwood Raymond) Hindle, of Armstrong Close, Newmarket, died at his home on January 12. He was 60 and had been ill for 15 months.
Obituary: Geoff Parr
THE funeral of Geoff Parr took place at West Suffolk Crematorium, Risby, on January 31.
Obituary: James Ratcliffe
FORMER racehorse transport operator James Martin Ratcliffe died suddenly of a heart attack after a two-year battle with cancer on January 25 at West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds. He was 70.
Obituary: Desmond Logan
DESMOND Logan, of Fairlawns, Newmarket, died at his home on January 15 after a short illness. He was 87.
First birthday for RSPCA shop
STAFF and volunteers at the RSPCA charity shop in Newmarket celebrated its one-year anniversary with a specially-made cake.
Maths challenge adds up to £1,800
PUPILS from Fordham Primary School put their numeracy skills to the test in the name of a good cause.
Peak-time chaos near town school - letter
WITH reference to the accident that occurred outside the school in Rowley Drive, Newmarket recently, I am writing this letter, appealing to you, in your capacity as the Safer Neighbourhood Team Inspector, to take the necessary steps to prevent the same thing happening outside All Saints Primary School in Vicarage Road, Newmarket.
Thank you for returning lost phone - letter
To the kind person from All Saints Road, Newmarket. A very sincere thank you for tracking me down and returning my mobile phone which I lost in Newmarket last week.
Enforce parking or villages will suffer - letter
I READ with interest your article (Journal February 9th) concerning fines for vehicle parking on verges.
Column: John Bone
I AM not talking about the £1.5million Swiss chalet on offer last week when I declare the Journal’s property pages are increasingly full of stunning bargains. When we think how prices were moving not so long ago, the present cost of a snug terraced home in Newmarket or one of our near neighbours makes me wish I had been more careful with my pennies in the past. A little bit of capital goes a very long way in today’s bricks and mortar … if you happen to have it.
Tigers’ charity car wash
MEMBERS of Burwell Tigers Football Club will taking part in a fundraising car wash at Manchetts in the village’s Ness Road on Saturday, February 25, from 1pm to 4.30pm.
Speak to your police officers
RESIDENTS in Mildenhall and Newmarket are invited to have their say on their policing issues at the next safer neighbourhood priority-setting meetings.
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A GROUP of Sri Lankan students visited Soham as part of an exchange project.
Bid to open caravan site at farm
A NEW caravan park could be set up in Beck Row if it receives the go-ahead from district council planners.
MP gets a leg-up at racing school
NEWMARKET MP Matthew Hancock got the leg-up on a Cheltenham Festival winner when he visited the British Racing School on Friday.
Our man’s charity slip-up at bookies...
STAFF at the Mildenhall branch of Coral bookmakers have been getting into the community spirit.
Slideshow: First Class picture special video
MORE than 40 schools have been featured in our First Class picture specials of the newest pupils at the region’s schools, which have appeared in the Journal over the last few months.
Letter: You’ll be a pensioner one day, Diana ...
AFTER reading the letter from Diana Bugg (Journal, February 2), I consider she is being very selfish regarding not wanting the supermarkets in Newmarket and says people should travel to them out of town.
Column: John Bone
IN his thoughtful letter to the Journal last week, Peter Sturgeon put his finger on several aspects of Mildenhall’s besetting litter problem.
New study shows fall in native ladybirds
FINDINGS from a study into the decline of the native ladybird carried out in Fordham have been released in a scientific journal.
Fair to help funding applications
A FAIR aimed at helping community and voluntary groups apply for funding is to take place in Mildenhall later this month.
Pantomime fever sweeps into Mildenhall
PANTOMIME fever will takes over the stage in Mildenhall from today (Tuesday).
Send us your recipes and win £20 to spend at Powters
THE winner of this week’s favourite family recipe competition is Pamela Willson, of Vicarage Lane, Wood Ditton, who tells readers how to make sausage stuffing.
Fashion sale boost for hospice
FASHION followers who bagged bargains at a Newmarket store have helped to raise thousands of pounds for St Nicholas Hospice Care.
See It, Snap It, Send It and win £10 from La Hogue
THIS week’s See It, Snap It, Send It winner is Rowena Shaw of Freshfields in Newmarket for her snap of a frost-covered spider’s web.
Lads gear up for annual pantomime
LAUGHTER is set to fill the air at Lakenheath Village Hall as a drama group takes to the stage for its annual pantomime.
Dads race for children’s hospital
TWO friends will run an obstacle-filled marathon in the dark to raise money for a neo-natal unit where their children were treated.
Recipe to cut party stress
Suffolk County Council is trying to make street party stress a thing of the past by simplifying the process for residents organising events to mark the Diamond Jubilee weekend IN June.
Charity night raises hospice cash
A MUSIC and comedy night raised over £1,000 for Arthur Rank Hospice.
Students raise cash for charity
A SMALL group of pupils from Mildenhall College of Technology have shown their caring side after raising more than £140 for charity.
Time Team unveils town stable secrets
NEWMARKET’S history, the royal palace of King Charles II, and the origins of its horse racing, will be featured in a Channel 4 programme set to go out on Sunday.
MP to visit racing school
Newmarket MP Matthew Hancock will be put through his paces at the British Racing School tomorrow.
Obituary: Elsie Hunt
ELSIE May Hunt, of The Street, Moulton, died at West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, on January 7 after a sudden short illness. She was 92.
Letter: ‘Why must these visitors churn up verges?’
WHAT a pity some customers of the shooting shop in Mill Hill in Newmarket think it is fine to churn up the grass verges with their four-wheel drive vehicles, to park obstructing the pavement or to cause an obstruction by parking directly outside the shop on double yellow lines.
Letter: ‘Any ideas how we can solve litter problem’
REFERRING to the Mildenhall Journal (January 27) ‘Bins are a perfect waste’, which refers, in turn, to a previous article, I write from Mildenhall where we have an ongoing problem of litter.
Letter: ‘Church holly trees are safety hazard’
There have been a number of concerns raised regarding the planning application to Forest Heath District Council by Newmarket Town Council seeking the felling of three large holly trees. The facts are as follows. The holly tree facing on to All Saints Road will be left untouched. Consideration is being given to felling the two trees on the corner of All Saints Road and Park Lane. This is primarily because they present a safety hazard to pedestrians walking on the path beneath. Pigeons roost in the trees and their droppings fall on to the path, causing it to become very slippery when it rains.
Letter: ‘Let’s keep Newmarket unique’
I OBJECT to the proposed Sainsbury’s and associated retail outlets on planning applications F/2011/0562/FUL and F/2011/0541/HYB.
Obituary: Terence Jones
THE funeral of Terence Michael Jones (Terry), of George Gibson Close, Exning, took place at West Suffolk Crematorium, Risby, on January 12.
Hearing firm moves to hospital
A NEWMARKET hearing specialist is moving its premises to Newmarket Hospital.
Soham rock band wins city music competition
A SOHAM rock band has scooped first prize in a Cambridge music competition.
Send us your family recipes and win £20 from Powters
THE winner of this week’s favourite family recipe competition is Sandra Copping, of Meynell Gardens, Newmarket, who shows readers how to make farmhouse hotpot.
Obituary: Dorothy Bland
FORMER Bedford Lodge Hotel receptionist, Dorothy Sylvia Bland, of Mat Dawson Close, Newmarket, died at the home of her daughter on December 24, 2011, after a short illness. She was 82.
Generous Rosy, 10, boosts hospice
CARING primary school pupil Rosalind (Rosy) Ramos has donated nearly £200 to charity after asking for donations rather than presents for her 10th birthday.
‘Brilliant’ Newmarket maths student gets Cambridge offer
A FORMER Newmarket College student, whose interest in maths began as a toddler, could soon be studying his favourite subject at Cambridge University.
Pupils win £500 arts prize
YOUNG performers at a Newmarket school have been named as runners up in a performing arts competition.
Silver surfer Keith scoops national award
A NEWMARKET pensioner, who has done more in retirement than many people do in a lifetime, has been awarded the top prize in a national challenge.
Charity seeks dog walker
A CHARITY dedicated to helping elderly and terminally-ill people care for their pets is looking for a volunteer dog walker in the Moulton area.
Letter: ‘NSPCC needs your help in 2012’
THE NSPCC relies heavily on the support of local people in order to provide its services for children and their families and we really do appreciate the efforts that people go to.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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