• Newmarket Suffers Major Traffic as A14 Closes After Lorry Fire

  By Newmarketppl

  The cause of the fire has been classified as accidental

            

   

  By Newmarketppl at 10:09 on 28/06/11

  

  A lorry fire has caused the A14 between Newmarket and Quy to close in both directions. Traffic is currently being diverted through Newmarket and other villages as the clear up begins. The lorry, which was carrying car parts and batteries caught alight at around 4am in a lay-by. About 25 firefighters from Cambridge, Newmarket and St Neots tackled the blaze. The eastbound carriageway reopened at 8:20am but the westbound carriageway...

• Teachers in Suffolk are too stressed to do their job

  By MrBet

  Teachers need to get a grip. Kids aren't that scary if you know how to handle them. In my humble...

            

   

  By suffolkduck at 14:28 on 06/03/11

  

  TEACHERS IN Suffolk made national news this week after a freedom of information request revealed that they had taken 10,000 hours off sick in 2010. This total is the equivalent of 50 academic years of absence and is obviously worrying for parents of students in our Suffolk schools. The high number of sick days are being blamed on stress caused by the pressure placed on teachers by inspections and league tables. On Twitter Nick Garnett...

• Twenty deaths on Suffolk's roads in 2010

  By Forever_Free

  Thats quite a lot of motorcyclists killed, no doubt more than a third were involved. Their...

            

   

  By SuziLD at 23:47 on 09/02/11

  

  LAST YEAR there were twenty deaths on Suffolk's roads. Just under a quarter of those killed were motorcyclists. This week Suffolk Police announced that they want motorcyclists across our county to become better and safer riders by attending a 'Bikesafe' motorcycle course. In 2010, one-hundred people got involved with the course and PC Kevin Stark from the Roads Policing Unit described it as being 'very successful'. PC Stark said:...

• Paddy Power coming to Newmarket?

  By englishknight

  aslong as they support local clubs and groups.it will be fine. the problem is nowadays rents and...

            

   

  By SuziLD at 23:26 on 05/01/11

  

  Paddy Power may be coming to Newmarket. I know horse racing is a massive part of Newmarket's identity but surely having twelve betting shops in one town is a bit excessive? Don't most people gamble online these days anyway? Read the full story here.

• call for players

  By englishknight

  the match on 7th may has various charities. all racing newmarket players have to raise sponsorship...

            

   

  By englishknight at 10:04 on 21/01/11

  

  racing newmarket fc are looking for people who work in the racing industry. we are playing several high profile games this year. the first 2 against hollyoaks. may7th and june11th the second game will be in brighton. players will raise money for racing welfare. contact howard 01359 270733 sponsors and advertisers also needed

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