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- 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
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Lifestyle and Leisure News
Speakers confirmed for Mildenhall event
SPEAKERS have been confirmed for the Women’s World Day of Prayer services in Mildenhall.
Long-service awards for school staff
SCHOOL staff working in East Cambridgeshire have been rewarded for their long service during a special ceremony at Cambridge’s Shire Hall.
Send us your recipes and win a £20 voucher to spend at Powters
WINNER of this week’s £20 Powters voucher is Gillian Brown, of Vicarage Close, Swaffham Bulbeck, with her recipe for sticky toffee pudding.
See It, Snap It, Send It and win £10 from La Hogue
winner of this week’s See It, Snap It, Send It, is Josie Skillen of Heatherset Way in Red Lodge, with her photograph of frost rings at West Stow country park near Bury St Edmunds.
Photographer guest speaker at Fellowship meeting
GUEST speaker at this month’s meeting of the Newmarket group of The Civil Service Retirement Fellowship was photographer Trevor Burlingham.
‘Date Night’ next up for Cinema at Newmarket
DATE Night is Cinema at Newmarket’s next showing, on Sunday and Monday at 7.30pm, at The Stable, 65 High Street Newmarket.
Diabetes care goes under spotlight
A DAY of talks and workshops about diabetes will be held in Newmarket for GPs, nurses, patients and charity workers.
Dust off your treasures for valuation day
AN antiques and collectibles valuation day will be held in Soham on Friday, February 17.
Slimmer breaks weight loss record
A MOTHER-of-three from Newmarket dropped six dress sizes in 13 months - the best result in her slimming group’s history.
Competition promises a photo-finish
THE NEWMARKET-based Injured Jockeys’ Fund (IJF) charity is looking for amateur photographers to provide the shots for its 2013 fundraising racing calendar.
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.
Get in a spin to boost hospice
Fitness fans will be climbing on their bikes and getting their blood pumping for a high-energy fundraiser in Newmarket next month.
Curtain up on new show
THE curtain goes up on Young Nomads’ latest production at Newmarket’s King’s Theatre on Monday.
Take a walk
On Sunday, Newmarket Ramblers have a figure-of-eight walk from the village car park at Lode, totalling 10½ miles. The morning five-and-a-half mile section starts at 10am.
Town craft market attracts 20 stalls
MORE than 20 pitches have been snapped up for a craft market in Newmarket on Saturday.
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.
Barn Owl walk at Lakenheath Fen
ONE of Britain’s most iconic birds is to be celebrated at Lakenheath Fen later this month.
BMX track out of action
MILDENHALL Woods BMX and off-road bike track will be out of action until next month.
New play product is quick off the blocks
TWO local mums have launched a new play product which is proving a real hit with youngsters.
See It, Snap It, Send It and win £10 from La Hogue ...
THE winner of this week’s See It, Snap It, Send It is Emma Agombar of Folly Road, Mildenhall.
Broadway beckons for town actors
A GROUP of Soham youngsters will see their names in lights when they jet off to America later this year to perform on Broadway.
Newmarket to host Festival preview night
STARS of the racing world are to come together in Newmarket next month to stage a charity Cheltenham Festival preview night.
Stylists head for national finals
STAFF at a Newmarket hair salon are celebrating reaching the finals of a national competition.
Book a place on Astley trip
PLACES are still available for the New Astley Club’s greyhound racing trip to Peterborough Stadium.
Pub quiz to boost charity
A CHARITY pub quiz will be held tonight at the Red Lion pub, in The Street, Kirtling, to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Car show cash aids charities
Members of Newmarket Lions were in Burwell on Tuesday to present their share of the proceeds of a charity motor show held last summer to the village branch of the Alzheimer’s Society.
Cinema plan to mark jubilee
NEWMARKET Town Council is considering staging an open air cinema event in the town’s memorial gardens as part of the celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this summer.
Send us your family recipes and win £20 from Powters
THE winner of this week’s favourite recipe competition is Yvonne Clarke, of Hill Close, Newmarket, for her macaroni with sausage meat and carrots.
New Indian restaurant to open in Lakenheath
A NEW Indian restaurant is to open in Lakenheath after being given the green light.
Launch of free music magazine
THREE friends from Bury St Edmunds are producing a free monthly music magazine aimed at keeping people in the town up-to-date on East Anglia’s music scene.
See It, Snap It, Send It and win a £10 voucher to spend at La Hogue
The winner of this week’s See It, Snap It, Send It, is Jenny Wheaton of Quanea Drove, Ely.
Council support for business exhibition
A COUNCIL has joined forces with two business groups to stage a new business exhibition.
Market in line for top award
Ely Farmers’ Market, first established in 2000, has again been shortlisted as a finalist for the Farmers’ Market of the Year Award 2012.
Grandpa T Smith at the King’s Theatre
Newmarket’s King’s Theatre will host a country music concert tomorrow featuring Grandpa T Smith.
Walk with the Newmarket Ramblers this weekend
NEWMARKET Ramblers visit a new area for their Sunday walk.
Column: Jon Bone
Our local male suicide rate has led a doctor to provide a place in Newmarket where men borne down by troubles and anxieties can meet and, at the very least, have the comfort of finding they are not alone in their ordeal.
New play equipment for town school
PUPILS at a Mildenhall primary school have been getting to grips with new playground equipment.
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Weather for Newmarket
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Heavy rain
Temperature: 8 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 26 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 9 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
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