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• Heidi Allen's bid to restart Dubs scheme is voted down

  07-03-2017 23:41 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The proposal would have required councils in England to declare whether they could house unaccompanied child refugees
  
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• Racehorse trainers fearful of business rate hike

  07-03-2017 23:14 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Small stables in Newmarket could be the worst hit when rates rise on April 1
  
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• Boaters jubilant as public support keeping riverside moorings

  07-03-2017 22:02 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The public appears to support leaving the boaters where they are
  
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• Dad bags publishing deal for book written on smartphone during daily commute

  07-03-2017 21:34 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Author Ninian Carter wrote his young adult novel on his mobile phone over three years of commuting to London from St Neots
  
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• 'Living with a rare disease is like having a full-time job'

  07-03-2017 21:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Two Cambridge patients open up about what it's like to live with two little-known health conditions
  
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• Error means bin lorry could have contained missing Corrie McKeague

  07-03-2017 20:25 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police say weight of the refuse lorry was far higher than initially thought
  
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• Data blunder means bin lorry could have contained missing Corrie McKeague

  07-03-2017 20:25 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police say after a further investigation, the weight of the refuse lorry was far higher than initially thought
  
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• Devolution deal which could unlock £800 million of funding becomes official

  07-03-2017 19:21 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  New powerhouse authority for our region and plans for an elected mayor became official yesterday (March 7)
  
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• National No Smoking Day: 10 tips to help you quit

  07-03-2017 19:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Hypnotherapist Dan Regan gives his top tips for quitting on National No Smoking Day
  
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• A human skull chopped off by a headhunter and a snake charmer’s flute go on show in amazing Cambridge exhibition

  07-03-2017 19:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of objects which tell the story of India’s mysterious millions are on display for the first time at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge University
  
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• How much could you save if you gave up smoking?

  07-03-2017 18:40 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  And what could you buy with it...
  
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• Cambridge Asda to stock free range milk championed by Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast

  07-03-2017 18:27 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Free range dairy milk is being stocked in the Asda store in Cambridge - one of the first in the UK
  
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• A moveable feast! New South American-inspired restaurant coming to Cambridge - and it's on a BUS

  07-03-2017 18:12 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The South American-styled 'La Latina Bustaurante' is the latest addition to the city's culinary scene
  
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• Six Nations 2017: What time is England v Scotland on TV this weekend?

  07-03-2017 17:48 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Everything you need to know about kick-off times and where to watch this weekend's rugby clashes
  
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• Missing person reports in Cambridgeshire nearly double in a year

  07-03-2017 17:46 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  High profile cases include the ongoing search for RAF airman Corrie McKeague but many reported missing are found within hours
  
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• Latest footage of missing Corrie McKeague search shows diggers at work in landfill site

  07-03-2017 17:45 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The search started yesterday (March 6) and is set to take up to 10 weeks
  
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• Singer George Michael's cause of death revealed

  07-03-2017 16:48 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The former Wham! star's cause of death has been revealed by a coroner
  
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• Cambridge watchdog speaks out after Facebook is slammed over sexualised images of children

  07-03-2017 16:41 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Internet Watch Foundation says that last year, less than 1 per cent of the criminal images and videos it dealt with were on social media platforms
  
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• Watch: Sir David Attenborough urges people to help protect Cambridge’s beauty spots

  07-03-2017 15:56 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Planet Earth II presenter is asking residents to sign up to environmental charity Cambridge Past Present & Future, which looks after Wandlebury and other green spaces
  
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• Watersprite international student film festival returns to Cambridge

  07-03-2017 15:42 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The free festival is running from March 10 to 12
  
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• Half a tonne of Cambridgeshire school uniforms being sent to France to help child refugees

  07-03-2017 14:35 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Youngsters in French refugee camps will soon be able to wrap up against the cold – thanks to pupils and parents at Impington Village College.
  
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• Would plain packaging make you eat less junk food?

  07-03-2017 13:44 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge scientist Wolfram Schultz says junk food should be sold in plain packaging to tackle the national obesity crisis
  
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• St Neots Budgens supermarket closing down as operator goes into administration

  07-03-2017 12:32 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Franchise owner Food Retailer Operations Limited is closing 34 stores across the country
  
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• Horse Patsy makes 'miracle' recovery after being hit by car on wrong side of road

  07-03-2017 12:24 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Patsy was one of two horses involved in the shocking incident along with two riders
  
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• Cambridge students battle to save college geese 'threatened with cull'

  07-03-2017 12:23 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Dozens of Canada geese living at Cambridge’s most famous college could be culled if they don't stop pooing in the grounds, students fear
  
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• Man tries to lure young schoolboy into car saying 'I'll take you anywhere'

  07-03-2017 12:03 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The alarmed mother of the child has put a warning on Facebook urging fellow parents to be vigilant
  
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• World premiere of Liszt opera that went missing for 200 years

  07-03-2017 10:38 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The work by composer Franz Liszt was discovered in a German archive by a Cambridge academic
  
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• Stephen Hawking says 'disaster' Jeremy Corbyn should stand down as Labour leader

  07-03-2017 09:37 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Cambridge physicist said Corbyn should go for 'the sake of the party'
  
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• Recap: All the latest breaking news and travel information for March 7 in the Cambridge area

  07-03-2017 08:18 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News live blog for March 7
  
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• One in four young people in the East of England 'would not confide in someone if they were experiencing a mental health problem'

  07-03-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The research found 46 per cent of young people in the East of England have experienced a mental health issue
  
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• Is Airbnb phenomenon robbing Cambridge tenants of much-needed accommodation?

  07-03-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Airbnb could be swallowing up rooms that might have helped house Cambridge tenants struggling to find a home.
  
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• Campaign against relocating Cambridge's Out of Hours GP service gathers pace with petition attracting 2,100 signatures

  07-03-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The six week public consultation into the controversial plans came to an end on Monday
  
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• Cambridge man Jacob Gray who received life-saving stem cell transplant gears up for London Marathon

  07-03-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  "If you’d told me 10 years ago that I would be holding down a great job and would just have a cough, I would have been amazed"
  
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