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• Cambridge News commented Shaun Derry vows not to quit as Cambridge United manager after...

  17-09-2016 19:13 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Shaun Derry has vowed not to quit Cambridge United and insists he is the man to turn things around after defeat to Morecambe left them bottom of Sky Bet League Two.The U's were 1-0 up at half time thanks to Piero Mingoia's strike, but two goals in three second-half minutes – one from a penalty conceded by Luke Berry – condemned them to a 2-1 loss at the Cambs Glass Stadium.It means United are still searching for their first league win of the campaign, but manager Derry is determined.
  
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• Cambridge News published Dan Gleeson wants more quality after Cambridge City FA Cup exit...

  17-09-2016 18:45 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Tunde Adewunmi's late goal was little consolation as Cambridge City went down 3-1 at home to Slough in the FA Cup.The visitors were 2-0 up at half time and added another late on to effectively kill off the second qualifying round tie.But Adewunmi tucked away a spot kick at the death following a handball inside the area by a Slough defender.Manager Dan Gleeson said he was disappointed not only with the result, but aspects of the performance.He said: "For the first 25 minutes...
  
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• Cambridge News published Rio Paralympics: Laura Sugar through to T44 100m final

  17-09-2016 18:15 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  ATHLETICS: Laura Sugar has made it into tonight's women's T44 100m final after qualifying eighth fastest from her heat. The Saffron Walden runner, who finished fifth in the 200m on Thursday, clocked a time of 13.59 to finish third in her heat behind Holland's Marlou van Rhijn and Nyoshia Cain of Trinidad & Tobago. But Sugar's ParalympicsGB team-mate Sophie Kamlish looks as if she will be the athlete to beat after setting a world record of 12.93 in breezing through her heat. Kamlish...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridge United 1 Morecambe 2

  17-09-2016 17:54 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge United went down 2-1 at home to Morecambe, leaving them bottom of Sky Bet League Two and without a league win this term.There were four changes to the United starting line-up from last Saturday's 2-1 loss at Plymouth.Josh Coulson, Harrison Dunk, Ben Williamson and Adam McGurk all came in to the 11, with Tom Dallison, Greg Taylor, Max Clark and Joe Pigott dropping to the bench.Inside six minutes, the U's went close when Leon Legge's goal-bound effort was unfortunately blocked on the...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridge 34 Old Albanian 36

  17-09-2016 17:52 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge had to settle for picking up two bonus points after suffering a narrow defeat in their first National League One home game against Old Albanian. Harry Bate touched down with Chris May converting to give OAs an early 7-0 lead and the latter kicked penalty with 13 minutes gone to put them into double figures. James Ayrton crossed over in the corner to get Cambridge on the board just a minute later with Jack Green kicking the extra points to reduce the arrears to 10-7. But the...
  
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• Cambridge News published Ember and Sundara centre of attention as Shepreth Wildlife Park...

  17-09-2016 17:44 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  It was all about Red Pandas at Shepreth Wildlife Park yesterday as keepers marked an international awareness day. The park was taking part in Red Panda Day for the third year and was hoping to raise about £600 for the Red Panda Network which helps conserve red pandas in the wild. Visitors got to see the animals being trained and got to find out more about the species with two talks during the day.
  There was also a charity auction featuring original paintings of red pandas by Laine...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Ember and Sundara centre of attention as Shepreth Wildlife Park...

  17-09-2016 17:44 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  It was all about Red Pandas at Shepreth Wildlife Park yesterday as keepers marked an international awareness day. The park was taking part in Red Panda Day for the third year and was hoping to raise about £600 for the Red Panda Network which helps conserve red pandas in the wild. Visitors got to see the animals being trained and got to find out more about the species with two talks during the day.
  There was also a charity auction featuring original paintings of red pandas by Laine...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Police appeal for information after elderly woman targeted by...

  17-09-2016 16:57 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information after members of the public had their belongings stolen in a number of incidents in North Herts- including an elderly woman who was targeted by thieves in Royston. On Wednesday, September 7, between 11am and 11.45am, a woman aged in her 80s was in her car in the car park at Tesco in Royston. She was approached by two women asking her for directions, the woman then later realised her purse had been taken from a bag in her car as one of the doors had been...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Recap: Cambridge United 1 Morecambe 2 as it happened

  17-09-2016 14:23 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  We were at the Cambs Glass Stadium to watch Cambridge United entertain Morecambe in Sky Bet League Two.The U's went into the match without a league win and in desperate need of a first three-point haul of the campaign.Manager Shaun Derry said before the match he wanted his team to "seize the day" and for the afternoon to be a big occasion for everybody connected with the club.The Shrimps had made a good start to the season and sat seventh in the division, but they had lost...
  
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• Cambridge News published Prince William sends his good wishes at Addenbrooke's 250th Gala...

  17-09-2016 12:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  More than £320,000 was raised at a glittering Gala Dinner to celebrate Addenbrooke's 250-year anniversary – and Prince William even sent his good wishes. Writing in the evening's printed programme, the Duke of Cambridge described Addenbrooke's as a "remarkable institution" and said the work undertaken at the hospital "changes lives, not only in Cambridge but all over the world". "I am sorry not to be there in person in the wonderful setting of Trinity...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Prince William sends his good wishes at Addenbrooke's 250th Gala...

  17-09-2016 12:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  More than £320,000 was raised at a glittering Gala Dinner to celebrate Addenbrooke's 250-year anniversary – and Prince William even sent his good wishes. Writing in the evening's printed programme, the Duke of Cambridge described Addenbrooke's as a "remarkable institution" and said the work undertaken at the hospital "changes lives, not only in Cambridge but all over the world". "I am sorry not to be there in person in the wonderful setting of Trinity...
  
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• Cambridge News published East of England Ambulance Service sees spike in demand during...

  17-09-2016 11:59 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  While the recent heatwave brought enjoyment for many, the East of England Ambulance Service saw a spike in demand on it services. Between Monday, September 12 to Thursday, September 15, the trust received more than 11,500 emergency calls regionally, compared to 10,300 over the same period last year. Figures show in Cambridgeshire there were 450 calls on Monday, 360 on Tuesday, 465 on Wednesday and 399 on Thursday, This compares to 350 on Monday in 2015, 315 on the Tuesday, 312 on the...
  
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• Cambridge News published Aircraft Restoration Company unveils new hanger at Duxford's...

  17-09-2016 11:45 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Aircraft Restoration Company unveiled a new hangar at Duxford's Imperial War Museum yesterday, named in honour of a war hero. The Stephenson Hangar, officially opened by Air Marshal Stuart Atha, was named in memory of Air Commodore Geoffrey Dalton Stephenson CBE, leader of 19 Squadron, based at RAF Duxford in the Second World War. Commodore Stephenson's daughters Anne Menzies Caldwell and Veryan Lundin witnessed the event along with third daughter Victoria Strawderman, who travelled from...
  
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• Cambridge News published Train delays between Norwich and Cambridge continue following...

  17-09-2016 11:35 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  People travelling on trains between Cambridge and Norwich may face delays today following a lightning strike yesterday. Abellio Greater Anglia said due to lightning having damaged equipment between Norwich and Cambridge, trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines. The company tweeted that train services running to and from these stations may be delayed by up to 10 minutes with disruption expected until noon. Yesterday's lightning strike which damaged the signalling system at Brandon...
  
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• Cambridge News commented New team of police formed to tackle Cambridge crime hotspots

  17-09-2016 10:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Plain clothes detectives are set to return to uniform to become part of a team targeting specific "hotspots" in Cambridge amid sweeping changes at the city's police station. The force is now using a "scientific" approach to target specific areas in Arbury, East Chesterton and King's Hedges which are seen as "challenging" because of crime and depravation. A new team has been formed with 27 officers has been formed to focus on the new policing model. Chief Inspector Paul...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Uche Ikpeazu tipped to make Cambridge United impact as he gets up...

  17-09-2016 08:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Shaun Derry expects Uche Ikpeazu to make an impact at Cambridge United in the coming weeks as he gets up to full speed. The former Watford striker, who signed a short-term contract at the Cambs Glass Stadium last month, is yet to start for the U's having made three substitute appearances. United manager Derry believes the front man, who was released by the Hornets in the summer, is getting closer to a first-team start. "He's closer now as he's had another week, but you can never...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Tyler Goodjohn buzzing for English title encounter with Johnny...

  17-09-2016 08:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  BOXING: Tyler Goodjohn has been working closely with the only boxer to beat Johnny Garton, his opponent in tonight's English welterweight title fight at London's York Hall. Sam Eggington stopped Garton during their Prizefighter showdown two years ago and Wentworth puncher Goodjohn has been travelling to Birmingham regularly to spar with him in the build-up to the contest. Although confident he can do the job and snatch the belt away from the 29-year-old London fighter, who beat Ryan Fields...
  
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• CambridgeNews published James Easter steps up to be Mildenhall Fen Tigers co-promoter

  17-09-2016 07:59 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  SPEEDWAY: Tom Bacon will line up against Mildenhall as a guest rider for King's Lynn in tomorrow's National League derby at West Row (3.45pm). And the appearance of the former Fen Tiger will emphasise the importance of promoter Kevin Jolly's latest management move, to appoint a co-promoter. James Easter, up to now an advisor for the Suffolk club, will take on the new role, as Jolly aims to avoid the kind of administrative muddle which allowed Bacon to switch to big-spending Birmingham at the...
  
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• CambridgeNews published St Ives boxer Shona Whitwell up for a shot at European Female...

  17-09-2016 07:58 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  BOXING: Shona Whitwell is in the shape to bring back a medal from the European Female Youth & Junior Championships in Turkey next week. The St Ives hitter will be in action for England in the under-60kg category and her coach and father Steve Whitwell believes she will be among the favourites for success at the competition in Ordu. He said: "We're just waiting to find out the draw and it would be nice if she can avoid one of the best ones in the first round, although she'll have to...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Abi Graham and Camille Holland feel lifted ahead of British...

  17-09-2016 07:57 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  POWERLIFTING: Abi Graham and Camille Holland go into tomorrow's British Powerlifting Championships with very different goals. For Graham, it will be a tough ask to come away with glory having just returned from competing at the IPF Western European Championships in Italy, while Holland admits she has half an eye on next weekend's Arnold Europe Classic in Barcelona. But the Cambridge lifters are both looking forward to the challenge. Graham, 38, who has been lifting for 16 years, won silver...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Cycle Club Ashwell rider Mark Lightfoot displays promise in...

  17-09-2016 07:56 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  CYCLING: Mark Lightfoot set his stall out for the cyclo-cross season with victory for Cycle Club Ashwell in the first round of the Eastern Cyclo-Cross League at Redbridge. The dry course proved technical rather than muddy and Lightfoot was a convincing winner in the under-12s category. CCA held their annual Autumn Grass Track event with Dave Mitchinson claiming first place in the senior omnium with strong performances in all races. Martin Lawless was the second Ashwell rider in the event,...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Chris Doran reclaims Hunts 2 Star Open title

  17-09-2016 07:56 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  TABLE TENNIS: Chris Doran regained his men's singles title at the fifth Hunts 2 Star Open. The Northamptonshire player, who is ranked England No 7, was in scintillating form to beat Adeoye Adewale in the final to get back the crown at St Ives One Leisure. Doran also claimed the men's band one prize by getting the better of Niall Cameron at the event sponsored by Alconbury Weald and Top Spin Sports. Cambridgeshire's Miroslaw Pazdzior got knocked out in the men's band two semi-finals. And...
  
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• Cambridge News published How a Cambridge firm has made single cell genomic sequencing 90%...

  17-09-2016 07:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Single cell sequencing can be done 90% cheaper thanks to a new workflow developed by TTP Labtech. The Melbourn company, which makes equipment for life sciences firms, has been working with the University of California at San Diego on the workflow, details of which have just been published in the Journal of Laboratory Automation. The focus of the partnership was to miniaturise single-cell RNA library prep reaction set-up, to minimise sample and reagent requirements. Although single-cell...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridgeshire deluged with rain as pictures capture stormy...

  17-09-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Torrential rain fell across Cambridgeshire yesterday as the region suffered a day of stormy weather. The heatwave from earlier this week quickly became a distant memory as the heavens opened and caused widespread disruption on the roads and rails.A number of Abellio Greater Anglia services between Cambridge and London were cancelled in the morning after lightning hit the signalling service in the Broxbourne area. A second lightning strike in the afternoon caused damage to the signalling...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Cambridgeshire deluged with rain as pictures capture stormy...

  17-09-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Torrential rain fell across Cambridgeshire yesterday as the region suffered a day of stormy weather. The heatwave from earlier this week quickly became a distant memory as the heavens opened and caused widespread disruption on the roads and rails.A number of Abellio Greater Anglia services between Cambridge and London were cancelled in the morning after lightning hit the signalling service in the Broxbourne area. A second lightning strike in the afternoon caused damage to the signalling...
  
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• Cambridge News published Smallest office in Cambridge set to open - in an old red phone...

  17-09-2016 05:46 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The smallest office in Cambridge is set to open in the city centre boasting everything needed to run a business – in an old red phone box. The kiosk near the River Cam in Bridge Street will be fitted with a water cooler, coffee maker, printer, scanner, phone and even a panic button if planners give the green light to the pioneering project. A planning application has been lodged by the Red Kiosk Company, also known as Thinking Outside the Box which is a charitable trust helping the...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Smallest office in Cambridge set to open - in an old red phone...

  17-09-2016 05:46 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The smallest office in Cambridge is set to open in the city centre boasting everything needed to run a business – in an old red phone box. The kiosk near the River Cam in Bridge Street will be fitted with a water cooler, coffee maker, printer, scanner, phone and even a panic button if planners give the green light to the pioneering project. A planning application has been lodged by the Red Kiosk Company, also known as Thinking Outside the Box which is a charitable trust helping the...
  
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