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DIY SOS response praised in council leader's Christmas message

19 December 2017
DIY SOS response praised in council leader's Christmas message

DIY SOS response praised in council leader's Christmas message

19 December 2017

A council leader has used his Christmas message to praise the local community spirit which saw hundreds turn out and volunteer to help a man left paralysed by a violent attack.


Dreams of a white Christmas come true for a Newmarket family

18 December 2017
Dreams of a white Christmas come true for a Newmarket family

Dreams of a white Christmas come true for a Newmarket family

18 December 2017

A Newmarket family's dreams of a White Christmas came true on Saturday as they had one delivered to their door – just hours before snow actually began to fall on the town.


Council defers Lakenheth grant decision after councillor says he knows applicants

18 December 2017
Council defers Lakenheth grant decision after councillor says he knows applicants

Council defers Lakenheth grant decision after councillor says he knows applicants

18 December 2017

A decision on whether a Lakenheath church should receive £30,000 of council tax-payers’ cash has been deferred after a Newmarket councillor, with the power to agree the grant, declared he knew the applicants.


Alison says thanks to East Anglian Air Ambulance for saving her life

18 December 2017
Alison says thanks to East Anglian Air Ambulance for saving her life

Alison says thanks to East Anglian Air Ambulance for saving her life

18 December 2017

A woman, who was left fighting for her life following an horrific road crash, will be spending Christmas with her family this year thanks to the East Anglian Air Ambulance.


Is there an appetite to bring back boxing to the stables?

09 December 2017
Is there an appetite to bring back boxing to the stables?

Is there an appetite to bring back boxing to the stables?

09 December 2017

Seventeen years ago when the last bell was rung, and the final punches thrown, it seemed the stable lads’ boxing tournament had been consigned to the annals of Turf history.


Kennett land trust votes to support new homes

30 November 2017
Kennett land trust votes to support new homes

Kennett land trust votes to support new homes

30 November 2017

Members of Kennett Community Land Trust (CLT) have voted to support proposals for a garden village style-development in Kennett.


Newmarket town council back close of Palace Street to traffic

30 November 2017
Newmarket town council back close of Palace Street to traffic

Newmarket town council back close of Palace Street to traffic

30 November 2017

Town councillors have backed calls to ban traffic from Newmarket’s Rutland Hill and close Palace Street to through traffic.


Nature beckons for Exning's youngsters at new setting

24 November 2017
Nature beckons for Exning's youngsters at new setting

Nature beckons for Exning's youngsters at new setting

24 November 2017

Pupils and staff at an Exning pre-school which last year achieved its third consecutive ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating, have been settling into their new premises.


Tattersalls gears up for 'once in a generation' sale

24 November 2017
Tattersalls gears up for 'once in a generation' sale

Tattersalls gears up for 'once in a generation' sale

24 November 2017

A ‘once in a generation’ sale of bloodstock from one of the world’s most successful thoroughbred studs looks set to send the price indicator board at Tattersalls into overdrive next month.


'Friendships, competition and achievement go hand in hand': Newmarket Swimming Club to toast 100 years next year

18 November 2017
'Friendships, competition and achievement go hand in hand': Newmarket Swimming Club to toast 100 years next year

'Friendships, competition and achievement go hand in hand': Newmarket Swimming Club to toast 100 years next year

18 November 2017

Next year members of Newmarket Swimming Club will be celebrating a very special milestone when it marks the 100th anniversary of its formation back in 1918.


A Newmarket dance school is on the move

17 November 2017
A Newmarket dance school is on the move

A Newmarket dance school is on the move

17 November 2017

A popular Newmarket dance school, which caters for more than 350 students, is looking to move to larger premises.


Suffolk County Council set to raise Council Tax bills

17 November 2017
Suffolk County Council set to raise Council Tax bills

Suffolk County Council set to raise Council Tax bills

17 November 2017

A county council is set to put up its council tax by the maximum allowed by the government.


Newmarket's festive free parking for Christmas shoppers

16 November 2017
Newmarket's festive free parking for Christmas shoppers

Newmarket's festive free parking for Christmas shoppers

16 November 2017

With Newmarket set to celebrate Christmas in style, Forest Heath District Council is making parking in its town centre car parks free after 1pm on the four Thursdays running up to the holiday.


Champagne moment as Ely's new car park is opened

16 November 2017
Champagne moment as Ely's new car park is opened

Champagne moment as Ely's new car park is opened

16 November 2017

An extra 128 parking spaces near Ely rail station have been opened for motorists.


Hated 'balls' on Newmarket roundabout to go if town council plans go ahead

16 November 2017
Hated 'balls' on Newmarket roundabout to go if town council plans go ahead

Hated 'balls' on Newmarket roundabout to go if town council plans go ahead

16 November 2017

Newmarket councillors would like to see the town’s controversial ‘balls’ roundabout, which caused uproar when it was installed eight years ago, redesigned as part of a scheme to improve the area around the historic clock tower.


Review: King Kieren lifts the veil on his roller coaster racing life with new autobiography

11 November 2017
Review: King Kieren lifts the veil on his roller coaster racing life with new autobiography

Review: King Kieren lifts the veil on his roller coaster racing life with new autobiography

11 November 2017

To some he is a mercurial character, controversial, but with a heart of gold. Others may not be quite so kind about the former six-time champion jockey Kieren Fallon.


Still together: loving Newmarket couple died days apart

10 November 2017
Still together: loving Newmarket couple died days apart

Still together: loving Newmarket couple died days apart

10 November 2017

They had been married for more than 70 years and in all that time it was only death that could keep them momentarily apart.


'Hideous' surgery homes plan comes under fire from Newmarket Town Council

10 November 2017
'Hideous' surgery homes plan comes under fire from Newmarket Town Council

'Hideous' surgery homes plan comes under fire from Newmarket Town Council

10 November 2017

Plans which could see a Newmarket GP practice relocate to the town’s hospital site have run into objections.


Sophie Able named new manager at Newmarket's racecourses

09 November 2017
Sophie Able named new manager at Newmarket's racecourses

Sophie Able named new manager at Newmarket's racecourses

09 November 2017

Newmarket's two racecourses have a new general manager.


Murder victim's daughters take court action against NHS and Suffolk Police

09 November 2017
Murder victim's daughters take court action against NHS and Suffolk Police

Murder victim's daughters take court action against NHS and Suffolk Police

09 November 2017

The daughters of former Newmarket Leisure Centre fitness instructor Mary Griffiths, who was brutally murdered in front of them, are pursuing a civil claim in the High Court of Justice this week.