Wisbech

Leading animal experts at Wood Green, The Animals Charity, have urged pet owners to get clued-up on dog safety and follow some simple rules to help keep their four-legged friends relaxed over Christmas and new year.

Fenland District Council has welcomed the jail sentences handed down to two Latvian gangmasters who have been exploiting vulnerable migrant workers.

A Leverington woman has graduated from university.

A generous couple raised £580 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance at their diamond wedding anniversary party.

A mum is appealing for help in tracking down the handbag belonging to her devasted six-year-old daughter which was lost during a bus ride.

A Fenland charity has been boosted by two donations.

At The Luxe, Wisbech:

Every year comes with its challenges and opportunities and sees destinations gaining or losing their appeal – here I look at some that should be top of most hit lists in 2015.

Christmas around the fireside. A real fire with dancing flames and sweet smelling smoke; and the promise of roast chestnuts or hot buttered toast cooked by glowing embers late in the evening.

A nativity play celebrating Christmas across the world has been staged by Wisbech Grammar School’s preparatory school.

CHATTERIS

A dying woman’s plea to find new homes for her cats resulted in several offers of help.

A wriggly version of the nativity story was performed by youngsters at the Meadows Day Care Centre in Chatteris.

Little Angels from Anthony Curton Primary School in Walpole St Peter have been busy performing a traditional nativity play.

Pensioners in Parson Drove tucked into a tasty Christmas lunch thanks to the hard work of volunteers. Casey Bates, Maureen Fyson and friends organised bingos throughout the year to raise money to fund the lunch. A total of 91 pensioners sat down to a three-course meal in the village hall. The guests also enjoyed entertainment from Big D during the six-hour event. Mrs Bates said: “It was wonderful. We had a lot of happy people. “We are looking forward to next year’s event.”

As a follow-up to Steve Green’s letter – about the junction at Broadend Road, Walsoken, on the A47 (Citizen, Wednesday, December 10) – after the meeting in January to which he referred, a group of people got together to keep campaigning for improvements to this junction.

Elves swapped reindeer to pull Santa’s sleigh for a motorbike during a toy run. More than 600 bikes created quite a sight after gathering in the Tesco car park in Wisbech on December 14. The bikers were on a toy run to help youngsters and stopped off at RAF Marham.

Wisbech Round Table spread Christmas cheer when they delivered festive hampers.

Carols rung through Lynn’s Custom House on Saturday as a choir sung around the Christmas tree.