Newmarket News - January 28, 2015

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Wednesday,January28,2015 newmarket-news.co.uk PartoftheCambridgeNewsseries 50pwheresold 01638665255
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Town’s bid for Katherine
Horse rider Cat
Jenkins
royal status
says thanks
wins support
to paramedics
storyonpage3 storyonpage5
inCambridge
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Police hunt
sex attacker
after assault
POLICEareappealingforin- NatalieRobiNsoN
formationafterawomanwas
sexually assaulted in New-
marketattheweekend. timetocomeforward.
Local officers were ap- Officerswouldliketohear
proachedwhileoutinNew- fromanyonewhomayhave
marketjustbefore2.15amon beenintheRowleyDrivearea
Sundaymorningbyawoman between 11.30pm on Satur-
who reported that she had dayand2amonSunday.
beensexuallyassaulted. Reports of the incident
Theincidenthappenedon caused shock on social me-
the playing fields in Rowley dia,withresidentsonceagain
Drive,policesaid. callingforstreetlightstobe
A police cordon was in leftonatnighttomakethe
placeatthesceneonSunday areasafer.
asofficersinvestigatedthein- Others also urged women
cident. tobe“safeandvigilant”when All in a life’s work
The victim was receiv- walkingatnight.
ing support from specialist CallBuryStEdmundsCID
trained police officers after on 101 quoting reference
HE’StheHighSheriffofSuffolk,atthetopofhisgameintheworldofveterinary
theincident. NE/15/151withanyinforma-
medicine,andnowhehasaQueen’sNewYearHonourforhisworkwiththe
Police are now appealing tion.
RoyalStuds.
forpeoplewhomayhavein- Or call Crimestoppers NickWingfieldDigbymightbe66,buthe’sshowingnosignsofslowingdown.
ATTACK:Awomanreportedbeingsexually formationabouttheincident anonymously on 0800 555 LydiaFallonchattedtohimabouthislife’swork.Featureonpages8-9
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event. Picture:KeithHeppell
Coaches asked to sign up
PROSPECTIVEfootball atTheSeveralspavilion peopletogetinvolvedin
coachescametoNewmarket withIanJackson,sports coaching,whetherthey
lastweektohearmoreabout developmentmanagerat havebeeninvolvedbefore
aninitiativetoencourage theForestHeathSports ornot,inordertoincrease
morepeopleintothe Partnershipandother thenumberofhighquality
industry. organisationsinthedistrict coachesavailabletothelocal
RonWallwork,agold tomeetthoseinterestedin communityandschoolsin
medallistracewalkerwho coaching. thearea.
carriedtheQueen’sBaton Theprogrammehas Accreditedworkshopsare
inNewmarketlastyear,was beensetuptoencourage alsosettobecreated.
Have your say
on rail services
COMMUTERS in Newmar- NatalieRobiNsoN and if an improved service
ketarebeingurgedtotake onourlineisnotpartofthe
partinasurveyonimprove- contract terms, it may be
mentstotheirrailservices. manyyearsbeforewehave
Improvementstoservices in Cambridge, and a late anotherchance.”
fromNewmarkethavelong nightservice. Network Rail is currently
beenaskedforbyresidents, The first chance for resi- askingforcommentsinthe
whosaytheywouldliketo dents to share these is in consultation, which runs
seeanumberofchanges. a public consultation for untilFebruary3.
The first is a request for NetworkRail’sAngliaRoute Commuters can email
a half hourly service seven Study infrastructure up- their comments to anglia-
days a week – currently grade. routestudy@networkrail.
trains run hourly Monday Local resident Rachel co.uk or by post to Anglia
to Saturday and every two Wood said: “Local people Route Study Consultation,
hoursonSunday. currentlyhaveakeyoppor- Network Rail, 2nd Floor,
They would also like to tunity to lobby for impor- Cottons Centre, Cottons
see more carriages, im- tantimprovementstoNew- Lane,London,SE12QG.
provements on the Cam- market’srailservice. For more details, go to
bridgetoIpswichline,bet- “The rail franchise will networkrail.co.uk/long-
ter connections to services beagreedlaterintheyear, term-planning-process.
Gym is set for Share views on
February opening doctor service
MILDENHALL’Snew towardsplansfor TWO councillors riblestoriesofpeo-
gymissettoopen theMildenhallHub. areaskingpeopleto plebeingtoldtogo
onFebruary2,with NigelSnape, come forward and toBuryStEdmunds
potentialmembers centremanagerof shareexperiencesof iftheywanttoseea
beinggivenasneak TheGym,said:“I outofhoursdoctors. doctor,eventhough
peakthisweek. amverypleased Cllrs Michael Jef- they had no trans-
TheGym andimpressed ferys and Joy Uney porttogetthere.The
Mildenhallis withtheworkthat areaskingforviews current situation is
movingfromThe hasbeencarried on the “unaccepta- unacceptable.”
DomeLeisure outandIcannot ble service” as the Amarketstallwill
Centretodistrict waitforgymgoers contractisrenewed. be held on Janu-
counciloffices totryoutthenew Cllr Jefferys said: ary31forpeopleto
asthefirststep equipment.” “Wehaveheardter- sharetheirviews.
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Rider who suffered horrific »
in brief
Fire on A14 after
two-car crash
fall says thanks to Magpas
Threefirecrewswerecalledto
theA14nearNewmarketlate
onSundaynight,afteracrash
sparkedagrassvergefire.
TwocrewsfromNewmarket
andonefromBuryStEdmunds
werecalledtothesceneat
11.58pm,andusedhosereel
jetstoextinguishtheflames.
Thefirewasoutby12.55am.
Roadshow to be
clear on cancer
AROADSHOWiscoming
totheGuineastodayand
tomorrowtoraiseawareness
ofoesophagealandstomach
cancer.
DropintotheGuineas
shoppingcentreandpickup
aleaflettofindoutwhatyou
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symptomsofthetwocancers.
Joingroupin40th
anniversary year
 NatalieRobiNsoN
THENewmarketProbusgroup
A RIDER who fell from a startedthis40thbirthdaywith
horseinNewmarket,leaving SAYINGTHANKS:CatElliottwith twospeakers.
her with a shattered, frac- paramedicPaulSallis.Farleft: Theirnexteventisanother
tured and dislocated ankle, CatworkedinracinginDubaia talkabout“Responsible
fewyearsago.Above:Surgeons BusinessintheCommunity”on
haspledgedtoruntheLon- operatedonherankle,usingtwo February4.
donmarathonforthechar- platesand11screws.Belowleft: JoinProbusbycallingAlbert
itywhosavedherleg. Paramedicsatthesceneafter on07913654440oremailpro
Cat Elliott, of Queen Cat’sfallonthegallops
[email protected]
Street, Newmarket, will be
runningforMagpasHelime-
dix,whoattendedheracci-
dentlastMarch.
The 40-year-old, who
works as a racing secretary
for Luca Cumani, was rid-
ingonthegallopswhenher
horsethrewheroff.
She told the News: “I re-
memberhittingtheground
and hitting my head really
hard.Ithought,‘crikey,I’ve
hit my head, I need to lay
hereforaminuteandgather
myselfup’.ButwhenItried
to get up, I realised some-
thingwaswronginmyfoot.”
Cat’srightanklehadbeen
shattered, fractured and howCat’sanklewaslooking treatedIwaslyingfacedown
dislocated,withherfootso and they didn’t know what so I didn’t know who Paul
badly bent that it was cut- todofirst.Shewasverydis- was.It’sverygoodtobeable
tingoffhercirculation. tressedandinalotofpain.” toputafacetothemnow.”
Firstrespondersandpar- Magpaswereabletotake Despitenotbeingakeen
amedics went to Cat’s aid thehospitaltoCat,working runner, Cat has decided to
– but it soon became clear tomanipulateherankle,be- say thank you by running
that she needed specialist foreshewastakentoAdden- the London Marathon for
adviceandtreatment. brooke’s in an ambulance Magpas.
Magpas attended with and had an operation to She said: “It was while
their helimedix team, who putherfootbackintoplace I was laying in bed in the
wereabletomakequickde- –completewithtwoplates first couple of weeks that
cisionstogetherfootstable and11screws. the marathon was onTV. I
assoonaspossible. Andthenshehadtolearn thoughtI’denterandrunfor
Catadded:“Ineededspe- towalkalloveragain. Magpas.
cialist attention because “I had the operation and “I’vestillgotalongwayto
theycouldn’tmovemewith- that’s when the pain be- gowithtrainingbutIrecent-
out putting my foot back gan. It was two-and-a-half lyhitthe10kmark.WhenI
intoplace. monthsbeforeIcouldwalk finallygotthere,IthoughtI
“Irememberthemsaying unaided,”Catsaid.“Allofthe wasgoingtocry.
theyneedtogetahelicopter musclesinmylegshaddete- “It’s been a long process
andthat’swhenIrealisedit rioratedandIalsoneededto and I’ll definitely be very
was bad because you don’t find the confidence to put emotionalwhenIcrossthe
send an air ambulance out weightbackontothatleg.” finishline.”
tojustanything.” Cat returned to Magpas’ Cat is hoping to raise
Paul Sallis, an enhanced baseatRAFWytoninHunt- £2,500–thecostforMagpas
paramedic, was one mem- ingdon last week to say toflytoheraidandthecare
beroftheteamwhoattend- thankyoutotheteamwho theyprovided.
edCat’saccidentlastyear. savedherfoot. To sponsor her, go to
He said: “People on the She said: “It was strange uk.virginmoneygiving.com/
scenewereconcernedwith because when I was being CatherineElliott.
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£ ingtogethertoraisemoneytogive life. It’s those little things, like he’s
theirsonlifechangingsurgery–by neverenjoyedjumpinginamuddy
TOSELLANY Advertising runningathree-leggedmarathon. when we found out our son was puddle.
ITEMOVER£100 Lorna and James Brokenshire- braindamaged.Butitwasbrilliant “Wewanttodoitassoonaspos-
Dyke,whohavetwin23-month-old becausehe’sanalmostidealcandi- siblesohislifecanstartandhecan
sonsnamedSebandSolomon,will dateforthistypeofsurgerywhenhe enjoy all the benefits of childhood
be running the London Marathon soeasilymaynothavebeen.” andtoddlerhood.”
whilejoinedtogetheraspartoftheir Seb and the family’s day is now The Seb’s Legs campaign,
effortstoraise£70,000. “centredaroundhisphysiotherapy”, launchedinOctober2014,hassofar
The money raised will be going workingonhislegstobuildstrength raisedatotalof£18,000
towardssurgeryforSeb,whowasdi- andco-ordination. Lorna and James are hoping for
agnosedwithCerebralPalsySpastic “Some weeks are all about Seb anextrapushinfundsastheypush
DiplegialastMay. which is hard to balance with his themselvesinthemarathon.
Lornasaid:“Wehadnoticedfrom brotherbecausetheyneedthesame Lornasaid:“Mostpeoplecanrun,
aboutsixmonthsthatSebwasalit- amountofloveandattention,”Lor- but doing it three-legged is really
tleslowerthanhisbrother. nasaid.“Solomoniswonderful,and hard.Ifoundawomanwithcerebral
“Wesawthepaediatricianforthe he’ssolovingandhelpfultoSeb.” palsywhohadthisproceduredone.
firsttimeat15monthsbutbythen The couple are trying to raise “Shecouldtalkaboutitinaway
wehadfallenacrosscerebralpalsy £70,000sothattheycantakeSebto otherchildrencan’tandshesaidit
andwhenweread,weknew.There aspecialistclinicinMissouriforsur- was like having the elastic bands
weresomanylittlequirksabouthim gerytohelphiscondition. taken off her legs. That was pro-
thatontheirownwouldnotsuggest Currently,thereisonlyaclinical foundtome.
anythingbutalltogethermadequite trialfor120childrenayearforthe “That’swhywewantedtodoitlike
alotofsense.” surgery on the NHS, which Lorna this.Wewantedtodosomethingre-
LornasaidfindingoutaboutSeb’s saidwasjusta“dropintheocean”. allydifferentandoutofourcomfort
conditionwasa“realdoubleedged The Brokenshire-Dyke family zone.”
sword”forthefamily. hopetobeabletoraisefundsforSeb To sponsor Lorna and James, go
Sheadded:“Itwasmixedemotions tohavesurgeryassoonaspossible. to justgiving.com/threeleggedmara-
because he had an MRI and that’s Lorna said:“We want him to be thon.
Fashion and fundraising in show
FASHIONissettobe ganised by Miranda andsupportusonthe
showcased in New- McCoy, a commu- nighttohaveareally
marketnextmonthto nityfundraiserforthe good evening perus-
raisemoneyforalocal charity,. ingthelatestfashions
charity. Mirandasaid:“New- and what’s on offer
Models will be market is my home from the shops in
showingoffthelatest townandStNicholas Newmarket. I think
piecesfromGoldings, HospiceCareisourlo- theywillbesurprised
LaraB,MarthaV,The calhospice. bysomeoftheoutfits
Dressing Room, and “I am aiming to theywillsee.”
manymoreatafash- highlight both – as The show will be
ionshowforStNicho- a local girl I am ex- heldatKingsinNew-
las Hospice Care on tremelyproudofNew- market.
Thursday, February market and want to Ticketsare£10and
26. showoffallitshidden are available by call-
Jacquie Jones, lo- delights, while help- ing [phone],
cal equestrian artist, ingthehospiceatthe byemailingmiranda.
has even created a sametime. [email protected],
paintingfortheevent, “I expect all the or from shops taking
STYLE:JacquieJoneshaspaintedthis
which has been or- women who attend part.
piecefortheshow
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New royal status bid
Lakenheath
servicemen
for town wins support ‘are all safe’
SERVICEMENfromRAFLak-
enheathatthesceneofafatal
plane crash in Spain are all
safeandwell,theircommand-
 natalierobinson erhassaid.
AnaccidentattheLosLla-
nosairbasekilled11peopleaf-
NEWMARKETcouldbegiv- teranF-16fighterjetcrashed
en royal status under new on take off during a NATO
plansbyacommunitygroup trainingexerciseonMonday.
andthetowncouncil. The48thFighterWingCom-
A tourism group, which mander,ColRobertNovotny,
is part of the Newmarket confirmedairmenwereonthe
Vision, is behind the bid, scene at the crash, but said
which, if successful, would theywereallsafe.
finally recognise the town’s WritinginaFacebookpost
linkswiththeroyalfamily. onMonday,ColNovotnysaid:
CouncillorsmetonMon- “We’re in close contact with
day evening and voted ourfolksinSpainandevery-
unanimously to support a oneisOK.
proposal to take the appli- “Wehadafewjetsandsev-
cation forward, which it is eral Liberty airmen on the
hopedwouldhelptotrans- scene at the crash today in
formthetownalongsidethe Spain.
new Home of Horseracing “Ourthoughtsarewithour
HeritageCentrewhichisset NATO partners as they work
toopennextyear. onthisterribleaccident.”
CllrRachelHoodtold the NATO Secretary General
News: “The town council Jens Stoltenberg said: “This
was very pleased to unani- isatragedywhichaffectsthe
mouslysupporttheapplica- wholeNATOfamily.
tionandweareveryhopeful “Iexpressmyheartfeltcon-
that this will be a positive dolencestothelovedonesand
waytocontributetothere- thenationsofthosewholost
Emailusateditorial@
generation of Newmarket theirlives,andIwishaspeedy
newmarket-news.
andforthetowntoberec- recoverytotheinjured.”
co.ukorvisit
ognisedforitsuniqueness.
newmarket-news.
“We are very proud of ROYALCOnneCtiOns:theQueen
co.uk
Newmarket’s royal associa- whenshevisitednewmarketin
tion – everyone knows the 2011
Queenlovesherracing.This dating back to Charles II, linksforalongtime,includ-
couldbeawonderfulthing and the Queen has a great ing King Charles II Palace
forthetown.” dealtodowithNewmarket. House stables, which were
TheQueenregularlyvisits “I think she does love builtinthe17thcentury.
vERnOn
Newmarketonprivatevisits, Newmarketandweloveher, The stables will become
and her horses are trained soitwouldbewonderfulto the Home of Horseracing
locallybySirMichaelStoute, honour her by getting our National Heritage Centre
Michael Bell and William royalstatus. and it is hoped it will at- S m I T H vInyLS
Haggas,whoallhaveyards “Itwouldbeawonderful tract50,000visitorsperyear,
intown. thingforNewmarketandit whenitopensin2016.
Members of the group wouldhighlightthefactitis But Sandra Easom, from C a r p e t s
behind the project include theworldcentreforracing.” the Newmarket Local His-
CllrWarwickHirst,director CllrWarwickHirsthoped torySociety,saidroyallinks
oftheNationalHorseracing that,ifthebidforroyalsta- “have been here for many
Museum Chris Garibaldi, tus is successful, it would more years than people
members of the historical attractmoretouriststothe think”, strengthening the
society and local residents, town, while Cllr John Ber- application for Newmarket
includingFionaUnwin. ry said at Monday night’s tobegiventhetitle.
Mrs Unwin got involved meeting:“Ithinkiftherewas Thetowncouncil,togeth-
inthegroupbecauseofher any chance of Newmarket er with the group, will be
historical interest in the becoming Royal Newmar- putting together the appli-
town. ket,itwouldbeawonderful cationforroyaltownstatus.
Shesaid:“Newmarkethas opportunity.” Thetitlecanonlybebe- WOOL RICH CARPETS
got this wonderful history Newmarkethashadroyal stowedbytheQueenherself.
Crime rates fall in last year
CRIME rates have fallen in therise,whichwasbelieved take very seriously and we SALE
Newmarket in the last year tobebecauseofhistoricsex always investigate this of-
– but sexual offences and offencecasesthatwerestill fencethoroughly.”
domesticviolencehadrisen, highprofile. He said both figures, al- NOW
according to Newmarket’s Violentcrimefigureshad thoughtheyhadincreased,
policesergeant. also gone up. Sgt Leaman werenowbelowthoseatthe
Sgt Mel Leaman, who is said:“Wehavelookedatthe sametimelastyear. ON
part of Newmarket’s Safer night time economy and Policehadstartedanini- RUGS
Neighbourhood Team, told thoseoffencesaredownto tiative to ask off-licences
councillorsatatowncoun- whattheynormallyare. to stop the sale of super
cilmeetingonMondaythat “There has been an in- strengthalcohol,butsaidit
crime had fallen between creaseindomesticviolence hadnotbeentakenupbyre- 37 High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 8NA
December, 2013, and No- reportedtouswhichisapos- tailers.Councillorsaskedfor
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vember,2014. itivethinginthefactpeople thecampaigntobeaddedto
SgtLeamansaidsexualof- havetheconfidencetocome agendassotheycouldpush
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[email protected] Thetrafficcanthencarryonalong thedisabled,whichno doubtwill evenastatueofone–wouldknow beheldtoaccountforvotingforthe
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