Wisbech

British

/ ˈwɪzbiːtʃ /

noun

a town in E England, in N Cambridgeshire: market-gardening. Pop: 26 536 (2001)

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In Wisbech, Mia, who's 51, has been meticulously sewing her own faithful replica for the last nine and a half years.

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Mr Flatt, who also played for Southend United, Romford, Barnet, and Wisbech Town, had been suffering from memory loss and was admitted to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford in May 2021 with a low heart rate.

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Alex has been sleeping rough in the Cambridgeshire town of Wisbech for two years.

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Rough sleeping has risen by 22% in the east of England, and Alex describes homelessness in Wisbech as a "social epidemic".

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The true extent of homelessness in countryside towns like Wisbech is often under-reported, with people bedding down in fields, sheds, cemeteries, and on sports pitches.

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