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• Cambridge Dictionary names its word of 2016

  01-12-2016 20:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  This year's choice is said to reflect the uncertain world we now live in
  
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• Cambridge cannabis addict caught trying to supply MDMA and cocaine spared jail

  01-12-2016 19:27 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Alexander Yarwood, 22, was also caught with bags of cannabis in St Matthew's Gardens, Cambridge
  
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• Tamburlaine Hotel set to open at fast-developing 'railway station quarter' in the spring

  01-12-2016 18:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Dublin-based group expands into the UK for the first time
  
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• Ram-raiders in balaclavas smash into building near Cambridge

  01-12-2016 18:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
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• Residents react to plans to rejuvenate city quarter bombed by the Luftwaffe

  01-12-2016 17:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Readers have responded to the plans
   
  
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• Suffolk schools lag behind national average, report reveals

  01-12-2016 16:25 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The annual report from Ofsted showed that 71 per cent of Suffolk high school students go to a good or outstanding school, compared to 81 per cent nationally - but a councillor says they are improving rapidly
  
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• Headway Cambridgeshire given last minute reprieve from having to find new premises

  01-12-2016 16:21 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The charity desperately needed a new heating system to carry on in its current location
  
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• Secondaries are improving, but 'stalled' primaries must do better- Ofsted gives its verdict on Cambridgeshire's schools

  01-12-2016 16:08 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Ofsted's annual report, based on its last 12 months of school inspections, has highlighted some major issues for schools in Cambridgeshire
  
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• Shoppers and schoolchildren meet reindeer at Bury Lane Farm Shop

  01-12-2016 15:55 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The event helped kick-start Christmas celebrations at the store, in partnership with the Countryside Reservation Trust
  
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• Urgent police appeal after armed gang burst into Cambridgeshire home in 'terrifying' raid

  01-12-2016 15:47 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Mum and children were in the house when armed men raided their home
  
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• 'Beyond belief' - Householders asked to sign a waiver to stop them claiming for damage from dustcarts

  01-12-2016 15:37 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Council should take more responsibility for a road which is riddled with potholes, say residents
  
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• Newmarket chef Jamie Mountford "still buzzing" after food battle on BBC's MasterChef

  01-12-2016 15:17 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Appearing on BBC's MasterChef was boost for 30-year-old's confidence
  
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• Newmarket chef Jamie Mountford "still buzzing" after food battle on BBC MasterChef

  01-12-2016 15:17 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Appearing on BBC's MasterChef was boost for 30-year-old's confidence
  
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• Warning over entering derelict building sites after devastating Haverhill fire

  01-12-2016 14:33 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police are asking residents in the town to call 999 if they see a person entering a derelict building, after a fire on the historic Atterton and Ellis site
  
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• Friends who lost parents to cancer raise more than £12,000 with a year of charity events

  01-12-2016 14:14 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Kerry Farrant and Emma Williams from Haverhill will split the money between the Addenbrooke's cancer ward and St Nicholas Hospice Care
  
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• 'My husband had a woman in our house and I want DNA tests' - Cambridgeshire domestic abuse tweetathon

  01-12-2016 14:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Officers dealt with 45 calls in one day as part of 16 Days of Action Against Domestic Abuse
  
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• It could be you - 26,000 Lottery accounts hacked

  01-12-2016 13:51 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Camelot said it believes that “around 26,500 players’ accounts were accessed”
  
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• How you could be breaking the law when you defrost your car

  01-12-2016 13:42 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police have said drivers who leave their car unattended while the engine warms up are breaking the law
  
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• It may be off-key but a Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Christmas song hopes to hit the right note

  01-12-2016 13:33 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The song is performed by the service's recruitment team
  
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• Ticket checker at Cambridge rail station attacked by suspected fare dodger

  01-12-2016 13:10 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  British Transport Police are appealing for information
  
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• Cambridge police officer in court over alleged sexual assault at city nightclub

  01-12-2016 13:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  PC David Cairns-Johnstone, 28, was based at Parkside police station
  
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• Aldi joins Lidl in Huntingdon as discount shopping grows

  01-12-2016 12:57 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  West of town centre development site sees supermarket opening its doors for the first time
  
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• Warning after eight break-ins at rural locations in a week

  01-12-2016 12:36 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The burglaries in rural areas around Haverhill included a series of four home break-ins in Clare as well as a break-in at a civil engineering site and a farm
  
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• Shelter report reveals nearly 16,000 people are homeless in the East of England

  01-12-2016 12:30 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The research marks the 50th anniversary of the housing charity and reveals the region's "homeless hotspots"
  
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• Animal rights campaigners branded whiners and moaners over live reindeer complaints

  01-12-2016 12:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Readers of the News have lambasted animal rights campaigners protesting about a Cambridge garden centre’s live reindeer.
  
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• Aldi opens new store in Huntingdon

  01-12-2016 12:16 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Hundreds queue for special opening offers and cars overflowed the car park  on to a main road
  
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• Taxi wars break out in Cambridge with Hackney cab drivers calling for Uber vehicles to be banned from passing through bollard zones

  01-12-2016 12:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Robert Soanes, secretary of Cambridge Hackney & Private Hire Association, fears the taxi app company will encourage unregulated traders to jump on the bandwagon and has called for action
  
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• Cambridge university student top 'lingerie lust table' as mostly likely to 'sex up' their underwear collection

  01-12-2016 12:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A new student has revealed more important news about Cambridge students
  
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• Christmas drink-drive campaign launched in Cambridgeshire after 130 motorists snared

  01-12-2016 11:31 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The December Think! campaign reminding people of this risks of drink and drug driving has been launched today (December 1).
  
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• The 53-year-old cycling 2,100km in a bid to raise £22,500

  01-12-2016 11:28 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Stuart Bayne from Haverhill is setting off across New Zealand this weekend on an 18-day ride to raise money for the Down's Syndrome Association
  
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• Concern over £1.4 million cuts plan which which could leave 45 vulnerable people in Haverhill and Newmarket without a place to sleep

  01-12-2016 10:55 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Suffolk County Council is proposing moving housing support services for vulnerable people from the west to the east of the county as part of a programme of cuts
  
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• Don't be afraid to get tested for the HIV virus, a Cambridge charity says

  01-12-2016 10:18 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  HIV and sexual health charity Dhiverse is urging people to get tested
  
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• Enter the 2017 Cambridge News and Media Business Excellence Awards

  01-12-2016 08:11 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The search is on for the region's best businesses
  
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• Renovation plans in historic city core could open up whole new quarter of the city

  01-12-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The plans to remove the 1930s facade and extend the building with restaurants and public spaces could have a "huge impact" in the area.
  
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• Cottenham residents dismayed by erection of 'absolutely enormous' phone mast

  01-12-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  People living near the mast say it has been installed too close to a residential area
  
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• Cambridge named as most generous city in the UK by global aid charity

  01-12-2016 01:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge residents have sponsored over 400 needly children, more than any other city in the UK
  
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• Cambridge University set to open new Ely boathouse

  01-12-2016 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The new facility has been eight years in the making
  
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• Cambridge University set to open new boathouse

  01-12-2016 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The new facility has been eight years in the making
  
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