Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
That's it for this week from everyone on Cambridgeshire Local Live.
We'll be back on Monday at 08:00 with news, sport, travel and weather updates.
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Updates on Friday, 22 January 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Monday
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Weather: Clear night aheadpublished at 17:53
Chris Bell
BBC Look East weatherIt will be a dry and breezy evening with clear spells, followed by a dry and predominantly clear night, with winds easing.
Becoming chilly later in the night, with perhaps a touch of frost where skies remain clear for longest. Some fog patches may also form by dawn.
Minimum temperature: 3C (37F).
Can you fix it? Local group seeks DIY helperspublished at 17:48
Kerry Devine
BBC Radio CambridgeshireA search has started to find people who are handy with a hammer, super with a saw and understand an u-bend.
Image source, GreeniversityThe Peterborough-based skills share scheme Greeniversity, external is looking for volunteers to run classes in DIY skills so they won't die out.
They say being able to repair a home comes top of the list of endangered everyday skills in the UK.
Travel news: M11 exit slip closed this weekendpublished at 17:40
Make sure you plan your journey over the weekend if you're using the M11 northbound exit slip junction at Madingley.
It will be closed from 20:00 tonight until 05:00 on Monday.
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End of twitter postCambridge volunteers getting ready to help refugees in Calaispublished at 17:37
Alex Pope
BBC Local LiveForty-two volunteers from the Cambridge Calais Refugee Action Group, external are preparing to head out to France tonight to help refugees staying at the Calais Jungle camp.
Image source, Getty ImagesMembers of the convoy. that includes 10 cars and a van, will spend the next two days building shelters, maintaining the camp and distributing food and clothes.
They're also taking items including tents, sleeping bags, winter coats and shoes donated by local people.
Chief of Cambridgeshire CCG to step downpublished at 17:31
Alex Pope
BBC Local LiveDr Neil Modha has announced he is stepping down as chief clinical officer for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group, external.
He says he's taken the decision after being in the job for four years to "rebalance and refocus my work and family commitments".
It was under his watch that the CCG commissioned Uniting Care to run health services for older people in the county. The £800m outsourcing contract collapsed last month.
Headlines: Cambridgeshire medical leader to leave job after four years in post... Super spud grower scoops special awardpublished at 17:27
Kerry Devine
BBC Radio CambridgeshireHere are the headlines for this Friday evening:
- The head of Cambridgeshire CCG, external has announced he's standing down after four years in the job
- Work is set to continue to find out if a rare 'sea creature' discovered in Cambridgeshire is a previously unknown species of plesiosaur
- Cambridgeshire potato grower wins an outstanding achievement award, external
Prize-winning grower warns of spud shortagepublished at 17:18
Johnny Dee
BBC Radio CambridgeshireA potato grower from Cambridgeshire says the lack of cold weather this winter is likely to mean a shortage of potatoes.
John Boutwood, managing director of Isle of Ely Produce, says it could also mean a price rise.
He says it's all "down to the mild weather, as when they put them into storage the temperature was very, very warm and a breakdown happens in the potatoes because their skins haven't set properly".
Posh sign Spurs striker Coulthirstpublished at 16:56
Steve Jackson
BBC Radio CambridgeshirePeterborough United have confirmed the signing of 21-year-old Shaquile Coulthirst from Tottenham Hotspur.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe's coming to the Posh on a three-and-a-half year deal.
The striker becomes the third arrival at London Road in 24 hours, after Harry Toffolo and Adil Nabi.
Outstanding achievement award given to Cambridgeshire potato growerpublished at 16:47
Johnny Dee
BBC Radio CambridgeshireA potato grower from Cambridgeshire has won the Award for Outstanding Achievement at the 2016 National Fish & Chip Awards, external.
John Boutwood is managing director of Isle of Ely Produce, which grows potatoes around Ely and Littleport.
It distributes more than two million bags of spuds to chippies in UK and Ireland every year.
Cambridgeshire quarry a treasure trove for achaeologistspublished at 16:38
Helen Burchell
BBC NewsThe site of sea monster Eve's final resting place in a Fenland quarry has become a treasure trove for archaeologists, giving up a number of important finds over the years.
Image source, OUMNHCambridge archaeologists are currently excavating the remains of a Bronze Age settlement described as "Britain's Pompeii" because it is so well-preserved.
However, Eve is much older than the roundhouses. She’s about 165 million years old. Plesiosaurs died out about 66 million years ago at the same time as the dinosaurs.
Brian's breakfasts a draw at 'world's fifth-best' B&Bpublished at 16:10
Alex Pope
BBC Local LivePraise is being heaped upon a Cambridgeshire B&B.
Image source, Brian and Lesley CorbettSayle House, external has just been ranked as the fifth-best in the world by review website TripAdvisor, external.
It seems like the breakfasts are a winning factor. Guests' comments on the site include: "Brian's breakfasts deserve a special mention"; "Beautiful house, excellent breakfast, wonderful hosts" and "One of the best B&Bs we've ever stayed in."
All about Eve: The fishy diet of a Cambridgeshire 'sea monster'published at 15:44
Helen Burchell
BBC NewsThe Must Farm quarry plesiosaur, nicknamed Eve, would have enjoyed a diet of other marine animals such as fish, shellfish and squid, Oxford University palaeontologist Dr Roger Benson says.
Image source, ThinkstockShe wasn’t the fastest-swimming marine reptile, but she didn't need to be: fish swam a lot more slowly in the Jurassic period as many of them were “armoured” with bony skeletons and thick enamel scales, Dr Benson said.
Nevertheless, Eve would still have cruised through the Fenland waters at a speed of about 5mph (8.2km/h) – that’s faster than an Olympic champion.
Travel update: Delays on A1 at Witteringpublished at 15:20
There are delays on the A1 in the Wittering area, police have tweeted.
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End of twitter postRare 'sea reptile' found in Cambridgeshire gifted to museumpublished at 15:13
Helen Burchell
BBC NewsFossilised bones of a rare 'sea reptile' found in Cambridgeshire have been donated to a museum in Oxford so experts can determine if it's a previously unknown species of plesiosaur.
Image source, OUMNHExperts say some anatomical features of this creature have only been seen in much smaller specimens.
The company Forterra gifted the remains, now nicknamed "Eve", to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, external after they were discovered at Must Farm quarry, near Whittlesey.
More than 42,000 people attend LAMMA show in Peterboroughpublished at 14:49
Alex Pope
BBC Local LiveIt's been confirmed that more than 42,000 people attended the LAMMA, external agricultural show held in Peterborough this week.
Image source, Farmers GuardianThe two-day event at the East of England Showground on Wednesday and Thursday had 1,000,000 sq ft (92,903 sq m) of net exhibition space, making it the biggest annual trade show in the UK.
The show returns to the Peterborough on 18 and 19 January 2017.
Weather: Brightening up this afternoonpublished at 14:24
This afternoon will gradually become much drier from the west with some bright spells just about possible in Wisbech and other central parts before dusk.
Image source, Rugby John / Weather WatcherStrong, gusty southerly winds will ease later.
Maximum temperature: 10C (50F).
Scientist recalls the 'wow moment' he uncovered a 'sea monster'published at 13:57
Helen Burchell
BBC NewsA member of the group that discovered the fossilised bones of a 'sea monster' in Cambridgeshire has described the moment he uncovered the remains of the creature.
Oxford Clay Working Group member Dr Carl Harrington said: "As I was digging amongst the wet clay, the snout of a plesiosaur started to appear in front of me.
Image source, Thinkstock"It was one of those absolute ‘wow’ moments – I was the first human to come face-to-face with this reptile.”
Senior officer says increase in reports of violence 'positive'published at 13:34
Alex Pope
BBC Local LivePolice area commander for Cambridge, Supt Jon Hutchinson, has been talking about the increase in reported violent crime in the county.
He told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire it was "a positive thing" that recorded crime had gone up "because... we don't feel that crime has gone up - it's just the cases that are reported to us have".
He added that the way violent crime was recorded had changed, and that now all incidents have to be reported when in the past that wouldn't have always happened.
Dangerous load stopped on A1 at Alconburypublished at 13:00
Police have issued a warning about drivers not being able to see clearly out of the back of their vehicles.
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