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• Council-owned developer faces £7.7m cash shortfall

  27-10-2026 14:04 via BBC News
  
  There are concerns a council-owned developer will be unable to repay debts by 2029.
  
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• Tighter controls on rented housing to start in 2027

  27-10-2026 18:08 via BBC News
  
  All HMOs in Cambridge will need planning permission for the change of use.
  
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• Six swans a swimming after town centre rescue

  27-10-2026 06:58 via BBC News
  
  They take a car ride back to their lakeside home after being seen swanning along the town's roads.
  
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• Delay to surgeon review angers families

  27-10-2026 06:54 via BBC News
  
  Kuldeep Stohr was suspended in 2025 over concerns that surgeries were "below the expected standard".
  
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• Parking fines raise £65,000 for council

  26-10-2026 17:12 via BBC News
  
  A Freedom of Information request reveals the car parks with the most and least fines issued.
  
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• AI child sex abuse images rise sharply, says IWF

  26-10-2026 07:16 via BBC News
  
  Technology companies need to design tools to prevent AI-generated abuse images, the charity says.
  
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• Photos show potholes days before fatal crash

  26-10-2026 06:48 via BBC News
  
  The pictures, taken by council representatives, reveal the poor condition of the riverside road.
  
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• Winds and trees cause 'significant damage' to trains

  25-10-2026 16:13 via BBC News
  
  People are advised to check before travelling by train in parts of the East of England.
  
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• Prisoners make little library book boxes for city

  25-10-2026 07:20 via BBC News
  
  The inmates make 10 wooden sharing boxes and one is unveiled outside HMP Peterborough.
  
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• Dig suggests answers to Roman field mystery

  25-10-2026 07:15 via BBC News
  
  An archaeologist says he has found the mostly likely reason behind Roman cultivation trenches.
  
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• Students swap Blu Tack and posters for original art

  25-10-2026 07:14 via BBC News
  
  The scheme is run by Kettle's Yard and allows students to borrow one painting, drawing or print.
  
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• Jarman wins historic men's floor silver at worlds

  24-10-2026 19:20 via BBC News
  
  Britain's Jake Jarman wins a historic fourth World Artistic Gymnastics Championships medal, with floor silver in Rotterdam.
  
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• Fallen trees cause rail disruption and power cuts

  24-10-2026 09:00 via BBC News
  
  People are advised to avoid travelling by train in parts of the East of England until Sunday.
  
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• Chippy to retire after 50 years of frying

  24-10-2026 06:41 via BBC News
  
  Jamie Stott is looking forward to time with the grandchildren and more time playing golf.
  
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• Police spend £800k on protests at dog-breeding site

  24-10-2026 06:39 via BBC News
  
  The policing of planned protests at the facility is "impartial and proportionate", the force says.
  
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• Civil War sieges dragged ordinary folk into war, says curator

  24-10-2026 06:38 via BBC News
  
  Once the walls were breached, towns were sacked and people treated badly, says curator.
  
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• Watch: Presenter announces departure live on-air

  23-10-2026 22:33 via BBC News
  
  Susie Fowler-Watt will anchor BBC Look East for the last time in December.
  
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• Fallen tree blocks trains to Stansted Airport

  23-10-2026 20:28 via BBC News
  
  Passengers are being told not to travel between Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, and the Essex terminal
  
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• Quadruplet capybaras born at wildlife park

  23-10-2026 20:23 via BBC News
  
  The four capybaras are settling into their new home with mum Pepita, the wildlife park says.
  
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• Cambridge professor lifts world tiddlywinks crown

  23-10-2026 15:57 via BBC News
  
  Prof Patrick Barrie has home advantage as he beats Dave "The Dragon" Lockwood of the US in a pub.
  
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• BBC Look East presenter to leave after 35 years

  23-10-2026 07:23 via BBC News
  
  Susie Fowler-Watt says it has been a "privilege" to have "grown up" alongside audiences.
  
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• Sexual misconduct cases at ambulance service double

  23-10-2026 07:20 via BBC News
  
  The East of England Ambulance Service says reported cases of "sexual safety" more than quadrupled.
  
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• Jarman sixth in all-around at Worlds as Fraser wins bronze

  22-10-2026 22:57 via BBC News
  
  Great Britain's Joe Fraser wins bronze in the all-around final at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam.
  
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• Fire at proposed asylum seeker housing treated as arson

  22-10-2026 15:21 via BBC News
  
  Crews from Cambridgeshire and Norfolk attend the fire at Roman Court.
  
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• Cadet leader admits sexual offences against boy

  22-10-2026 12:53 via BBC News
  
  Rylan Ray is on trial accused of further sexual offences, many involving children, which he denies.
  
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• Former Cambridge goalkeeper Vaughan dies aged 62

  22-10-2026 12:23 via BBC News
  
  Former Cambridge United, Preston North End and Lincoln City goalkeeper John Vaughan dies aged 62.
  
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• Crossing hope near schools dashed by council error

  22-10-2026 07:18 via BBC News
  
  Parents continue to raise safety concerns near two schools on Maple Grove.
  
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• Watchdog appeals decision in sexual misconduct case

  22-10-2026 07:16 via BBC News
  
  The General Medical Council says it is "deeply troubled" by the behaviour of Dr Adam Chesters.
  
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• Sex offences trial hears spilt mayonnaise denial

  21-10-2026 18:27 via BBC News
  
  A man accused of sexual offences, many involving children, tells his trial he is a "chilli sauce man".
  
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• Coach kept thousands of indecent images of boys

  21-10-2026 15:00 via BBC News
  
  At the time, he was teaching boys of a similar age, police say.
  
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