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• Cambridge News commented When do the clocks change in 2016?

  26-09-2016 20:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  With autumn now officially here, it's almost time to turn on the heating - and turn the clocks back. In just a matter of weeks we will be saying goodbye to British Summer Time until March 2017. And those long summer days will be a distant memory.This year is a special year for the clocks changing with the 100th anniversary since we started turning the clocks back. When do the clocks go back? The exact time the clocks need to be changed this year is 2am on October 30. The clocks will go...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Cambridge celebrates World Rivers Day at Jesus Green Lock

  26-09-2016 20:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Pirates of all ages helped Cambridge celebrate World Rivers Day.The Cambridge River Festival, part of a global celebration of rivers, was hosted by the Cam Boaters Community Association (Camboaters), and was held at Jesus Green Lock on Sunday.The event, which took place from 11am to 4pm, hosted activities such as knitting and a community arts exhibition on the riverboat Georgina, live music with local bands, Rosie river boat trips and bat trips in the evening, a well-being area with massage...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Departing MEP Richard Howitt 'honoured' to serve party

  26-09-2016 19:09 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Departing East of England MEP Richard Howitt said it has been "an honour" to serve his party as he prepares to leave the role.He made the remark at his final speech at the Labour party conference in Liverpool yesterday.Mr Howitt is leaving his role to become Chief Executive of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), which brings together a global coalition of business, investment, regulatory and civil society representatives in corporate reporting.He said: "It has been an...
  
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• Cambridge News published Vehicle ends up in ditch after Ely crash

  26-09-2016 18:46 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A vehicle has ended up in a ditch after a crash between a car and a van in Ely. Cambridgeshire police were called at 4.30pm to the collision between a silver Volkswagen Caddy van and a silver Rover 45 Classic on Queen Adelaide way near the A142 junction. One of the vehicles ended up in a ditch. No one was injured, and both vehicles have been cleared from the road and are waiting to be recovered. Congestion is reported back to Soham.Read more of today's latest stories...
  
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• Cambridge News published Roll 'em: Arts Picturehouse to stage dementia film shows

  26-09-2016 18:33 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  People suffering from dementia are getting set for a unique new experience – at the movies. Cambridge's Arts Picturehouse is launching a programme of 'dementia-friendly' screenings, with subdued lighting, tea and biscuits – and the chance to move around, talk or even sing during the show. The idea, taken up by the cinema's education manager Trish Sheil, follows a sell-out arts and dementia event at the cinema during Dementia Awareness Week, held in May. Two films are going to...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Thieves take red tractor and ride-on-mower for joy-ride through...

  26-09-2016 18:29 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting for thieves who took a tractor and a ride-on-mower on a joy-ride through a Cambridgeshire village. The red Massey Ferguson tractor, which has no cab and a loader on the front, was taken from a compound at Hamptons Fishing Lake, Mill Road, Fen Drayton.
  It was driven through nearby Fenstanton before being abandoned on Glebe Road near to the allotments. A Toro Timecutter ride-on mower, which was also taken, remains missing.The thefts took place between 10am on Monday,...
  
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• Cambridge News published Microsoft and AZ team up for new cancer treatment modelling ...

  26-09-2016 18:21 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Two of the biggest names on the Cambridge business scene have collaborated on a new 'drag and drop' computer modelling system for cancer cells that could cut the number of 'wet' experiments carried out and pave the way for personalised treatment for patients.AstraZeneca and Microsoft Research have come up with the cloud-based simulation tool, which brings to life the millions of potential changes in cell signalling that make cancer cells multiply uncontrollably. It allows researchers to...
  
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• Cambridge News published Delays on the A14 after collision between car and lorry

  26-09-2016 17:49 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Driver were being warned of delays on the A14 after a collision between a car and a HGV. Cambridgeshire police were called about 4pm to the westbound carriageway at J26 for St Ives. Lanes 1 and 2 were blocked and there was debris on the road. A Cambridgeshire police spokesman said: "There are no injuries. But we are advising motorists to avoid the area for the time being." #Cambridgeshire #A14 1 lane is closed westbound between J27 and J26 due to a collision. Emergency...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Man injured after falling from bicycle in Cambridge

  26-09-2016 17:39 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A cyclist has been taken to hospital after falling from his bicycle in Cambridge. The East of England Ambulance Service was called just before 4pm near Histon Road, Arbury after the man fell from his bike. A rapid response vehicle, an ambulance, and the East Anglian Air Ambulance were dispatched to the scene. The air ambulance landed but left shortly afterwards as its assistance was not needed. An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We received a call at 3.59pm today...
  
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• Cambridge News published Canadian legal scholar Stephen Toope nominated to be next...

  26-09-2016 17:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A legal scholar and human rights specialist has been nominated to become the next vice-chancellor of Cambridge University.Today the university announced Professor Stephen Toope has been selected to take over from immunologist Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who has held the role since 2010.Subject to the approval of the Regent House, the university's governing body, he will take up the role on 1 October 2017, making him Cambridge's 346th vice-chancellor.A graduate of Trinity College Cambridge,
  
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• Cambridge News commented Cambridge University Primary School officially opens with special...

  26-09-2016 17:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The first day of school always brings big changes, and nowhere was this truer than at Cambridge's newest primary today, as it welcomed its second group of new pupils. Music and song rang out at the Cambridge University Primary School, as it held a special assembly to mark its 'official' opening. The school, based on the university's North West Cambridge site, off Madingley Road, opened to its first 120 pupils last year, but has now doubled in size with the arrival of its second year of...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Cyclist has bag snatched by thieves on a motorbike

  26-09-2016 16:53 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information after items were stolen from a cyclist in Cambridge.
  The victim, who is in her 20s, was cycling along Newmarket Road, near to the roundabout with Barnwell Road, at around 8.10pm on Monday, September 19 when a motorcycle carrying a rider and a passenger pulled alongside her.The motorbike passenger grabbed a bag containing the cyclist's belongings from a basket on the front of her bicycle and the pair rode off in the direction of Wadlows Road.
  The bag...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridge's GBBO star Ian Cumming shares his favourite fig...

  26-09-2016 16:51 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  In his September column for the News, Great British Bake Off finalist Ian Cumming shares his favourite fig recipes.When I was a child I opened a fig and thought it was a mass of worms and threw it away. Luckily, I've learnt quite a bit since then about a fair few other aspects of food.I look back at my early days at university and chuckle at my naivety: that rice swells when you cook it was the first culinary shock I discovered, shortly followed by a painful lesson in the pitfalls of eating a...
  
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• Cambridge News published Folding bike firms keeps Cambridge up to speed

  26-09-2016 16:46 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A top folding bikes firm displayed its cycles to commuters in Cambridge.Brompton Bicycle, the London-based manufacturer of the iconic folding bike, showed up at Cambridge Science Park and the city's rail station to demo a Brompton bike at the pop-up sites.Staff were on hand to offer advice to all those who try a bike. Stephen Loftus, chief sales and marketing officer, said: "Brompton bikes are a joy to ride in a city. We often find that those who demo a bike fall in love with them instantly....
  
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• Cambridge News published How to deal with moving stress

  26-09-2016 16:38 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  This is the first in a series of blogs, Moving Stories, for Savills. Each week, on the Savills website at savills.co.uk/blog, the eminent psychologist, Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE (below), will be writing on a range of topics, from why our childhood homes have such a strong emotional pull to just what it is that makes a house a home.Moving Stories will also be exploring the complex relationship between home and home-owner with funny, sad and bittersweet personal reflections on moving out,...
  
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• Cambridge News published Paralympian Louis Rolfe surprised as Cambridge Regional College...

  26-09-2016 15:39 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge Regional College (CRC) has renamed its sports centre in honour of gold and bronze winning Paralympic cyclist Louis Rolfe.Cambridge cyclist, Louis has cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus after being born 10 weeks premature. Today, hewas be welcomed back to CRC by hundreds of students and cut a ribbon on the newly-named sports centre to mark the occasion. "He didn't know anything about it," said a spokesman for the college. "Hopefully it was a big surprise welcome back! And...
  
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• CambridgeNews commented Smiles all round at Soham Pumpkin Fair 2016

  26-09-2016 15:29 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Super sunflowers and prize pumpkins were the stars of the show in Soham on Saturday.Families flocked to the annual pumpkin fair on the recreation ground – many armed with fruit, vegetables and flowers that they had been nurturing in time for the big day.The heaviest pumpkin was produced by Ozzie Boggie, which weighed in at 108.5kg, and the tallest sunflower was 346cm – entered by Weatheralls Primary School's Marlborough Club.The theme of this year's fair was 150 years of Beatrix...
  
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• Cambridge News published Cambridgeshire firm donates vital wheelchair to South African...

  26-09-2016 15:17 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A little girl from South Africa with Cerebral Palsy has received a new wheelchair thanks to Ely firm, Bartrams.Rachel Mulongesha, who lives in the village of Chingola, near Zambia, was born with Cerebral Palsy and for the last five years she has been carried around on her father's back.Her dad, Webby, works for Street Children Projects, a charity which helps children who need care, and the organisation approached mobility healthcare company Bartrams to see if they could help Rachel.Lawrence...
  
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• Cambridge News published Police investigating break-in at Branching Out charity shop in...

  26-09-2016 15:03 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A charity shop in Littleport has been burgled.Thieves broke into a storage facility at the Branching Out charity shop, in High Street, and stole numerous items of clothing and household items.Police say they were called about the theft shortly after 9am today (Monday).A police spokesman said: "Unknown offenders have gained access to a storage facility before removing clothing and household items. "The incident occurred between 4.30pm on Saturday (September 24) and 9am today (September...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Police release CCTV of two men in connection with Cambridge bike...

  26-09-2016 14:14 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police have released CCTV images of two men they would like to speak to in connection with a bicycle theft in Cambridge. The racing bike, described as matt black with light blue details, was stolen from a bike rack at Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge, between 2pm and 4.45pm on Tuesday, September 13. Offenders broke the lock used to secure the bicycle to the rack before stealing it.
  Cambridgeshire police are keen to speak to the two men in the CCTV images about the incident. Anyone...
  
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• Cambridge News published Arson, car chase and axe-wielding attempt to gain entry to a...

  26-09-2016 11:24 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  An arson, a car chase, and an attempt to get into a house using an axe took place within the same hour in Haverhill early on Saturday morning. The incidents began shortly after 1am when police spotted a stolen BMW driving along the town's Duddery Hill. A police helicopter was in the air within minutes, and after a fifteen minute chase the BMW was recovered in Haverhill's Broadcroft Crescent. No arrests have yet been made relating to the stolen vehicle, and inquiries are ongoing. While...
  
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• Cambridge News published Property pedal power!

  26-09-2016 11:04 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  THE amazing success of Team GB's cyclists helped boost the UK's staggering Olympic medal count and highlighted how pedal power is great for Britain. And according to new research by Bidwells, cycling can also be good for property prices! Bidwells commissioned some fun snapshot research to find out how pedal power translates into property power after it was decided the firm would carry out an epic cycle ride from London via Oxford and Milton Keynes to Cambridge. The bike ride marked the launch of
  
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• Cambridge News published Hotel on A14 near Cambridge robbed by man with baseball bat who...

  26-09-2016 10:48 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A balaclava-clad robber wielding a baseball bat has raided a hotel on the A14 near Cambridge today, sparking a police manhunt. The late-night raid happened at the Hallmark Hotel in Bar Hill between 1.40am and 1.50am when the night porter was threatened by the robber. A police spokesman said the unidentified offender has entered the hotel, threatened the porter with a baseball bat and has taken an unknown quantity of money from the safe. The Hallmark Hotel Cambridge is four star hotel and...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Where's the pot of gold? Breathtaking photos show upside-down...

  26-09-2016 09:47 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Breathtaking photos show a vivid upside-down rainbow above skies in Cambridgeshire.The phenomenon, called a circumzenithal arc, is caused by ice crystals refracting the sun's rays. It was spotted above Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, by John Hodgson, 76, and his wife Anyta, 74 on Tuesday evening. John, a retired lecturer at the Institute of Directors, said: "I was sitting in the garden with my wife and happened to look up to see this amazing spectacle. "The passenger jet came...
  
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• Cambridge News published A14 public exhibitions hit the road in Cambridgeshire tomorrow

  26-09-2016 09:17 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Public exhibitions focussing on how the £1.5 billion revamp of the A14 will shape up get under way tomorrow.Work on the 21-mile project, the biggest road upgrade in Britain, is due to get started in November, Highways England has confirmed.The exhibitions, at 11 locations, will allow people living alongside the new route to see how construction work is being planned, and how the giant road-building scheme will affect them.Here is the full list of where the events are:Tuesday 27 September,.
  
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• Cambridge News published Celebrate Cambridge: A city known as the UK's high-tech...

  26-09-2016 08:46 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge has a well-deserved reputation as the UK's high-tech powerhouse, and 'Silicon Fen' continues to spawn companies with ground-breaking ideas. Big names from the world of technology are constantly on the prowl looking to snap up the best the city has to offer. Last year, Apple bought VocalIQ, a speech recognition start-up, following on from Google's purchase of Deepmind and Amazon's acquisition of Evi, the team behind the technology which runs its new Echo system. Then, of course,...
  
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• Cambridge News published As it happened: A14, M11, A1 traffic and news updates for...

  26-09-2016 08:10 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  It's Monday once again - and 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 belowDelays 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...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Newport County 1 Cambridge United 2: Uche Ikpeazu desperate to...

  26-09-2016 08:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Uche Ikpeazu hopes his maiden goal for Cambridge United can be the first of many after helping them clinch their first Sky Bet League Two win of the season with Saturday's 2-1 triumph at Newport County. Ikpeazu levelled for United after coming off the bench and Luke Berry wrapped up the victory that halted United's worst start to a season in the Football League. And the former Watford striker hopes the timing of his goal can be an omen for both him and the U's. He said: "This was my...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Newport County 1 Cambridge United 2: Luke Berry ends U's winless...

  26-09-2016 08:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  It may not have been pretty, but Cambridge United will not care less after an unwanted club record finally bit the dust at Rodney Parade. United had endured their worst winless start to a Football League season after failing to clinch three points from any of their first eight Sky Bet League Two games. But the famine is over thanks to a late winner from Luke Berry, who had the captain's armband taken from him and given to Leon Legge. After scoring, Berry cupped his ears to the 141...
  
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• CambridgeNews published St Ives Town's poor defending is punished by Leamington

  26-09-2016 07:59 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  St Ives Town are 10 games into the season in the Evo-Stik League Southern, Premier Division, but Saturday's 5-0 defeat to Leamington may be their best lesson yet about life at the higher level. The result shows how the top teams in the division are capable of ruthlessly punishing poor defending. While St Ives, who were promoted last season, might have been able to get away with the odd lapse at the back in the level below, the Brakes really made them pay for a poor defensive display. In a...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Spark Plug charges to victory in Betfred Cambridgeshire at...

  26-09-2016 07:58 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Spark Plug charged up the near side rail to give jockey Jimmy Fortune his second win in the Betfred Cambridgeshire at Newmarket. Fortune, successful on Pipedreamer in 2007, made the most of his draw on the stands side to grab the rail where it mattered. The field split into two groups with Ode To Evening and Ginger Jack leading those on the far side and Bravo Zolo and First Sitting among those on the near side. Hitting the front in the final furlong, the Brian Meehan-trained Spark Plug...
  
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• CambridgeNews published James Hall sees red as St Neots Town lost at Dorchester

  26-09-2016 07:58 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Indiscipline cost St Neots Town dear as they suffered a 1-0 loss at Dorchester in the Premier Division.James Hall picked up two yellow cards inside 14 minutes, leaving the rest of his team to play 76 minutes with only 10 men.But despite being numerically disadvantaged, Saints looked the better team throughout much of the contest, and were left to wonder what might have been had they retained 11 players on the pitch.It took 24 minutes for either side to register a meaningful attempt...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Cambridge suffer defeat at Darlington Mowden Park

  26-09-2016 07:58 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge suffered another loss in National League One, going down to Darlington Mowden Park 37-12.Visitors Cambridge put up some resistance early on, but the deadlock was broken when Ben Frankland intercepted a ball and started an attack that ended with Caolan Ryan dotting down.Ryan then added the conversion for a 7-0 lead.The lead was doubled almost straight from the restart as flanker Matt Heaton passed the ball to Chris Auld who set up Rory Duff for the try.Ryan again...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Mildenhall enjoy hard-fought win against National League Select...

  26-09-2016 07:57 via cambridge-news.co.uk
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• CambridgeNews published Cambridge City pay for second-half lapses against Basingstoke

  26-09-2016 07:57 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Dan Gleeson was "hugely disappointed" as Cambridge City lost their third game on the trot in the Evo-Stik League Southern, Premier Division with a 2-1 defeat at Basingstoke. With the hosts below them in the table before the game, it was a match City boss Gleeson was hoping to take points from. The first half was goalless, with Cemal Ramadan going closest to scoring for City with a firm shot which the home keeper did well to save. City were caught cold early in the second half,...
  
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• Cambridge News commented Watch punt operators strap on body-cams in Cambridge over ban on...

  26-09-2016 07:41 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Punt operators are strapping on body cameras to prove they are not breaking a ban on touting in Cambridge – which is now a criminal offence. Cambridge City Council has imposed a ban on punt touting in parts of the city centre and have already been issuing fines to people suspected of carrying out the now illegal act. The order states there is a ban on "verbally advertising or soliciting" punt tours. But punt operators are disputing the fines saying they were issued "without any...
  
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• CambridgeNews published Cambridge University unveils plans for new pop-up languages...

  26-09-2016 01:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge is known for being an international city, and now a new venture is set to help celebrate its love of languages. The project from Cambridge University will see academics establish a new National Museum of Languages – a pop-up venue which will travel to a number of cities across the UK. News of the museum, which will come to Cambridge in October 2019, has been announced to celebrate the European Day of Languages, which takes place today. The museum has been spearheaded by the...
  
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