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Frederick Lester Rickaby, 1894-1918

11 November 2018
Frederick Lester Rickaby, 1894-1918

Frederick Lester Rickaby, 1894-1918

11 November 2018

He was without doubt one of the most talented sportsmen of his generation and, had he survived the war, would certainly have been a Champion jockey


John 'Jack' Glyde, 1897-1918

11 November 2018
John 'Jack' Glyde, 1897-1918

John 'Jack' Glyde, 1897-1918

11 November 2018

Jack Glyde was just an ordinary boy from an ordinary family who had never ventured very far out of his home town


Sidney Harold Wigg, 1889-1918

11 November 2018
Sidney Harold Wigg, 1889-1918

Sidney Harold Wigg, 1889-1918

11 November 2018

A Newmarket-born officer who had been in the thick of wartime action for four years was killed in France less than a month before the war ended


The Dawn of Peace: how the Journal reported the Armistice

11 November 2018
The Dawn of Peace: how the Journal reported the Armistice

The Dawn of Peace: how the Journal reported the Armistice

11 November 2018

It was early on Monday, November 11, 1918, that news reached Newmarket that an armistice had been signed bringing to an end four years of war


£464k facelift for Newmarket's memorial gardens play area

09 November 2018
£464k facelift for Newmarket's memorial gardens play area

£464k facelift for Newmarket's memorial gardens play area

09 November 2018

Newmarket’s memorial gardens will close on Monday ready for the start of a refurbishment – costing £464,943 – which will take five months


Special meeting to discuss Hatchfield

08 November 2018
Special meeting to discuss Hatchfield

Special meeting to discuss Hatchfield

08 November 2018

Town councillors have convened a special meeting to decide whether to continue to object to a plan to build 400 homes at Hatchfield Farm


Objection raised to police station plan

06 November 2018
Objection raised to police station plan

Objection raised to police station plan

06 November 2018

Newmarket’s former police station should be retained for community use not converted into flats, according to a town resident


Newmarket's Five Bells pub to become Islamic centre

25 October 2018
Newmarket's Five Bells pub to become Islamic centre

Newmarket's Five Bells pub to become Islamic centre

25 October 2018

One of Newmarket’s best known pubs is to be converted into an Islamic cultural centre


Newmarket primary school taps into new drainage scheme

23 October 2018
Newmarket primary school taps into new drainage scheme

Newmarket primary school taps into new drainage scheme

23 October 2018

Newmarket primary school has become the first in East Anglia to have an eco-drainage scheme installed by Anglian Water


Volunteers set to Make Lunch in Newmarket as part of scheme to help struggling families

22 October 2018
Volunteers set to Make Lunch in Newmarket as part of scheme to help struggling families

Volunteers set to Make Lunch in Newmarket as part of scheme to help struggling families

22 October 2018

A project aimed at providing a hot meal for children whose families might struggle will launch on Wednesday


Newmarket's Weatherby rail crossing backed by Suffolk County Council

22 October 2018
Newmarket's Weatherby rail crossing backed by Suffolk County Council

Newmarket's Weatherby rail crossing backed by Suffolk County Council

22 October 2018

Campaigners battling to keep Newmarket’s much-used railway foot crossing open have won county council backing


Villagers campaign for safe school path backed by West Suffolk's MP

17 October 2018
Villagers campaign for safe school path backed by West Suffolk's MP

Villagers campaign for safe school path backed by West Suffolk's MP

17 October 2018

MP Matt Hancock has thrown his weight behind Moulton villagers campaigning for a safe path so children can walk to school


Mildenhall schoolgirls are a cut above

16 October 2018
Mildenhall schoolgirls are a cut above

Mildenhall schoolgirls are a cut above

16 October 2018

Two schoolgirls from Mildenhall are donating their hair to the same charity as the Duchess of Cambridge


Delay expected in Newmarket crossing decision

16 October 2018
Delay expected in Newmarket crossing decision

Delay expected in Newmarket crossing decision

16 October 2018

A decision as to whether Newmarket’s much-used Weatherby railway foot crossing will stay open looks unlikely to be made this year


Newmarket joins national initiative to improve shopping for disabled people

15 October 2018
Newmarket joins national initiative to improve shopping for disabled people

Newmarket joins national initiative to improve shopping for disabled people

15 October 2018

A Newmarket father-of-three who suffers from a rare degenerative and debilitaing condition is hoping to turn the town purple next month


Pure theatre as Lloyd Webber's colt sells at Newmarket for 3.5 million guineas

12 October 2018
Pure theatre as Lloyd Webber's colt sells at Newmarket for 3.5 million guineas

Pure theatre as Lloyd Webber's colt sells at Newmarket for 3.5 million guineas

12 October 2018

It was standing room only as a packed sale ring at Tattersalls watched a world-leading price paid for a yearling colt.


New walkway planned from Newmarket's High Street to Palace House

09 October 2018
New walkway planned from Newmarket's High Street to Palace House

New walkway planned from Newmarket's High Street to Palace House

09 October 2018

A plan to create a walkway from the High Street through to Newmarket’s national racing heritage centre at Palace House has been backed by councillors


Enable on track to win second Arc

05 October 2018
Enable on track to win second Arc

Enable on track to win second Arc

05 October 2018

Newmarket-trained Enable could become the first horse in 40 years to win back-to-back runnings of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


Too Darn Hot set to sizzle in Darley Dewhurst Stakes

05 October 2018
Too Darn Hot set to sizzle in Darley Dewhurst Stakes

Too Darn Hot set to sizzle in Darley Dewhurst Stakes

05 October 2018

Town trainer John Gosden is looking forward to a vintage renewal of the Darley Dewhurst Stakes with his unbeaten colt Too Darn Hot.


Newmarket to 'recognise' Sheikh Mohammed's generosity

04 October 2018
Newmarket to 'recognise' Sheikh Mohammed's generosity

Newmarket to 'recognise' Sheikh Mohammed's generosity

04 October 2018

The ‘unparallelled generosity’ of Sheikh Mohammed to Newmarket is to be recognised by the town council