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  • Serial killer Joanne Dennehy loses her high court claim for damages over human rights violations for being placed in solitary confinement

  • More news, sport, weather and travel updates from 08:00 on Friday

  1. Our local coverage todaypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    That's it folks from the team today.

    Hope you enjoyed our coverage but before we go... here's a rather amazing birds eye view of a dragon in a field taken in the East of England Air Ambulance when it was en-route between Chelmsford and Cambridge.

    Have a good evening. Back tomorrow from 08:00.

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  2. More on the new dialect app - greater mobility behind changespublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    Helen Burchell
    BBC News

    Researchers behind a new study, external looking at how pronunciation in the UK has changed over the last 50 years believe greater geographical mobility to work and study, is behind the changes.

    Scone/splinterImage source, Thinkstock

    An app was used to ask people questions about the pronunciation of 26 words and how they described certain nouns, such as a splinter. During the 1950s there were about 10 commonly-used words to describe a tiny piece of wood that gets stuck under the skin, including "spell" and "sliver".

    But according to app users, many appear to have died out, with only those in north-east England sticking to their own version - "spelk".

  3. Peterborough's willow festival will go ahead, says organiserpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    There seems to be confusion if the Willow Festival , externalis going ahead this year in Peterborough. 

    The event was scheduled to be staged on the city's Embankment from 8-10 July, but the city council has withdrawn permission for organisers to use the land as they say full payment hasn't been made or all the correct documents submitted.

    Willow Festival in 2014

    But Mark Ringer, who's in charge of the event, said it's "full steam ahead".

  4. Weather: A dry and bright end to the daypublished at 17:40

    BBC Weather

    There will be a dry and bright end to the day, turning chilly overnight with temperatures falling to 6C (43F).

    Weather map

    Tomorrow will start dry and sunny, with temperatures reaching 19C (66F). 

    BBC Weather has more details.

  5. 'Bold' children's book wins top award for Cambridge illustratorpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    A children's book about a boy's experiences of setting off on a long journey to another country, illustrated by a student from Cambridge, has won a top award. 

    My Name is Not Refugee book coverImage source, Kate Milner

    Kate Milner who's due to graduate from Anglia Ruskin University has won the Student Illustrator of the Year title at the V&A Illustration Awards 2016, external.

    The judges singled her book My Name Is Not Refugee for her "bold attempt" to tackle a subject not normally written about in children's stories.

  6. Scones offer a clue to a shrinking North South dividepublished at 16:50

    Helen Burchell
    BBC News

    'Scoan' or 'skon'? And why's it important you might ask? 

    Scone

    Well it's because distinctive regional accents appear to have declined since the 1950s with more people now sounding like "southerners", researchers have concluded. 

    Results from 30,000 users of the English Dialects app , externalhave been analysed by developers at Cambridge University. People from 4,000 locations answered questions about the pronunciation of words such as "scone".

    Initial results showed more people now speak with accents similar to those in London and the south-east of England.

    Of course, none of this resolves the age-old debate on whether you should put the cream or jam on first!

  7. Pedal power comes to the River Campublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    Julia Greenaway
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Cambridge is famous for many things, but two of the most iconic images have to be cycling and punting...

    Barnaby Walker on his pedal powered punt

    So Barnaby Walker, a fourth year engineering student, has decided to combine the two and design and build what's believed to be the first ever pedal powered punt. 

    It's already been for a test drive on the River Cam and as far as we know hasn't sunk... but there's still time!

  8. Could severed head be the result of a person hit by a train?published at 15:46 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    Jane Killick
    BBC Three Counties Radio

    Police searching the railway line in Sharnbrook in Bedfordshire say one theory is the person whose severed head ended up in Cambridgeshire might have been hit by a train.

    But they insist they are keeping an open mind and haven't decided if the death is murder, accident or suicide.

    police car parked by digger on construction siteImage source, south beds news agency

    It's thought the head ended up at a skip in a quarry in Cambridgeshire after being brought from a construction site beneath a railway viaduct in Sharnbrook.

    Police are awaiting on the results of DNA tests, as a post-mortem examination failed to establish the cause of death or the sex of the deceased.

  9. Millions spent on private ambulances in the Eastpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    Staying with news of the NHS - and spending on private ambulances for 999 calls in England has trebled in four years, BBC research has found.

    Ambulance trusts paid private companies and voluntary organisations £68.7m to attend emergency calls in 2015-6, compared to £22.1m in 2011-2. They respond to all types of calls.

    The East of England Ambulance Service, with a budget in 2014-15 of nearly £246m, has spent about £40m on private ambulance support services over the past six years.

  10. Addenbrooke's thanks staff for hospitals improvementspublished at 15:00

    Mousumi Bakshi
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Despite staying in special measures, praise has been given to the staff at Addenbrooke's after the hospital increased it's CQC rating, external

    Jane Ramsey the chair of the hospital, has thanked them for their work and says "we are determined that this improvement will continue over the coming months and we look forward to the full re-inspection of our services by the CQC in the autumn."

    Addenbrooke's hospitalImage source, PA

    Roland Sinker, their chief executive said he's "delighted" with the news and added "the trust still has a long way to go, but we are proud of what has been achieved in a short time."

  11. Addenbrooke's remains in special measurespublished at 14:40

    Mousumi Bakshi
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    We've just had it confirmed that even though Addenbrooke's Hospital has increased it's CQC rating from "inadequate" to "requires improvement", the hospital remains in "special measures".

    Addenbrooke's hospitalImage source, Tom Pullman/Geograph

    It's hoped that this could change when they're next inspected in September. 

    The hospital was put in "special measures" after being inspected in April and May 2015 and inspectors expressed concerns about staffing levels, delays in outpatient treatment and governance failings.

  12. Improvements made at Addenbrooke's hospitalpublished at 14:05

    Mousumi Bakshi
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Addebrooke's Hospital was put into special measures in February after several units were found to be "inadequate".

    CQC report findingsImage source, CQC

    Inspectors from the Quality Care Commission, external went back into the hospital in April and May and changed the rating to "requires improvement" for maternity and gynaecology, outpatients and diagnostic imaging services. 

    The Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Prof Sir Mike Richards, said: "We were pleased to see improvements had been made", but "further work is needed to ensure the standards of care meet those which people should be able to expect."

  13. Addenbrooke's goes from 'inadequate' to 'requires improvement'published at 13:35

    Mousumi Bakshi
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    In other news... a team of inspectors have published a report on the quality of care, external at Addenbrooke's Hospital. 

    It's now been rated as "requires improvement" after it was put into "'special measures" when it was given an "inadequate" rating. 

    Addenbrooke's siteImage source, PA

    The inspectors found improvements had been made but more work still needs to be done. We'll have more on this later.

  14. Dennehy ruling: How the papers are reporting itpublished at 13:10

    Before we leave the Dennehy story - here's a look at how some of our colleagues in the national and local press are reporting today's ruling that the serial killer, from Peterborough, cannot claim compensation for being put in solitary confinement:

  15. Dennehy ruling: Legal team could appeal today's decisionpublished at 12:40

    The legal team of Peterborough serial killer Joanna Dennehy have been given 35 days to ask the Court of Appeal to hear her case. 

    Dennehy is unable to appeal the decision herself, so it's now down to her lawyers.  

    Scales of justice

    It comes after a she failed in a bid to get compensation for solitary confinement in jail after claiming it was a violation of her human rights.

  16. Dennehy ruling: Funded by legal aidpublished at 12:20

    Joanne Dennehy today lost her High Court bid for compensation after being placed in solitary confinement in jail. 

    When the news broke that she was suing for the trauma caused, it was confirmed by the Ministry of Justice that fight was being funded by legal aid. 

    The Royal Courts of Justice in The Strand, London

    At the time a spokesman said: "We robustly defend compensation claims as far as the evidence allows, and have successfully defended two-thirds of prisoner claims over the past three years."  

  17. Triple killer loses bid for damagespublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    Triple killer Joanne Dennehy fails in a bid to get compensation for solitary confinement in jail after claiming it was a violation of her human rights.

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  18. Joanne Dennehy: The woman who murdered men 'for fun'published at 11:30

    Laurence Cawley
    BBC News

    After killing her third victim, Joanne Dennehy phoned her friend and sang the Britney Spears track "Oops I Did It Again" down the line. 

    When Dennehy was caught - after two days on the run - she was calm and silent, sitting in the passenger seat of a green Vauxhall Astra in The Oval area of Hereford.

    Pictures of Joanne DennehyImage source, Cambridgeshire police

    Her arrest brought an end to a cross-country spree of violence that had left three men dead and two wounded. 

    All of them had been stabbed repeatedly by Dennehy with a 3in (9cm) pocket knife.

  19. Dennehy ruling: The men murdered by triple killerpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    Triple killer Joanne Dennehy murdered Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, in March 2013 and dumped their bodies in ditches in Cambridgeshire.

    She went on the run and subsequently stabbed dog walkers Robin Bereza, 64, and 56-year-old John Rogers.

    The bodies of (l to r) Lukasz Slaboszewski, Kevin Lee and John Chapman were found in CambridgeshireImage source, Cambridgeshire Police

    She was given a whole-life term in February 2014.

  20. Dennehy ruling: Segregation was 'in accordance with law'published at 10:40 British Summer Time 26 May 2016

    Today at the High Court, Mr Justice Singh ruled Joanne Dennehy's segregation had been "in accordance with law" and "at all material times it has been necessary and proportionate".

    Dennehy, of Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, claimed at London's High Court that she has been "unfairly and unlawfully" held in segregation at HMP Bronzefield.

    Dennehy with a child before the attacks in PeterboroughImage source, Cambridgeshire Police

    Dennehy is only the third woman to be given a whole-life prison term, after Moors murderer Myra Hindley and House of Horrors serial killer Rose West.