Updates on Wednesday, 9 March 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume on Thursday at 08:00
We'll be back tomorrow form 08:00 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates for the county.
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It will be mostly dry overnight, with just the odd spot of light rain or drizzle possible. Minimum temperature: 3C (37F).
Tomorrow will be rather cloudy, but mostly dry after any early light rain or drizzle fizzles out, however we should see some sunny spells.
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
Girton College has cancelled its annual Spring Ball following the death of an "exceptional" student in a fall at the weekend.
Image source, Cambridgeshire PoliceThomas Millward, 19, died in Addenbrooke's Hospital on Sunday. Police said the death of was not being treated as suspicious but a 19-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs.
The College Council, external announced today that with "deep sadness" it had decided it would be "inappropriate" to proceed with the ball.
Emma Maclean
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
A Cambridgeshire man has begun a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to possessing 12,300 indecent images of children, external.
Colin Pope, 56, of Doddington Road, Wimblington, was sentenced yesterday at Cambridge Crown Court.
Quote MessageEvery one of these images and videos captures a child being sexually abused or exploited."
Det Con Lloyd Metselaar, Cambridgeshire Police
Helen Burchell
BBC News
The driver of this car must have needed petrol so desperately he didn’t worry about pulling up next to traffic police at a filling station - despite the fact his vehicle was falling apart.
Image source, BCH Road PolicingA headlamp was ready to fall out and the bumper was hanging off when he stopped to refuel at Brampton Hut, near Huntingdon, at about 16:30 on Monday.
Officers described the car as “unroadworthy”. The driver had to pay for it to be towed and won’t be able to drive it again until it passes an MoT test, they told us.
Emma Maclean
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Here are the top stories in Cambridgeshire this evening:
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
The removal of the Benin bronze cockerel from Jesus College, Cambridge, is the latest controversy to erupt at Britain's top universities over Britain's imperial past.
Image source, ReutersStudent groups are due to march through Oxford later today to demand the removal of a statue of 19th Century imperialist Cecil Rhodes, from Oriel College. Campaigners say it represents "white supremacy".
The students' union at Jesus College says its cockerel was stolen by British forces in a "punitive raid" in 1897, and want it to be returned to Nigeria.
Cambridge Water, external is advising drivers that one lane on East Road, Cambridge, is likely to remain closed until tonight now, while emergency repairs to a burst water main, external are completed.
Image source, BBTraffic lights are expected to remain in place throughout the rush hour while work is carried out to reinstate the road surface.
Cambridge Water says the work is taking longer than expected after engineers found the pipe had been encased in concrete.
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
The Environment Agency has now issued five flood warnings for Cambridgeshire following heavy rain, external in the county.
Image source, Terry Brignall/Glatton VillageThis photograph, taken by Terry Brignall, is another from Glatton, where water was bubbling up from below ground.
The B660 in the village is now closed because of flooding.
Trespassers on the railway tracks during the Flying Scotsman’s visit to Peterborough cost rail companies almost £60,000, external.
A Cambridge "institution" threatened with closure when students complained about the noise will continue to trade in the city, external.
Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live
This is the scene in the village of Glatton, where flooding has closed the B660.
Image source, Glatton VillageYou can see more photos from the scene on the Glatton Village, external Facebook page.
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BBC Travel
The A14 has just reopened eastbound at Keyston, following an earlier crash.
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Sean Coughlan
BBC News, education correspondent
Prof Stephen Hawking has paid tribute to the teacher who inspired his early steps into scholarship.
Image source, PAThe Cambridge scientist was speaking ahead of this weekend's award of the Global Teacher Prize.
He says Dikran Tahta at St Albans School opened his eyes to maths, which he describes as the "blueprint of the universe".
A college with sites in Norfolk and Cambidgeshire has been chosen by Microsoft to develop a regional IT academy.
Image source, BBC SportRob Petto, from the College of West Anglia, external, which has sites in King's Lynn, Wisbech and Milton, near Cambridge, said IT skills were now the fourth skill required after reading, writing and maths, no matter what course or job students undertook.
The project will also involve the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.
BBC Weather Watcher 'Rugby John' photographed the river near St Ives this morning, which is looking very high after the heavy rain.
Image source, Rugby JohnYou can check out the latest flood warnings for Cambridgeshire here, external.
BBC Travel
Another incident on the roads to be aware of: the A14 is closed eastbound near Keyston, following a crash.
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Helen Burchell
BBC News
Here's what we know about the bronze cockerel making the news around the world today after being removed from display at Jesus College:
After a wet start it will remain cloudy with outbreaks of rain across Cambridgeshire this afternoon. Maximum temperature: 8C (46F).
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / SparkHeavy rain has led to a lot of standing water on roads in the county. BBC Weather Watcher 'Spark' caught this car making a splash at Wood Walton.
BBC Travel
A five-vehicle collision has blocked the M11 southbound, just before J8 at Bishop's Stortford, and is causing congestion back to Cambridgeshire.
Firefighters say they are working to release one trapped casualty.
