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In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)

  
  Nene Valley Railway - News
The residents of the sleepy Cambridgeshire village of Soham passed the night blissfully unaware of danger that was in their midst.
Soham is very proud of its local history which spans many, many years and although the driver and fireman were not local men, they were all taken to the hearts of the local populace.
The students at Soham College thought that by re-enacting the traumatic events of 62 years ago they would demonstrate that later generations had not forgotten heroes who in many instances, may well have saved the lives of some of their forbears.
www.nvr.org.uk /news/?idx=2006002   (778 words)

  
  Soham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire.
Ian Huntley, a caretaker from the local college was later found guilty of their murders 16 months later and received life imprisonment.
A couple of hoards of bronze objects are found in the area of Soham, including one with swords and spearheads of the later Bronze Age as well as a gold torque (1938).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soham   (506 words)

  
 Soham Grammarians : Lionel Hart
Interment took place at Soham Cemetery, close to the grave of his parents and not far from the grave of Mr Riley, Lionel's senior on the French staff at the Grammar School.
Soham Village College as a mixed comprehensive school was a huge change for all of us, but more so for those who had been on the staff of the Grammar School, but Lionel didn’t let it show and soldiered on.
My wife when she joined the College staff in 1981 was offered one of the staff houses, but it was not in a fit state for her to move in and she remembers his thoughtfulness and kindness in bringing round cleaning materials, a heater and food while the house was sorted out.
www.sohamgrammar.org.uk /hart.htm   (2955 words)

  
 Soham Museum - Online
Soham Mere, a large inland sea, was naturally created at the end of the Bronze Age, although a sacred pool of more ancient origin probably predated this vast expanse of water.
Soham Village College, built during the 1960's, was one of the first to be established.
Soham Railway Station was closed down in 1965 and shortly thereafter the Warren Hill/Snailwell Junction Chord was removed, severing the direct connection between Soham and Cambridge via Newmarket.
www.sohammuseum.org /index.php?incid=62   (2173 words)

  
 Soham Village College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soham Village College is a secondary school with "Foundation Technology College" and "Language College" status in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England.
The college was the centre of media attention after the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in August 2002.
The school caretaker Ian Huntley, who had been suspected of a series of rapes and burglary (not known at the time of employment) while living in Grimsby, was later convicted of murdering the two girls, who were pupils at nearby St Andrew's Primary School.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soham_Village_College   (248 words)

  
 Soham Grammarians - Dedication of a tree and plaque in memory of Edward Armitage: 9 Oct 2004
It is a memorial to a distinguished headmaster of Soham Grammar School and is part of Soham Village College’s heritage.
Howard Gilbert, Principal of Soham Village College: On behalf of the Village College I accept this tree and plaque to the memory of Edward Armitage.
and of the Principal of Soham Village College,
sohamgrammar.org.uk /Armitage/ea_memorialtree_dedic_091004.htm   (952 words)

  
 Future Books - Flowers in Gods Garden - Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - Documents - 20/11/03 - Soham Trial Transcript ...
"I was at the hall in the Village College in Soham preparing for a press conference that was to be held at 11.30 a.m..
One occasion she was in Soham Village College, can't remember the date or time, but spoke to Ian Huntley, believing him to be a journalist and by mistake told him the number.
Soham formed part of the area of his reporting, he called Kevin and spoke to Nicola as he was looking out for the children.
www.bernardomahoney.com /forthcb/pdt/hajdocuments/201103page03.shtml   (9558 words)

  
 The Staploe Hundred
Comprising the parishes of Soham, Isleham, Kennett, Fordham, Snailwell, Chippenham, Landwade, Wicken and Barway.
Soham's undrained 8,000 acres was not Soham's fault: "the bad state of this fen is not attributed to any want of internal works or powers for lifting the water, but to the constant pressure and soakage of the Highland waters, through the loose and neglected banks of the rivers Cam and Lark".
Soham neighbourhood was again flooded in 1937 and 1939 when spring floods breached some of the smaller banks.
www.gaer.connectfree.co.uk /cam/Staploe.html   (4688 words)

  
 Representatives of each of the schools [localheroes.digitalbrain.com]
Neale-Wade Community college saw the project as a good way of extending the type of activity offered to its Gifted and Talented students who enjoyed this opportunity to study history in a different way.
Soham Village college is not far from Ely where Hereward's revolt was based.
Liza Field who teaches music at the college is very interested in e-learning and its promotion and was very keen on getting the school involved from the outset.
localheroes.digitalbrain.com /localheroes/web/Final/making_of/07   (235 words)

  
 Soham On-Line - Amenities - Soham Village College
Soham Village College is a mixed Comprehensive Grant-Maintained School for pupils aged 11-16 near Ely in Cambridgeshire.
The College was one of the first schools in the country to be allowed two specialisms and is now a specialist Technology and Languages College.
Soham Village College has been described as a very good school with outstanding leadership by inspectors from Ofsted – the Office for Standards in Education.
www.soham.org.uk /amenities/sohamvillagecollege.htm   (529 words)

  
 Soham - Gurupedia
Soham Village College is one of a number of secondary schools of a type unique to
In 2002/2003 Soham became the centre of international media attention due to the murder of two local schoolgirls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
Ian Huntley, a caretaker from the local college was later found guilty of their murders.
www.gurupedia.com /s/so/soham.htm   (229 words)

  
 Irish Times Article - UK police question school pair on missing children   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mr Huntley is the caretaker at Soham Village College and has told police he saw the girls on the afternoon they disappeared.
It stands in the grounds of Soham Village College, where the parents of the two girls, Kevin and Nicola Wells and Sharon and Leslie Chapman, had given a press conference four hours earlier.
A police search team is about to complete a detailed examination of their house in Soham for any evidence that may point to the whereabouts of the two missing girls.
www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2002/0817/803632434HM1GIRLS.html   (688 words)

  
 [No title]
Sir Michael says: "I have also concluded that it is extremely unlikely that any fax was ever sent to Humberside Police requesting a check on their [Humberside's] records." Yet the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, went to court yesterday and established his right to force the Chief Constable of Humberside to be suspended.
Soham Village College employed a firm called Education Personnel Management (EDM) to get the process of police checks going.
Soham Village College, where Huntley worked, was not the school attended by Holly and Jessica.
www.telegraph.co.uk /opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/07/03/do0301.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2004/07/03/ixop.html   (985 words)

  
 CNN.com - Two quizzed over missing UK girls - August 16, 2002
SOHAM, England -- Police are questioning a young couple in connection with the disappearance of two schoolgirls in Cambridgeshire, England.
A 28-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were due to give statements to the police as searches of their home in the 10-year-old girls' village of Soham and the local school, Soham Village College, were to be carried out.
He added: "A police search team is about to start carrying out a detailed examination of their house in Soham for any evidence that may point to the whereabouts of the two missing girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/08/16/uk.missing/index.html   (641 words)

  
 Education | Soham college rated 'outstanding'
Soham Village college in Soham, Cambridgeshire was in the top 15% of secondary schools inspected by Ofsted in the academic year 2002 to 2003, the Ofsted annual report revealed today.
The comprehensive school is a specialist technology college and was formed in the 1970s out of the old Soham grammar and secondary modern schools.
Soham Village college was one of 77 secondary schools ranked by Ofsted as outstanding in 2002-2003.
education.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4851572-106687,00.html   (608 words)

  
 printarticle.
Though police wouldn't confirm the identity of the arrested people, it is believed they are Soham Village College caretaker Ian Huntley, 28, and his girlfriend Maxine Carr, 25, a former teaching assistant in the girls' class.
The search of the college and school included the room and the college hall where, hours earlier, Jessica and Holly's parents publicly begged their abductor to give the girls back.
Soham's Methodist minister Alan Ashton said the community was struggling to come to terms with the news.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/08/17/1029114032671.html   (650 words)

  
 Ely Sixth Form Centre | Student Testimonials   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I needn't have been as the size of the college means that a good working relationship with teachers is quickly established and there is an increased focus on independent learning, which helps you grow in confidence.
Also during the college year are barbecues, self-defence courses and other activities organised by the student council, which you are encouraged to join within the first term at Ely.
Ely is a small college, which allows you to meet a lot of new people and acquire new friends very quickly.
www.elycollege.com /sf/sf_testimon.html   (1169 words)

  
 Soham Museum - Online
His connection with Soham comes from the fact that he married a local woman, Susannah Cullen, in St Andrews Church and both his daughters were born and baptised here.
Soham was saved from certain destruction when a train carrying bombs for the D-day advance caught fire at Soham Station in the early hours of 2nd June 1944.
Several streets in Soham have been named after these brave and selfless men in gratitude for their actions since the disaster.
www.sohammuseum.org /index.php?incid=61   (719 words)

  
 IOL | Soham murder trial hears more witnesses
Officials from Soham Village College, where defendant Ian Huntley worked as a caretaker, and townspeople involved in the search for missing girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were being called to give evidence.
Mr Bull, a cousin of Mr Hickling, was joint manager in the firm and went to Soham Village College for the meeting with Huntley.
Mrs Bryden, the chairman of governors and the college principal interviewed him and were keen to take “a cautious approach” because of their previous experience, she said.
breakingnews.iol.ie /news/?c=ireland&jp=kfcwkfcwqlcw   (3974 words)

  
 Bernard O'Mahoney - Future Books - Flowers in Gods Garden - Articles - 17/08/02 - Days blur into one, but the pain ...
Only five hours before the Soham Village College caretaker Ian Huntley and his partner Maxine Carr were being questioned by police about the girls’ disappearance, the parents spoke of how the past 12 days have blurred into one.
The girls’ mothers were clearly numbed by the events that they have had to endure, including having to wait all night to see if their children were buried in what appeared to be shallow graves.
AS A search of the caretaker’s house, Soham Village College and a local school began yesterday, police said that the operation was likely to take several days, not hours (writes Helen Studd).
www.bernardomahoney.com /forthcb/pdt/articles/dbiobtpr.shtml   (904 words)

  
 ::: u.tv :::   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Hebb told reporters that officers were also searching their home in the girls` home village of Soham in Cambridgeshire, and the local school, Soham Village College.
The 28-year-old man and 25-year-old woman, from Soham, had agreed with police to give witness statements and were at police stations elsewhere in the county.
The news was announced at a hastily arranged news conference in at the college.
u.tv /newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=&id=22010   (327 words)

  
 Newmarket Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A GROUP of Soham youngsters have taken part in the national finals of a team-building and problem-solving competition.
Eight pupils from Soham Village College, some of whom have physical and learning disabilities, qualified for the finals of the Kielder Forest Challenge after taking part in a regional heat in Thetford Forest in May.
SOHAM councillors say they will fight plans to sell off the town's church hall to make way for u...
www.newmarkettoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1754&ArticleID=1818429   (434 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 2 arrested in British kidnap probe   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Detectives had said only the night before that they remained optimistic Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were still alive, but their use of the word "murder" in the arrests shattered the hopes of those in the children's close-knit hometown of Soham, near Cambridge.
The girls disappeared Aug. 4 from the village of Soham, near Cambridge, and their case has transfixed Britain in the two weeks since.
In tiny, close-knit Soham, the grim developments were met with horror, and, fearing the worst, dozens of residents left floral tributes to the girls outside a local church.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-08-17-british-kidnap_x.htm   (778 words)

  
 Hunt dogged by criticism from day one - theage.com.au
Equally embarrassing for the police is that the college has also been where Holly and Jessica's families held news conferences and where Ian Huntley helped police set up a community meeting aimed at reassuring locals.
When, on August 5, a woman who lived 13 kilometres from Soham reported a sighting of two girls at 6.45am, the focus of the investigation was switched to that area.
On Monday last week, a taxi driver said he saw a motorist grappling with children in a green car on the day the girls went missing, but it later became clear his times were wrong.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/08/20/1029114105775.html   (741 words)

  
 Brits charge man in kidnap and murder: 8/21/02
Carr, 25, was a teaching assistant at the girls' school in Soham, in east England.
The children's bodies were found Sunday near Lakenheath air base, seven miles from Soham, but post mortem examinations failed to reveal the cause of death.
Police have said they found "items of major interest" at Soham Village College, the secondary school were Huntley worked.
www.s-t.com /daily/08-02/08-21-02/a02wn016.htm   (351 words)

  
 The Sun Online - Life: World weeps with Soham   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Messages were posted on the special internet page at www.holly-jessica.tk as those in Soham expressed emotion on notes left outside the 14th century church.
The spot, 11 miles north of Soham, was less than a mile from where forensic experts and a Home Office pathologist examined the bodies under a canvas tent.
Two 13-year-olds were cycling near their homes in the village of Fulbourn, Cambs, in 1985 when they were bundled into a car by sex beast Terence Pocock.
www.thesun.co.uk /article/0,,5-2002380838,00.html   (973 words)

  
 CNN.com - Two quizzed over missing UK girls - August 16, 2002
SOHAM, England -- Police are questioning a young couple in connection with the disappearance of two schoolgirls in Cambridgeshire, England.
A 28-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were due to give statements to the police as searches of their home in the 10-year-old girls' village of Soham and the local school, Soham Village College, were to be carried out.
He added: "A police search team is about to start carrying out a detailed examination of their house in Soham for any evidence that may point to the whereabouts of the two missing girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/08/16/uk.missing   (641 words)

  
 Holly
Huntley is guilty of going about his business lawfully at the college, shedding a few hairs and fingerprints as he went, which then mysteriously found their way into close proximity with two red Manchester United shirts [and fibres from those shirts], which the total lack of DNA proved conclusively were never worn by either girl.
If you read the court transcripts carefully, it seems as though the hangar at Soham College was the private domain of Ian Huntley, an illusion reinforced by claims that Cambridgeshire police only investigated the hangar after finding the keys in Ian Huntley’s house, after he was arrested.
At no time before 16 August 2002 was Soham College or its hangar placed off limits to any of these search personnel, and Soham locals advise searchers visited the College and surrounding area many times, certainly until the bodies were eventually located in the drainage ditch alongside the perimeter wire at USAF Lakenheath.
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