Rotary New Year is July: Colin Every is our new President. Colin is a retired Auto Engineer, former owner of Kings of Witcham. His wife Liz is a councillor. Four Club Members spent a few days in June walking the North Norfolk coastal route to raise money for the excellent charity Therapy Dogs Nationwide and, through the use of a Just Giving page, the team manged to raise well over £800. For the walkers it…
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The 363 MCC Motorcycle Club raised £2,700 after their successful Crowning Around event in May at The Crown Inn. On the evening of the 16th of July, back at the Crown, the 363MCC President, Mark Robinson, along with his fellow bikers presented a cheque of £2,000 to Tammy Swiderski of The East Anglian Air Ambulance and a cheque for £500 to Abigail Abdel-Aal from The Sick Children’s Trust of Addenbrooke’s Hospital. “Over the years since…
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1st Littleport Scout Group have been busy raising funds for a snowy afternoon. You have probably seen members of the 1st Littleport Scout Group out and about at recent local events writes Louise Parfitt. You may well have eaten one of the delicious cakes they have been selling outside the Coop on Main Street numerous times this year or at Crowning Around in May; perhaps they gave you directions at June’s Littleport Leisure Fun Day;…
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Residents in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire have been accessing help locally to fight the scammers, thanks to a partnership set up seven months ago. Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Jason Ablewhite made his comment after a new service was launched by Citizens Advice to help victims of online fraudsters. Mr Ablewhite said: “Lot of agencies across our county had noticed increases in complaints from residents about an increasing number of scams – it…
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Another year has passed in the life of Littleport and East Cambridgeshire Academy. Time flies! This year the key focus is being ‘Ofsted ready’ in September 2019. That means huge amounts of work behind the scenes to develop the curriculum, map personal development and character, improve teaching and learning even further and much more. Schools are constantly shifting but as a new school we are building from the ground up. We pride ourselves on giving…
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Join us on 27th and 28th September to make new discoveries You’re living in a global centre for new discoveries. In our area, right now, people are finding ways to personalise medicine for each patient, they’re measuring how obesity could affect your children, and discovering new ways to help our bodies fight disease and much more. Friday 27th and Saturday 28th September are your chance to make your own breakthroughs, when LifeLab will transform shopping…
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‘Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened’ Dr Seuss The end of the academic year provides a great opportunity to reflect on all of the wonderful things that have happened over the course of the year. Inevitably, there will be a few tears shed from both the adults and children as they move on to their next chapter but the quote above from Dr Seuss encourages us to take pleasure in the fact…
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We enjoy our band that blow their brass instruments – and trumpets – for Littleport! Littleport Brass is a fantastic Brass band that represents Littleport around the country. Under the Musical Directorship of the renowned Ian Knapton the band takes part in many contests as well as giving concerts. Here are some dates for your diary! Bolsover Entertainments Contest Sunday October 6 2019 (all day) there is a new competition for the Band. They are…
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Everyone in Littleport has heard of YPL. If you are a newcomer to the village it wouldn’t be long before you too recognise the initials YPL. It stands for Young People Littleport and is the brainchild of local man Phil Malkin. He could see the need for an organisation that could assist Littleport’s younger population to have something to do with their time that is beneficial. Back in 2007 Phil approached Voluntary and Community Action…
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In January this year Her Majesty the Queen, President of Sandringham WI, joined members of her local Women’s Institute in a live game of ‘Pointless’ hosted by Alexander Armstrong and was on the winning team. The Queen joined the Sandringham branch in 1943 when she was still Princess Elizabeth and visits WI members at West Newton village hall every year as part of her winter stay on her Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Armstrong, host of…
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