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• What kids think about the meaning of Christmas

  21-12-2016 20:45 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  We spoke to pupils at King’s Ely Acremont last week. Here is what they had to say about the meaning of Christmas.
  
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• Worker handed suspended sentence after taking £27,000 from client

  21-12-2016 20:04 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Woman is given a suspended sentence for fraud
  
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• 'Germany won't change its stance after Berlin terror attack', says German PhD student

  21-12-2016 19:13 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  German politics specialist Till Karmann, who was in the Berlin Christmas Market before last week's terror attack, said his fellow countrymen won't panic in the face of extremism
  
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• New £400,000 team will tackle Cambridge's mounting rough sleeping problem

  21-12-2016 19:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The "dual diagnosis team" aims to help a large number of rough sleepers get off the streets within two years.
  
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• Footballer helps homeless with free Christmas dinner and circuit training

  21-12-2016 19:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  James Stevenson, 24 from Over, decided to host the event in a bid to give something back to those less fortunate this festive season
  
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• Hinchingbrooke: Patients warned to stay away from A&E unless they have life-threatening conditions

  21-12-2016 18:30 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Hospital admissions running higher than expected combined with staff sickness
  
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• Tia-Marie’s special gift for terror attack victim

  21-12-2016 18:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  After an appeal by the News Tia-Marie sent out  the teddy she made for Denis Colman just in time for Christmas
  
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• Cambridgeshire music experts name their favourite Christmas songs

  21-12-2016 18:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Is this the best Christmas music of all time?
  
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• Is it safe to let your children drink alcohol over Christmas?

  21-12-2016 17:59 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge GP Mike Knapton says the risks are minimal - as long as it is a tiny amount
  
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• Addenbrooke's worker gets through seven pairs of shoes as he walks 10,000 miles for Cancer Research UK

  21-12-2016 17:43 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Richard Butler has raised nearly £7,000 for the charity since starting the challenge two years ago
  
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• Stansted expecting bumper Christmas

  21-12-2016 17:26 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Jingle bells will be playing as you are frisked
  
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• 'He gave his life and soul to others': Heartfelt tributes paid to man who died in fatal crash on A142

  21-12-2016 17:04 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The fatal crash victim was named by police as 60-year-old Keith Howlett of Mill Lane in Wisbech
  
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• Cambridge University is running a new course on Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen

  21-12-2016 17:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The new course will encourage students to consider the achievements of two giants of modern songwriting
  
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• Cambridge's Paralympic champion Louis Rolfe honoured with parliamentary award

  21-12-2016 16:54 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The 19-year-old cyclist collected the prize from the Houses of Parliament
  
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• WI takes a dim view over street lights

  21-12-2016 16:41 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Women's Institute wrote into the News last week.
  
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• We are not working for the Kremlin, publishers insist

  21-12-2016 15:42 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Company behind intelligence journal says Cambridge espionage claims “wholly unfounded”
  
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• Cambridge school staff tour new rooftop facilities - with a special mannequin challenge

  21-12-2016 15:28 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Teachers from the Stephen Perse Foundation had a special way to welcome the construction of their new sporting centre
  
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• Man who died in A142 crash named by police - as another driver is arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

  21-12-2016 15:07 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Keith Howlett, 60 of Mill Lane in Wisbech, suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene
  
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• Winter solstice 2016: Everything you need to know about the shortest day of the year

  21-12-2016 14:13 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  December 21 is the shortest day of the year and marks the beginning of winter
  
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• Hunt for purple car with bodywork flowers after hit-and-run crash outside Scotsdales

  21-12-2016 13:38 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A 90-year-old man was shaken but not injured after his BMW was involved in a collision with a purple Renault Clio which failed to stop
  
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• Dramatic rescue of owner and dog stuck in sluice gate

  21-12-2016 13:22 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The woman had been trying to rescue her dog when she also became stuck
  
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• Delays on A421 at Wyboston down to broken down bus

  21-12-2016 12:41 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  One lane is currently blocked and there is queuing traffic on the A421 at the Great Barford Bypass eastbound in Wyboston
  
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• Three men arrested over stabbing of teenager in Cambridge

  21-12-2016 12:13 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The victim suffered a number of stab wounds and is currently in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in a stable condition
  
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• Janet, 89, is Cambridge's 'high-vis' cycling champion

  21-12-2016 11:02 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Janet Slade, a former pottery teacher at Long Road school, is offering out free high-vis jackets to Cambridge cyclists
  
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• 89-year-old woman is 'high-vis' cycling champion

  21-12-2016 11:02 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Janet Slade, a former pottery teacher at Long Road school, is offering out free high-vis jackets to Cambridge cyclists
  
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• Cambridge breakthrough could pave the way for 'wooden skyscrapers' to take root

  21-12-2016 11:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A Cambridge scientists says he is one step closer to realising his dream of building towering new structures out of wood
  
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• Recap: Latest breaking news for Cambridgeshire including traffic light failure at Milton

  21-12-2016 08:26 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Click here for the latest news affecting Cambridgeshire as well as travel updates
  
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• How are Cambridgeshire's pagans celebrating Yule?

  21-12-2016 07:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Today is the winter solstice, which pagans celebrate with food, fire and decorations
  
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• Researchers hope new blood test will improve treatments for ovarian cancer patients

  21-12-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The findings of a Cancer Research UK funded study could help doctors test new drugs and spare patients certain side effects
  
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• I'm Lovin' It - McDonald's, Costa Coffee and Subway eye St Ives site

  21-12-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  But town councillors want more time to consider plan
  
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• Demand for city foodbanks up 50 per cent since last Christmas

  21-12-2016 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge City Foodbank covers six sites throughout Cambridge and Cambourne.
  
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