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Cambridgeshire firefighters practice skills in Huntingdon
Firefighters from across Cambridgeshire honed their skills in a building fire training exercise in Huntingdon. The simulated blaze was escalated to include trapped individuals, allowing crews to practice responses to fires in commercial premises
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Student removed from lessons over socks - readers share their views
Readers have been sharing their varied views on a story about a Huntingdon secondary school student being removed from lessons for wearing white trainer socks. The Hunts Post published an article after the parent of a St Peter’s School student
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Little Paxton Bridge given opening date after repairs to 'extensive damage'
A bridge in Huntingdonshire, which was extensively damaged during recent flooding, is set to reopen this weekend. Little Paxton Bridge in Mill Lane, St Neots, was completely submerged after the River Great Ouse flooded in September which left parts
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Beloved 'Chief Mouser' Sprout the Hunts Station Cat dies
The much-loved "Chief Mouser" at a Huntingdonshire train station has sadly passed away. Sprout, the St Neots Station Cat, had been living at the station for more than a decade and had become an adored four-legged friend to every commuter who passed
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A good set of results for St Neots Hockey Club at the weekend
St Neots enjoyed an unbeaten weekend for their four women’s teams, writes Owen Edwards. With overnight rain and a persistent morning downpour, the outlook for the home fixtures looked bleak. However, a hard working women’s 2s and a group of
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St Ives Swimmers and March Marlins battle it out at Cambridge Grand Prix
Two Cambridgeshire swimming clubs took to the waters over the weekend in a jam-packed two days of swimming. Both the March Marlins, based in March, and the St Ives Swimmers, based in St Ives, met at the Cambridge Grand Prix 2024 competition on
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Horror at Hinchingbrooke House returns with new scare zones for 2024
An award-winning interactive and realistic horror experience featuring 18 sets and over 100 actors returns to Cambridgeshire this weekend. With new scare zones for 2024, Horror at Hinchingbrooke House is open from October 26 to November 2.
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Accessibility campaigner 'overwhelmed' with latest move forward for town
An accessibility campaigner in Huntingdonshire has said that she is, "grateful, overwhelmed and excited" with a new facility in her town. Liz Owens, the founder of Access in St Neots, is a wheelchair user who has been tirelessly campaigning for
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Design for sustainable community arts and culture hub in Ely up for national award
A Godmanchester student's design proposal for a sustainable community arts and culture hub in Ely is up for a national award. Rebecca Wakely's 'The Octagon' has made the six-person shortlist for best student project at the national Architectural
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St Neots MP brands winter fuel payment cuts as "a very real distress"
A Cambridgeshire MP has branded the cuts to winter fuel payments as a "very real distress" to his constituents. Ian Sollom, the Liberal Democrat MP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire, told The Hunts Post: "The cut to the Winter Fuel Payment has
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Death of the landline: Huge number of Cambs residents paying for phone they don’t use
New data suggests that almost 85,000 households in Cambridgeshire are estimated to be paying for a landline they don’t use, with 27 per cent of local billpayers saying they haven’t used their landline in the last month. The study, conducted by
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New calls to ban thousands of drivers from having passengers in their car
New drivers aged under 21 should be banned from carrying passengers of a similar age in their cars for six months after passing their test, the AA has claimed. The motoring organisation said it also wants those motorists to be handed six penalty
