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Orchard House in Newmarket gets 'outstanding' rating

08 February 2018
Orchard House in Newmarket gets 'outstanding' rating

Orchard House in Newmarket gets 'outstanding' rating

08 February 2018

A Newmarket surgery is celebrating after being named as one of the best in the country by the health watchdog.


Plans to move Newmarket's Oakfield Surgery to hospital site at 'crucial point'

08 February 2018
Plans to move Newmarket's Oakfield Surgery to hospital site at 'crucial point'

Plans to move Newmarket's Oakfield Surgery to hospital site at 'crucial point'

08 February 2018

The clock is ticking on a project to relocate a Newmarket GP practice to the town’s hospital site which is said to be at a ‘crucial point’ and could take much longer than first anticipated.


Council splits £30,000 grant over two years for Lakenheath church project

02 February 2018
Council splits £30,000 grant over two years for Lakenheath church project

Council splits £30,000 grant over two years for Lakenheath church project

02 February 2018

A project which ‘celebrates, supports and empowers fathers to be their best for their children’ is to receive £30,000 funding from a council but spread over two years and not one as originally proposed.


Farmers' Crown for Soham's John

02 February 2018
Farmers' Crown for Soham's John

Farmers' Crown for Soham's John

02 February 2018

A Soham farmer has been named the best tenant farmer in Cambridgeshire.


Newmarket schoolboy’s charity effort helps to provide meals for migrant camp in Calais

01 February 2018
Newmarket schoolboy’s charity effort helps to provide meals for migrant camp in Calais

Newmarket schoolboy’s charity effort helps to provide meals for migrant camp in Calais

01 February 2018

A Newmarket schoolboy has raised £2,000 to help a kitchen which provides hot meals for migrants in Calais.


Council's 'sensitive' approach to items left by rough sleepers on Newmarket High Street

01 February 2018
Council's 'sensitive' approach to items left by rough sleepers on Newmarket High Street

Council's 'sensitive' approach to items left by rough sleepers on Newmarket High Street

01 February 2018

A council has said it will continue to treat the issue of items being left on the street by rough sleepers ‘with sensitivity’.


Dog-fouling poster goes global online

01 February 2018
Dog-fouling poster goes global online

Dog-fouling poster goes global online

01 February 2018

A notice suggesting dog-owners in a village could take up yoga by “bending over and picking up your dog poo” has become a global hit on the internet.


Blackwell achieved great success at Lagrange where he trained Rock Sand to win Triple Crown

28 January 2018
Blackwell achieved great success at Lagrange where he trained Rock Sand to win Triple Crown

Blackwell achieved great success at Lagrange where he trained Rock Sand to win Triple Crown

28 January 2018

In common with so many of Newmarket’s historic stable yards, Lagrange stables in Snailwell Road has changed little in appearance in more than 100 years.


£30k scam puts Newmarket car dealer in jail

25 January 2018
£30k scam puts Newmarket car dealer in jail

£30k scam puts Newmarket car dealer in jail

25 January 2018

A Newmarket car dealer has been jailed for four years after scamming customers out of more than £30,000.


New kerbs installed near Newmarket's Royal statue

25 January 2018
New kerbs installed near Newmarket's Royal statue

New kerbs installed near Newmarket's Royal statue

25 January 2018

Work has begun to improve a Newmarket road close to the recently installed statute of the Queen, following complaints by town councillors.


Grand National hero Bob Champion's plea to replace a lifetime of photos

25 January 2018
Grand National hero Bob Champion's plea to replace a lifetime of photos

Grand National hero Bob Champion's plea to replace a lifetime of photos

25 January 2018

Grand National hero Bob Champion, who conquered cancer to win the toughest race of them all, is appealing to Journal readers for help.


Youngsters explore the science behind the racehorse at Newmarket's National Heritage Centre

20 January 2018
Youngsters explore the science behind the racehorse at Newmarket's National Heritage Centre

Youngsters explore the science behind the racehorse at Newmarket's National Heritage Centre

20 January 2018

Young members of a club set up to honour the Newmarket-born Second World War codebreaker Bill Tutte got to know more about the science of the racehorses when they visited the town’s National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art.


Racing remembers as former jockey Bryn Crossley dies at 59

19 January 2018
Racing remembers as former jockey Bryn Crossley dies at 59

Racing remembers as former jockey Bryn Crossley dies at 59

19 January 2018

Racing has been remembering former Newmarket-based champion apprentice jockey Bryn Crossley, who died recently at his home in Spain aged 59.


Weatherby foot crossing inquiry to be held in Newmarket

19 January 2018
Weatherby foot crossing inquiry to be held in Newmarket

Weatherby foot crossing inquiry to be held in Newmarket

19 January 2018

The inquiry which will determine whether the much-used Weatherby foot crossing over Newmarket’s railway will stay open will now be held in the town.


Refurbished Ely bank branch gets new look

19 January 2018
Refurbished Ely bank branch gets new look

Refurbished Ely bank branch gets new look

19 January 2018

Santander UK has officially opened its newly designed and refurbished branch in Ely.


Newmarket town councillors give the go-ahead for clock tower design brief

18 January 2018
Newmarket town councillors give the go-ahead for clock tower design brief

Newmarket town councillors give the go-ahead for clock tower design brief

18 January 2018

Town councillors have given their backing to a design project to improve the area around Newmarket’s clock tower.


Number plate cameras to check Waitrose car park

18 January 2018
Number plate cameras to check Waitrose car park

Number plate cameras to check Waitrose car park

18 January 2018

Waitrose is installing automatic number plate recognition cameras at its Newmarket store because, it says, customers are finding it hard to find spaces.


Be Friendly scheme launched by Newmarket's Racing Welfare to help tackle loneliness

18 January 2018
Be Friendly scheme launched by Newmarket's Racing Welfare to help tackle loneliness

Be Friendly scheme launched by Newmarket's Racing Welfare to help tackle loneliness

18 January 2018

As the government appointed a minister to help tackle the loneliness suffered by an estimated nine million people across the country, Newmarket-based charity Racing Welfare has launched its own initiative to help racing staff cope with what has been called a ‘social epidemic’.


Newmarket gym club simply bouncing after moving into new premises

13 January 2018
Newmarket gym club simply bouncing after moving into new premises

Newmarket gym club simply bouncing after moving into new premises

13 January 2018

Less than six months after the future of Newmarket Gym Club hung in the balance – after it had been told it had to quit its base at the town’s former Scaltback Middle School – its 170 members have been celebrating in their new headquarters.


Get your running shoes on Newmarket: New fitness scheme ready for the off

12 January 2018
Get your running shoes on Newmarket: New fitness scheme ready for the off

Get your running shoes on Newmarket: New fitness scheme ready for the off

12 January 2018

The Great Run Local, a popular running initiative aimed at improving community fitness is under starters’ orders in Newmarket.