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• Nationwide warns customers of HMRC issue with free £50 payment

  24-03-2025 17:52 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Nationwide has been issuing free £50 'thank you' payments to thousands of customers - but the building society has now issued a warning to those who are yet to receive the payout
  
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• DWP giving £772 boost to older Brits from next month if claiming these benefits

  24-03-2025 17:43 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Older Brits are one of the main groups that will be affected by the rising cost of living
  
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• Falling birth rates leads to thousands of empty school places in West Northants

  24-03-2025 16:46 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A quarter of West Northamptonshire's reception places and one in ten primary school places are surplus
  
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• Halifax, Lloyds, Barclays and Natwest customers warned of change in April

  24-03-2025 16:43 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  More bank branches are set to close
  
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• Home cooked Sunday roast to cost Brits £56 from next weekend

  24-03-2025 16:35 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The new energy price cap kicks in from next weekend – and it will mean that cooking a roast dinner at home will cost £56, according to new calculations
  
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• City restaurant to extend opening hours despite objections

  24-03-2025 16:20 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  An application by the same restaurant was opposed in 2023
  
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• Cambridgeshire town to get new gym and 'eco hub'

  24-03-2025 15:07 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Two new community facilities have opened their doors in a Cambridgeshire town after receiving £40,000 of council funding. A new community gym at Olive AP Academy and an Eco Hub building at a community farm in Wisbech were supported by grant funding from Cambridgeshire County Council.
  
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• Man seriously injured after allegedly being stabbed in Cambridgeshire town

  24-03-2025 14:43 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  An investigation is ongiong
  
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• Best places to live judge explains why town near Cambridgeshire was crowned by Sunday Times

  24-03-2025 14:08 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The judge described how the town used to have the nickname 'suffer in boredom' but is now a 'fun' spot
  
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• Mum saved children with fizzy drinks after slushy made them ill

  24-03-2025 13:57 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The boys fell ill minutes after drinking slushies - becoming lethargic and pale
  
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• Waitrose pulls popular item that may be 'unsafe to eat'

  24-03-2025 13:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The supermarket giant has urged customers to avoid eating this item due to a 'date code error'
  
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• Alpacas and sheep shot dead in Cambridgeshire village

  24-03-2025 12:55 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  One alpaca survived after being shot in the face
  
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• Cambs college gets £646k funding boost for 3G football pitch to inspire 'future Lionesses'

  24-03-2025 12:47 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  The cash, from a Lionesses fund, is to to help turbocharge women’s and girls’ football in Cottenham
  
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• Developer submits appeal over plans to convert town centre office block into flats

  24-03-2025 12:30 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  West Northamptonshire Council was supposed to issue a decision on the Sol House conversion proposals in August 2024
  
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• Prince William makes cheeky Mary Berry cake joke in special birthday message

  24-03-2025 11:55 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Dame Mary Berry is being celebrated on her 90th birthday today, with the Prince of Wales among those sending his best wishes
  
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• Martin Lewis explains reasons you should use a credit card instead of debit card

  24-03-2025 11:42 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  A finance expert has shared a warning to everyone who uses a debit card for everyday transactions
  
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• Fix potholes plague or face losing road cash – have your say!

  24-03-2025 10:23 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Local authorities are set to receive up to £2.1 billion for road maintenance, but must provide updates on their websites about the number of potholes filled and the state of the road network to avoid losing a quarter of the funding
  
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• Drink driver 'not capable of controlling himself' can no longer sell alcohol

  24-03-2025 10:17 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  He failed a roadside breath test and had more than double the legal limit of alcohol in his breath when tested in custody
  
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• 'I had pins and needles, doctors said I had three weeks to live'

  24-03-2025 09:52 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Julie thought her symptoms were down to being busy as work, but her doctor sent her for urgent tests
  
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• Overturned lorry leaves Cambridgeshire A-road closed

  24-03-2025 09:39 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Drivers faced long delays
  
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• Live updates as overturned lorry leaves Cambs city centre road closed

  24-03-2025 09:39 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Drivers are facing long delays this morning – live updates
  
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• Live updates as Cambs crash leaves city centre road closed

  24-03-2025 09:39 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Drivers are facing long delays this morning – live updates
  
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• Princess Beatrice opens up on health fears for baby Athena

  24-03-2025 07:43 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Beatrice says she was left in tears after Athena was born premature in January
  
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• Woman with terminal cancer 'violated' as Cambs hospital staff 'shared photos of her in surgery'

  24-03-2025 05:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Staff not involved in the woman's care appear to have accessed notes from her conversations with a psychologist and a breast nurse
  
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• DWP letter that could result in a £5,000 fine or cuts to your benefits

  24-03-2025 04:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  If the DWP and HMRC suspect a claimant of deliberately committing benefit fraud, they initiate an investigation
  
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• Nine mistakes you make in adulthood that could be your parents’ fault according to trauma expert

  24-03-2025 03:20 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  There could be a way to rectify it and keep you from making the same mistakes
  
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