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• Cambridge News published Rio Paralympics: Laura Sugar fifth in women's T44 200m final

  15-09-2016 23:24 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Laura Sugar came fifth in the women's T44 200m final at the Rio Paralympics.The Saffron Walden runner, who had come third in her qualifying heat, clocked 28.31sec.The race was won by the Netherlands' Marlou van Rhijn, who claimed her sixth global gold medal in a Paralympic record of 26.16.Irmgard Bensusan, from Germany, took the silver medal and Marie-Amelie Le Fur, from France, bagged the bronze.Sugar, who won bronze over the distance at the European Championships, had been...
  
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• Cambridge News published Photographer Terry Ward's view of the world makes an impression...

  15-09-2016 21:03 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Ask any artist and they'll tell you inspiration can strike at any time, and photographer Terry Ward was no different. For his latest project, a book of landscapes, the spark came to him on his morning commute. He told the News: "A few years ago I just became engaged in the environment. I ended up every morning before work wanting to go for a walk for 10 or 15 minutes, and you start noticing stuff. "I went back to some of those areas quite frequently and saw some of the changes over...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridge scientists are mapping the Milky Way, thanks to Gaia...

  15-09-2016 20:26 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  An unprecedented view of the heavens has been revealed for the very first time, thanks to scientists working right here in Cambridge. The Gaia satellite was launched in December 2013, and is expected to observe a billion stars some 70 times each during its five-year lifespan, as it conducts the first-ever 'galactic census'. Yesterday detailed information about more than a billion stars in the Milky Way was published in the first data release from Gaia, which orbits the Earth some 1.5...
  
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• Cambridge News published Binge shopper Alison Dodd took £60,000 from firm

  15-09-2016 18:08 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A binge shopper spent more than £60,000 of her firm's money on goods and services for herself – leaving some of the items unopened, a court has been told.Alison Dodd, 37, had control of Cambridge Cleantech's finances and used it to buy items including musical instruments, a tour of New York City and theatre tickets.Dodd, of St Matthews Gardens, Cambridge, escaped a prison sentence when she appeared at Cambridge Crown Court after admitting fraud.Judge Jonathan Haworth told Dodd, who..
  
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• Cambridge News published Things to do in Cambridge this weekend

  15-09-2016 17:34 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Foodie fun, dazzling dahlias and a comedy extravaganza. . . we've got your weekend covered. Cambridge Food, Garden and Produce FestivalWhen: Saturday, September 17 - Sunday, September 18, 10am-5pm. Where: Parker's Piece What: Feeling peckish? A visit to this sumptuous extravaganza of growing, baking, cooking and of course, eating is an absolute MUST. There's cookery demos to watch, a variety of ace foodie stalls to browse, competitions to enter (Cambridge's star baker Ian Cumming will be...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Send your friends Grand Prix highlights as they happen

  15-09-2016 17:13 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Motor racing fans at the Singapore Grand Prix will have no trouble sharing the best moments on social media.Singapore comms company M1 has selected Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS)' Metnet backhaul system to meet the high mobile data demand at the race.Metnet – the world's only self-organising microwave backhaul system – is being implemented to support a small cell network aimed at serving the peak demand around the popular Formula 1 night race, which is being held from...
  
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• Cambridge News published Defiant punt touts in cat and mouse game with officials in...

  15-09-2016 17:03 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Punt touts in Cambridge played a 'cat and mouse game' with police and council officers on the first day of a ban – described as 'Orwellian'.The touts now face £75 on-the-spot fines and could get a criminal record for plying their trade on streets including King's Parade and the market square under Cambridge City Council's public spaces protection order (PSPO).But today punt tour operators remained defiant in opposing what they call an "Orwellian" measure to curb trading in boat...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Defiant punt touts in cat and mouse game with officials in...

  15-09-2016 17:03 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Punt touts in Cambridge played a 'cat and mouse game' with police and council officers on the first day of a ban – described as 'Orwellian'.The touts now face £75 on-the-spot fines and could get a criminal record for plying their trade on streets including King's Parade and the market square under Cambridge City Council's public spaces protection order (PSPO).But today punt tour operators remained defiant in opposing what they call an "Orwellian" measure to curb trading in boat...
  
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• Cambridge News published That's inventive... Cambridge named invention hotspot, with more...

  15-09-2016 17:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  New figures have revealed Cambridge is the UK's hotspot for inventors, with more patents filed here than anywhere else. According to the Intellectual Property Office, people and companies in Cambridge published 284 patents last year - more than five a week. The number of patents published in Cambridge is 54 more than second placed Coventry. This could also be perceived as a victory in the Oxbridge rivalry, as Oxford, South Oxfordshire and West Oxfordshire combined had 87 patents in...
  
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• Cambridge News published Harrison Dunk and Adam McGurk could start for Cambridge United...

  15-09-2016 16:31 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Harrison Dunk and Adam McGurk could be in line to start for Cambridge United against Morecambe in Sky Bet League Two on Saturday.Wide man Dunk returned to action as a substitute in last weekend's 2-1 defeat at Plymouth having not featured since the opening day of the season with a hamstring injury.Striker McGurk had been sidelined since making his first U's appearance against Aston Villa in pre-season, but he has now come off the bench in the last two matches."It's the first...
  
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• Cambridge News published The Great British ​Bake Off: 11 ways you can spend the advert...

  15-09-2016 16:08 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Batter week? Shock Week more like as The Great British Bake Off has abandoned the BBC in favour of a move to Channel 4. Mel and Sue have quit. The sky has gone black. The animals have fled. The country is in disarray and people are walking around as though they've just seen a ghost and it's slapped them across the face. It's like if Prince William decided he'd rather be the King of Las Vegas. Or if sensible, trustworthy newsreader Fiona Bruce chucked all her news documents in the bin and got...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridge United v Morecambe: A look at the Shrimps

  15-09-2016 15:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Try telling Jim Bentley there is no such thing as the manager of the month curse. Just a day after the announcement that the Morecambe boss had won the Sky Bet League Two honour for August following a great start to the campaign, he watched his side trounced 5-1 at home by Doncaster last Saturday. And it was their second straight defeat in the league as they began September with a 2-1 defeat at Leyton Orient.
  From top of the table after being the surprise package in the early stages, the...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridge United v Morecambe: A look at the Shrimpers

  15-09-2016 15:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Try telling Jim Bentley there is no such thing as the manager of the month curse. Just a day after the announcement that the Morecambe boss had won the Sky Bet League Two honour for August following a great start to the campaign, he watched his side trounced 5-1 at home by Doncaster last Saturday. And it was their second straight defeat in the league as they began September with a 2-1 defeat at Leyton Orient.
  From top of the table after being the surprise package in the early stages, the...
  
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• Cambridge News published "Without them, I wouldn't have coped": Haverhill mum's...

  15-09-2016 15:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A mum is organising a buggy walk to raise money for the charity that supported her when her baby was premature. Haverhill resident Tor Copeland, 31, gave birth to baby Maddison eight-and-a-half weeks early last March. "She was very tiny," said Tor. "She was on breathing apparatus for a day and then she was in an incubator. We couldn't hold her for five days after she was born, which was awful." Maddison had to be fed through a tube for the first two months of her...
  
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• Cambridge News published Children held for sex and violence offences in Cambridgeshire...

  15-09-2016 14:53 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The number of under 18s arrested for violence and sexual offences in Cambridgeshire is rising faster than in other parts of the country.There were 68 arrests of children aged 10 to 17 for sexual offences in 2014/15, up 26 per centfrom 54 in 2013/14, although the number is down up 16 per cent compared to 2010/11.Across England and Wales as a whole, numbers of arrests rose by 2 per cent over the year, but are still 24 per cent lower than five years before.There was also 219 arrests for violence...
  
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• Cambridge News published The Great British Bake Off: Ian Cumming reacts to the Channel 4...

  15-09-2016 14:41 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Great British Bake Off is moving to Channel 4 and it's all anyone can talk about. We gave Cambridge's own star baker Ian Cumming a ring to get his take on it and to find out if he's as shocked as everyone else.So where was Ian when he got the news? "The first I heard of it was a few days ago. I'd taken my kids swimming when the phone rang and it was BBC News asking me to do a Skype interview. I said, 'Well this is news to me'. So there I was, standing in the foyer of a swimming pool,...
  
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• Cambridge News published Jobs boost as new ibis hotel opens near Cambridge Railway Station

  15-09-2016 14:38 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Another jobs boost has been brought to the city thanks to the opening of a new hotel near Cambridge Railway Station. Hotel operator AccorHotels has now officially opened its new ibis Cambridge hotel, which is situated in Station Square directly opposite the train station. It is described as the first AccorHotels property in Cambridge and one of the largest hotels in the city. The hotel's opening has created approximately 20 new jobs, ranging from managerial roles to receptionists, bar and...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Jobs boost as new ibis hotel opens near Cambridge Railway Station

  15-09-2016 14:38 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Another jobs boost has been brought to the city thanks to the opening of a new hotel near Cambridge Railway Station. Hotel operator AccorHotels has now officially opened its new ibis Cambridge hotel, which is situated in Station Square directly opposite the train station. It is described as the first AccorHotels property in Cambridge and one of the largest hotels in the city. The hotel's opening has created approximately 20 new jobs, ranging from managerial roles to receptionists, bar and...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Cambridge pubs feature in the new Camra Good Beer Guide

  15-09-2016 14:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Twenty-six pubs in Cambridge and its surrounding area have been featured in the newly-published Campaign for Real Ale Good Beer Guide. They include two which are making an appearance for the first time, the White Horse at Milton and the city's Queen Edith, rebuilt by Milton Brewery and which reopened in April last year. The Queen's Head at Newton is one of only a handful of pubs nationwide to have appeared in all 44 editions of the guide. Alistair Cook, from Camra's Cambridge and District...
  
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• CambridgeNews commented Cambridge pubs feature in the new Camra Good Beer Guide

  15-09-2016 14:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Twenty-six pubs in Cambridge and its surrounding area have been featured in the newly-published Campaign for Real Ale Good Beer Guide. They include two which are making an appearance for the first time, the White Horse at Milton and the city's Queen Edith, rebuilt by Milton Brewery and which reopened in April last year. The Queen's Head at Newton is one of only a handful of pubs nationwide to have appeared in all 44 editions of the guide. Alistair Cook, from Camra's Cambridge and District...
  
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• Cambridge News published Task group tackling HMO issues in Haverhill

  15-09-2016 13:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Problems with multiple-occupancy houses in Haverhill are being tackled by a community task group. There are hotspots of crime and anti-social behaviour around certain houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs) in Haverhill, according to both analytical and anecdotal evidence, the town's police inspector Danny Cooper said at a board meeting of ONE Haverhill yesterday. Insp Cooper, who is a member of the community partnership's crime and anti-social behaviour task group, spoke about the progress the...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge

  15-09-2016 12:55 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Some of America's best-known tech entrepreneurs will visit the UK in November to take part in 'Silicon Valley Comes to the UK'. Returning for its 10th year, speakers will include Joe Lonsdale (Palantir), David Hornik (August Capital), Corinne Vigreux (Tom Tom), as well as a wealth of other entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from the West coast and Europe. The Cambridge SVC2UK programme, run by Bailey Fisher Executive Search, will launch on Tuesday 1st November with a debate on Artificial...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Barclays comment on retail sales

  15-09-2016 12:42 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Commenting on today's ONS Retail Sales figures, Simon McCarthy, Head of Cambridgeshire, Corporate Banking at Barclays, said: "The retail industry has again posted a robust set of results, beating expectations in August with more solid year-on-year growth and only a small monthly dip following July's bumper figures."It was a mixed picture for different parts of the industry last month. We haven't had much luck with the weather this year, and August's late summer sun arrived just as...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Sir Clive to speak in Cambridge

  15-09-2016 12:13 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Sir Clive Woodward, patron of the Møller Centre's flagship young leaders' programme, Churchill Leadership Fellows, will deliver a one-hour presentation entitled 'The DNA of a Champion' which forms part of the fundraising and corporate partnering campaign to support the programme.Rugby World Cup winning coach Sir Clive will share leadership insights into the four criteria he believes characterise a champion individual or team in both business and sport and how they can be coached to build.
  
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• Cambridge News published Will digital disruption affect your business? Cambridge...

  15-09-2016 12:08 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Professor Andy Neely, director of the Cambridge Service Alliance, and director of the Institute for Manufacturing at Cambridge University, writes: More and more organisations are talking about the importance of servitization and what it might mean for the future of their business, how they can change their business model, and what role technology might play. One of the changes you see is a shift from talking about supply chains to acknowledging the importance of network partners.Firms need...
  
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• Cambridge News published An udder joke! Google Street View blurs face of cow in Coe Fen...

  15-09-2016 12:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Internet giant Google is verging on udder ridiculousness – for blurring the face of a cow on its Street View option in Cambridge. It is thought the photo was first brought to light after it was shared on Twitter yesterday and proved a hit; attracting 275 retweets and 324 likes in less than 24 hours.According to Google Street View data, the image was first captured in August 2015 and was taken in the Coe Fen area of Cambridge.The cow was caught on Street View just along from the...
  
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• Cambridge News commented An udder joke! Google Street View blurs face of cow in Coe Fen...

  15-09-2016 12:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Internet giant Google was thought to be verging on udder ridiculousness for blurring the face of a cow in Cambridge on Street View – but it was later revealed this was due to the cow's moo-vement.It is thought the photo was first brought to light after it was shared on Twitter yesterday and proved a hit; attracting 275 retweets and 324 likes in less than 24 hours.According to Google Street View data, the image was first captured in August 2015 and was taken in the Coe Fen area of...
  
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• Cambridge News published 7 things we want from the new iPhone

  15-09-2016 11:14 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  As we limp to the end of our 24 month contracts, our iPhones are all battered and hopelessly watermarked with cracked screens. We haven't updated our software. We haven't backed anything up. We carry chargers in our bags in case we need to jump start the thing. Frankly, our old devices are in dire straits.But the promise of a new iPhone coming on September 16, with new and improved features, is what keeps us going. It'll be different this time (we think). Apple will have sorted us right out. But
  
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• Cambridge News commented 7 things we want from the new iPhone

  15-09-2016 11:14 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  As we limp to the end of our 24 month contracts, our iPhones are all battered and hopelessly watermarked with cracked screens. We haven't updated our software. We haven't backed anything up. We carry chargers in our bags in case we need to jump start the thing. Frankly, our old devices are in dire straits.But the promise of a new iPhone coming on September 16, with new and improved features, is what keeps us going. It'll be different this time (we think). Apple will have sorted us right out. But
  
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• Cambridge News published Haverhill councillors set to meet with health minister Jeremy...

  15-09-2016 10:45 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Haverhill councillors are set to meet health minister Jeremy Hunt to discuss the state of the area's healthcare. The idea for the meeting came about after the mayor of Haverhill David Roach contacted MP Matthew Hancock when proposals for Suffolk health cuts were put forward earlier this year. The cuts, proposed by the Ipswich and East Suffolk and the West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), would see services for marginalised and vulnerable adults (MVA) moved to Ipswich. The number...
  
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• Cambridge News published Rio Paralympics: Laura Sugar through to T44 200m final

  15-09-2016 09:48 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Laura Sugar is through to tonight's women's T44 200m final in Rio after qualifying from her heat last night. The Saffron Walden runner, who was born with a club foot, finished third in her heat with a personal best of 28.04 with the top three automatically going through to the final. Germany's Irmgard Bensusan set a T44 Paralympic record of 26.70 in winning the heat with French runner Marie-Amelie le Fur second in a time of 26.97. T43 runner Marlou van Rhijn was the quickest in the other...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridge to face heavy showers and thundery downpours as Met...

  15-09-2016 09:10 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge is set to face heavy showers and thundery downpours over the next few days as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for rain. The yellow weather warning for rain for the East of England has been issued from 2pm today until 7pm tomorrow (Friday). The warning comes after the city enjoyed scorching temperatures up to 31 degrees over the last week. A Met Office spokesperson: "Slow-moving, thundery showers may lead to locally torrential downpours across the area, with the...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Cambridge to face heavy showers and thundery downpours as Met...

  15-09-2016 09:10 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge is set to face heavy showers and thundery downpours over the next few days as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for rain. The yellow weather warning for rain for the East of England has been issued from 2pm today until 7pm tomorrow (Friday). The warning comes after the city enjoyed scorching temperatures up to 31 degrees over the last week. A Met Office spokesperson: "Slow-moving, thundery showers may lead to locally torrential downpours across the area, with the...
  
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• Cambridge News published Marcus Brigstoke chats messy break-ups, Brexit and the buzz of...

  15-09-2016 08:30 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Comedian Marcus Brigstoke chats messy break-ups, Brexit and the buzz of live stand-up with James Rampton ahead of his Cambridge Junction show. People have been asking Marcus Brigstocke, "Why the long face?"The answer? Brexit, austerity, Donald Trump, cheese strings, Isis, tax avoiders and the inexplicable popularity of nail bars. You can't really blame him for feeling down, can you?But now, in typically brilliant fashion, Marcus has turned his frown upside down. In his new show,...
  
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• Cambridge News published Live: Cambridge breaking news, weather and A14 traffic updates

  15-09-2016 08:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Cambridge News live blog is here to bring you the latest traffic and travel news from across the county, and beyond.For the latest news on the accidents and congestion on major roads, including the A14, M11 and A1, that might affect your route into work, check out the updates as they happen below.Delays and cancellations on the trains, affecting commuters heading into and out of London, and across Cambridgeshire, will also be updated in the blog.We will also be reporting on flight...
  
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• Cambridge News published As it happened: Cambridge breaking news, weather and A14 traffic...

  15-09-2016 08:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Cambridge News live blog is here to bring you the latest traffic and travel news from across the county, and beyond.For the latest news on the accidents and congestion on major roads, including the A14, M11 and A1, that might affect your route into work, check out the updates as they happen below.Delays and cancellations on the trains, affecting commuters heading into and out of London, and across Cambridgeshire, will also be updated in the blog.We will also be reporting on flight...
  
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• Cambridge News commented LIVE: Cambridge breaking news updates, weather and A14 traffic...

  15-09-2016 08:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Cambridge News live blog is here to bring you the latest traffic and travel news from across the county, and beyond.For the latest news on the accidents and congestion on major roads, including the A14, M11 and A1, that might affect your route into work, check out the updates as they happen below.Delays and cancellations on the trains, affecting commuters heading into and out of London, and across Cambridgeshire, will also be updated in the blog.We will also be reporting on flight...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Adam McGurk is a game changer, says Cambridge United boss Shaun...

  15-09-2016 08:02 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Adam McGurk's return provides a major boost to Cambridge United's chances of ending their dismal start to the Sky Bet League Two season, according to Shaun Derry. The Irishman has come off the bench in United's last two games – the goalless draw at Mansfield almost two weeks ago and last Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Plymouth – after recovering from a knee injury picked up just 17 minutes into his maiden outing for the club in July's pre-season friendly at home to Aston Villa. And...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Meet the man who helps Tyson Fury and David Haye pack a punch in...

  15-09-2016 08:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Tyson Fury and David Haye are both literally and metaphorically two of the biggest heavyweights in this country, if not the world. But in a sports media world dominated by the great god of football, they still need to get their names out there to ensure they maintain a high profile and their bouts get huge audiences, both live and on television. That is where Richard Maynard comes in. After 17 years working as press officer for renowned boxing promoter Frank Warren, Maynard recently...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Fulbourn Institute keeper Elliott Anderson scores 60-yard goal...

  15-09-2016 08:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Fulbourn Institute keeper Elliott Anderson showed his strikers how it was done with a long-range effort on Saturday. Not that his 60-yard punt proved decisive as Institute went down 3-2 at home to Hemingfords United in the Kershaw League, Premier Division. Tom Howard had given the visitors the lead, only for Anderson to be the surprising supplier of the equaliser. Fulbourn manager Shaun Sowden said: "We said to them beforehand the pitch was nice and skiddy and to take a lot of shots,...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Brampton striker Martin Turner's treble thwarts his former club...

  15-09-2016 08:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Martin Turner came back to haunt former club Foxton after his hat-trick helped Brampton to a 5-3 away win in the Kershaw League, Premier Division. Turner opened his account after five minutes with an individual goal and Gareth Owens doubled the visitors' advantage by finishing off a team move. Danny Cain made it 3-0 by nodding home a cross from Turner before the former returned the favour for the latter to grab his second. But Foxton hit form and pulled it back to 4-3 only for Turner to...
  
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• Cambridge News published D-Day for Cambridge punt touts as city centre ban comes into...

  15-09-2016 08:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The ban on punt touts operating in Cambridge city centre comes into force today- but there are new fears that the 'problem' will simply move elsewhere. The touts now face £70 on-the-spot fines for plying their trade on streets including King's Parade and the market square under Cambridge City Council's public spaces protection order (PSPO). Signs have been put up in the city warning punt touts of the consequences of breaking the ban - which could be a criminal record.Council leader...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridgeshire councillors quiz regional schools commissioner...

  15-09-2016 08:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Underperforming secondary schools were top of the agenda this week as councillors took the chance to quiz the regional schools commissioner for the East of England. Dr Tim Coulson was at the Cambridgeshire County Council's Shire Hall headquarters after he was invited to meet members of its children and young people committee. The visit comes after councillors wrote to the government to express "joint concern about some of the underperforming schools in Cambridgeshire". All of...
  
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• Cambridge News published ​7 things to do at the Newmarket Open Weekend

  15-09-2016 08:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Following the huge success of last year, the 32Red Newmarket Open Weekend is taking place this Saturday and Sunday (September 17-18) and aiming to smash the impressive £50,000 the event raised for charity in 2015. Once again you're in for a packed schedule of activities, this time all in aid of the Racing and Welfare Housing Project for Stable Staff plus the Newmarket Day Centre providing care of older members of the community. Whether you're into racing, horses, history, cooking, sampling
  
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• Cambridge News commented D-Day for Cambridge punt touts as city centre ban comes into...

  15-09-2016 08:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The ban on punt touts operating in Cambridge city centre comes into force today- but there are new fears that the 'problem' will simply move elsewhere. The touts now face £70 on-the-spot fines for plying their trade on streets including King's Parade and the market square under Cambridge City Council's public spaces protection order (PSPO). Signs have been put up in the city warning punt touts of the consequences of breaking the ban - which could be a criminal record.Council leader...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Lewis Baker has England swansong success at British Isles Junior...

  15-09-2016 07:59 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  BOWLS: England regained the British Isles Junior International Series title with the help of Jamie Barker, Lewis Baker and Ed Elmore. It was the third time in four years that England had took the honours in the round-robin tournament. But it was a close-run thing as they held off hosts Scotland 113-108 in their opening match in Elgin. St Neots' Barker, making his debut, and Baker, taking part in his final competition in the under-25 age group, teamed up on the same rink with lead Lloyd...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Sawston bowler Steve Jacobs at the double in Cambridge &...

  15-09-2016 07:58 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  BOWLS: Steve Jacobs, Keith Haswell and Trevor Rayment collected a pair of titles apiece at the Cambridge & District League finals at Sawston.Jacobs, playing on his home green, was too strong for Balsham's Steve Botten in the men's singles, winning 21-5.And he was joined by clubmates Peter Stock and Les Bradford in lifting the Lacon Cup after they came past Haddenham trio Ivan Blunt, Tony Saban and Kevin Marshall 19-11.But Jacobs was denied a hat-trick, with Haswell and Rayment, together with
  
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• CambridgeNews published Michael Thompson hits rapid treble in Needingworth United victory

  15-09-2016 07:58 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A seven-minute hat-trick from Michael Thompson guided Needingworth United to a 6-0 away success over Bluntisham Rangers in Kershaw League, Senior B.James Hodson opened the scoring midway through the first half before Thompson's exploits, with the pick of his goals coming from an overhead kick.More chances were carved out after the break and both Matt Cox and substitute Scott Fielding added their names to the score sheet.There was also a 4-0 triumph for Needingworth United reserves over...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Joe Purbrick one of four record breakers at final Hunts AC meet...

  15-09-2016 07:58 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  ATHLETICS: Four club records and 51 personal bests were set at Huntingdonshire AC's last track and field meet of the season.More than 80 athletes competed as the club ended the campaign with a bang.Joe Purbrick got the ball rolling over the 150m distance, winning his race in 19.7sec to clip almost a second off Christian Roberts' under-13 boys' record.In the very next race, Julian Priest clocked 19.2 to shave two tenths off James McLaren's under-15 boys' record.The final event of the meet was the
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridge employment is 'highest in Europe' says new EU report

  15-09-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  An international report has shed new light on the scale of Cambridge's booming economy, with the city boasting Europe's highest employment level. Last week the EU published the latest edition of its Urban Europe report, which sets out a wide range of statistics comparing development in cities right across the continent. According to the report, which covers the year leading up to 2014, Cambridge comes top for employment, with 85.1 per cent of the population aged between 20 and 64 listed as...
  
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