Newmarket

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

A Soham town councillor refused to back a tax rise because the council ‘hasn’t got enough money’ and the increase ‘would not be enough’.

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

Two Newmarket discount shops are to merge later this month.

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’.

Subcontractors and suppliers to the collapsed Carillion construction and services company are being offered support by the West Suffolk councils.

A diesel tanker crashed off the A14 this morning, spilling thousands of litres of fuel just outside Newmarket.

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.

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

A 52-house development in Fordham has been rejected by planners, with one councillor highlighting his concern at the number of homes already given planning permission in the village that haven’t yet been started.

A new forum for private landlords in the Newmarket and Mildenhall areas is set to have its first meeting at the end of this month.

The DIY SOS programme featuring the renovation of the Mildenhall home of Simon Dobbin is not likely to air until the end of this year, the BBC have confirmed.

A group of residents fighting plans to knock down garages for housing have received a boost after the highways authority objected to the proposals.

Classic fairy-tale Snow White is to cast a spell over Newmarket as Nomads are taking to the Kings Theatre stage tomorrow in their annual pantomime.

The transport secretary visited Ely railway station today to discuss track upgrades which could see an increase in rail capacity across East Anglia.

Newmarket Town councillors have agreed to back the town’s tourism initiative to the tune of £5,000 a year for the next three years.

A multi-million pound visitor centre and arboretum project at Soham’s Barcham Trees creating 40 new jobs, has been given the go-ahead by planners, despite concerns about road safety.

The report commissioned by Forest Heath District Council into the feasibility of having a cinema in Newmarket has been completed and is now being looked at in detail by the authority.

An Ousden woman said she was at the end of her tether with the county council as heavy rain left flood water inches from her front door.

A 28-year-old man has admitted dangerous and drink-driving following a police pursuit on the A11 on Saturday.