Chatteris, England News

TRIBUTE has been paid to well-known Chatteris Councillor and farmer Ray German who has died aged 85.

CHATTERIS could have its own cinema - if there is a big enough demand. That's the exciting prospect in store at the town's King Edward Centre - but people need to show support so the trustees can prove it is wanted when the apply for grant funding.

EDF Energy said staff worked in "difficult circumstances" A number of homes across Cambridgeshire left for three nights without power have been reconnected.

THE Home Office has finally given approval for the latest form of average speed cameras system.

AN America serviceman who has made friends with members of a Chatteris club revisited them this week during a break from his front line role in Afghanistan.

A 9m housing and care project mainly for elderly people is to go ahead on the site of a Cambridgeshire hospital.

They took home not only the Tesco Vegetable supplier of the year award but the even more prestigious Tesco Produce Supplier of the year award.

THE chairman of the Chatteris Lights committee has spoken out about vandals destroying lights on the Christmas tree.

A NEW application for a major supermarket in Chatteris has been submitted to Fenland District Council.

The tree is up, the children are rehearsing their lines and I'm searching for large t-shirts to make shepherds' outfits.

LEADING Fenland and county councillor Alan Melton has been cleared of any wrong doing and is calling for changes in the way complaints about councillors are handled.

THE views of Chatteris residents are vital in helping to improve public transport and road safety as well as encouraging walking and cycling in the town.

A MAN is fighting for his life in hospital after his van crashed into a ditch near March.

CCTV footage is being examined in an investigation into the attempted kidnap of a woman in Cambridgeshire.

HOPES of a new crematorium in Chatteris look set to bite the dust tomorrow when planners meet to discuss an application by Memoria Crematoria Ltd.

A CONTROVERSIAL planning application to build 67 dwellings on a former school playing field in Chatteris is due before Fenland Council's planning committee tomorrow .

THOUSANDS of people turned out across Fenland forRemembrance Sunday. This year's ceremonies were made all the more poignant because of the on-going conflict in Afghanistan.

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a chicken shed in March. Two crews from March, and one crew each from Chatteris, Manea, Wisbech, Whittlesey and Huntingdon were called to the fire at a poultry farm in Hook Drove in March on Tuesday at about 1.40am. They found two large chicken sheds measuring about 80 metres by 20 metres, alight.

FARM BLAZE: Fire crews tackle the fire at Chatteris this morning. PIC: Brian Purdy.

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