BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire on Friday, 19 February 2016

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Closing updates on Friday, 19 February 2016
Bronze Age wheel at Must Farm "British Pompeii" dubbed an "unprecedented find"
Police are still trying to identify a man who collapsed and died while running in Milton, near Cambridge
£20m technology hub in Cambridge set to support about 500 digital entrepreneurs
A1307 between Cambridge and Haverhill "no longer fit for purpose," the chamber of commerce says

Live Reporting

Mark Williamson

New chairman for East of England Air Ambulancepublished at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2016
Jon Welch
BBC News
The East of England Air Ambulance, external, which covers Cambridgeshire, has a new chairman.
Sir William Cubitt says it's a great privilege to be appointed to the role. He replaces Andrew Egerton-Smith, who stepped down in December after serving the charity for 15 years.
Image source, East Anglian Air Ambulance
The charity provides a life-saving service every day of the year, carrying specially trained doctors and critical-care paramedics to the scene of accidents.
What archaeologist have discovered at Must Farm so farpublished at 12:00
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
The oldest complete wheel ever found in the UK is just the latest of the "fabulous artefacts" archaeologists have uncovered from the Bronze Age at Must Farm.
Other discoveries at the site include:
- The country's "best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings" dating from about 1000-800 BC
- An almost complete small wooden box
- Intact cooking pots containing the remains of food, abandoned when the settlement was destroyed by fire
- Bronze Age tools and textiles including a broken axe haft
The quality of the finds being made at the site near Whittlesey have led to it being dubbed "Britain's Pompeii".
Social media responds to discovery of Bronze Age wheelpublished at 11:45
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
People on social media are coming up with their own theories about the 3,000-year-old wheel discovered at Must Farm, in the remains of a Bronze Age settlement destroyed by fire.
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Bronze Age wheel technology reavealed at 'British Pompeii' dig sitepublished at 11:30
The "unprecedented" find of a complete Bronze Age wheel has revealed clues towards the technological developments by the Bronze Age settlement at Must Farm near Whittlesey, archaeologists say.
Archaeologists follow in 3,000-year-old wheel tracks to trace story of Must Farm settlementpublished at 11:15
Peterborough Telegraph
A unique 3,000- year-old wheel found in a quarry near Peterborough is helping archaeologists learn more about how Bronze Age settlers lived, external.
Must Farm wheel most complete but not oldest found in fenspublished at 10:45
Helen Burchell
BBC News
While the Must Farm wheel is the most complete, it is not the oldest to be discovered in the area.
Image source, Vivacity’s Flag Fen Archaeological Park
An excavation at a Bronze Age site at Flag Fen near Peterborough, external in the early 1990s uncovered a smaller, partial wheel, dating to about 1,300 BC.
The wheel was thought to have been part of a cart that could have carried up to two people.
Headlines: 'Unprecedented' Bronze Age wheel discovered at Whittlesey dig... A1307 'no longer fit for purpose'published at 10:30
Sam Edwards
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
We'll have more from the story about the 'unprecedented' Bronze Age wheel find very soon... but here's a couple of the other stories from the county this morning:
- A1307 between Cambridge and Haverhill "no longer fit for purpose," the chamber of commerce says
- Conservative MEP VIcky Ford is hopeful deal can be reached in talks on reform of the UK's place in the EU
- Weather: Plenty of sunshine throughout the morning with a top temperature of 8C (46F). More from BBC Weather
At the scene: Secrets of the Bronze Age revealed at Must Farmpublished at 10:10
This is the scene at the archaeological dig at Must Farm in Cambridgeshire, where archaeologists are uncovering secrets from the Bronze Age.
"This site is giving us lots of answers, but at the same time it's throwing up questions we never thought we'd have to consider," archaeologist Chris Wakefield said.
The site, dubbed the "British Pompeii" has most recently revealed a wheel - believed to be the largest of its kind found in the UK.
Whittlesey wheel poses 'challenge' to understanding of Bronze Age technologypublished at 09:45
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
"This wheel poses a challenge to our understanding of Late Bronze Age technological skills" archaeologists who unearthed the 3,000 year-old artefact at Must Farm near Whittlesey say.
The team is now just over halfway through the eight-month dig to uncover the secrets of the Bronze Age site, external and the people who lived there.
Analysing the data from samples found at Must Farm could take several years, they say.
Whittesey wheel could have belonged to Bronze Age horse-drawn cartpublished at 09:25
The spine of what is thought to be a horse, found not far from the 3,000-year-old wheel unearthed at Must Farm, suggests it may have belonged to a horse-drawn cart, archaeologists say.
Image source, Cambridge Archaeological Unit
David Gibson, from Cambridge Archaeological Unit, which is leading the excavation, says the discovery of the wheel "demonstrates the inhabitants of this watery landscape's links to the dry land beyond the river".
Bronze Age Whittlesey wheel still contains hub, say archaeologistspublished at 09:10
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
A 3,000 year-old wheel discovered at Must Farm near Whittlesey still contains its hub, archaeologists say.
The 3ft (1m) diameter wooden wheel dates from about 1,100 to 800 BC and was found near the remains of a Bronze Age roundhouse on the excavation site.
The wheel is believed to be the largest and earliest of its kind found in the UK.
Late Bronze Age finds continue to 'amaze and astonish'published at 08:45
Late Bronze Age finds at Must Farm continue to "amaze and astonish," according to senior archaeologist Kasia Gdaniec.
Image source, Cambridge Archaeological Unit
Earlier this year archaeologists uncovered two or possibly three roundhouses dating from about 1,000-800 BC, at the site near Whittlesey.
Whittlesey wheel 'earliest complete' example discovered in UKpublished at 08:28
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
A 3,000-year-old-wheel, uncovered at a farm near Whittlesey, is the "earliest complete example ever found in Britain," according to archaeologists.
Image source, Cambridge Archaeological Unit
It is the latest find made at a site containing the country's "best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings" at Must Farm.
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The existence of this wheel expands our understanding of Late Bronze Age technology and the level of sophistication of the lives of people living on the edge of the Fens 3,000 years ago."
Duncan Wilson, Historic England
Bronze Age wheel found at Whittlesey dig an 'unprecedented find'published at 08:12
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
A complete Bronze Age wheel, believed to be the largest and earliest of its kind found in the UK, has been unearthed at Must Farm near Whittlesey.
Image source, Cambridge Archaeological Unit
The 3,000-year-old artefact was uncovered at an excavation of ancient dwellings dubbed "Britain's Pompeii".
Archaeologists have described the find as "unprecedented".
Good morning and welcome to Cambridgeshire Livepublished at 08:00
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
We'll bring you the latest news, sport, weather and travel between now and 18:00.
It was a frosty start in the county - we've a full weather forecast for the rest of the day coming up.
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