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You can sponsor new benches
Residents from Newmarket are being given the opportunity to sponsor some new benches that are being installed as part of a refurbishment of the High Street.
Read more...Lucky find for Keith as he finds lost shoe
A Newmarket local may have come across the oldest horseshoe in the home of horse racing. 68 year old Keith Swift saw the iron horseshoe in a stream between Newmarket and Exning. He then found out that the horseshoe could date as far back as between the years 1350 and 1500.
Read more...The Voice’s Luan records new charity record
Luan Hockley, a singer from Dullingham who auditioned for The Voice on the BBC has come together with other auditionees to record a charity single. 30 year old Luanne auditioned in front of thousands of people and The Voice coaches Jessie J, Sir Tom Jones, Will.I.Am and Danny O’Donoghue on the BBC singing programme.
Read more...Jockey Ryan is back to his best
Jockey Ryan Moore was at Newmarket’s St Louis Primary School telling pupils what it takes to be a top jockey just 48 hours after winning the 1000 Guineas at the Rowley Mile.
Read more...Festival cash shared by students
Young entrepreneurs in Newmarket have been given a £1,000 boost following a Dragon’s Den style competition hosted by the Newmarket July Festival. Fifteeen students from Newmarket College made presentations to Cllr Robin Millar and Mark Edmondson, festival committee chairman.
Read more...Amazing response for toy appeal
Stephen Smith from Wicken, has collected an amazing amount of toys for a children’s charity. Mr Smith, who works for independent distributor Kleeneze used the catalogues that he distributes to send out flyers appealing to people to donate to children’s charity Barnado’s.
Read more...Fair meeting for diamond anniversary couple
A Worthington couple are celebrating after 60 years of marriage. Bernard and Hermione How met 62 years ago at a fair in the village of Isleham, where Mrs How is from. After courting for two years, the couple were married at St Andrew’s Church in Isleham when Mr How was 27 and Mrs How was 22.
Read more...Falklands a safer place thanks to Robin
A retired lieutenant colonel has started his year off by travelling to the Falkland Islands. Robin Swanson, who is head of the Falkland Island De-mining Programme Office, headed to the Falklands to oversee a land mine clearance project. During the project, he will fence off areas of land that are dangerous because of land mines and release safe land that can be used recreationally.
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