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Predictions say more snow is on the horizon
THE winter period so far has been relatively cold with a mix of temperatures, and Cambridgeshire has already seen some snow. More snow could be on the horizon, as WX Charts predicts that parts of Cambridgeshire could see snow again in the next couple...
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Work on £6.1m solar park hits ‘landmark’ for greener future
CONSTRUCTION has begun on a pioneering renewable energy solar park to power electric bin lorries for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire. The £6.1 million scheme is jointly funded by Cambridge City Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council, and...
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Storm Goretti brings 15-hour flood warning
FLOOD alerts were issued for Cambridgeshire yesterday (Friday, January 8) after heavy rainfall from Storm Goretti. In Cambridge, areas most at risk were around the River Cam from Stapleford to Waterbeach. The alert – issued by the Environment Agency...
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Wimpole enlists help of Dartmoor ponies to help in restoring its landscape
FIVE Dartmoor ponies have arrived at a Cambridgeshire National Trust estate where they will help restore the landscape by grazing on thistles and other vigorous plants. The conservation charity hopes that the three mares and two geldings will help...
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LONG ARM OF THE LAW? WELL, HERE’S THE SMILING FACE...
Cambridgeshire Police issued a friendly reminder to people to be careful when driving in snow yesterday
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Two women die in hospital after crash on Chittering A10
TWO women have died after a crash on the A10. Emergency services were called to the A10 near Chittering just after 4.45pm on Sunday, December 28. The crash involved a silver BMW 520D and a white Nissan Qashqai. The driver of the Nissan, a...
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Four taken to hospital after A142 accident
FOUR people were taken to hospital after a crash on the A142 yesterday (Tuesday, December 30). Emergency services were called to the A142 near Soham just after 7.30am. The crash involved two vehicles. Four people were taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital...
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Mural rides cultural wave depicting lido’s city links
A NEW mural representing Cambridge culture has been installed outside a popular landmark. Jesus Green Lido in Cambridge has been spruced up with some new artwork. ‘The Human Current’ has been produced by London-based contemporary painter Anugrah...
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Festival to salute five centuries of music-making
CAMBRIDGE Music Festival has announced its Spring Series for 2026. Spanning seven concerts in some of the city’s most historic chapels and concert halls, the series traces more than five centuries of music, from Renaissance motets to contemporary...
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Scooter rider is seriously injured in road accident
A MAN suffered serious injuries in a crash in St Neots. Cambridgeshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a collision in Cambridge Street at 3.10pm on Friday of last week (December 19). A black and silver scooter heading towards the town centre...
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E-bikes reach 15m miles crossing city
CAMBRIDGE’S e-bikes and e-scooters have hit a total of six million rides, rental firm Voi has confirmed. Publishing its 2025 figures, Voi data shows riders in Cambridge made 1.87 million trips in 2025. “The new 2025 figures take the total rides since...
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Special delivery gives British Antarctic team a link to royal male
KING Charles III has gifted an iconic Royal Mail postbox to staff at a remote Antarctic research station. The new lamp box was requested by Kirsten Shaw, a station support assistant who runs the British Antarctic Territory Post Office for staff at...
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RSPCA facing a challenging festive season
MORE than 3,500 animals will spend time in RSPCA centres over Christmas, including a record number of cats. Staff at RSPCA’s 14 centres, including Block Fen in Cambridgeshire, are getting ready to make the festive season as special as they can for the...
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Christmas rush expected to be the busiest ever
THIS year’s Christmas getaway is expected to be the busiest on record, new figures suggest. The AA forecast that traffic for all journey purposes in the run-up to December 25 will peak on Friday when about 24.4 million cars are expected on the UK’s...
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Sky’s the limit for city users of electric flying taxi service
ELECTRIC flying taxis may become available to Cambridge residents travelling to London airports from 2028, a UK company has announced. Vertical Aerospace hopes its Valo aircraft, which has a capacity for up to six passengers, can get regulatory...
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Jackknifed lorry
A LORRY jackknifed on the A10 on Monday (December 8). Officers were called to the A10 at Littleport at about 6,45pm. The road was blocked between Littleport and Southery, to the north of the A1101 roundabout. A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police...
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Fancy dress rowers race to get a Head start
A VERY Hungry Caterpillar, giant papier mache fish heads and robbers from the Louvre heist with the police in hot pursuit were some of the costumes spotted on the River Cam at the annual Cambridge Christmas Head rowing race. The fancy dress event saw...
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Prison officer admits inmate relationship
A PRISON officer has admitted having a fling with an inmate and reportedly performing a sex act on him. Rebecca Pinckard started a secret relationship with the prisoner at HMP Highpoint in Stradishall, Suffolk, between April and July 2024. The...
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TV, Festive FOOD, inspirationFASHION & MORE
Dame Floella Benjamin is one of Anita Rani’s guests for a new series of her uplifting
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Overnight closures on busy roundabout
MILTON roundabout in Cambridge is set to close overnight for five days, while roadworks are carried out. It will be closed from Monday (December 8) until Saturday (December 13) between 8pm and 6am. The closure will allow carriageway resurfacing to...
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Christmas-mad couple’s joy is ‘stripped away’ by model theft
A CHRISTMAS-MAD couple have said festive joy had been “stripped away” after a 10ft-tall nutcracker soldier was stolen from outside their home. Doug and Liz Pecarski have put up two £2,500 giant Nutcrackers outside their home in Spaldwick, outside...
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Gang threatened staff during £10k cash raid
POLICE are hunting for four men who broke into a supermarket in Cambourne and stole thousands of pounds in cash. Cambridgeshire Constabulary are appealing for information after the burglary on Saturday (November 29). The force said the group of men...
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Rare Christmas tree a symbol of unity
A CHRISTMAS tree has returned to Mill Road in Cambridge for what is believed to be only the third time in a century. The road lit up with festive spirit last week as the Mill Road Traders Association (MRTA) proudly unveiled a Christmas tree on the...
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Cables for emergency generators stolen
THIEVES took cabling from emergency generators powering homes and a school in Northstowe during the early hours of Thursday morning (November 27). It comes after a fire at an electricity substation on Monday evening (November 24), which caused a power...
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It’s time to trip the festive lights fantastic
WHETHER you are planning an awe-filled festive season for children or getting into the spirit with friends, a winter lights trail is sure to put you in the Christmas mood. One grand estate run by the National Trust is inviting people to enjoy its...
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Man, 58, is arrested after drugs stash find
A LARGE blade was found alongside a stash of drugs when police carried out a warrant in Cambridge on Monday (November 24). A man was arrested after the warrant on Fen Road. An investigation has been launched. Phones, cash and scales were also among...
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‘Dead wood’ structure can help biodiversity
AN UNUSUAL structure has been installed in Cambridge. The patch of sand, on which logs of dead wood have been ‘planted,’ can be found at the Green End recreation ground. Cambridge City Council is behind the new addition to the park. The authority...
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Police find cannabis factory in Melbourn
A CANNABIS factory worth £300,000 has been found in the village of Melbourn. Cambridgeshire Constabulary seized more than 360 plants across two floors in an industrial unit along Saxon Way last Thursday (November 20). The plants have been seized,...
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Home is where the art is
ONE of the UK’s quirkiest properties is on the market _ a period cottage covered in paintings by an amateur artist. Robert Petryszak, 58, is selling his four-bedroom 19th century home in the pretty village of Haslingfield, just six miles south of...
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Knife attack train passengers to get property returned
POLICE are working to reunite passengers on the train which suffered a knife attack near Huntingdon with the property they left behind while rushing from the scene. The mass stabbing left ten people injured, including a ‘hero’ railway worker who...
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Police warning after string of phone thefts
CAMBRIDGESHIRE Constabulary have issued a warning after a spate of mobile phone thefts in Cambridge over the weekend. A series of similar incidents were reported between Saturday and Monday (November 8 to 10) in Newmarket Road, Trumpington Road, Jesus...
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Cambridge rated UK’s 6th best city to visit
CAMBRIDGE has been named as one of the best cities in the UK in the Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards. Every year, readers of Condé Nast Traveller are asked where their favourite places to visit in the UK are – and the city of Cambridge has...
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Folk Festival announces date for return in 2026
A POPULAR Cambridge music festival returns next year after being cancelled – but there will be some changes. The Cambridge Folk Festival will make a comeback to Cherry Hinton Hall in 2026 after the 2025 event was called off. The event was cancelled...
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Body found in search for missing postman
POLICE have found a body in the search for a missing Cambridgeshire postman. Darren Willis, 53, was reported missing from his home in Duck Lane, St Neots, on June 9. Police carried out extensive searches in the weeks and months after he was reported...
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Endangered orchid brought back from brink of extinction
ONE of Britain’s most endangered orchids has been brought back from the brink of extinction following decades of conservation work, experts said. The “beautiful yet mercurial” fen orchid (Liparis loeselii) is no longer listed as at risk of extinction...
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Littleport man jailed over threat to kill PM
A MAN who threatened to kill the Prime Minister has been jailed. Lee White, 52, has been jailed for 23 months after appearing at Cambridge Crown Court last Tuesday (October 28). White, of Granby Street, Littleport, pleaded guilty to sending...
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Can you tell a story through planting a beautiful border?
WHETHER you are an amateur or experienced garden designer, a student or school gardening club, or a charity or community group, BBC Gardeners’ World events want to hear from you. Applications for the BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair 2026 Beautiful...
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DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW.
Plans for licensed premises in your neighbourhood could be hidden from view if new government proposals for secret alcohol licensing notices get the green light.
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No bonfire again at fireworks night display
CAMBRIDGE Fireworks Night - one of the city’s longest running events returns this evening (Saturday, November 1). The event draws a huge crowd to Midsummer Common every year. As well as the firework display, it will feature walk-about performances...
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Bomber lands at Duxford ready for maintenance
THE UK’s last flying Lancaster bomber has touched down at Duxford’s Imperial War Museum (IWM) where she is set to undergo months of maintenance work. The aircraft, based at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire,...
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‘One of most special nights of the year’ – and it’s free!
ONE of the longest-running events in the city – Cambridge Fireworks Night – will return this weekend. The event on Midsummer Common draws a huge crowd every year as families and friends wrap up warm and head out to watch the sky light up. Organised...
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Weekend closure will cause A1 diversion
A MAJOR road will be closed for 56 hours for works starting on Friday (October 31). The A1 will be closed northbound between Tempsford and the Black Cat Roundabout. A National Highways spokesperson said the closure will be in place while beams are...
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Firefighters battle outdoor dryer blaze
A TUMBLE dryer went up in flames in Wisbech on Sunday afternoon (October 26). The fire was spotted by a neighbourhood policing team, who said it “could have ended in tragedy” – but fortunately, nobody was injured. A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Fire...
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Yellow board mystery on bridge explained
THE council has reassured locals that “there are no safety issues” on a Cambridge bridge, after two yellow boards were installed. The boards on pedestrian side of the Equiano Bridge over the River Cam have been in place for several weeks, leading...
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Bitterns are booming after wetland creation
A RARE wetland bird is now flourishing in Cambridgeshire thanks to the creation of an RSPB nature reserve from a sand and gravel quarry. This year 13 calling male bitterns were recorded at RSPB Ouse Fen during the breeding season, the highest count...
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The cool new coffee club with a real passion for classic cars
A NEW café has opened in a Cambridgeshire village that hopes to be a “destination coffee shop”, mixing a love of classic cars with high-quality coffee. Paul Medhurst has been running Type 2 Detectives, an aircooled Volkswagen specialist that restores...
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Person is dead after being struck by train
A PERSON has died after being struck by a train in Cambridgeshire. The incident took place before 9am on Tuesday (October 21). The casualty was pronounced dead at the scene. A British Transport Police spokesperson explained: “Officers were called to...
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Man is charged over city centre stabbing
POLICE have provided an update on a city centre stabbing that left a man seriously injured. Cambridgeshire Police were called to an incident in Market Hill, Cambridge, at around 3am on Friday, October 10. A man was seriously injured after being...
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Death of man in flat is treated as murder
AN inquest has opened into the death of a man that is being treated as murder. The inquest into the death of Hamid Tawaab was opened by coroner Elizabeth Gray on Thursday (October 16). Mr Tawaab, aged 59, died after he was found unconscious at his...
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Villages form an orderly queue for reduced speed limit
MORE than £150,000 could be spent on introducing new 20mph zones across Cambridgeshire in 2026. A prioritised list of 11 projects planned to be delivered in 2025/26 has been approved by councillors at a Cambridgeshire County Council meeting on Tuesday...
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Life and work of artist is celebrated in special ARU exhibition
THE remarkable hidden career of a Cambridgeshire artist is being celebrated in a special exhibition at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). ‘Mice & Monsters: The Life and Work of Helen Craig’ at the Ruskin Gallery includes previously unseen artwork produced...
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Boy, 10, seriously hurt in A141 Warboys crash
A 10-YEAR-OLD boy was seriously injured after a crash on the A141 at Warboys. The crash happened in Heath Road at around 8.45am on Monday (October 13). It involved a grey Vauxhall Zafira and a red Renault Captur. The driver of the Vauxhall, a woman...
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Car is driven into bike shop during third raid
A BIKE shop has been targeted for a third time in a burglary. Steve Heathcock, owner of C6 Bikes in Waterbeach, was notified by his shop’s CCTV that it had been broken into on the evening of Monday, October 6. A car was driven into the premises, and...
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Man seriously injured after stabbing near market
MARKET Square will be safer after the £92 million Civic Quarter regeneration project, the leader of Cambridge City Council has said. Councillor Cameron Holloway (Labour) said “awful crimes” had taken place in the square and that investment would...
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Man charged with murder of woman
A MAN has been charged in connection with the sudden death of a woman at a property in Cambridge. Jon Ismaili, 33, of School Lane, Waterbeach, has been charged with the murder of Catalina Birlea, 23, whose body was discovered at a house on Chesterton...
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New police station on track for completion
CAMBRIDGESHIRE Police have given an update on construction of a new £45 million police station. Earlier this year, the force said the opening of its new station, which is being built next to Milton Park and Ride, would be delayed. It was initially...
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Arts and sport in the spotlight on a royal day of celebration
MURRAY Edwards College and the Cambridge University Real Tennis Club welcomed His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh as part of a special day celebrating the arts, education, and sport. The visit last Thursday (October 2) began at the college, where...
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Second man arrested on suspicion of murder
A SECOND man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a woman in Cambridge. A 33-year-old man from South Cambridgeshire was arrested on Sunday evening (October 5), Cambridgeshire Constabulary said. He was being held in custody at...
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Probe by police into sudden death ongoing
POLICE are continuing to investigate the sudden death of a woman in Cambridge. A 29-year-old man was arrested last Thursday evening (October 2) on suspicion of murder. The arrest came after a woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at a property in...
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Busway speed limit to be reduced during works
THE speed limit along the guided busway will be temporarily reduced to improve its safety. The speed limit along the Cambridgeshire guided busway will be reduced to 30mph and 20mph at crossing points from today (Monday, October 6). A Cambridgeshire...
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman’s sudden death
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in Cambridge. A woman, in her 20s, was pronounced dead at a property on Chesterton Road on Thursday (October 2). A 29-year-old man from Cambridge has been arrested on...
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