Paul Bristow dismissed a request that he and other Conservative MPs should stop naming hotels which are housing asylum seekers. The Peterborough MP tweeted tonight: “The...
Comedian Ernie Wise has been among its distinguished patrons but the 102 ensuite bedrooms at the 3-star Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough, looks likely be snapped up...
A High Court ruling today looks certain to put paid to Fenland District Council’s hopes of obtaining an interim injunction to stop a Wisbech hotel from...
Mayor Dr Nik Johnson is to undergo open heart surgery and will take at least three months leave of absence from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority....
Fenland District Council says it will take legal action if the Home Office attempts to house asylum seekers in a Wisbech hotel. The council’s tough stance...
A 26-bedroomed hotel in Wisbech closed without warning today. “We regret to inform you that as of 4th November 2022, the hotel is permanently closed to...
A care provider has lost a county council contract worth £64m over 15 years. HC-One, a care provider, which had a home in Cambridgeshire closed by...
A BBC reporter in Cambridge revealed today that the Look East nightly programme broadcast from the city will end a week before Christmas. Mousumi Bakshi, a...
He tweeted little in recent days and only about his support for Rishi Sunak – rewarded today with a return to Cabinet. MP Steve Barclay was...
A rapist who targeted two women on a Peterborough footpath five years ago has been jailed for more than six years. Awais Rehman, now 20 and...
Anglian Water director Alex Plant – only recently appointed as chair of the business board of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CAPCA) – is to...
A tractor driver failing to phone signaller caused a rail crash in the Fens Rail accident investigators have today released their report into a collision between...
Mepal Crematorium won planning approval from East Cambridgeshire District Council planning committee. East Cambridgeshire District Council made the application. The planning committee heard today that the...
A mixed flock of birds near Soham will be “humanely culled” after an outbreak of bird flu. The announcement was made by the Department for Environment...
Snarling, bickering, ill-tempered and political point scoring members of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CAPCA) have been warned to call it a day. “Poor behaviour...
A former university building has overnight become a temporary home to travellers who have moved onto the car park. Police have been to the Guild House...
The impact of Covid has wreaked havoc on the recovery of bus services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, says a new report. “Our bus services were badly...
Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has urged Prime Minister Liz Truss to bring NE Cambs MP Steve Barclay back into the government. Ms Dorries offered her...
One of Cambridgeshire’s most influential clergy – the Dean of Ely – has urged his MP to support keeping benefits in line with inflation. In a...
Batteries placed in a wheelie bin are thought to have caused a fire which broke out in a waste bin lorry today. The fire broke out...
An Ely councillor described his horror at the condition of a house let by a housing association and for which the tenant is already paying rent....
Two rural bus services in Ely and Wisbech have received a short-term lifeline. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CAPCA) is providing further funding to keep both...
County councillors condemned Stagecoach’s decision to axe or reduce more than 30 services across the county calling it ‘appalling, ‘scandalous’ and even ‘diabolical’. But a proposal...
A man received crucial first aid after suffering a cardiac arrest last night thanks to a smartphone app and the quick actions of an off-duty police...
A Whittlesey care home labelled by the local government ombudsman as being guilty of providing “very poor care and treatment” is to close. HC-One will close...
Road safety campaigner Peter Baxter is confident his perfectly legal – but effective – plan to disrupt traffic through Whittlesey today will be a warning...
A by-election will be held to elect two new district councillors for Longstanton ward after two district councillors stood down. The resignations of Sarah Cheung-Johnson and...
Up to 2,800 pensioners in Cambridgeshire – but not in Cambridge itself – who are in arrears with Anglian Water are to get a ‘payments holiday’....
Evening services from Cambridge to Ely and King’s Lynn will end earlier than scheduled to allow for urgent repairs to the line. The decision was taken...
Ralph Butcher, the councillor who fought for over 40 years for a new bridge crossing and which was named after him, has died. The £32m Kings...