<![CDATA[Royston Crow News Feed]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:46:02 +0000 Royston Crow News Feed http://www.royston-crow.co.uk http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/polopoly_fs/royston_crow_news_feed_1_303385!image/2358286532.gif en-gb <![CDATA[CCTV costs NHDC £1.2m over four years]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/cctv_costs_nhdc_1_2m_over_four_years_1_1217072

MORE than £1.2m has spent on a CCTV surveillance network by North Herts District Council in the past four years.

]]> 1.1217072 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:46:02 +0000 <![CDATA[Help paint Royston yellow for charity!]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/help_paint_royston_yellow_for_charity_1_1215329

AN appeal to make Royston a sea of yellow has been lodged by a leading cancer charity.

]]> 1.1215329 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:23:42 +0000 <![CDATA[Do you know anybody in this photo?]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/do_you_know_anybody_in_this_photo_1_1215179

Archive picture of Royston Town Football Club in 1920s

]]> 1.1215179 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:57:58 +0000 <![CDATA[Worst drought since ‘76 could hit Royston]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/worst_drought_since_76_could_hit_royston_1_1214489

PARTS of Britain including Crow Country may face the worst drought since 1976 this summer.

]]> 1.1214489 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:37:11 +0000 <![CDATA[Pancake race a flipping success]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/pancake_race_a_flipping_success_1_1214471

PANCAKES flew through the air on Saturday in Royston as teams took part in an annual charity race.

]]> 1.1214471 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:16:58 +0000 <![CDATA[Safety boost for Foxton level crossing]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/safety_boost_for_foxton_level_crossing_1_1214220

A LEVEL crossing where campaigners say residents’ lives are continually put a risk is to be upgraded after nearly two years of pressure.

]]> 1.1214220 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:19:02 +0000 <![CDATA[New £100k interim chief executive formally appointed by NHDC]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/new_100k_interim_chief_executive_formally_appointed_by_nhdc_1_1212653

A SALARY of over £100,000 was rubber stamped for the interim chief executive of a district council last night (Thursday).

]]> 1.1212653 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:30:48 +0000 <![CDATA[Community cinema project back on track after shock council decision]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/community_cinema_project_back_on_track_after_shock_council_decision_1_1212584

A COMMUNITY cinema project is back on track after a bid to install plastic windows in Royston Town Hall beat the odds.

]]> 1.1212584 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:41:55 +0000 <![CDATA[Controversial Costa branch opens in Royston]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/controversial_costa_branch_opens_in_royston_1_1212258

A CONTROVERSIAL coffee shop today (Friday) opened in Royston’s High Street.

]]> 1.1212258 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:48:05 +0000 <![CDATA[Banning of prayers at council meetings ‘a sad reflection on this modern day and age’]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/banning_of_prayers_at_council_meetings_a_sad_reflection_on_this_modern_day_and_age_1_1211569

PRAYERS made at the start of council meetings were this week ruled illegal a move a senior Royston councillor has labelled “a sad reflection on this modern day and age”.

]]> 1.1211569 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:32:04 +0000 <![CDATA[Fears raised over police commissioners politicising policing]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/fears_raised_over_police_commissioners_politicising_policing_1_1211083

FEARS have been raised over elected police commissioners with critics hitting out at what they claim is the politicising of policing.

]]> 1.1211083 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:41:58 +0000 <![CDATA[Sad day for St John in Royston]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/sad_day_for_st_john_in_royston_1_1211075

FOR the first time in nearly 80 years the people of Royston do not have their own dedicated team of volunteer first aiders.

]]> 1.1211075 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:36:02 +0000 <![CDATA[Burials a step closer to being kept in Royston?]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/burials_a_step_closer_to_being_kept_in_royston_1_1211057

A CEMETERY which will keep burials in Royston for 100 years is a step closer to development after councillors unanimously voted in principle to buy the land.

]]> 1.1211057 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:29:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Royston hotelier tells councillors he will board up business over marquee row]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/royston_hotelier_tells_councillors_he_will_board_up_business_over_marquee_row_1_1209504

THE owner of a Royston hotel this week told councillors he would board up his business at the end of the month after a planning dispute reached boiling point.

]]> 1.1209504 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:48:03 +0000 <![CDATA[VIDEO: Elvis tribute to raise money for hospice in memory of father]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/video_elvis_tribute_to_raise_money_for_hospice_in_memory_of_father_1_1209146

GREAT Britain’s best Elvis impersonator will appear in Crow Country for a charity fundraiser in memory of his father.

]]> 1.1209146 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:35:04 +0000 <![CDATA[Fresh round of cuts to hit Royston after NHDC agrees budget]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/fresh_round_of_cuts_to_hit_royston_after_nhdc_agrees_budget_1_1207733

A FRESH round of cuts will hit North Herts after the district’s budget was approved last week.

]]> 1.1207733 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:06:55 +0000 <![CDATA[Romantic reptile leaves keeper with Valentine’s love bite]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/romantic_reptile_leaves_keeper_with_valentine_s_love_bite_1_1207725

A ROMANTIC reptile has given a keeper a Valentines Day to remember after leaving him with a heart shaped love bite.

]]> 1.1207725 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:05:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Decade of education toasted at Therfield pre-school]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/decade_of_education_toasted_at_therfield_pre_school_1_1206628

A DECADE of education was toasted by a Crow country pre-school last week with staff, committee members and children enjoying the festivities.

]]> 1.1206628 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:05:56 +0000 <![CDATA[Teen guilty of murdering homeless man]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/teen_guilty_of_murdering_homeless_man_1_1206608

TEENAGER Jack Robinson, 18, has been found guilty of murdering homeless man Raymond Boyle on Jesus Green, Cambridge.

]]> 1.1206608 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:57:06 +0000 <![CDATA[Council tax freeze rubber stamped by SCDC]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/council_tax_freeze_rubber_stamped_by_scdc_1_1205508

PLANS to invest £28m in public housing, freeze council tax and promote business in south Cambs were rubber stamped yesterday (Thursday).

]]> 1.1205508 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:22:21 +0000