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• Cambridge News commented Thousands enjoy seasonal fun at Milton Country Park's Autumn...

  25-09-2016 17:31 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people turned out for some fun as a popular seasonal festival returned to Milton Country Park. The park's annual autumn festival was held today (Sunday), with all proceeds going towards the upkeep of the park itself. Visitors could try their hand at making Viking braiding and friendship bracelets to take home with the Cambridge Wood Craft Folk, while there was also face painting, a canoe safari, storytelling and a produce show. A new attraction this year was the miniature...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Aldi support group host weekend picnic to celebrate re-opening of...

  25-09-2016 15:59 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Members of the Cambridge community were so pleased to see the re-opening of the city's only Aldi store that they clubbed together to host a weekend picnic. The Cambridge Aldi Shoppers Support Group, originally set up to help food fans get through the summer months while the store was closed, hosted a picnic on Histon Road Recreation Ground today (Sunday). There was also a collection for Cambridge homeless charity Wintercomfort.The idea of the picnic, which took place from 2pm, was for those...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Crowds flock to enjoy Audley End Apple Festival for weekend of...

  25-09-2016 12:41 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  People flocked to celebrate all things apple at Audley End in Saffron Walden as the attraction held a fruit-themed festival. Events on offer over the weekend have included apple bobbing and weaving, as well as a whole host of apple themed activities. Visitors to the English Heritage attraction this weekend also had the chance to try some Bramley apple treats in the tea room, see how the Victorians would have cooked a Nonsuch apple in the service wing, and enjoy pressing and tasting Russet...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Air displays, military vehicles and re-enactments at Bottisham...

  25-09-2016 12:14 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Air displays, military vehicles and re-enactments were in store for visitors to Bottisham Airfield Museum over the weekend as the attraction marked the first stage of its renovation project. The museum was opened in 2009 to commemorate the role of the airfield at Bottisham in World War Two and now operates out of the last remaining buildings to exist within the airfield's original perimeter. This weekend just gone marked the official opening of the site's new Nissen hut, which now stands in...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Cambridge Art on Mars display shows off Damien Hirst's contributi...

  25-09-2016 12:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The worlds of art and science might seem poles apart but thanks to a new display in Cambridge the two disciplines have been brought together. Art on Mars: Beagle 2 and Damien Hirst is the latest addition to the Fitzwilliam Museum, bringing with it the rather unusual mix of space exploration and contemporary art. The display boasts the flight spare designed as an Earth counterpart to the instrument calibration target device on the Beagle 2, which was sent on its journey to Mars in June...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Halcyon days of making hay while the sun shone

  25-09-2016 09:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  This is the time of year when the harvest is being gathered in, and schools and churches are beginning to put on their annual harvest festival celebrations. Cambridgeshire is still one of the biggest farming areas in Europe, producing enormous amounts of barley, wheat, and sugar beet, as well as vast cultivated fields of vegetables, such as onions, carrots, and potatoes. In rural Cambridgeshire in times gone by, the harvest was probably the most important time of the year.In the villages...
  
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• Cambridge News published Concern over rise in number of children hurt on roads in...

  25-09-2016 06:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The number of young children injured in road accidents in Cambridgeshire rose by nearly a fifth last year, according to new figures. According to Department for Transport (DfT) data, 122 children aged 10 or younger were hurt in road accidents in Cambridgeshire in 2015, an increase of 18.4 per cent compared with the 103 injured in 2014. It marks a sharp contrast with the equivalent national figures, which saw the number of children hurt in 2015 fall by 4.3 per cent to 8,601. The figures...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Concern over rise in number of children hurt on roads in...

  25-09-2016 06:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The number of young children injured in road accidents in Cambridgeshire rose by nearly a fifth last year, according to new figures. According to Department for Transport (DfT) data, 122 children aged 10 or younger were hurt in road accidents in Cambridgeshire in 2015, an increase of 18.4 per cent compared with the 103 injured in 2014. It marks a sharp contrast with the equivalent national figures, which saw the number of children hurt in 2015 fall by 4.3 per cent to 8,601. The figures...
  
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