• More Ely Shops Close – What Do You Think Of The City Centre?

  By thommo75

  The Ely shop I loved was Stops, the newsagent near the Market Place. It was the best shop to buy...

            

   

  By elypeople at 10:16 on 01/02/12

  

  As another two shops close in Ely, can the centre of the city survive the recession and the proposed introduction of car parking charges? In recent years many of the small independent shops of Ely's city centre have been struggling to cope with the impact of the recession. In January The Little Sweet Shop and watch sellers Two Ticks closed in the High Street Passage, meaning that together with the long-term vacant retail property owned...

• Mary Archer Doesn't Like Ely's 'Charlie Dimmock'

  By billie70

  Contrary to popular opinion, Mary Archer must have immaculate taste. I'm not a big fan of 'the...

            

   

  By MoonRambler at 01:35 on 01/02/12

  

  It seems that Dr Mary Archer isn't a fan of the Ely Cathedral statue of the Virgin Mary that has become known to locals as 'Charlie Dimmock'. During her visit to the Cathedral to open the Quaker Tapestry Exhibition, Dr Archer – wife of author Jeffrey Archer – joked about the gaudy statue in the Lady Chapel, referring to it as a "multicoloured Madonna". To the amusement of the assembled crowd, she ended her speech...

• Ely Council Tax Rise 'A Kick In Teeth For Taxpayers' says Pickles

  By sushar

  So, no promise of improved services and facilities thanks to the extra 2.95% we'll be paying in...

            

   

  By ElyNewshound at 11:40 on 22/01/12

  

  Residents of Ely and the East Cambs district face a 2.95% rise in the level of Council Tax, flying directly in the face of the wishes of the government. Such rises were described this week by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles as "a kick in the teeth for hard-working, decent taxpayers". According to the government minister, local councils have "a moral duty" to freeze council tax for families struggling with rising...

• Ely Daylight Knife Robbery

  By davealsop

  A knife attack in Ely? What's the world coming to! I take my kids into the park through the Barton...

            

   

  By elypeople at 17:37 on 11/01/12

  

  A man was robbed at knifepoint in Ely this week in an audacious and terrifying attack perpetrated in broad daylight. Police are appealing for witnesses. The victim of the robbery, a 39-year-old man, was walking towards the train station at 10.25am on Tuesday January 10. As he walked along the path past the Archways on The Gallery near to Barton Square, a man approached him and threatened him with a knife, which was tucked inside his...

• Inspirational War Drama Is A Triumph For Ely College

  By billie70

  Congratulations to everyone involved in 'Invisible Army' - it seems that the drama department of Ely...

            

   

  By elypeople at 11:02 on 14/01/12

  

  Ambitious in its scope and dramatic in its execution, for a school production Ely College's original drama 'Invisible Army' was quite simply inspirational. Crafted to shine a little light on the far too often overlooked contribution to the Allied cause by the forces of Poland during World War II, it succeeded in its aims thanks to a central narrative that conveyed the struggles of the Poles through a moving and personal love story....

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