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Burglar who stole from the home of dead woman is jailed

01 May 2020
Burglar who stole from the home of dead woman is jailed

Burglar who stole from the home of dead woman is jailed

01 May 2020

A burglar has been jailed after she admitted stealing from the home of a woman who had died just 13 days earlier.


District to be asked to share Newmarket rail crossing inquiry costs

29 April 2020
District to be asked to share Newmarket rail crossing inquiry costs

District to be asked to share Newmarket rail crossing inquiry costs

29 April 2020

Newmarket town councillors plan to ask their neighbours at East Cambridgeshire District Council to share the cost of legal representation.


Fitness wear company sees sales rocket

28 April 2020
Fitness wear company sees sales rocket

Fitness wear company sees sales rocket

28 April 2020

A Wickhambrook-based fitness wear company is trading its way through the current crisis as those in lockdown do their best to stay healthy.


Retired Newmarket community midwife raises more than £1,000 for hospital charity

27 April 2020
Retired Newmarket community midwife raises more than £1,000 for hospital charity

Retired Newmarket community midwife raises more than £1,000 for hospital charity

27 April 2020

Ann Fone, who retired in 2014 after delivering nearly 2,000 babies, little realised that making face masks out of scraps of material would snowball.


Pensioners’ pal Bill Gredley hands over £50k to Newmarket's Covid-19 fund

24 April 2020
Pensioners’ pal Bill Gredley hands over £50k to Newmarket's Covid-19 fund

Pensioners’ pal Bill Gredley hands over £50k to Newmarket's Covid-19 fund

24 April 2020

The Stetchworth-based property developer has made the donation through his Unex Group company to the fund managed by the Newmarket Festival.


Escape room proposal for Newmarket office

22 April 2020
Escape room proposal for Newmarket office

Escape room proposal for Newmarket office

22 April 2020

A themed escape room, providing participants with a 60-minute real-life adventure game, could be established in the basement of an office.


Raider who ‘blew up’ Burwell ATM is jailed for 10 years

22 April 2020
Raider who ‘blew up’ Burwell ATM is jailed for 10 years

Raider who ‘blew up’ Burwell ATM is jailed for 10 years

22 April 2020

A man has been jailed for 10 years for the role he played in a string of ATM attacks across the country, including in Burwell in 2017.


Allotment veteran Monty is town’s own ace of spades

21 April 2020
Allotment veteran Monty is town’s own ace of spades

Allotment veteran Monty is town’s own ace of spades

21 April 2020

After more than 60 years tending his allotment on Newmarket’s Field Terrace Road site, Monty Bowers has decided to call it a day.


Virus takes its toll on the bereaved

20 April 2020
Virus takes its toll on the bereaved

Virus takes its toll on the bereaved

20 April 2020

A Newmarket funeral director said conducting funerals during the current pandemic had been heartbreaking because of the restrictions in place.


Mum treats NHS staff to hampers packed with gratitude

17 April 2020
Mum treats NHS staff to hampers packed with gratitude

Mum treats NHS staff to hampers packed with gratitude

17 April 2020

A Kirtling mum has put together 22 hampers packed with goodies for the staff at West Suffolk Hospital.


Hot meals served up by Newmarket Day Centre with a generous helping of hope

15 April 2020
Hot meals served up by Newmarket Day Centre with a generous helping of hope

Hot meals served up by Newmarket Day Centre with a generous helping of hope

15 April 2020

Newmarket Day Centre has been serving the community for nearly 40 years but never has its role supporting senior citizens been more crucial.


Racing workers get more than a roof over their heads

15 April 2020
Racing workers get more than a roof over their heads

Racing workers get more than a roof over their heads

15 April 2020

A project aimed at providing accommodation for young people working in the town’s racing industry welcomed its first tenants on Wednesday.


Sheikh to sell Longholes Stud

10 April 2020
Sheikh to sell Longholes Stud

Sheikh to sell Longholes Stud

10 April 2020

Cheveley’s Longholes Stud is on the market for in excess of £6 million


Tributes paid to eight-year-old Jay Davison of Isleham who has lost his battle with cancer

09 April 2020
Tributes paid to eight-year-old Jay Davison of Isleham who has lost his battle with cancer

Tributes paid to eight-year-old Jay Davison of Isleham who has lost his battle with cancer

09 April 2020

The family of eight-year-old Jay Davison have asked friends to help make a rainbow of colourful flowers to travel with him on his last journey.


Teachers on duty over Easter break

09 April 2020
Teachers on duty over Easter break

Teachers on duty over Easter break

09 April 2020

Schools in and around Newmarket are staying open through the Easter holiday as they continue to support the children of key workers.


‘I can’t have the operation that could save my life’

09 April 2020
‘I can’t have the operation that could save my life’

‘I can’t have the operation that could save my life’

09 April 2020

A man whose ‘life-saving’ surgery was cancelled said the coronavirus was forcing hospitals to make decisions about who lived and who died.


Schools’ favourite farm needs help

08 April 2020
Schools’ favourite farm needs help

Schools’ favourite farm needs help

08 April 2020

An educational farm in Soham has called on the community to help it survive the coronavirus pandemic after restrictions forced it to close.


Surgery moves but new premises not yet ready

06 April 2020
Surgery moves but new premises not yet ready

Surgery moves but new premises not yet ready

06 April 2020

Newmarket’s Oakfield surgery, which caters for around 7,000 patients, has moved to the town’s hospital site even though it's not yet ready.


Good Samaritans get Roger home

06 April 2020
Good Samaritans get Roger home

Good Samaritans get Roger home

06 April 2020

Kentford pensioner Roger Harrison is safely home after the coronavirus outbreak left him stranded in Australia for a week.


Tattersalls in Newmarket announces further changes to it sales dates

03 April 2020
Tattersalls in Newmarket announces further changes to it sales dates

Tattersalls in Newmarket announces further changes to it sales dates

03 April 2020

Tattersalls has further delayed its annual breeze-up sale owing to the continuing impact of Covid-19.