BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire on Friday, 15 July 2016

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Adam Jinkerson

Lorry driver who caused Cambridgeshire mother's death can 'expect jail'published at 12:18 British Summer Time 4 August 2016
Nic Rigby
BBC News
A lorry driver, found guilty of causing a crash that killed a Cambridgeshire police officer, can expect a custodial sentence the judge has told him.
Image source, Cambridgeshire Police
Danny Warby, 28, of School Road, Runcton Holme, King's Lynn, was driving a 13.6-tonne light goods vehicle along the A141 in Cambridgeshire when it veered into oncoming traffic seconds after he opened a text message, Peterborough Crown Court heard.
It clipped an oncoming lorry and showered two cars with debris before crashing into a Renault Clio driven by Cambridgeshire Police officer Sharon Garrett.
The married mother-of-two, who was on her way home from work, was pronounced dead at the scene on 6 June 2014.
Judge Stuart Bridge said: "This is a very serious offence with hugely tragic consequences and an immediate custodial sentence is inevitable."
Lorry driver guilty of Cambridgeshire officer's death opened text just before crashpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 4 August 2016
Nic Rigby
BBC News
A lorry driver, convicted of causing the death of a police officer through dangerous driving, opened a text message seconds before the crash.
Image source, Terry Harris/Paperpix
Danny Warby, 28, of King's Lynn, was found guilty at Peterborough Crown Court of causing the death of 48-year-old Det Con Sharon Garrett.
The five-vehicle collision took place on the A141 near Wyton, Cambridgeshire, in June 2014.
Helen Guest, for the prosecution, said Warby, of School Road, Runcton Holme, was driving the 13.6-tonne light goods vehicle along the A141 in Cambridgeshire when he opened a text message on his phone.
The court heard his vehicle crossed the white line in the centre of the road and clipped an oncoming lorry, showering two cars in debris, before crashing into a Renault Clio, driven by Mrs Garrett, which was also in the oncoming line of traffic.
Mother-of-two Mrs Garrett joined Cambridgeshire Police in 1991.
Man guilty of causing death of Cambridgeshire police officerpublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 4 August 2016
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A 28-year-old man from King's Lynn has been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving of Cambridgeshire police officer Sharon Garrett two years ago.
Mrs Garrett, a married mother of two, was driving home from work when the incident happened.
More to follow...
'No change' car parks net councils cashpublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 4 August 2016
Councils in the East of England are making tens of thousands of pounds a year from car park pay-and-display machines which do not give change, a BBC investigation finds.
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'Pioneering corridor' from Cambridge to London should be home to new towns, says greenbelt reportpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 4 August 2016
Cambridge News
Cambridge should be part of a “pioneering corridor" in a radical new approach to development, external that calls for less beautiful parts of the green belt to be built on.
Cambridgeshire UKIP leadership contender cleaning public toiletspublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 4 August 2016
Nic Rigby
BBC News
UKIP councillor Lisa Duffy will be cleaning the public toilets in the town of Ramsey tonight, despite being confirmed as a party leadership contender, she has told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
Image source, PA
Ramsey became the first town to be controlled by UKIP in 2011. She and her partner help clean the public toilets to save the £9,000 per year cost of hiring someone to do it. Their work helps to ensure the facility remains open.
She also revealed that one of her daughters has a "Nigel Farage Lego toy".
Public Spaces Protection Orders defended by councillorpublished at 10:30
Nic Rigby
BBC News
We've been looking at plans for a protest in Cambridge against Public Spaces Protection Orders which the Manifesto Club says "allow almost any activity to be banned on the say-so of a single council officer".
Image source, Getty Images
Councillor Simon Blackburn, chairman of the Local Government Association's safer and stronger communities board, defended the orders.
He said they help the fight against "anti-social behaviour, such as aggressive begging, public drinking or racing in cars".
He added: "These are serious offences that make the lives of victims a misery - in some cases with tragic consequences.
"Councils are determined to protect their communities from behaviour that ruins their quality of life or means people are scared to visit public places."
Protest in Cambridge over Public Space Protection Orderspublished at 09:30
Nic Rigby
BBC News
Activists are due to hold street protests in Cambridge and four other areas against councils' "blank cheque powers" to punish certain forms of non-criminal behaviour in public.
Image source, Manifesto Club
The Manifesto Club, which campaigns against the "hyper-regulation of everyday life" said Public Spaces Protection Orders, external "allow almost any activity to be banned on the say-so of a single council officer," and are "sterilising public spaces".
The Manifesto Club said examples of nonsense rules included banning chalk drawings, loitering, and grazing sheep.
As well as Cambridge, street protests will take place in locations across the country at the weekend including Woking, Hackney and Swindon.
Meeting to discuss Hinchingbrooke and Peterborough hospital merger planpublished at 08:44 British Summer Time 4 August 2016
Nic Rigby
BBC News
Members of the public, concerned at merger plans for Hinchingbrooke, and Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals, get the chance to meet the senior managers of the two trusts today.
Image source, Michael Trolove/Geograph
In May a public meeting revealed 70 administration and board-level jobs could be lost if the plans go ahead.
Both trusts insist the merger will lead to imroved services for patients. The meeting is being held at 10:00 at Stamford Hospital.
Weather: Warm but a chance of showerspublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 4 August 2016
Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather
It will be a generally warm day with sunny spells and scattered showers. Some showers may be heavy and thundery during the late afternoon but many places will remain dry.
It will be breezy again but the winds will not be as strong as yesterday. Maximum temperature: 22C (72F)
Get the latest weather report with BBC Weather here.
Hello and welcome to Cambridgeshire Livepublished at 08:00
Nic Rigby
BBC News
The team are poised to bring you all the latest news, sport, weather, and travel for the county.
We'll be looking at a meeting tonight of campaigners opposed to the closure of three minor injury units in Cambridgeshire.
Weather: Breezy overnight, with clear spellspublished at 18:10
BBC Weather
Breezy overnight and this evening, with perhaps a few isolated showers. However, clear spells are likely to develop during the early hours of Thursday, with most places becoming dry.
Overnight lows of 15C (59F).
Tomorrow will be fresh with sunny spells. BBC Weather has a more detailed forecast where you live.
Barton Road planning application approvedpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
A couple of weeks ago we brought you the news that plans for new homes to be built on part of the Barton Road car park in Ely, external had been heavily criticised by a local resident - and subsequently racked up more than 100 objections.
However despite the opposition, plans to build six houses and five flats have been approved.
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Rotherham sign Peterborough's Taylorpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Rotherham sign Peterborough's former Shrewsbury Town winger Jon Taylor for a club-record fee of about £500,000.
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Delays on Greater Anglia servicespublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Some rail disruption is expected to services for a short while this afternoon due to a defective track:
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Wyton crash trial: Jury sent homepublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Helen Burchell
BBC News
The jury considering the case against Danny Warby, accused of causing the death of Det Con Sharon Garrett by dangerous driving, has been sent home for the day.
A Peterborough Crown Court spokeswoman said it will resume deliberations at 10:00 tomorrow.
Japanese sake brewery 'would be the first of its kind'published at 16:05 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
According to this string of tweets from East Cambridgeshire District Council, an application has been unanimously approved for a sake brewery at Fordham Abbey, external.
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Such was the excitement at the £9m investment, Japanese TV also turned up...
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And if you have no idea what sake is, read this in the Telegraph, external.
Wyton crash trial: Jury considers its verdictpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
I've just spoken to Peterborough Crown Court where a spokesman has confirmed the jury in the trial of Danny Warby has retired to consider its verdict.
Mr Warby, 28, of School Road, Runcton Holme, King's Lynn, is accused of causing a crash in which off-duty police officer Sharon Garrett was killed on the A141, near Wyton, in 2014.
He denies causing death by dangerous driving.
U's manager previews the new seasonpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport
We're dubbing this one "the big interview".
Cambridge United manager Shaun Derry has been opening up about his hopes for the season ahead, with news on summer signings, losing Greg Abbott, being patient with Barry Corr, and... his little blue book.
Take a listen below.
Banking bonanza over ARM dealpublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
BBC Business News
The sound of clinking champagne flutes across London today may well be coming from the bankers who worked on the £24bn deal to sell Cambridge-based technology giant ARM to Japan's Softbank.
The likes of Goldman Sachs, UBS and Barclay have bagged fees worth more than £200m, along with other financial advisers, according to documents released today.
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The fees cover advice relating to the structure of the deal. The documents also show that public relations advisers Brunswick, Finsbury and Sard Verbinnen will walk away with up to £6m.
Total fees and costs associated with the deal, including legal and accounting expenses, stand at £350m.
Other firms set to share millions from the deal include Softbank advisers Robey Warshaw and French bank Lazard, which is working with ARM.
As part of the deal, SoftBank has pledged to double ARM's 3,000 workers and to retain its management team.
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