Newmarket Journal (Newmarket, England) back issues from March 2008:
Council throws out plans for post office.
Mar 01, 2008 ... PLANS to convert a post office in Newmarket into apartments have been rejected by Forest Heath Council. The bid to turn Exning Road Post Office into five flats and a garage was thrown out after concerns from councillors about the potential over-development of the site. ...
Public vent anger over faulty toilets.
Mar 02, 2008 ... PUBLIC toilets, which cost [pounds sterling]340,000 to build, have left frustrated residents seeing red because they are constantly out of order. A number of people have complained that the women's toilets at Newmarket's Guineas shopping centre have been working on and off ...
Jockeys pick up rare three points.
Mar 03, 2008 ... SOHAM and Newmarket both picked up valuable wins in the Ridgeons League at the weekend, but Ely and Mildenhall faired less well on their travels. With Needham Market not in league action, Soham Town increased their lead at the top to six points after a narrow 2-1 win at home to ...
Soham top table.
Mar 04, 2008 ... LOOKING to increase their lead at the top of the table, Soham took on Norwich Utd at The Lane on Saturday. Goals from Aaron Turner and Scott ...
College earns top sports award.
Mar 04, 2008 ... PUPILS and staff at Scaltback Middle School were celebrating this week after the Newmarket school was commended for its "exceptional" sports programme. The Sportsmark award, which recognises "exceptional delivery of the national school sport strategy", was presented to the ...
Stud able to boast one of its finest rosters for many years.
Mar 06, 2008 ... AFTER the acquisition of dual 2000 Guineas hero Cockney Rebel and the launch of a new range of tours, 2008 promises to be an exciting year at Newmarket's National Stud. This year marks a first for the stud as it will be running tours throughout the summer prior to the popular ...
One of a lucky few, Glen gets a new life.
Mar 06, 2008 ... WITH only 3,000 people a year being given organ transplants, Glen Taylor was one of those lucky enough to find a suitable donor to undergo a life-saving operation. Last year, some 6,000 people did not get their required transplant, while about 1,000 people died on the waiting ...
Guineas Ball set to help doctors.
Mar 06, 2008 ... NEWMARKET'S Guineas Ball will be held at the town's Rowley Mile racecourse next month to raise funds for Suffolk's emergency doctor service - the charity it supported when it was first staged more than 10 years ago. The inaugural Guineas Ball was held in 1997 when it raised ...
Post office flats plan rejected by councillors.
Mar 06, 2008 ... PLANS to convert Newmarket's last remaining sub-post office into flats have been opposed by councillors. Members of Forest Heath's planning committee said they were minded to refuse a proposal to turn the existing shop and post office in Exning Road into five flats. ...
Breakthrough in battle to stop horse disease.
Mar 06, 2008 ... A NEW diagnostic blood test has been developed by Newmarket scientists to combat one of the most virulent horse diseases. The breakthrough has come after four years of research by experts at the Animal Health Trust. The development of the test is part of the campaign, ...
More light is thrown on life of mystery man.
Mar 06, 2008 ... A MAN piecing together the life of a former Newmarket resident is one step closer to solving the mystery after visiting the town. Tom Fulep has been appealing for information from Newmarket residents on a man called Brian Crisswell, after discovering a discarded briefcase ...
Body of woman, 24, found by police.
Mar 06, 2008 ... AN INQUEST was due to be opened yesterday into the death of a 24-year-old woman whose body was discovered at an address in Newmarket's Old Station Road on Monday. Police were alerted by a concerned friend of the dead woman and went to her home address at 6.50pm. ...
Council set to press ahead with [pounds sterling]3m office re-vamp.
Mar 06, 2008 ... COUNCILLORS were last night set to press ahead with a project that will see more than [pounds sterling]3 million being spent on the redesign and refurbishment of their Mildenhall offices. Following a review of Forest Heath Council's headquarters in College Heath Road, which was ...
Newmarket College appoints new head.
Mar 06, 2008 ... NEWMARKET College has appointed a new headteacher who will take over from current head Stephen Dart when he steps down later this year. Dr Bob Cadwalladr, who has been deputy principal at Linton Village College for the past five years, will take over at the 600-pupil Exning Road ...
Tote sale decision 'bad for racing'.
Mar 06, 2008 ... NEWMARKET MP Jim Paice has expressed his disappointment at yesterday's announcement that the Government is preparing for an open market sale of the Tote. He claims the decision breaks a commitment made by the Labour Party in its 2001 and 2005 manifestoes. Mr Paice, ...
Fears for teenagers' jobs as racecourse axes cleaners.
Mar 06, 2008 ... PARENTS fear that teenagers will no longer have the chance to work as litter pickers at Newmarket's racecourses now that a global company has been given the cleaning job. For the past seven years, youngsters from the age of 15 have been employed by Newmarket-based Garrad ...
Jane shuts up shop after 40 years.
Mar 06, 2008 ... ONE of Newmarket's leading fashion shops is to close in August. Jane of Newmarket has been trading in the town since 1964, but owner Jane Webb has decided to retire. "It's such a happy place to work," she said. "It's probably more like a club than a shop. ...
Man admits dangerous driving charge.
Mar 06, 2008 ... A 32-YEAR-OLD Newmarket man has admitted a dangerous driving incident which left one teenager fighting for his life and another seriously injured. Daniel Vickers, of Churchill Court, Newmarket, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday when he entered guilty pleas to ...
Town's Olympic bid remains on course.
Mar 06, 2008 ... THE GROUP behind plans for a [pounds sterling]30million equine centre in Newmarket said this week it was "more confident than ever" that it will host equestrian competitors taking part in the 2012 London Olympics. Stetchworth Equine's bid was not listed in the official guide to ...
Astley show is tribute to John.
Mar 06, 2008 ... NEWMARKET Astley Club's annual boxing show tomorrow night will be staged in memory of chief coach John Humphrey, who died in November. Humphrey's widow Ellen, his sons John junior and Thomas and daughter Charlene, will be at the show to see a special tribute from the club's ...
South African star set for winning debut.
Mar 06, 2008 ... JAMES Eustace's South African Gr 1 winner War Effort can make an immediate impact in his first northern hemisphere run by landing the listed Lady Wulfruna Stakes at Wolverhampton on Saturday. This winner of a Grade 1 sprint at Clairwood was originally destined to carry on racing ...
Fordham win tight encounter.
Mar 06, 2008 ... FORDHAM made it two wins in a week when they scored the only goal of this Kershaw League Premier Division match in a tight affair at Needingworth. Neither keeper was extended in the opening half, although both sides had chances. Fordham scored the decisive goal in ...
Reid hits four as Dullingham cruise to win.
Mar 06, 2008 ... FOUR goals from striker Jamie Reid helped Dullingham to a comfortable 9-3 victory over Harston, moving the home side up to fourth in the BIS Division 3A. The hosts, who won the corresponding away fixture 6-2 last week, were quickly into their stride with the attacking trio of ...
Jockeys record shock victory.
Mar 06, 2008 ... NEWMARKET Town picked up their first Ridgeons Premier points of 2008 with a shock victory over fifth-placed Kirkley & Pakefield. The best early chance fell to the visitors when Lee Hunter missed a sitter after he was set up by Jamie Stokeld. But it was Newmarket, for ...
Soham increase lead at top.
Mar 06, 2008 ... WITH Needham Market again in FA Vase quarter final action, Soham Town increased their lead at the top of the Premier Division table to six points. The hosts dominated the early play as both Libam and Jimson saw headed efforts go wide of the post. Soham opened the ...
A weekend to forgot for Hall and Ely.
Mar 06, 2008 ... ELY and Mildenhall endured a difficult weekend in the Ridgeons Premier League with both sides dropping points away from home. Swaffham Town 1, Mildenhall Town 1 (Ridgeons League, Premier Division) A STRONG wind and a poor pitch made this a game to forget according to ...
Rugby: Win keeps town on target.
Mar 06, 2008 ... NEWMARKET collected three points against opponents who traditionally provide a stern test on their own patch. With hooker Owen Wilson pressed into emergency service at prop, Newmarket were light in the front row and the early scrummages suggested a long afternoon ahead for the ...
Exning vicar set to move to Horringer.
Mar 07, 2008 ... THE vicar of St Martin's Church in Exning is moving to pastures new. Canon Simon Pettitt, 57, first came to the village seven years ago, but has agreed to become rector of the villages of Westley Whepsted, Brockland and Horringer from next month. "I have thoroughly ...
Help clean up your grot-spots.
Mar 10, 2008 ... RESIDENTS across Forest Heath are being urged to do their bit and take part in the Spring Clean Suffolk Campaign. The scheme, which runs from March 31 until April 13, is aimed at tackling litter in the area. ...
Ely's bid for promotion back on track.
Mar 10, 2008 ... ELY City beat leaders Tiptree United on Saturday to keep their promotion hopes very much alive, while Premier Division side Soham were held to a 1-1 draw. In the other Ridgeon League games at the weekend, Mildenhall edged to a narrow 1-0 win over Haverhill and Newmarket lost at ...
Armed gang robs security van in Mildenhall.
Mar 11, 2008 ... Police are hunting four men who robbed a security van in Mildenhall last night (Monday). The raiders, all wearing balaclavas and Army-style camouflage clothing, swooped on the van as it was delivering cash to the Nationwide Building Society in the market place at around 8pm. ...
Mildenhall plane 'loses' missile intervention device.
Mar 11, 2008 ... An aircraft stationed at RAF Mildenhall has lost a missile intervention device somewhere along the East Anglian coastline. The device, known as a chaff module, throws up particles of aluminium, plastic or glass fibre to confuse enemy missiles. Suffolk police have ...
Plea to protect town's heritage.
Mar 13, 2008 ... THE wife of a Derby-winning trainer has formed an action group in a bid to protect Newmarket's historic heritage. Lawyer Rachel Hood, whose husband is trainer John Gosden, is furious that more than 50 trees have been destroyed in Newmarket's historic Bury Road to make way for an ...
Illegal immigrants told to make own way to Croydon.
Mar 13, 2008 ... THE immigration service and police have been criticised for the way they handled the discovery of nine illegal Afghani immigrants in Fordham last month. Jim Paice, MP for East Cambridgeshire was told of the incident by a constituent and has expressed disbelief over the way the ...
Cab driver denies moving migrant workers.
Mar 13, 2008 ... A NEWMARKET taxi driver has denied allegations that he has been illegally moving migrant Indian and Pakistani racing workers between town stables. Shamim Noor was named by award-winning Newmarket businesman Ahsan Mohammed, managing director of Fordham Road-based Kings UK ...
Council to probe alcohol licence decision-making.
Mar 13, 2008 ... A COUNCIL is to review the way it decides on licences in the wake of two controversial decisions by its licensing panel. The review has been instigated by Newmarket councillor Robin Millar, chairman of Forest Heath Council's overview and scrutiny committee, which will conduct ...
Police hunt man after he chases girls.
Mar 13, 2008 ... POLICE want to trace a man who accosted two girls in a park and followed them through nearby streets. The girls, aged 10 and 12, were in Newmarket's Memorial Hall Gardens off the High Street when they were approached. They walked off when the man tried to speak to ...
Council office re-vamp branded 'ireesponsible'.
Mar 13, 2008 ... A DECISION to go ahead with a [pounds sterling]3 million project to refurbish a council's offices has been branded "irresponsible" by one of its members. Newmarket Liberal Democrat Ian Radford spoke out during a meeting of Forest Heath Council when members agreed to delegate ...
Woman found dead is named.
Mar 13, 2008 ... A WOMAN whose body was discovered at her home in Newmarket's Old Station Road last week has been named by police as 24-year-old Kli-Rose Hiller. An inquest into her death was opened and adjourned by the Greater Suffolk coroner Dr Peter Dean on ...
Gazeley pre-school earns Ofsted praise.
Mar 13, 2008 ... TEACHING and learning at the Windmills pre-school in Gazeley is good, according to its recent Ofsted inspection. The strength of the new team of staff, which started working together in September last year, was recognised by the Ofsted inspector who said they were both ...
Teenager assaults man, 40.
Mar 13, 2008 ... A 40-year-old man was assaulted in Newmarket's St Mary's Square by a teenager when he refused to buy cigarettes for him. The incident happened between 3.50pm and 4pm on Saturday. The victim was asked for a cigarette by his attacker but was assaulted when he said he ...
Tigers set for new season.
Mar 13, 2008 ... MILDENHALL Fen Tigers get the 2008 speedway season under way at Peterborough tonight with a challenge match against the Panthers. It will be the first outing for a new-look Tigers outfit, with only reserve Mark Baseby surviving a winter of change at West Row. Former ...
Ridgeons League preview.
Mar 13, 2008 ... ALL four local Ridegons League teams are in action at the weekend as the season reaches a critical point. NEWMARKET Town look certain to be playing Division One football next season for the first time in 71 years after Saturday's home defeat by King's Lynn Reserves. ...
Backbord to show class at Cheltenham.
Mar 13, 2008 ... ITALIAN St Leger winner Backbord can give in-form Lucy Wadham her first Cheltenham Festival winner by outstaying his opponents in the Pertemps Handicap Hurdle Final this afternoon. He did not lose much time in scoring over hurdles, winning races at Ludlow and Worcester in his ...
Christie hat-trick clinches points for Fordham.
Mar 13, 2008 ... A DOMINANT first-half Kershaw League Premier Division display with clinical finishing enabled Fordham to overcome the challenge of Great Paxton. It was a good day for recent signing Tom Christie, who grabbed a hat-trick on his home debut, but not for Paxton, who had two players ...
Dullingham fight-back salvages point.
Mar 13, 2008 ... DULLINGHAM were forced to come from two goals down as they snatched an injury-time equaliser against J M Sports to keep their promotion hopes alive. The two sides, who started the day level on points, were forced to play in awful conditions and on a poor pitch that did not help ...
Cup heartache for Swifts.
Mar 13, 2008 ... THERE was disappointment for Burwell Swifts when they were beaten after extra-time in the semi-final of the Lower Junior Cup. Two evenly-matched teams saw few clear cut chances, with both defences being the dominant factor but the game was swayed on two decisions. ...
Ridgeons League round-up.
Mar 13, 2008 ... ELY City followed up an excellent win over Tiptree at the weekend to book a cup final place, while Soham thrashed rivals Wroxham 4-0. Ely City 2, Tiptree 1 (Ridgeons League, Division One) IAN Edge netted the goal which gave Ely the points - but keeper Lee Pacey's kept ...
Boxers' tribute to former coach.
Mar 13, 2008 ... The first New Astley Club boxing show since the death in November of club coach John Humphrey saw a moving tribute to the man who had guided the careers of numerous young boxers. "You could have heard a pin drop, not just in the hall but in the bars as well, during the minute's ...
Ian's finish gives Ely the edge.
Mar 13, 2008 ... Ely City 2 Tiptree 1 Ridgeons League, Division One Ian Edge netted the goal which gave Ely the points - but keeper Lee Pacey's kept the league leaders at bay with some superb saves. Tiptree started well and when Lewin Ward was tripped in the box by Jamie ...
Police step up hunt for armed raiders.
Mar 14, 2008 ... POLICE have renewed their appeal for information following an armed robbery in Mildenhall on Monday. A security van was delivering cash to the Nationwide Building Society in the Market Place at 8pm, when four raiders wearing balaclavas and camouflage clothing threatened both the ...
Car used in Mildenhall armed raid is found.
Mar 17, 2008 ... POLICE have found the car used by robbers in an armed raid in Mildenhall last Monday. The silver Vauxhall Omega was used in an armed raid on Nationwide Building Society and was found on Friday afternoon in Melbourne Drive in Mildenhall. Det Insp John Brocklebank, who ...
Have you seen Alfie?
Mar 17, 2008 ... AN ex-rescue centre dog called Alfie has gone missing from his home in Saxon Street, near Newmarket. The dark grey lurcher, who was last seen at around 6pm on Friday, March 14, suddenly bolted from ...
Suffolk Police bid to stop illegal raves.
Mar 18, 2008 ... Police in Suffolk are urging members of the public and landowners to report any suspicious activities during the Easter break and into the summer period, in a bid to crack down on illegal raves in the county. Officers are urging landowners to remain vigilant and immediately ...
Palomino closure rumours 'not true'.
Mar 19, 2008 ... THE licensees of a Newmarket pub have moved to reassure customers they will not be closing, following rumours that the building is being demolished to make way for flats. Sheila and Barry McNally, of The Palomino, were shocked when more than 20 people at the Valley Way pub said ...
Woman, 45, avoids jail after fourth drink-drive charge.
Mar 19, 2008 ... THE DAUGHTER of a wealthy landowner and magistrate has narrowly avoided being jailed after admitting her fourth drink-related driving offence. Forty-five-year-old mother-of-four Emma Crawley, of Chesterfield Mews, Sackville Street, Newmarket, was more than three times the ...
National bus pass scheme extended.
Mar 19, 2008 ... RESIDENTS of Newmarket and Mildenhall and the whole of the Forest Heath district who are eligible for a bus pass, will be able to enjoy free travel in Suffolk 24 hours a day, seven days a week now that Suffolk councils have extended a national bus pass scheme. At the moment, the ...
Centre set for lots of Easter fun.
Mar 20, 2008 ... A HOST of Easter activities are being planned at Newmarket Leisure Centre. The fun kicks off tomorrow with a turn-up-and-play session for youngsters aged six and over on the centre's all-weather outdoor pitch where there will be football, rounders, and kwik cricket as well as ...
Villagers' anger as new home plan gets go-ahead.
Mar 20, 2008 ... ANGRY Burwell residents have slammed East Cambs Council for approving a new house they say is not in keeping with the character of the village. Homeowners in Low Road say the new building would not be in keeping with the rest of the houses on the road and that the proposed ...
New Scout and Cub leaders take a bow.
Mar 20, 2008 ... FOUR new Moulton Cub and Scout leaders were officially welcomed into the pack during a special presentation evening. Karen Gammon, leader of the Moulton Cubs, Neil Chambers, assistant Cub leader, Steve Robbins, assistant group Scout leader and Wayne ...
Council in bid to move 'blunder' phone mast.
Mar 20, 2008 ... NEWMARKET town councillors are looking into the possibility of a petition asking mobile phone operators 02 to move a mast which has been put up outside the town's new leisure centre close to a school. Cllr Mick Jefferys, a former town mayor and a teacher at Newmarket College, ...
Warm welcome at Burwell for pilgrims.
Mar 20, 2008 ... Easter marks the 60th anniversary of student pilgrims carrying a cross to Walsingham, Norfolk. The Student Cross walk began in 1948 with Roman Catholic students walking from London to Walsingham to mark the coming of Easter. The pilgramage now consists of 10 different ...
Join in the fun of the Festival.
Mar 20, 2008 ... ORGANISERS are hoping that this year's Newmarket Festival will build on the success of the inaugural event. Several events staged at last year's festival will be held again this year including a celebrity sporting dinner and a classical music concert, supported by local school ...
Memorial service for former town police chief.
Mar 20, 2008 ... A MEMORIAL service for a former Newmarket police chief inspector and chairman of the town branch of the Royal British Legion, will be held on Wednesday. Trevor Hewitt, who was 71, died at St Nicolas' Hospice in Bury St Edmunds on March 11 after a long battle with cancer. ...
Recognition at last for Malaya conflict sailor.
Mar 20, 2008 ... A Newmarket widow has collected a medal awarded to her husband for his part in the Malayan conflict. Barrington Goodman, who died in December 2005, has been posthumously awarded the Pingat Jasa Malaysia, a special service medal for those who served in Malaya from 1949-1960. ...