Month: May 2024

Residents are being warned about the dangers of binning batteries after a fire broke out in the back of a refuse lorry. Fenland District Council have issued the warning after the bin lorry caught alight on Elliott Road in March. Crews were collecting b…

Toni Kroos will end his glittering and trophy laden footballing career after the Euro 2024 tournament, the Real Madrid and Germany player announced on Tuesday. “I’ve been thinking about it for a very, very long time and in the last few days I’ve come t…

Police seized a motorbike in March which was being driven by youngsters without a licence or insurance. On Sunday evening, Fenland officers stopped a motorbike in Robingoodfellow’s Lane in March that was being driven by a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-…

Motorists who left their cars parked on double yellow lines over the weekend were issued tickets by patrolling police officers. The culprits were found on Union Street, Blackfriars Road and Hill Street, where four cars were found to be parking illegall…

The votes have been counted and the results can now be revealed for this year’s Fenland Citizen Little Stars Competition. In first place was seven-and-a-half-month-old Emily Taylor, the youngest child of Natasha and Jason Taylor. Emily, who has an olde…

The discussion surrounding Celtic and Rangers and the gap between the two teams was a hot topic this season for a change. With Rangers running the Parkhead club really close for the title, Brendan Rodgers managed to see his team over the line in what w…

Consumers in the European Union will be better protected from strong fluctuations in electricity prices after EU ministers approved a market reform on Tuesday. The reform leads “the way for a more stable, predictable, and sustainable energy market,” sa…

The mobile bank N26 must pay a fine of €9.2 million ($10 million) for late reporting of suspected money laundering, Germany’s banking supervisory agency BaFin said in Frankfurt on Tuesday. The agency’s fine notice states that the institution systematic…

The number of politically motivated offences reported to the police in Germany reached a new record last year. The 60,028 recorded offences represent the highest level since the statistics were introduced in 2001, according to the 2023 statistics prese…

The Greek trial of nine suspected smugglers of hundreds of migrants killed in a 2023 boat disaster in the Mediterranean was abandoned on Tuesday after the court in the port city of Kalamata said it did not have jurisdiction in the case. Only 104 people…