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• Cambridge scientist Steve Andrews gears up for year of gruelling challenges for Alzheimer's Research UK

  07-02-2017 22:44 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Steve Andrews will take on a half marathon, 5km runs and a 'half ironman' during his year of fundraising
  
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• Heidi Allen MP urges government to 'lead by example' on protecting EU residents' rights

  07-02-2017 22:36 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Mrs Allen urged MPs to look 'outwards, not inwards'
  
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• Leading manufacturer reveals plans for major expansion in Ely

  07-02-2017 22:33 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  New jobs will come to Ely as part of the business's expansion
  
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• Stag parties ditch strip clubs for cookery classes thanks to Great British Bake Off

  07-02-2017 22:22 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Stag do organisers have been flooded with requests from blokes to hone their baking skills during their last weekend of freedom
  
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• Cambridge women urged to sign up to Cancer Research UK's Race for Life as entries open

  07-02-2017 22:16 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  'Signing up to take part in Race for Life is a great way for women to set themselves a new and exciting challenge for 2017'
  
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• Cambridge's Central Library to get £65,000 refurbishment of its services for children and young people

  07-02-2017 22:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A new dedicated story-telling area and extension of the children's library are among the improvements
  
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• Mum thanks The Sick Children's Trust for allowing her to stay at her tiny baby's side

  07-02-2017 22:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Katie Kennedy told of the trauma she went through when her daughter was born six weeks premature
  
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• Watch as alleged taxi fare dodgers picked up in Cambridge are caught on camera

  07-02-2017 21:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Taxi driver Steve Wee picked up the men in Arbury after his cab was booked to take the fare to Lolworth
  
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• Special constables land at Stansted

  07-02-2017 21:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Ten specials will give up their free time to help keep Stansted Airport safe
  
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• Government bid to build more houses welcomed, but is enough being done for Cambridge?

  07-02-2017 19:33 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Government has published plans to tackle the 'broken housing market', but concerns remain that not enough is being done for Cambridge
  
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• Plans to revamp Cambridge's 'tired and shabby' market divide readers' opinion

  07-02-2017 19:09 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  More readers said the market didn't need to change
  
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• Wealthy Royston author Helen Bailey hinted at running away to a friend, court told

  07-02-2017 19:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Ms Bailey finished a message to a friend saying: ‘Shall we all just run away, change our names and start again?’
  
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• Helen Bailey's alleged killer bombarded her with late night texts after her disappearance, court told

  07-02-2017 19:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A text from Ian Stewart to Ms Bailey read: ‘I’ve respected your wishes long enough, you’ve had enough space, let me know you’re ok. Xxxx’
  
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• Alleged killer of Royston author Helen Bailey breaks down in witness stand as he tells jurors he 'never stopped loving her'

  07-02-2017 19:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Taking to the witness stand at the start of the defence case on Tuesday afternoon (February 7), Ian Stewart immediately denied killing Ms Bailey or having any involvement in her death
  
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• Evening rush-hour delays as Cambridge Water fixes burst water main on A10

  07-02-2017 18:17 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Part of the A10 is closed and temporary lights in place while emergency repairs are carried out
  
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• Residents' anger at six-week delay in fixing 'dangerous' broken drain

  07-02-2017 18:04 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A collapsed drain that residents say puts drivers at risk has still not been repaired – more than six weeks after it sank into the road
  
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• Cambridge MP calls for standard taxi licensing rules after revelations of drivers with criminal convictions

  07-02-2017 17:58 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  South Cambridgeshire and East Cambridgeshire District Councils issued a combined 19 licences to drivers with convictions since 2013
  
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• Town MP to 'escalate' crossing concerns to transport minister

  07-02-2017 17:34 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Network Rail says it does not intend to take any more input from the public
  
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• Cooker warning after man rescued from Cambridge flat fire

  07-02-2017 17:29 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Two Cambridge fire crews attended the blaze in Arbury
  
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• Alert at Stansted Airport - Pakistani airlines plane makes emergency landing

  07-02-2017 17:19 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The plane carrying 150 passengers was flying from Lahore to London
  
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• Cambridge BBC journalist Sally Chidzoy claims she was victim of discrimination, victimisation and sexual harassment, tribunal hears

  07-02-2017 16:44 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Sally Chidzoy, public affairs correspondent for BBC East, alleges she was called a 'crap journalist' and falsely imprisoned
  
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• Cambridge projects boosted by £1.6m in lottery awards

  07-02-2017 16:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Now, any project awarded lottery funding can enter the National Lottery Awards 2017
  
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• From frozen continent to Cambridge museum - new exhibition highlights artist's impressions of Antarctica

  07-02-2017 15:02 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Artist Darren Rees travelled to Antarctica for Cambridge's Scott Polar Museum, which is now displaying some of his work
  
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• Debate rages over construction of massive mosque on Cambridge's Mill Road

  07-02-2017 14:28 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The mosque in Mill Road will hold 1,000 worshipers and construction is well underway
  
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• Map shows thousands of Cambridgeshire residents voting to bar Trump from UK

  07-02-2017 14:06 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge has one of the highest percentages of constituents to have signed the petition in the UK.
  
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• Cambridge hosted try-outs for the Quidditch Premier League - and we filmed them

  07-02-2017 13:58 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The sport is based the game, played on flying broomsticks, described in J K Rowling's Harry Potter books
  
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• Support for commons speaker John Bercow as Cambridge MP opposes Trump visit

  07-02-2017 13:44 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Fears of protests erupting should Trump visit the city as his policies are "trashing our values"
  
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• Is Cambridge becoming more anti-Semitic?

  07-02-2017 13:22 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner has reported the swastika scrawled on the park map and branded it “totally unacceptable”
  
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• Cambridge pubs and nightclubs urged to tackle sexual violence by recognising code for help

  07-02-2017 13:12 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The simple code-word campaign, Ask for Angela, encourages people who are concerned about their safety to discreetly ask for help by going to the bar
  
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• Two thirds of young people in region have seen inappropriate content online

  07-02-2017 13:05 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Thousands of organisations are uniting today to promote Safer Internet Day
  
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• Readers stick up for Cambridge's 'ghost roundabout' after criticism from Jeremy Clarkson

  07-02-2017 12:44 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The unusual road feature got some stick from presenters on Amazon's Grand Tour programme but readers praised it for being "innovative"
  
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• 'Universities must work with schools in disadvantaged areas to raise standards', says higher education 'tsar'

  07-02-2017 12:10 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Les Ebdon, director of the Office of Fair Access, said it was wrong for top universities to suggest there is a limit on the number of poorer teenagers they can recruit
  
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• Save your bacon – are we really running out of pork?

  07-02-2017 12:04 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  First lettuce, now bacon – will BLTs be a thing of the past?
  
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• Massive pothole on A14 damages cars causing traffic chaos

  07-02-2017 10:55 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police said there have been several reports of blown out tyres this morning on the A14
  
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• Unpopular £1 park and ride charge set to be dropped

  07-02-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Ridership on the park and ride services has dropped by around 14 per cent since the charge was introduced
  
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• Cambridgeshire's emergency mental health service receives 4,000 referrals since launching

  07-02-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The service gives those in mental health crisis the opportunity to get help quickly
  
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• 1994: the year it all kicked off over a golden ball

  07-02-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  More than 20 years ago a plan to revamp Cambridge's market square to create a continental 'open-air bistro nightspot' ran into fierce criticism
  
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