The busiest property markets of 2020 have been revealed, with small towns taking the top spots as buyers flooded out of cities during the pandemic. Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, had the highest rate of property purchases in England and Wales, followed by Pontefract, West Yorkshire and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Mortgage broker Haysto analysed Government data to work … Read more
A Grade II listed former pub converted into an award-winning four-bedroom house has hit the market for £900,000. The Princess of Wales pub in Little Abington, Cambridgeshire, was built in 1820 but closed in 1963. Locals believe it was possibly named after Princess Alexandra of Wales, the wife of the future King Edward VII, before it … Read more
Dramatic moment lorry explodes in huge fireball outside petrol station in Cambridgeshire By Darren Boyle for MailOnline Published: 23:28 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 00:38 GMT, 2 December 2020 More than 20 fire fighters battled a blaze which destroyed a truck near a petrol station in Cambridgeshire. Footage from the scene showed flames more … Read more
Great British boltholes: The beautiful boutique pub that’s a heavenly reward for tackling Cambridgeshire’s Devil’s Dyke hike The Mail on Sunday’s Jane Knight checked into The Three Blackbirds, a dog-friendly pub in Woodditton The rooms would ‘not be out of place in a boutique hotel’, with oversized headboards and proper milk for tea And the … Read more
At least 80 people are evacuated from their homes as ‘severe’ blaze rips through Cambridgeshire suburb By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 06:26 BST, 16 August 2020 | Updated: 07:16 BST, 16 August 2020 A ‘severe’ fire has forced 80 people to be evacuated from their homes in Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) … Read more
Large wildcat ‘the size of a medium dog’ is spotted casually strolling through Cambridgeshire countryside A wildcat has been spotted roaming across Coldham’s Common, Cambridge Resident Dan Underwood caught the animal on video before it wandered off The cat resembles a Savannah like the one spotted in Highgate, north London Dan suggested it could be a fen … Read more
‘Dead’ man walking: Police find missing farm worker alive and living in Cambridgeshire woods five years after he vanished and a murder investigation was opened By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 12:41 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 12:50 BST, 3 August 2020 A man has been found alive living in undergrowth in a Cambridgeshire … Read more
Police find body in search for ‘stressed and anxious’ father-of-two, 59, who vanished on riverside walk five days after taking final ‘accidental’ selfie Stephen Ridley was last seen on July 13 at around 3pm when he was on his walk The 59-year-old from Ely in Cambridgeshire had taken a final selfie hours earlier The picture … Read more
A mother and her pregnant daughter drowned after an horrific crash left their car upside down in a water-filled ditch, a coroner has said. Jennifer Bunyan, 24, her unborn baby girl Erin Chatten, and her mother Marion Bunyan, 54, were all killed after Jennifer’s silver Nissan Qashqai left the road in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire and careered … Read more
Mystery as ‘huge’ burning object tears through the skies of Cambridgeshire for 20 minutes before hitting the ground Gerry Underwood, 55, saw the bizarre entity above Stretham, Cambridgeshire The unidentified object fell slowly to the ground and left a huge trail in its wake Eventually the burning mass disappeared behind a line of trees in … Read more