BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire on Tuesday, 23 February 2016

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Updates on Tuesday, 23 February 2016
News, sport. travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Wednesday

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Lotto surprise for winners' former studentpublished at 12:30
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
No... he hasn't suddenly had a windfall, but the £32.5m Lotto winners from Peterborough, one still a teacher and the other retired, may well have influenced one of our very own reporters in his younger life.
One of their former pupils was BBC Radio Cambridgeshire reporter Sam Edwards.
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Peterborough Lotto winners: A week to claim as the decorators were inpublished at 12:16 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2016
Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
A couple from Peterborough say they took a week to claim their £32.5m Lotto windfall as the decorators were in.
Lisa Cannings, a school teacher, said: "I know it sounds mad but we had a guy in to paint the whole house. We'd been planning it for ages and had packed everything into boxes."
Image source, National Lottery
She added: "We just thought it would be easier to wait, although it did mean that Gerry had to carry round the winning ticket in his wallet all week. It was very nerve-wracking."
Mr Cannings, a retired teacher, said he had always dreamt of how he would spend his winnings.
Fish, chips and a £32.5m Lotto win for Peterborough couplepublished at 12:08
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
Congratulations to the Peterborough couple who scooped a £32.5m rollover Lotto jackpot, but waited a week to claim their winnings.
Gerry Cannings, 63, and his wife Lisa, 48 were visiting friends in Slough when they purchased the winning ticket while buying a fish and chip supper.
Peterborough lottery winners meet the presspublished at 11:55
Peterborough couple Gerry and Lisa Cannings, who won £32.5m on the Lotto are being introduced to the press at Orton Hall.
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Peterborough Lotto winners namedpublished at 11:40
Breaking
Gerry and Lisa Cannings, from Peterborough, have been revealed as the winners of £32.5m Lotto rollover jackpot. More to follow...
Peterborough lottery couple took a week to claim £32.5m prizepublished at 11:20
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
A couple from Peterborough who won £32.5m Lotto rollover jackpot on 13 February took a week to come forward to claim their prize.
The couple will be revealed at 11:30 at Orton Hall near Peterborough, we'll have more from there later.
Watch: Investigation launched after guided bus crashes into embankmentpublished at 10:53 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2016
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
The public can be "fairly comfortable" there are no problems with the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, according to the man leading the investigation into yesterday's crash.
It's emerged six people were injured when a bus left the guided route near Foster Road, in Cambridge, at 14:00 when it was travelling between Addenbrooke's Hospital and Trumpington, police say.
Bob Menzies, from Cambridgeshire County Council says the guideway is used "hundreds of times a day".
Fenland primary school closed after firepublished at 10:35
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
Emneth primary school near Wisbech is closed today after a fire in the early hours, external.
Image source, Google
Fire crews from Wisbech, West Walton and Kings Lynn South were called to the blaze at 01:40 this morning.
A notice on the school's website says they expect to be open again tomorrow.
Cambridge church community devastated by theft of ‘priceless’ stained glass windowpublished at 10:15
Cambridge News
A congregation has been left heartbroken after a priceless stained glass window, external was stolen from a Trumpington church.
Image source, Cambridge News/Richard Patterson
Bus crashed as it entered guided buswaypublished at 10:05
Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
This broken fence is where a bus using the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, external crashed in Cambridge yesterday afternoon.
Five passengers were injured when the bus ploughed into an embankment near Foster Road, shortly after 14:00.
Bob Menzies, from Cambridgeshire County Council, says investigations are under way but it seems to have happened as the bus entered the guideway.
Travel Lines reopened between Peterborough and King's Crosspublished at 09:40
BBC Travel
All lines have now reopened between Peterborough and King's Cross, following an incident at Huntingdon.
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Peterborough couple in £32.5m lottery winpublished at 09:30
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
A married couple from Peterborough have won £32.5m on the National Lottery - here's how the news was broken last night.
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The couple will be going public later today, we'll bring you more updates soon.
Weather: A cold day with sunny spellspublished at 09:10
Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather
A cold day with some sunny spells is expected and although cloud will develop during the morning it should stay dry.
A brisk northwesterly breeze will make it feel cold, temperatures reaching a maximum of 8C (46F).
For a more detailed forecast for where you live head to BBC Weather.
Travel: Disruption on trains through Peterborough due an incident at Huntingdonpublished at 08:40
BBC Travel
There's disruption on services to Peterborough...
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Investigation into guided busway crashpublished at 08:25
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
An investigation is taking place after a bus using the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway crashed in Cambridge yesterday.
Five people were injured when the bus crashed into a bank near Foster Road, at 14:00.
The busway, external has reopened this morning.
Headlines: Peterborough couple in £32.5m Lotto win... Investigation under way into guided busway crashpublished at 08:15
Here are the top stories in Cambridgeshire this morning:
- A married couple from Peterborough wins £32.5m on the National Lottery
- An Investigation is under way into a crash on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway yesterday
- Volunteers come forward to join a 'citizens patrol' in Wisbech
Welcome to Cambridgeshire Livepublished at 08:00
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
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