BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire on Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Summary

Updates for Wednesday, 18 October 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Thursday

Live Reporting

Mark Williamson

Woman killed in guided busway accident named by policepublished at 12:09
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
Police have named a woman who died following a collision on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway at Swavesey as Jennifer Taylor, 81, of Meadow Lane, Over.
They say she and her husband, who was not injured, were walking alongside the busway when the accident happened.
Headlines: Woman killed in guided busway accident named by police... Man in critical condition after falling branch strikes carpublished at 11:43
Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Here are the top stories in Cambridgeshire this morning:
- Police have named a woman killed on the Cambridgeshire guided busway as Jennifer Taylor, 81, from Over
- A man in his 20s is in a critical condition after his car was hit by a falling branch in Cambridge last night.
- A buyer has been found for threatened Meldreth Manor residential special school, according to disability charity Scope, external
Peterborough City Council announces first 2016/17 budget details to tackle £19.6 million deficitpublished at 10:57
Peterborough Telegraph
Peterborough City Council has found £12 million, external to tackle its large annual deficit for 2016/17 but the effect on services remains unclear with another £7.5 million still to be found.
Family 'to finish' Shackleton's abandoned South Pole trekpublished at 10:39
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
The Cambridge relatives of a man who joined an ill-fated expedition to the South Pole aim to complete the planned journey,100 years after it was abandoned.
Image source, Frank Hurley/Endurance 100
James Wordie (pictured) was chief scientific officer on Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition in 1915.
His granddaughter and her husband will set out to follow the same route across the frozen continent next week.
Family carers in Cambridgeshire ‘missing out on £7m in unclaimed benefits’published at 10:26
Cambridge News
Carers Trust Cambridgeshire believes that many family carers could be missing out on vital information - including more than £7 million in financial benefits, external - because they do not realise they are entitled to them.
Council says it will 'co-operate fully' over fatal guided busway accidentpublished at 10:12
Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Council, external says it will "co-operate fully" with the investigation into the death of a woman in her 80s who was killed by a bus on the guided busway yesterday evening.
The council opened the 16-mile long (25km) Cambridgeshire Guided Busway in 2011.
Cambridgeshire Guided Busway reopens following fatal accidentpublished at 09:46
Johnny Dee
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, external has reopened this morning, after a woman in her 80s was struck and killed by a bus yesterday evening.
Image source, BB
The 16-mile long (25km) busway was closed between Swavesey and St Ives, but services continued to run using a diversion.
Man treated for smoke inhalation after house fire near Newmarketpublished at 09:37
Cambridge News
A man was treated by paramedics in the early hours of this morning after a house caught fire near Newmarket, external.
Travel: A14 partially blocked eastbound between Godmanchester and St Ives following crashpublished at 09:21
BBC Travel
One lane is closed on the A14 eastbound, between Godmanchester and St Ives, following a crash.
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Properties left without power after Storm Barneypublished at 09:09
Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
More than 270 properties in Oakington are without power this morning, after overhead electricity cables were damaged by last night's strong winds.
UK Power Networks, external have told us engineers are working to reconnect supplies.
Police round-up escaped ponies on road near Wisbechpublished at 08:48
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
Officers were called to round-up two escaped ponies on the road at Redmoor Lane near Wisbech this morning.
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Probe reveals dozens of cops ‘too unfit’ in Cambridgeshirepublished at 08:36
Peterborough Telegraph
Blobby bobbies in Cambridgeshire could face the boot, external after a probe revealed they can’t even pass the basic fitness test.
Investigation under way after woman killed on Cambridgeshire Guided Buswaypublished at 08:25
An investigation is under way after a woman in her 80s was killed on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway yesterday evening.
Emergency services were called to the track a mile north of Station Road in Swavesey at around 17:30 after the woman was struck by a bus. No passengers were injured.
Headlines: Investigation under way after woman killed on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway... Homes without power after Storm Barneypublished at 08:10
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
Here are the top stories in Cambridgeshire this morning:
- An investigation is under way after a woman in her 80s was killed on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway near St Ives
- Hundreds of homes are without power afterStorm Barneyhit the county
- A buyer has been found for threatened Meldreth Manor residential special school, according to disability charityScope, external
Weather: Dry this morning, some showery rain laterpublished at 08:06
Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East Weather
Storm Barney has left the UK and it will be a dry morning with some bright or sunny spells. Less windy than yesterday, but still breezy.
Maximum temperature: 14C (57F). You can find a more detailed forecast for where you live at BBC Weather.
Good morning and welcome to Cambridgeshire Livepublished at 08:00
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
Welcome to Cambridgeshire Live for Wednesday. We'll be be here until 18:00 with the latest news, sport, travel and weather in the county.
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