BBC RADIO Cambridgeshire announced tonight they are to remove one of their breakfast shows as part of a series of cuts.

A 400-year-old gold ring and a Medieval silver pilgrim badge found in Outwell were among five items declared treasure at an inquest this week.

A POTATO firm director from Chatteris has been told he faces a significant jail term after he was found guilty of paying bribes to a buyer at supermarket giant Sainsbury’s.

FENLAND’S stars were out for the region’s equivalent of the Oscars with Wisbech thespians taking home a host of awards.

IT IS a task saved for the end of a mayor’s term of office and one which should ensure a fond farewell to the position.

HAVING been made redundant while away on maternity leave and living thousands of miles away from family and friends, Juliet Browse could have been forgiven for thinking she was facing a bleak future.

AIR Cadets from Wisbech were bowled over when they went head to head to find their Ten Pin champions during an activity evening.

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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nominee Emily Smith will be appearing at St Peter’s Church in Ely on Thursday, May 24.

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THE manager of the Horsefair Shopping Centre at Wisbech has handed over a cheque for more than £400, raised for the charity Help for Heroes during a charity car book sale on May Bank Holiday Monday.

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THEY did it! After a hard fought match that went to extra time, Chatteris Town under-10 girls won their exciting Cambs Cup final match at Cambridge City’s ground on Saturday.

WE NEED your help to manage March’s best-loved nature reserve, the county council has said.

AS FAR as summits go, it’s up there with the G20 - though it will probably be a lot more productive.

CHARITY trekker Alice Goose has been given a fund-raising boost by the kind-hearted youngsters at her former school.

SOHAM milk roundsman James Palmer, a county councillor and deputy leader of East Cambs District Council, says at the moment he is “slightly in favour” of a proposed 41,000 square feet superstore for the town.

THE preparations for the town’s Jubilee celebrations have begun in earnest.

A 58-year-old man killed in a two-car collision on the A142 on Saturday has been named by police.

A WOMAN has been taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash in March this afternoon.

BOWLER Graham Woollard said he was running out of trophy space after he won his fourth consecutive East of England Blind Bowls title.

A 32 YEAR old man from March has been arrested and charged following the theft of £25,000 worth of jewellery.

A MAN was found dead in a car on the outskirts of a Fenland village on Saturday morning.