Thursday,January8,2015 ely-news.co.uk 50p WIN 3p off 16-page property achampagne a litre dinnerfor supplement 4peopleat of fuel PoetsHouse Two wpage11eeks Voucheronpage14 startsonpage23 Family’s fight for justice for with no Calvin, 13 hot water Sanctuary Housing bosses apologise as elderly residents ‘have to get taxi to Ely for a shower’ jorDanday thatahousingassociationlike JordanDayCN Haveyoursayat this does not have a suitable ely-news.co.uk engineerwhocanfixthewater boiler, have a stand-by boiler ELDERLY residents had to get orhaveasuitablecontingency ataxifromSohamtoElyifthey eventuallyrepairedonTuesday. planforresidentsshouldanin- wanted to shower, according MarkShelton,whose86-year- cidentlikethishappen.” Calvinlock,13,suffered to furious relatives, because old mother, Una, lives at the SpeakingtoElyNewstheday horrific,life-changing theshelteredhousingcomplex complex, described the situa- beforetheboilerwasfixed,he injuriesaftersufferinga wheretheylivehadnohotwa- tionas“appalling”. said:“Noneoftheflatshavehad severeallergicreactionto ibuprofen. terforafortnight. Mr Shelton, of Low Road, hotwatersinceChristmasEve, nowhisparentsare TheboileratMillbrookHouse Queen Adelaide, said: “My whichisappalling.Someflats, takinglegalactionagainst care complex in Lode Close, motherpaysasubstantialser- althoughnotmymother’s,have thenHS. Soham, which is managed by vicechargetoSanctuaryHous- Fullstoryonpage3. SanctuaryHousing,brokedown ing each month and it is an Turntopage2 on Christmas Eve – and was unacceptable state of affairs Happy new year from your local Slimming World Consultants Georgina (Sutton), diane and amanda (Soham), Sally (exning), Sharon (Littleport & Swaffham prior), karen (ely), Sarah and natalie (newmarket) ©LW 2|January8,2015|ely-news.co.uk|ELYNEWSEL campaign DEMANDINGACTION:NickWard wantsworkonthenewboathouse atForeMillWashtostop. Haveyoursayat ely-news.co.uk Boathouse work “Why only dream of having a ‘is catastrophic’ beautiful smile, when you can dream while getting a beautiful smile!” AN environmental activist jordanday eyes,youcan’tbuildahouse Dental Sedation has slammed the develop- JordanDayCN onthefloodplain.” mentofCambridgeUniver- Planning permission to sity’snewboathouseinEly build the boathouse was asan“absolutedisaster”and ter. In fact, the work that’s grantedinMay2013,subject only at iscallingforworktostop. already been carried out is to29conditions. Nick Ward, 53, a former catastrophic – trees have Ewan Pearson, chairman sculler himself, says the beenremoved,thereiscon- ofProjectEly,thenamegiv- Olive Dental Care work being carried out on creteeverywhere;it’stragic. entothedevelopment,said: the multi-million pound “Another huge concern “Wewouldliketostressthat schemeatForeMillWashis isflooding.Thisshouldnot all the environmental con- “catastrophic”. bebeingbuiltontheflood cernsthatMrWardhaswere Mr Ward, of Robert Jen- plain.” discussed in considerable BEAUTIFUL CROWNS nings Close, Cambridge, MrWard,amusicianand detailwiththecounciland but who says he has great former playwright, and the various environmental WITH CEREC® connectionswithElyandits whosefather,HubertWard, groupsthatwerepartiesto Riverside, said:“The coun- is a former head of King’s theplanningprocess. ONE-VISIT DENTISTRY cillors who approved this Ely, describes himself as a “Whenthecouncilgrant- development need to be “peacefulactivist”. ed planning permission namedandshamed. On Christmas Day, he itdidsowithanumberof “The university doesn’t placed a teddy bear, hold- strenuousconditions,29in •onevisit •metal-free need this boathouse. All ingapirateflag,ontooneof all. Several of these relate •noimpressions •highlyaesthetic theyneedistherackspace thenewly-createdpontoons tocarefortheenvironment –theyhaveeverythingelse at the site, and scribbled and compensation for any •notemporaries •longlasting they need in Cambridge. thefollowingpoemintothe potential environmental Whatthey’redoingisextrav- concrete: “Cambridge Uni- impactthattheprojectmay agantandover-the-top,and versity:Sowellread,curstbe have. We take our respon- thepeopleofElywillsuffer. he or she who removes this sibilities seriously and are “Its effects on the River ted. complying fully with those Great Ouse, its ecosystems “You can’t build a house conditions,tothetimetable and the local community onthefloodplain,thewater required,astheprojectpro- Dental Implants will be an absolute disas- willrise,likethetearsinyour gresses.” Apermanentsolution cOmpLainTS ‘No hot water for a fortnight’ formissingteeth. Fromfrontpage she has all the facilities, equipment and medicines aallssoo hhaadd nnoo hheeaattiinngg.. MMyy sheneedsinherSohamflat mother needs a wheeled for mobility and to keep walking frame to get about well.” andshehasbeenreducedto AspokeswomanforSanc- boilingakettleinthekitchen tuary said they were “very andbalancingitonherwalk- sorry” for the disruption ertotakeittothebathroom causedtoresidents. forawash,whichisdanger- SpeakingonTuesday,she ous.Shehasnothadashow- said:“Therehavebeenissues er now for two weeks and withthehotwatersupplyat there is only cold water to Millbrook House, however washhandsafterthetoilet. NOHOTWATER:Millbrook heatinghasbeenavailable. “There are residents who House,Soham “Although we offered to are older and more infirm pay for residents to move thanmymotherandIdon’t said: “Sanctuary have sent into temporary accommo- knowhowtheyarecoping.” three notes to residents dation while repairs were 13-15OxfordStreet,Exning,Newmarket,Suffolk.CB87EW MrSheltonsaysthatSanc- apologisingandsayingthat being carried out no one 01638 577 031 tuary Housing had offered theywillgettheboilerfixed chosetodoso.Workmenare topayforresidents’totravel orreplaced,buttodatetono on site to complete repairs into Ely by taxi in order to effect. tothesystemtoday,andwe www.olivedentalcare.co.uk wash – and had offered to “[A hotel] would not be areverysorryforthedisrup- putthemupinahotel.He suitable for my mother as tion.” ©LW ELYNEWSEL|ely-news.co.uk|January8,2015|3 CAMPAiGn newsinbrief Family launch legal fight Local heritage film is subject of museum talk ‘RICHSoil,RichHeritage’,thelocal to get justice for Calvin communityfilmproducedtoexplore whypeoplecontinuetoheadtoEast Angliaforwork,isthesubjectofa talkinElytonight. TheFriendsofElyMuseumtalk isatElyMuseum’sVernonCross MeetingRoomat7.30pm. Meet fellow business DEVASTATED:Calvinpictured people at The Lamb withhismum,RobynMoult,and stepdad,DarynChambers ABUSINESSnetworkingeveningis beingheldinElynextMonday. TheChamberofCommerceevent isatTheLambHotel,inLynnRoad, from5-7pm.CallPeteron07545 697799fordetails. Talking rubbish in Ely ‘WHEREhasalltherubbishgone?’ isthetitleoftheElySociety’stalkon Wednesday,January14. NickKing,fromAmeyCespa,is hostingthetalkatElyMuseum’s VernonCrossMeetingRoomand willbetellingpeoplehowwasteand Haveyoursayat recyclingisprocessed,anditswider ely-news.co.uk globalimpact. Thetalkstartsat7.30pmandnon- membersarewelcome. THEfamilyofaboywhois jordanday extremelypainfulforhim. going blind after taking a “Ifheforgetstoputhiseye JordanDayCN singledoseofibuprofenare drops in he’s left rolling on planninglegalactionagainst thefloorinagony.Thecon- theNHS. ditionlefthimwithmemory PRESERVING Calvin Lock, 13, went his family, including mum, lossandthismeanshefre- downwithasuspectedviral RobynMoult,40,andstep- quentlydoesforget. infectioninSeptember2012 dad, Daryn Chambers, 49, “He’s so intelligent and andwasgivenasingledose has now developed a pain- bright but now he can’t be ofthemedicinebyhismum. fuleyediseasethatwillleave bothered with school, he But that triggered an ex- himblindinbotheyeswith- doesn’t see the point be- tremelyrarereactionwhich inthenexttwoyears. causehedoesn’tthinkhehas causedhisbodytoburstinto Hehastohaveeyedrops afuture.” blistersandhishairandfin- put in every hour of every The couple say he was gernailstofallout. dayandalsosufferschronic twice wrongly diagnosed Calvinlost65percentof fatigue, full body scarring, withchickenpoxandaspe- his skin and was on a life mouthandthroatproblems, cialist witness employed by support machine for three depressionandhasbeendi- theirlegalteamsaidthedi- days. agnosedwithPostTraumatic agnosis should have been Doctors initially said it StressDisorder. puttoamoreseniordoctor. was chicken pox before di- Thecouplearenowplan- They also believe he agnosing Stevens Johnson ninglegalactionagainstthe should have been trans- Syndromewhichcausesthe NHS, claiming the original ferred straight away to the cells in skin to die before misdiagnosis has made his burnsunitinEssex. sheddinglikeasnake’s. conditionmuchworse. Robynsaid:“Thereshould But Calvin’s condition They also believe Adden- have been a thorough in- worsenedandhedeveloped brooke’s could have done vestigation.Clearlythedoc- themoreseriousformofthe more to prevent the infec- torshouldhaveconsulteda condition, Toxic Epidermal tion and its side effects if seniormemberofstaffabout Necrolysis. staffhadactedsooner. Calvin’sdiagnosis. He spent nearly three Robyn said:“It’s an auto- “Hiscarewasinadequate weeks in Addenbrooke’s immune condition which andit’slefthimwithdebili- Hospitalreceivingtreatment willnevergoaway.Hisbody tatingconditions.” before being allowed back will constantly attack itself Addenbrooke’sdeclinedto tohishomeinUptonPlace, andit’sdevastatingtowatch. comment. Littleport. “Calvy feels like he has Visitthewebsite:www.sj- ButCalvin,wholiveswith constant grit in his eye, it’s sawareness.org.uk COUrT Man denies selling cigarettes from car AMANhasappearedin accusedofcarryingand Magistrateswereunable courtaccusedofillegally sellingtheitemswithoutthe toacceptjurisdictionandthe sellingalcoholandcigarettes correctlicence. casewassenttoCambridge fromhiscar. Trojak,ofWoodfenRoad, CrownCourt. DamianTrojak,26,is Littleport,appearedat Trojakwillnextappear 19/21 Forehill, Ely 01353 662881 chargedwithtwocountsof CambridgeMagistrates’ thereonMarch20fora failingtopay£4,000worth CourtonFridaywherehe pleaanddirectionhearing www.cutlacks.co.uk ofdutyonimportedalcohol enteredpleasofnotguilty andwasreleasedon andcigarettes.Heisalso foreachoftheoffences. unconditionalbail. ©LW 4|January8,2015|ely-news.co.uk|ELYNEWSEL LOCALTRADITION:TheMepal MollyMenhavebeencelebrating PloughMondayforyears. We cookTurkish Kebabs, Freshly Grilled Burgers, Pizzas, Fried Chicken, Chips andVegetarian Dishes in Look who’s coming . . . front of you and just the way you like Mama Mia Pizzas • Kebabs • Burgers THEMepalMollyMenwillbe Haddenham’sgreenat12.30pm; dancingandsingingacrossEast attheRedLionpubinStrethamat Chicken • Wings & Nuggets • Side Dishes CambridgeshiretocelebratePlough 2pm;onWicken’sgreenat2.30pm; Mondaynextweek–thetraditional bySoham’sStAndrew’sChurchat OPENING startoftheEnglishagriculturalyear. 3.30pmandonEly’sMarketSquareat MON-THURS12pm-11pm Theywillbeatvariousprimary 4.15pm. HOURS FRI-SAT11.30am-12midnight schoolsonMondaymorningand Thetroopwillalsobeperforming SUNDAY12.30pm-11pm thenthepubliccanjointhembythe attheThreePickerelspubinMepal bridgeinAldrethat12.15pm;on at8pm. 01353 66 88 51 COURT Drink driver 33 Market Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire ©LW Italian Jewellery Ltd chef is banned Stockist of A CHEF who drank seven eleanor chefintheareaandsaidhe pints and crashed into the dickinson hadbeenworkingallhours backofacaronNewYear’s overtheChristmasperiod. Dayhasbeenbannedfrom “At around 5.45am, he “Thisnightwashimburn- driving. crashedintoastationaryve- ingoffsomesteam...He Ashley Sargent, of Bury hicleonMainRoad,Witch- doesn’t understand why he Lane, Ely, admitted letting ford,causingseveredamage didit,andit’sverydifficult off some steam at a party tobothhisandtheothercar. forhim. before getting behind the “Someresidentsheardthe “Working the hours he OnSiteJewelleryand wheel with a friend during crash and invited him and doesmeansMrSargentdoes WatchRepair theearlyhours. hisfriendintothehouseand notgetpublictransportand The 26-year-old, who calledthepolice.” cannot afford a taxi to get HandmadeJewellery worksatMichelin-starRes- In a police breath test, around.” taurantAlimentum,inCam- former Ely College student Dr Stephen Baxter, sen- bridge, appeared at Cam- Sargent was found to have tencing,gaveSargentcredit RingSizing bridge Magistrates’ Court 54mg of alcohol per 100ml forhisearlyguiltyplea,but onFridaywherehepleaded ofbreath–thelegallimitis saidtherewereaggravating WatchBatteries guiltytodrivingoverthele- 35mg. circumstances in that an- gallimit. Mark Shelley, mitigating, otherpersonwasintheve- WatchStraps Delia Matthews, pros- saidthedefendantcouldn’t hicleatthetime. ecuting,said:“Thedefend- bring himself to speak in Sargent was disqualified Waterresistant antdrankaboutsixorseven court. fromdrivingfor15months, pints before getting into a He said: “Mr Sargent is fined £400 and ordered to SealedandTested Peugeot307. veryanxious.Heworksasa pay£125incosts. NewandSecondhand inbRief JewelleryandVintageWatches Talking history New appointment CASH FOR YOUR GOLD, SILVER & PLATINUM THEBedfordRiversandthe ELYCathedralhasappointeditsfirstfemaleResi- communitiesalongsidethemarethe dentiaryCanon. 4 High Street Passage, Ely subjectofanewpresentationbylocal TheRevDrVictoriaJohnsoniscurrentlypriest- historianMikePettyMBE. in-chargeofaparish inManchester,andwillbe MrPettywillbepremiering officiallyinstalledinElyonApril25. 01353 658716 theillustratedpresentationatEly TheDeanofEly,theVeryRevMarkBonney,said: MethodistChurch,inChapelStreet, “IamthrilledthatVickyhasbeenappointedasa www.italianjewelleryltd.co.uk onFriday,January16,aspartofhis ResidentiaryCanon.Wehadalarge,strongfieldof FenlandHistoryonFridayprogramme. candidatesandshewastheunanimouschoiceof ©LW Thetalkstartsat10.30am. allinvolvedintheinterviewprocess.” ELYNEWSEL|ely-news.co.uk|January8,2015|5 EmErgEncysErvicEs mUrDErPrOBE Dramatic rescue as horse Police say two face no further action gets leg stuck in railings TWOmenarrestedin connectionwiththe disappearanceofElypub landladyDeborahSteelhave beenreleasedwithoutcharge. Themen,aged50and70,and bothfromEly,weretoldthey wouldfacenofurtheractionby officerswhentheyanswered bailatMarchpolicestationon Tuesday. However,officershavere- bailedathirdman,aged72, alsofromEly,whowasarrested inconnectionwiththecase. HemustreturntoParkside PoliceStation,inCambridge,on February17. MsSteel,37,wasthelandlady oftheRoyalStandardpub,in Forehill,anddisappearedon December28,1997. Herbodyhasnotbeenfound, despitesearchesbypoliceand severalappeals. InSeptember,excavationstook placeatapropertyinLongfields, Ely,whichpolicesaidwas “linkedtothedisappearance”. MsSteel’sdisappearancewas reclassifiedthisyearfromalong- termmissingpersontoamurder inquirybyCambridgeshire police. Anyonewithanyinformation shouldcall(01480)425880or LUCKYESCAPE:RebeccawithMonty,above,andthemetalbars–oneofwhichwasremovedtofree Crimestoppers,anonymously,on thehorse,whichamazinglyescapedwithjustacut Pictures:RichardPatterson 0800555111. MONTYthehorsewasatthe jordanday Ididn’twanthimtopanicas centreofadramaticrescue @JordanDayCN hecouldhavereallycaused operation–aftergettinghis somedamageifhedid. footstuckbetweenthemetal “Idon’tknowhowhegot barsofhisstable. we’reoverthemoonthathe’s his foot stuck in between Rebecca James and her OK. the bars – it’s certainly not family,ofRosefieldLane,So- “Ifhehadthrashedaround something I’ve ever come ham,werewokenupinthe in the stable with his leg acrossbefore,andcertainly earlyhoursofFridaybyloud caught in that position he not something I’d wish to bangingcomingfromoneof couldhaveeasilybrokenhis happenagain–buttheonly thestables. legorsustainedevenworse thing I can think is that it Rebecca, 46, rushed out- injuries. happened when he rolled sidetofinddistressedMonty, “Weareso,sogratefulto over. aseven-year-oldIrishSport thefireserviceandtheout- “The fire service were Horse, lying on the ground of-hoursvetfromNewmar- amazing.Theyknewexactly withhisrearleftfootwedged ket’s Rossdales Veterinary whattodo.” inbetweentwoofthemetal Surgery. Without them, the Rebecca added: “Monty barsofhisstabledivider,4ft ending certainly wouldn’t has had a thorough check- offtheground. havebeensopositive.” overfromthevetandheis She and her husband, Rebecca, who has a fine,apartfromacutonhis Jonathan, who owns local daughter,Emily,15,andson, leg. family-runfirmJamesGrav- Joshua,13,said:“Iwentout “We’reamazedtobehon- enLtd,calledthefireservice togivethehorsesanapple estandobviouslydelighted. andanout-of-hoursvet. each at around 1am, and We’vehadhimsincehewasa OnefirecrewfromSoham theywereallfine. foalsohe’spartofthefamily. andacrewandrescuevehi- “My daughter was then “We’regoingtoberemov- clefromCambridgewentto woken up by loud banging ingallthebarsfromthesta- Monty’saidjustafter3.50am noisescomingfromthesta- blesnow.Icouldn’tbearfor and carefully cut the metal bles. anythinglikethattohappen bars before helping to re- “Irushedoutthereandto againandI’dadviseallhorse leasehim. see Monty trapped like he ownerstobecautious.” Amazingly,hesufferedjust waswasawful.Hewasreally acuttohishindleg. distressedsoIjuststartedto Mum-of-two Rebecca speak to him softly, which Morepicturesonline said: “Things could have seemedtocalmhimdown, ately-news.co.uk beenhorrificforMontyand beforecallingthefireservice. inqUEst Inquest into death of James, 32 ANinquestintothedeath Itwaslaterrevealedthat TheEastofEngland ofLittleportmanJames MrHarrison’sbodywasleft AmbulanceServiceNHS Harrisonisbeingheldnext atElyambulancestation Trusthassinceapologised week. formorethanthreehours “wholeheartedly”tohis MrHarrison,32,of beforebeingtakentothe familyforwhathappened. HardwickeClose,was mortuaryatAddenbrooke’s Theinquestisbeingheld founddeadinPontsHill, Hospitalbecausedoingso attheSouthFensBusiness Littleport,intheearlyhours wouldhavemeantcrews CentreinChatterison ofSeptember24lastyear. workingovertime. Wednesday,January14. 6|January8,2015|ely-news.co.uk|ELYNEWSEL Letters ElyNewsisyourlocalnewspaper Homes first forthecityandsurroundingareas. Weprideourselvesonproducing Iampromptedtowritehavingseen publicationsforthecommunityand imagesoftheproposedcinema aboutthecommunityandaimto complexinyourpaper,whichseems providetheverybestservicefor tooccupythesitedesignatedfor readersandadvertisers. sportsandleisurepreviously. Atthesametime,weareconstantly TheConservatives,inpursuingthese lookingtoimproveourtitlesand flagshipprojects,arenotonlyrisking arealwayshappytohearfromyou thefinancialstabilityofthecouncil. withsuggestionsandcomments. Withuncertainincomestreamsand Ifyouhaveanyfeedbackforus ahugeburdenofdebt,theyarealso pleasecontacttherelevantperson failingtofulfilpromisesmadeatthe orpeoplelisted. lastelection. Doesanybodyelserecallthose Contacts promisesthattheElymasterplan would,throughdevelopment,fund leisureprovision,roadimprovements andcruciallydeliver30%affordable Thank you for your donations EDITOR:WendyDavey housingforlocalpeople. (01353)667916 Thesituationtodayillustratesthe [email protected] @WendyEDavey contemptthattheadministration hasfortheelectorateandcouncil THEpeopleofElyandthosevisitingon generouslyprovidedageneratortopowerthe REpORTER:JordanDay workers.Coalitioncutshaveledto Saturdaysaretobethankedforbeing lightingandmusic.Withouttheirsupportwe (01353)667916 ablackholeinfinancesandthere verycheerfulthisChristmasandfortheir wouldnothavemanagedtoreachsomany [email protected] havebeenredundanciestoenable generosityduringtheRotaryClubsofEly’s people. @JordanDayCN petprojectstostruggleonwhilebasic Christmascollection. JoiningthetwoElyRotaryClubswere servicessuffer. 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