Summary

  • Updates on Monday, 7 March 2016

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Tuesday

  1. That's all from Cambridgeshire Livepublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    We'll be back tomorrow with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates for the county, between 08:00 and 18:00.

    And remember, you can contact us any time via emailFacebook, external or Twitter, external.

  2. Weather: Isolated wintry showers and widespread frost developing overnightpublished at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Some isolated wintry showers will continue for a time, mostly dispersing by midnight. Otherwise, a dry night with skies clearing and a widespread frost developing.

    Weather chart

    Minimum temperature: -3C (27F). For a more detailed forecast for where you live, head to BBC Weather

  3. Pop lyrics present 'negative' image of older peoplepublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Mark Williamson
    BBC Local Live

    The lyrics of pop songs present a "negative" image of older people, according to Cambridge academics.

    People dancingImage source, Getty Images

    Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University, external say a study of lyrics from the 1930s to present day found mainly "dispiriting" representations of age and ageing, focussing on "frailty, loneliness and death". 

    Songs they focused on included Those Were The Days by Mary Hopkins and When I’m Sixty-Four by The Beatles.

  4. Amount of waste being thrown away increases in Peterboroughpublished at 17:25 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Mark Williamson
    BBC Local Live

    The amount of household waste being sent to landfill in Peterborough has risen, despite efforts to increase recycling rates, a BBC investigation has found.

    LandfillImage source, Thinkstock

    Research by Inside Out East shows the average household in Peterborough threw away - without recycling  - more than 550kg (1,213lb) of waste last year.  An increase of 20kg (44lb) per household from 2012-13.

    Peterborough City Council says about 60% of all waste put in black bins could be recycled by residents.

  5. March rape investigation 'ongoing,' say policepublished at 17:18 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Mark Williamson
    BBC Local Live

    Police say investigations into a report that a woman in her 30s was raped in a park in the town of March are "ongoing".

    Officers were called to North Drive park at 21:00 last night.

  6. Headlines: MoD receives compensation claims from Bassingbourn Libyan troop victims... March rape investigation 'ongoing'published at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Emma Maclean
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Here are the headlines in Cambridgeshire this evening:

    • The Ministry of Defence has received compensation claims from victims of sex offences by Libyan trainees at Bassingbourn
    • Police say an investigation into a report of rape in the Fenland town of March is "ongoing"
    • Pop lyrics present a "negative" image of older people, say Cambridge researchers
  7. Bassingbourn Libyan attacks: 'Breach of human rights' claim by victimpublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    At least one further compensation claim to the Ministry of Defence on the basis of negligence and breach of human rights has been submitted by one of four women assaulted in unrelated attacks. 

    Bassingbourn Barracks

    Khaled El Azibi, 19, Naji El Maarfi, 21, and Mohammed Abdalsalam, 28, were jailed after admitting their parts in these attacks.

    The arrests coincided with other concerns over the conduct of Libyan cadets training at the base following a "collapse of discipline". Despite assurances about tight controls, many of the cadets left the barracks unescorted during their stay.

  8. Male rape victim of Bassingbourn Libyan cadets understood to be seeking compensation from MoDpublished at 16:30 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Mark Williamson
    BBC Local Live

    A man raped by two Libyan soldiers in Cambridge is one of the victims understood to be seeking compensation from the Ministry of Defence, the Press Association reports.

    Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, Ibrahim Abugtila,Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

    Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23, were both jailed for 12 years for rape after a court heard they acted like "hunting dogs" in the attack in Cambridge on 26 October 2014.   

  9. Arrests ended Libyan troops' training at Bassingbournpublished at 16:20 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    David Keller
    BBC News

    Trainees from Libya arrived at Bassingbourn Barracks in June 2014, but by October five had been charged with rape and other sex offences after the cadets left the base and attacked men and women in Cambridge.

    Bassingbourn BarracksImage source, PA

    The arrests brought an end to a British government promise to help war-torn Libya by training army cadets in the UK, following the 2011 collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime. 

    The incidents prompted the Ministry of Defence to send 300 soldiers back to their home country prematurely, ending an agreement to put 2,000 soldiers through basic infantry and junior command training to try and help rebuild the troubled nation. 

  10. Bassingbourn Libyan attacks: 'We can confirm compensation claims have been received'published at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    In a short statement, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: "We can confirm that compensation claims have been received by the department. As the claims are ongoing we are unable to comment further." 

  11. MOD confirms it is considering legal claims from victims of Libyan troop attackspublished at 16:06 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Mark Williamson
    BBC Local Live

    The Ministry of Defence has confirmed it is considering legal claims from victims of sex offences by Libyan army cadets training at Bassingbourn Barracks in Cambridgeshire.

    Five Libyans were jailed last year after a court heard they raped and sexually assaulted victims in Cambridge.

  12. MoD receives compensation claims from victims of Bassingbourn Libyan troop attackspublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016
    Breaking

    The Ministry of Defence has confirmed it has received a number of compensation claims from victims subjected to sex offences at the hands of Libyan soldiers while training at Bassingbourn.

    More to follow.

  13. 'Bat heaven' saved from demolitionpublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Helen Burchell
    BBC News

    Here's a picture of the derelict 18th Century lock-keepers saved from demolition after Brown-long eared bats, external were found roosting in the walls.

    Cottage earmarked for demoliitonImage source, Cam Conservators

    It may not be fit for human habitation, but Jed Ramsay from the Conservators of the River Cam, which is based at the site, said the old house is "bat heaven". 

    The Bat Conservation Trust, external said the species is widespread in the UK, but vulnerable to building development and renovation.

  14. Bats save lock-keepers cottage from demolitionpublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Helen Burchell
    BBC News

    A derelict lock-keepers cottage near Cambridge has been saved from demolition by bats. 

    Brown long-eared batImage source, Cam Conservators

    As reported in the Cambridge News, external, Brown long-eared bats were discovered in the 18th Century building on a site at Clayhithe, earmarked for new offices for the Conservators of the River Cam, external.

    River manager Jed Ramsay says it is being turned into a sanctuary dubbed the "bat cave".

  15. Biomedical Campus businesses and Papworth Hospital say they will pay for busespublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Cambridge News

    Plans for a bus-only slip road off the M11 are back on the agenda after the biggest suggestion yet that businesses and Papworth Hospital will be prepared to help fund buses to the Biomedical Campus, external.

  16. Peterborough cabinet considers council movepublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Alex Harris
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Peterborough City Council's, external cabinet will consider proposals to relocate to the new £120m Fletton Quays development today.

    Peterborough City CouncilImage source, Paul Bryan/Geograph

    The move would see staff relocated to Fletton Quays by 2018 from the historic Town Hall, in the city centre, which would then be rented out.

    A spokesman for the council said the plans would generate an income and "kick-start" the new development.

  17. Weather: Largely dry with sunny spells this afternoonpublished at 13:51 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    The rest of today will be largely dry, although there will be a few showers for some which may turn wintry. Maximum temperature: 6C (43F). 

    LangtoftImage source, Deadeye 48

    BBC Weather Watcher 'Deadeye 48' captured this wintry scene at Langtoft, near Peterborough, this morning.

  18. Police investigate 'serious sexual assault'published at 13:39 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Emma Maclean
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Cambridgeshire Police have told us they are investigating a report of a "serious sexual assault" on a woman in her 30s in the Fenland town of March. 

    The Cambs Times first reported, external that officers cordoned-off an area of North Drive park after being called at 21:00 last night.

  19. Headlines: Police investigate 'serious sexual assault'... Cambridge United boss criticises abuse from fanspublished at 13:30 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Alex Harris
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    If you're just joining us, here are the top stories in Cambridgeshire:

    • Police are investigating a "serious sexual assault" in the Fenland town of March
    • A BBC investigation has found an increase in household waste being sent to landfill in Peterborough
    • Cambridge United manager Shaun Derry has criticised personal abuse towards him in Saturday's home loss to Exeter
  20. Vaccine funding "fraught with emotion"published at 12:48 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Deciding which vaccines should be government-funded is "fraught with emotion", according to a leading Cambridge health economist. 

    MeningitisImage source, SPL

    A couple from Soham who lost their daughter to Meningitis B claim the government is "putting money above children's health", by not offering a vaccine to all children under the age of 11.

    But Ed Wilson, a senior researcher in Health Economics at the University of Cambridge, says the government has to make sure the programme is cost-effective.