BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire on Monday, 18 January 2016

Summary

Closing headlines on Monday, 18 January 2016
Two RAF bases are to be sold off for housing, the government confirms
Cambridge City Council is trying to introduce an order on punting touts
An Ely restaurant has been badly damaged after a diner drove into it
More news, sport, travel and weather updates from 08:00 on Tuesday

Live Reporting

Patrick Byrne

Wallace and Gromit creators produce dementia film for Cambridge-based charitypublished at 12:42
Nic Rigby
BBC News
The makers of Wallace and Gromit have produced a short film for a Cambridgeshire-based charity Alzheimer's Research UK, external to address people's misconceptions about dementia.
Image source, PA
It features former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston, whose father Ronnie died following a 14-year battle with the illness.
Eccleston, 51, said he hoped it would "fight the misunderstanding and fatalism that surrounds dementia".
Crash damages Old Fire Engine House restaurant in Elypublished at 12:19
Nic Rigby
BBC News
A car has crashed into the Old Fire Engine House restaurant in Ely.
Image source, Lee Marshall
The accident happened at about 12:30 on Sunday when the car went off the road into the building in St Mary's Street.
East of England Ambulance Service, external said the driver was uninjured and discharged at the scene.
Car crashes into Old Fire Engine House restaurant in Elypublished at 11:51
Cambridge News
A car crashed into the Old Fire Engine House, external in Ely – just moments after a member of staff had been in the restaurant's food preparation room.
Photo of Norman Cross Motel in historic archivepublished at 11:37
Nic Rigby
BBC News
A photo of a distinctive motel near Peterborough, thought to date from the 1970s, forms part of an archive of photographs being made available to the public.
The picture shows the Norman Cross Motel on Junction 16 of the A1(M)/A15 which has now been incorporated into the Premier Inn on the site.
Image source, NBHT
Image source, Google
More than 3,000 Charrington Brewery photographs were rescued from a skip by Robert Humphreys, at the time an area manager for the brewery, and now willl be shared online by The National Brewery Heritage Trust (NBHT).
A few miles per hour over speed limit could leave 'a lifetime of heartache', says grieving Wisbech familypublished at 11:00
Peterborough Telegraph
Drivers in Cambridgeshire are being urged to slow down, external.
Move to ban Cambridge punting toutspublished at 10:27
Nic Rigby
BBC News
By the summer punting touts could be banned from much of Cambridge city centre.
The council wants to introduce a public space protection order, making it illegal for touts to sell boat tours further than 50m from the river.
A decision will be made at a city council meeting tonight.
City Deal may pave the way for hourly buses in heart of Cambridgepublished at 10:11
Cambridge News
Some 300 buses could be carrying more than 10,000 people into Cambridge, external every hour if the City Deal plan goes ahead – prompting fears of gridlock on the city's inner ring road.
Arrest after man seen on rooftops of Cambridge shopspublished at 09:55
Nic Rigby
BBC News
A man has been arrested after a police pursuit of a suspect along the rooftops of shops in the centre of Cambridge.
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Police, the force helicopter and the fire service were called at 00:30 to reports of concern for a man walking on the roofs of buildings in Market Square.
A 21-year-old man from Cambridge was arrested and taken to Parkside Police Station on suspicion of burglary.
Man located walking on rooftops of Cambridge shopspublished at 09:43
Nic Rigby
BBC News
Cambridge Police, the force helicopter and Cambridgeshire Fire Service have been in operation after a man was located on the rooftops of shops in Cambridge.
Details are sketchy at the moment but we're trying to find out more information.
Man in court after police chase tractor to Wisbechpublished at 09:29
Nic Rigby
BBC News
A man arrested after a tractor was chased between two counties by six patrol cars and a force helicopter is appearing in court.
Image source, BCH Road Policing
The vehicle was taken from a farm in Tilney St Lawrence, Norfolk, on Saturday before being abandoned in Oakroyd Crescent in Wisbech during the evening.
A 25-year-old man from Wisbech is due to appear via video link at Norwich Magistrates' Court charged with failing to stop, theft of a motor vehicle and driving without insurance.
A16 to Peterborough to get average speed checks after eight deathspublished at 09:11
Nic Rigby
BBC News
A road which has seen eight deaths and 15 serious injuries in its first five years is to get average speed cameras.
Image source, Google
The A16, in Lincolnshire, was extended to Peterborough in 2010 after years of campaigning, delays and a public inquiry.
The speed enforcement cameras will be installed on the stretch of road between Spalding and Crowland.
Weather: Cloudy and coldpublished at 08:45
BBC Weather
It will be a cloudy start, with patchy light rain in the west soon clearing to leave all areas dry.
A bright but cold afternoon with brief sunny spells possible. Maximum temperature: 3C (37.4F).
Travel: Road remains closed due to floodspublished at 08:35
BBC Travel
The A1101 Wash Road in Welney remains closed in both directions between New Bedford River and Old Bedford River due to flooding.
Headlines: Summer punting touts could be banned... Air ambulance says new base 'fully operational'published at 08:15
David Webster
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Here are the stories we're looking at this morning:
- Cambridge City Council is trying to introduce an order on punting touts
- The East Anglian Air Ambulance says its new Cambridge Airport base is now "fully operational"
- A man has been arrested following a low-speed tractor chase across Cambridgeshire and Norfolk
Welcome to Monday's Cambridgeshire Livepublished at 08:00
Nic Rigby
BBC News
Good morning and welcome to Cambridgeshire Live.
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