Gaul Road is closed as a through route from Monday March 31 for approximately eight weeks. 

The closure is to enable the installation of a foul water rising main at the junction of Turnbull Road that will finish outside the Burmor development site.

EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
NOTICE OF ELECTIONS
Election of Mayor For the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority area

1. An election is to be held for a Mayor for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
   Combined Authority area on 1 May 2025.
2. Nomination papers can be obtained from the office of the Combined Authority
   Returning Officer, The Grange, Nutholt Lane, Ely, CB7 4EE.
3. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Combined Authority Returning Officer at
   The Grange, Nutholt Lane, Ely, CB7 4EE between 10am and 4pm on any working
   day after publication of this notice but no later than 2 April 2025.
4. The candidate’s £5,000 deposit can be paid by legal tender or by means of a
   banker’s draft from a drawer which carries on business as a banker in the United
   Kingdom. Please contact the Electoral Services office at East Cambridgeshire
   District Council for details on how to pay.
5. If the election is contested the poll will take place on 1 May 2025.
6. Applications to register to vote must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer
   by 12 midnight on 11 April 2025. Applications can be made online at
   https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
7. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes must reach the relevant
   Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on 14 April 2025. Applications for a postal vote
   can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote.
8. Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the relevant Electoral
   Registration Officer by 5pm on 23 April 2025. Applications can be made online at
   www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote.
9. Applications for a voter authority certificate or an anonymous elector’s document valid
   for this election must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on 23
   April 2025. Applications for a voter authority certificate can be made online at
   https://voter-authority-certificate-service.gov.uk.
10. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the relevant
    Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm 1 May 2025.
    Printed and published by the Combined Authority Returning Officer. The Grange, Nutholt Lane, Ely, Cambs,
    CB7 4EE

Relevant Electoral Registration Officers’ contact details
Fenland Fenland District Council
Fenland Hall
County Road
March
Cambs, PE15 8NQ
elections@fenland.gov.uk
01354 654321

Dated: 25th March 2025 John Hill, Combined Authority Returning Officer

Election of County Councillors for the under mentioned To be held on Thursday, 1 May 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT

1. An election is to be held for County Councillors for the under mentioned.
2. The number of County Councillors to be elected is:

NAME OF ELECTORAL AREA NUMBER OF COUNTY COUNCILLORS
CHATTERIS 1
MARCH NORTH & WALDERSEY 2
MARCH SOUTH & RURAL 1
ROMAN BANK & PECKOVER 1
WHITTLESEY NORTH 1
WHITTLESEY SOUTH 1
WISBECH EAST 1
WISBECH WEST 1

3. Nomination papers may be obtained, during normal office hours, from the Deputy Returning Officer at the address shown below.
4. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Deputy Returning Officer at the offices of Fenland District Council at the address shown below, on any day after the date of this notice, during normal office hours but no later than 4pm on Wednesday, 2 April 2025 .
5. If any election is contested, the poll will take place on Thursday, 1 May 2025 between the hours of 07:00 and 22:00.
6. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Friday, 11 April
7. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
8. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the address shown below by 5pm on Monday, 14 April 2025 if they are to be effective for this election.
9. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 . Applications for a Voter Authority
   Certificate can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
10. Applications to vote by proxy must be received by the Electoral Registration Officer at the address shown below by 5pm on Wednesday, 23 April 2025.
11. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must be received by the Electoral Registration Officer at the address shown below by 5pm on Thursday, 1 May 2025.

Dated: Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Paul Medd, Deputy Returning Officer

Fenland District Council
Fenland Hall, County Road
March, Cambs, PE15 8NQ

City Road Car Park and City Road Lorry Park will be closed to motorists from 5pm on Saturday, March 15, and will reopen at 5pm on Sunday, March 30. 

The fair opens Thursday 20th and runs until Saturday 29th.

CPP Marketplace light show

80 Days until VE Day 80th Anniversary

see here for details of events to be held in March

March Town Council demonstrated its commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community by signing the Armed Forces Covenant in March 2022.

Alongside this, March Town Council was awarded the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Bronze Award.

The Armed Forces Covenant recognises that the whole nation has a moral obligation to members of the Armed Forces and their families, and it establishes how they should expect to be treated.

March Town Council is delighted to support our armed forces and veterans.

Community covenants complement, at a local level, the Armed Forces Covenant, which outlines the moral obligation between the nation, the government and the armed forces. It encourages local communities to support the armed forces community in their area and promote understanding and awareness among the public of issues affecting the armed forces community.

Aims of the Armed Forces Covenants

Local authorities and the armed forces community are encouraged to work together to establish a covenant in their area in order to:

• encourage local communities to support the armed forces community in their areas and to nurture public understanding and awareness among the public of issues affecting the armed forces community
• recognise and remember the sacrifices faced by the armed forces community
• encourage activities which help to integrate the armed forces community into local life
• encourage the armed forces community to help and support the wider community, whether through participation in events and joint projects, or other forms of engagement

Covenants in each community may look quite different from one location to another. This is a scheme where one size does not fit all, and the nature of the support offered will be determined by both need and capacity.

Since the launch of the ‘community covenant’ in June 2011, every local authority in mainland Great Britain has signed a ‘community covenant partnership’ with their local armed forces and we are seeing positive benefits as result. The community covenant is now known simply as the Armed Forces Covenant, which covers all aspect of society.

For further information about the covenant and help available, please visit the following;

https://www.army.mod.uk/people/live-well/armed-forces-covenant/

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/armed-forces-covenant-supporting-information#:~:text=Guidance-,Covenant%20for%20communities,grants%20up%20to%20%C2%A3500%2C000.

https://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/give-support/partner-with-us/armed-forces-covenant/#:~:text=It%20recognises%20that%20the%20whole,should%20expect%20to%20be%20treated.