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News staff’s fundraising antics create a stir – plus more news in brief

Christmas comes early for Kath

Christmas came early for Cambs Times journalist Kath Ingram when she was invited to be in the choir for two special recordings of TV’s Songs of Praise. A BBC team was at Ely Cathedral to film this year’s Christmas special

Weekly paper shows human side in face of Soham tragedy

The Ely Standard is the local paper for Soham, scene of the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, and it has been closely involved with the case right from the start. Deputy editor Debbie Davies tells how the paper

Regional press staff cover Soham trial

Just 53 press seats have been allocated to news organisations for the trial of Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr at the Old Bailey. They face charges relating to the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in what is expected

NVQ success for Archant trainees

Three trainee journalists from Archant Anglia have successfully completed their Level 4 NVQs in Newspaper Journalism (Writing). Jon Ball, from The Royston Crow, Fran Curtis of the Ely Standard in Cambridgeshire and Mark Linigard, a reporter with the Hunts Post,

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The Ely Standard has been supporting the Disasters Emergency Committee’s fundraising appeal for countries in southern Africa facing famine with its Give Your Lunch to Africa Day.Readers and businesses were encouraged to donate the cost of their lunch for one