Updates for Friday, 29 January 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday
Well, that's it for this week from all the team at Local Live in Cambridgeshire.
We'll be back at 08:00 on Monday morning with all your news, sport, travel and weather updates.
Have a great weekend and if you want to get in touch over the weekend you can always drop us an email, or contact us via Facebook, external or Twitter, external.
Chris Bell
BBC Look East weather
Further rain, perhaps briefly heavy with thunder, is expected overnight.
As this clears south later, it will turn colder from the northwest and strong winds will ease to a moderate breeze.
Minimum temperature: 3C (37F).
If you're planning on using the guided busway this weekend, external then it's best to check before you travel as parts of the track will be completely closed.
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Kerry Devine
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
A senior Conservative official has quit his role overseeing the inquiry into alleged bullying within the party, following an investigation by BBC Newsnight.
Rob Semple's was appointed to the role after the suicide of activist Elliott Johnson from Wisbech.
However, Newsnight revealed key witnesses were reluctant to give evidence while Mr Semples was still in his role.
Hannah Olsson
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire political reporter
Peterborough Council has announced how it expects to make up a £24m shortfall in its budget, external next year.
Image source, Paul Bryan/GeographPlans include putting council tax up by 4% and shutting the council officers between Christmas and New Year.
Today's announcement comes after the first half of its savings ideas were announced at the end of last year.
Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
Fraudsters are targeting elderly and vulnerable people in Cambridgeshire trying to get them to buy unnecessary, inappropriate and expensive mobility aids.
Image source, PACambridgeshire police, external say the caller makes out they're from a GP surgery trying to book an appointment.
Similar calls have also been reported in the Fen Ditton area where a fraudulent company has been calling residents demanding bank details to buy medical equipment and vitamins.
Kerry Devine
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire has joined calls for the drink-driving limit to be reduced.
Image source, ThinkstockA bill proposes amending the 1988 Road Traffic Act to lower the blood-alcohol concentration limit from 80mg alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg.
Sir Graham Bright said a lower limit would "help reduce the numbers of people dying or suffering life changing injuries on the roads".
Helen Burchell
BBC News
On the day it's been announced that Hinchingbrooke Hospital is to stay in special measures, the chairman of the trust that runs it says there's been a lot of "improvement".
Alan Burns told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire he was "delighted" with the number of "good" ratings it had after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated it as "requires improvement", compared to the previous 'inadequate' rating.
He added: "We know that many of the things the inspector criticised us for have already been fixed in the three or four months between the inspection and now, and we know that that transition is continuing."
Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
It's been confirmed that two Tesco stores in Cambridgeshire will no longer open for 24 hours a day.
Image source, Getty ImagesThey're in Fulbourn and March. The Royston Extra shop also won't stay open all day.
The company says the growth of online shopping means that certain shops had few customers during the night.
Kerry Devine
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
These are the headlines making the news this Friday afternoon:
Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
A new service to help people with mental health problems has been used by more than 5,000 people in four months.
Image source, PAThe Psychological Wellbeing Service, external run by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, external started in September.
It works by patients being able to refer themselves for direct help instead of going to their doctor first.
Jon Welch
BBC News
Former Dragons' Den star Doug Richard left a court this afternoon in tears after being cleared of child sex charges involving a 13-year-old from Norwich.
A jury of eight women and four men deliberated for four hours and 15 minutes before finding Mr Richard not guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child, one of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and a charge of paying for sexual services.
The American millionaire, who has set up Cambridge-based technology companies, told jurors that at the time he believed she was an experienced 17-year-old and insisted he would never "knowingly" have sex with a child.
Jon Welch
BBC News
Millionaire businessman and former star of Dragon's Den Doug Richard has been found not guilty of child sex offences.
Image source, Getty ImagesMr Richard, 57, of Islington, London, who has been involved with Cambridge-based technology firms, exchanged messages with the 13-year-old after meeting her on a "sugar daddy" website and went on to act out his fantasies when she travelled from Norwich to London to meet him.
He admitted having sex with the girl but told the court he believed she was 17.
The Cambridge businessman and former Dragons' Den star Doug Richard has been cleared of child sex charges.
More to follow.
Paul Arnill, 46, from Doddington, near March, has been made an MBE for his services to Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue., external
He set up the organisation at the request of Cambridgeshire police, who knew he was a founding member of Essex Search and Rescue.
Mr Arnill, who stepped down from the organisation last year, was also recognised for serving the people of Tilney All Saints, Norfolk, where he spent seven years on the parish council.
An appeal has been launched to find a missing Huntingdon woman, external.
Image source, tbcAmreen Aslan 25, was last seen at 12:00 on Thursday at her home address in Walden Grove, Huntingdon.
It's thought she went into Huntingdon town centre but didn't return, which police say is out of character
Any patchy rain will clear this afternoon to allow some more sunny spells to develop.
Image source, Paul's Patch/Weather WatcherIt'll be mild but very windy with gales possible.
Maximum temperature: 12C (54F).
The M11 Madingley exit slip road (Junction 13) will not be closed this weekend because of the current weather conditions.
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Katharine Park
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Cash totalling £150 has been stolen from a till at The Pasta Shop in Queens Walk, Fletton, Peterborough.
Image source, Cambridgeshire PoliceCambridgeshire police, external have released images of the men they want to speak to following the raid at 09:00 on 20 January.
PCSO Matt Lauch said: "The shop owner and staff working in the store have been left upset and anxious following the incident so I urge anyone who can assist in identifying those responsible to contact police.”
Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
With just under 400 miles to go before he reaches the end of an epic journey, a Cambridgeshire rower says he's "desperate for pizza".
Image source, Ben DuffyPaddy Gallagher from Wisbech - pictured left, with sunglasses on - is part of the four-man Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, external.
He says it's been mentally and physically challenging and a far greater challenge than he realised it would be.
