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• Grafton Centre shops revamp pushing ahead

  14-11-2016 20:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A major revamp of Cambridge’s ageing Grafton shopping centre is pushing ahead, with scaffolding now in place next to the Fitzroy Street entrance
  
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• 22 new classrooms as Bottisham Village College set for £16.7 million upgrade

  14-11-2016 20:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Bottisham Village College will get a significant upgrade to its classrooms and sports facilities in 2017
  
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• City council joins county council in postponing devolution talks

  14-11-2016 18:11 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  City council becomes second major body to postpone devolution talks.
  
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• Truck driver was more than double the drink-drive limit

  14-11-2016 18:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Bosses at an Alconbury-based firm breathalysed a driver when he turned up for work
  
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• Hero soldier’s memorial spruced up by teenagers

  14-11-2016 17:56 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A poignant memorial to a soldier killed in Afghanistan has been given a facelift – thanks to young people in the village where he lived
  
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• Video captures shocking moment firework injures volunteer at Ely organised event

  14-11-2016 17:40 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Ely firework display stopped in its tracks after firework explodes in volunteer's face
  
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• Video captures horrific moment firework injures volunteer

  14-11-2016 17:40 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Ely firework display stopped in its tracks after firework explodes in volunteer's face
  
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• Former teacher David Beard jailed after indecently assaulting teenage boy in 1980s

  14-11-2016 17:34 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Beard, who was a science teacher at the time, was handed two and a half years in prison after the jury returned their verdicts
  
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• Decision on £800 million devolution deal is postponed as county council seeks more time

  14-11-2016 17:27 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Councillors are seeking more time to "digest" the options on the table.
  
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• Inability to safely store fat increases risk of diabetes and heart disease, say Cambridge researchers

  14-11-2016 17:02 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge scientists have successfully demonstrated a link between an inability to safely store fat reserves and a risk of diabetes - which they say could help identify new life-saving drugs.
  
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• Traffic chaos as work begins on double-decker bus size hole under East Road in Cambridge

  14-11-2016 17:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Rush hour is set to cause more traffic chaos
  
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• Shocking moment 'trusted' family friend Tracey Christmas is caught red-handed after family install CCTV in their own home

  14-11-2016 17:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Tracey Christmas was caught in the act on CCTV after the family grew suspicious of money going missing - even confronting their own young son for answers
  
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• Clerk Pauline Haywood who stole £17,000 from Longstanton Parish Council avoids time in jail

  14-11-2016 17:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Her breach of trust was only discovered after she had left the role and a freelance worker was employed by the parish council, Cambridge Crown Court was told
  
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• CSI sent to salon in Cambridgeshire after theft of hair straighteners

  14-11-2016 16:51 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridgeshire police sent the expert officers to Mobley’s hair salon
  
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• Road reopens after fatal crash on A1307 shuts route for five hours

  14-11-2016 16:24 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The road has reopened after being shut while accident investigators worked at the scene
  
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• Cambridge woman Arianna Orabona took neighbour's car while she was on holiday

  14-11-2016 15:26 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Damage of £1,500 was caused to the vehicle
  
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• 'Greenest' office block in Cambridge wins another architecture award

  14-11-2016 14:23 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Jesus College owned 51 Hills Road site has won numerous design accolades
  
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• Public meeting over 'wanton destruction' of Swavesey to 'satisfy greed'

  14-11-2016 14:07 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Feelings are running so high amongst residents that a public meeting has been called
  
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• Police confirm man driving a van has died in A1307 crash

  14-11-2016 14:07 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The road is expected to reopen early this afternoon following the fatal collision between Cambridge and Linton
  
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• Sneak thief hunted after raid on Cambridge home while residents were in sitting room

  14-11-2016 13:35 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police said raiders have entered property while the occupants were in the sitting room
  
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• Luton man jailed over knife attack in Cambridge's East Road gets extra prison time after appeal fails

  14-11-2016 12:59 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Zackaria Sherrief was one of a group of five men who travelled from Luton to Cambridge to assault the 31-year-old Saudi Arabian victim
  
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• Shower of poppy petals dropped at Duxford flypast

  14-11-2016 12:22 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  'We will remember them'
  
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• Load of burglar alarms stolen from back of lorry on A14 near Cambridge

  14-11-2016 12:10 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police said the foreign registered lorry was parked up for night at side of A14
  
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• Ton of cannabis was found at Alconbury airfield

  14-11-2016 11:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Two men have sentences cut by the appeal court
  
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• C-old as ice! Team of scientists heading for Antarctica to find the oldest ice on Earth

  14-11-2016 11:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge-based British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the UK partner in the project
  
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• One person has died in A1307 crash

  14-11-2016 10:04 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The road has been closed between Little Abington and Hildersham while crash investigation work is carried out.
  
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• A1307 closed following serious crash near Linton

  14-11-2016 09:43 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police are warning drivers to take an alternative route
  
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• Police on scene of a crash on A14

  14-11-2016 08:24 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Delays of 60 minutes are being reported following the collision on the eastbound carriageway
  
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• A14 crash between three vans and a lorry causes rush hour delays

  14-11-2016 08:24 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  All lanes have reopened following the collision on the southbound carriageway
  
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• LIVE: All the latest updates from Cambridgeshire including Linton crash, A14 delays, traffic, travel and weather

  14-11-2016 08:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  We're back live this morning bringing you all the latest updates from around Cambridgeshire
  
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• LIVE: All the latest updates from Cambridgeshire including A14 crash, traffic, travel and weather

  14-11-2016 08:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  We're back live this morning bringing you all the latest updates from around Cambridgeshire
  
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• LIVE: All the latest as A1307 reopens after five hour closure following fatal crash, and council delays £800 million devolution talks

  14-11-2016 08:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  We're back live this afternoon bringing you all the latest updates from around Cambridgeshire
  
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• As it happened: All the latest updates from Cambridgeshire including Linton crash, A14 delays, traffic and weather

  14-11-2016 08:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  We're back live this morning bringing you all the latest updates from around Cambridgeshire
  
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• Personalised Breast Cancer Program launches at Addenbrooke's thanks to 'Bracode Campaign'

  14-11-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust's fundraising campaign raised £1.1million for the pioneering research study
  
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• Cambridge's housing crisis overshadows improvements in jobs and health says new report

  14-11-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Good Growth for Cities 2016 report ranks Cambridge as 6th best place to live and work in UK
  
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• Addenbrooke's patient left on trolley for more than 12 hours because of 'capacity issues'

  14-11-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Breach of 12 hour trolley wait standard was first of its kind in the hospital for five years
  
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• Calls for a bridge or underpass at 'ever increasing obstruction' of Foxton level crossing

  14-11-2016 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Plans for a bridge or underpass were shelved, but there are hopes they could be brought back
  
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