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• South Cambridgeshire District Council budget backed by cabinet

  09-02-2017 23:08 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The council has said it needs to find around £2 million of savings over the next five years
  
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• Housing plan set to be approved on site of former forensic laboratory

  09-02-2017 23:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The plans would see more than 100 homes built - but there are concerns over the impact of added vehicles in the area
  
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• After a student set fire to a £20 note in front of a rough sleeper: How you can help the homeless

  09-02-2017 22:46 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The student's actions have been described as 'abhorrent' - but there are ways to help the homeless in Cambridge
  
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• Delight as new life breathed into iconic Cambridge art centre

  09-02-2017 22:12 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A major revamp of Kettle's Yard is now well under way and a time capsule has been inserted in the roof
  
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• Fiancé of Helen Bailey denies creating a 'long, crafted, cynical and cruel plan' to kill her

  09-02-2017 20:42 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Ian Stewart faced questions from the prosecution as he took to the witness stand for the third day
  
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• Murder accused claims he kept Helen Bailey's 'kidnapping by two mystery men a secret' because of threats to her and her sons

  09-02-2017 20:16 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Murder accused Ian Stewart claims he faced constant threats from Joe and Nick, even while in prison
  
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• 'Disgusting and abhorrent': Cambridge Tory student burns £20 note in front of homeless man

  09-02-2017 19:25 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The incident was filmed by a passer-by and shared on Snapchat
  
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• Options discussed for scrapping £1 park and ride fee

  09-02-2017 19:11 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The unpopular park and ride fee could be dropped - but a Stagecoach boss says better ticketing machines are the answer
  
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• City leaders and police urge drivers to deploy 'Dutch Reach' to improve safety for cyclists

  09-02-2017 18:41 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  'Dutch Reach' is a method of opening a car door which is less likely to injure a passing cyclist
  
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• Meldreth rail users frustrated by faulty ticket machines and absent staff

  09-02-2017 18:40 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Councillor Susan van de Ven is concerned the rail company are winding down the ticket office.
  
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• Police officer driven at in Cambridge - man to appear at city's crown court

  09-02-2017 16:25 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The incident happened in Adam and Eve Street
  
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• New Morrisons supermarket set for go-ahead

  09-02-2017 16:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Council chiefs have recommended that an application for a new supermarket in St Ives be approved
  
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• A university group is to boldly go where no academics have gone before

  09-02-2017 15:48 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  With George Orwell’s1984 experiencing a huge revival and 'alternative facts' on the news agenda, a centre for science fiction and fantasy will open in Cambridge
  
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• Delight for twitchers as waxwings make rare appearance in Cambridge

  09-02-2017 15:28 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Siberian and Scandinavian bird only arrives in the UK every few years
  
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• AstraZeneca revealed as headline sponsor for Cambridge United charity dinner

  09-02-2017 15:13 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The pharmaceutical company is backing the U's Community Trust Gala Dinner
  
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• Cambridge council leader joins demands for facts behind government tax "sweetheart deal"

  09-02-2017 14:38 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Lewis Herbert joined dozens of council leaders calling for more detail on the alleged deal with Surrey County Council
  
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• Police officer lays himself bare to pig puns after chasing an escaped porker near Cambridge

  09-02-2017 14:25 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
   “Serving himself up as the best ‘caption competition’ photo in the history of South Cambs Police, meet PC Lewis Newton and ‘friend’"
  
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• Mum of missing airman Corrie McKeague praises search charity

  09-02-2017 14:07 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Corrie has been missing since September 24 after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
  
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• Learn more about this year's Sing For Your School finalists

  09-02-2017 14:06 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Children's author Michael Rosen has also been announced as a guest judge
  
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• Risk of infection and superbugs on the rise at Addenbrooke's and the Rosie

  09-02-2017 13:45 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Since December 26, the trust had to close four wards because of flu and other respiratory viruses along with 70 others bays
  
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• Witchford Village College: Don't Know What To Do

  09-02-2017 13:35 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A group of friends in Year 8 came up with this Pathway Three song about bullying
  
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• How Cambridgeshire MPs voted in last night's Brexit vote

  09-02-2017 13:14 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner was the only regional MP to oppose the Brexit-enabling legislation
  
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• Ladbrokes reveals odds-on favourite to win Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral race

  09-02-2017 12:31 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Following the race for mayor? Then listen up
  
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• Waitrose plans to close Huntingdon branch

  09-02-2017 12:25 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Firm blames cost of investment in the building
  
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• Helen Bailey murder trial: Ian Stewart to be cross-examined

  09-02-2017 11:05 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Live updates from Royston author Helen Bailey murder trial at St Albans Crown Court
  
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• Helen Bailey murder trial: Ian Stewart is cross-examined

  09-02-2017 11:05 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Live updates from Royston author Helen Bailey murder trial at St Albans Crown Court
  
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• Helen Bailey murder trial: Ian Stewart cross-examined

  09-02-2017 11:05 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Live updates from Royston author Helen Bailey murder trial at St Albans Crown Court
  
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• Potholes covering key Cambridge route blamed partly on 'wrong kind of road'

  09-02-2017 11:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Milton Road is now riddled with potholes - and part of the problem is its surface was built for tanks in the Second World War
  
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• Live: All the latest news, traffic and travel updates in Cambridgeshire

  09-02-2017 08:27 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
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• Watch: Amazing effort to move Cambridge Antarctic base on skis

  09-02-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A major operation to safeguard an Antarctic base from falling into the sea has been hailed a success
  
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• Councillors slam 'scandal' of 10,000 unbuilt homes in South Cambridgeshire

  09-02-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Liberal Democrat councillors place the blame on developers 'exploiting' the region's housing supply shortfall
  
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