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• Teacher who killed grandfather as she did U-turn on 60mph road spared jail - for second time

  14-11-2017 23:15 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Maame Afrifa-Osew made the manoeuvre after missing her turn
  
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• Coronation Street star Antony Cotton turns on Newmarket's Christmas lights

  14-11-2017 22:49 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The soap actor will soon be appearing on ITV's popular show Dancing on Ice
  
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• Cambridge University students protest over offshore fossil fuel investments

  14-11-2017 21:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Protesters want an immediate end to investments in polluting industries
  
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• River Cam closed near Cambridge for urgent removal of killer plant

  14-11-2017 20:03 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A river user has warned the pernicious plant - known as floating pennywort - could take over the River Cam
  
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• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is going to put Mildenhall 'on the style map'

  14-11-2017 19:49 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The flamboyant designer is giving football attack victim Simon Dobbin's house a makeover for TV show DIY SOS
  
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• 'It means the world to us': Simon Dobbin's family overwhelmed by DIY SOS response

  14-11-2017 19:28 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Simon has had to live in the dining room since he was left brain damaged following an ambush at a Cambridge United away game
  
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• Nick Knowles hopes DIY SOS can help Simon Dobbin's family move forward

  14-11-2017 19:22 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  "We'll give her the best possible environment but make no mistake, she’s still got battles ahead and difficulties to deal with"
  
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• Plans to nearly double cost of visitor permits would 'hit the weak and the vulnerable'

  14-11-2017 19:01 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Plans to raise costs have been delayed by councillors
  
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• RECAP: Newmarket Christmas lights switch-on 2017

  14-11-2017 18:55 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street star Antony Cotton is turning on the lights
  
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• How the DIY SOS team started transforming Simon Dobbin's home

  14-11-2017 18:13 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The DIY SOS big build team are helping the Cambridge United fan
  
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• 'It should never have happened': Unpopular £1 park and ride charge on verge of being scrapped

  14-11-2017 18:04 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The charge has been linked to a significant fall in usage since 2014
  
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• Carlos cafe offered £10k lifeline after it lost court case over its disabled access

  14-11-2017 17:53 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Mill Road Traders' Association said it had received pledges to bail out the cafe which closed over a row about its disabled access
  
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• Schools go head-to-head in city's first student robotics contest

  14-11-2017 17:35 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Do you have what it takes to build the ultimate robot?
  
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• Headteachers implore Chancellor to reinstate £1.7 billion funding for education

  14-11-2017 17:16 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  School principals are meeting outside Downing Street today to deliver a letter to Chancellor Philip Hammond
  
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• Lidl issues urgent recall on these snacks

  14-11-2017 16:57 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Make sure you return the following products to the store for a refund
  
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• LIVE: All the latest traffic and travel news from the Cambridge area

  14-11-2017 16:18 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Follow this blog for all the latest this morning
  
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• Burglars used a wheelbarrow to carry their haul - but it was all too much like hard work

  14-11-2017 14:05 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The criminals targeted the farm building in Earith Road, Colne
  
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• Red-faced mum asks for advice on handling her 'racist' six-year-old daughter

  14-11-2017 14:03 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The woman said the girl's dad has fed her unacceptable ideas about other races
  
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• Defeated mum asks for advice on handling her 'racist' six-year-old daughter

  14-11-2017 14:03 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The woman said the girl's dad has feed her unacceptable ideas about other races
  
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• These are the prescription drugs that could land you in prison if you take them abroad

  14-11-2017 13:33 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Tourists who travel abroad with prescription drugs that are legal in the UK could find themselves in trouble
  
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• Mystery solved: How unmanned hot air balloon ended up crashing in Cambridgeshire car park

  14-11-2017 13:31 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  It now appears it was the balloon's second crash of the day...
  
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• Homeless woman charged with theft of Royal British Legion charity box

  14-11-2017 13:26 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The 42-year-old woman, who has now been remanded in custody, has also been charged with the theft of a backpack
  
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• Man left scene of fatal Murrow crash in which two women died

  14-11-2017 13:12 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Police are searching for a man who was travelling in the same car as Jade Green and Kayleigh Harrison but fled after the crash
  
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• This is the last day you can spend your old paper £10 notes

  14-11-2017 12:41 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The Bank Of England announced the day the old notes will cease to be legal tender
  
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• A-ha to perform at Cambridge United stadium

  14-11-2017 12:22 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Fans could be Hunting High and Low for a ticket to see the 80s pop icons
  
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• How did this driver manage to crash his car here?

  14-11-2017 11:56 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The man in his 70s walked away uninjured after his car plunged down a deep ditch
  
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• How to survive on just £1 a day with these meals

  14-11-2017 11:30 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  You have to get creative when you are trying to save money on the weekly shop
  
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• Why you think the traffic is so bad getting into Cambridge

  14-11-2017 11:25 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Our readers have come up with some ideas about what could be to blame
  
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• DIY SOS recap: Nick Knowles and the team arrive to transform Simon Dobbin's home

  14-11-2017 10:07 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Simon Dobbin, 45, was attacked after a Cambridge United game in March 2015
  
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• DIY SOS Live: Nick Knowles and the team arrive to transform Simon Dobbin's home

  14-11-2017 10:07 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Simon Dobbin, 45, was attacked after a Cambridge United game in March 2015
  
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• Recap: A605 closed for three hours after collision between car and cyclist

  14-11-2017 08:21 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  We're keeping you up to date on the roads, rail and airports this morning
  
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• Live: A605 closed after collision between car and cyclist

  14-11-2017 08:21 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  We're keeping you up to date on the roads, rail and airports this morning
  
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• Number of drivers fined for using Addenbrooke’s Road 'rat run' revealed

  14-11-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The road, originally built to access Addenbrooke’s, was being used by an estimated 400-650 cars a day
  
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• Mill Road café closure leaves readers 'angry, frustrated and heartbroken'

  14-11-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Carlos café went bust after being taken to court for not providing disabled access
  
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• A plant-based diet and coffee could reduce heart failure risk, say scientists

  14-11-2017 06:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  One study saw people were 42 per cent less likely to develop the condition
  
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