Newmarket

The potential closure of a much used Newmarket footpath and cycle way has got residents on the warpath.

The potential closure of a much used Newmarket footpath and cycle way has got residents on the warpath.The future of the path, which for years has been used as a shortcut to get to Willie Snaith Road, is in doubt following the start of construction work on the neighbouring new Wickes DIY superstore, which is set to be completed by the end of next March.

Telephone scammers pretending to be from the tax man have been targeting homes in the Newmarket and Mildenhall areas.

Missing airman Corrie McKeague’s mum Nicola Urquhart claimed the police search at the landfill has now been widened because it was initially based on evidence which was ‘not correct’.

One of the USAF’s most advanced fighters is making a flying to RAF Lakenheath.

The final day of the Book 1 sale at Tattersalls saw the highest fee paid for a yearling so far in the world this year, as Godolphin beat rivals Coolmore to the purchase of a 4,000,000gns filly.

The A11 was closed in both directions for a time this morning after powerlines fell onto the road.

From today anyone who does not clear up after their dog in a public space can be given a fixed penalty by the West Suffolk Councils.

Travellers have left a site in Newmarket this afternoon after occupying the property for the past two weeks.

Travellers were evicted from the car park of an empty office complex in Newmarket’s Willie Snaith Road today only to move a few miles down the road to Burwell where they have set up an illegal camp on Margaret Field.

Police have warned paedophile vigilantes they could undermine investigations after a group staged a ‘sting’ near Mildenhall.

A rallying call has gone out from the BBC’s DIY SOS programme for people to help them make injured football fan Simon Dobbin’s Mildenhall home more suitable for his care.

Forest Heath Council approved the proposal that would see the creation of West Suffolk Council, formed by the merger of Forest Heath Council, which covers Newmarket and Mildenhall and the Bury St Edmunds-based St Edmundsbury Borough Council.

The USAF will stay at RAF Mildenhall for at least two years longer than planned, it was revealed today.

Two civil engineering companies will be sentenced later this year after admitting breaches of health and safety legislation following the death of a worker on a road in west Suffolk.

A Fordham landowner has described his encounter with travellers who parked illegally for five days on his land, as ‘a nightmare’.

A scheme set up to celebrate the genius of Newmarket-born wartime codebreaker Bill Tutte has recognised the achievements of two local students by awarding them both valuable scholarships.

Jeremy Noseda’s promising filly Betty F will have the assistance of Frankie Dettori when she makes the big set up to Group 1 company later this month.

Newmarket’s MP opened a new room in an independent nursery to help ensure that it can cope with the increased demand from parents.

When Addenbrooke’s Hospital wanted someone special to open an outdoor activity area for child patients they chose Maisie Goody.