Review of the year - December
The 2010 review ends, naturally, with December
IT’S the time of year to cast our eyes back over the last 12 months, and pick out the highs and lows of a year of Royston news.
Reporter Joe Tyler takes a trawl through the archives to see what news has affected the people of Crow country in 2010.
December
2 – Plans for almost 6,000 more seats on commuter trains going between London and Crow country were announced.
More frequent and faster services, as well as longer trains came into force on December 12, thanks to Oliver Heald MP lobbying for the improvements in parliament.
Also this month
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- 1 Cambridgeshire individual diagnosed with Covid-19 Omicron variant
- 2 Entrepreneur shortlisted for award after setting up business while managing chronic illness
- 3 Christmas at Wimpole illuminated trail sparks into life as countdown begins
- 4 Motorist charged with careless driving after motorcyclist injured in crash
- 5 E-fit image of indecent exposure suspect released by police
- 6 Concerns raised as Royston patients travel for booster jabs
- 7 Metal detectorist, 13, explains how she discovered Bronze Age hoards near Royston
- 8 Churches thank women who took on extra work to help run parish
- 9 Scouts stay true to the letter as Royston tradition returns
- 10 Room at the inn for 1,000-mile charity trekker
9 – South Cambs District Council announced they were cancelling plans for a gypsy site in Bassingbourn, but another location had been put forward.
16 – X-Factor’s Olly Murs was snapped with a fan when he popped into Tesco’s in Royston.
16 – Greneway School head of PE Terry Graves called proposed school sport cuts “devastating.” Education secretary Michael Gove partially backed-down over the cuts the following week.
