Check out some of the  news stories in the Cambs Times that you may have missed this week (April 8).

Click the links under the stories to read the full article.

A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to support the family of a HMP Whitemoor prison officer, who was left "permanently disfigured" by an inmate.

The officer had his ear lobe bitten off.

Cambs Times: HMP Whitemoor. HMP Whitemoor.

Click here to read more and see how you can donate.

 

An inquest has opened into the death of Matthew Lakey, who was from the March area.

Matthew, 30, died while in Cambodia.

Cambs Times: Lawrence Court, where the inquest is being held.Lawrence Court, where the inquest is being held. (Image: Archant)

Read about the inquest opening here.

 

Some of the events taking place at the St George's Festival 2024 have been announced.

Cambs Times: Creative People and Places: MarketPlace artist Cary Outis has transformed the windows of town centre shops with chalk pen dragon drawings ahead of next weekend's St George's Festival. This is his design for Tap That arcade.Creative People and Places: MarketPlace artist Cary Outis has transformed the windows of town centre shops with chalk pen dragon drawings ahead of next weekend's St George's Festival. This is his design for Tap That arcade. (Image: Fenland District Council)

Find out more about the festival here.

 

Two Doddington-based personal trainers, Emily Morris and Will Mason, have been named as finalists for a regional Muddy Stilettos.

Cambs Times: Doddington-based personal trainers Emily Morris and Will Mason.Doddington-based personal trainers Emily Morris and Will Mason. (Image: Emily Morris / Will Mason)

Read what they have to say here. 

 

An uninsured learner driver had a car seized after they didn't stop for police on Peas Hill Road.

Cambs Times: The car was seized near Peas Hill Road.The car was seized near Peas Hill Road. (Image: Cambridgeshire Police)

Find out what happened by clicking here.

 

The March Bears rugby squad remained undefeated as they took on Huntingdon.

Cambs Times: The undefeated March Bears squad.The undefeated March Bears squad. (Image: Colin Galbraith)

Read the match report here.