Edwin Hillier was an inmate at HMP Littlehey, a category C sex offenders' prison.

There has been a lot of talk about the availability of ventilators as the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow.

But what are they and how do they work?

BBC Look East's Richard Wescott has been to find out.

Shaving products have been donated to a team of volunteer clinicians working for the Magpas Air Ambulance. , external

The team needed a close shave every eight hours, to make sure their surgical masks were "airtight", it said.

Orla Moore
BBC News

It's only been a matter of days, but everyone is having to adjust to this new normal: social distancing and self-isolation at home.

Public health experts at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Ulster University are conducting research on how closing ourselves away is affecting our health and behaviour.

It focuses on how individuals are adapting, whether it's changing their diet and exercise - or rethinking smoking and drinking habits.

Dr Lee Smith, reader in Public Health at ARU, said: "During this global pandemic, it is important to investigate the impact of self-isolation on health, behaviour and well-being.

"This will help us to understand the health implications of this current outbreak, separate to the effects of Covid-19 itself, and ensure that governments and health bodies are better informed if a similar event was to happen in the future."

Anyone in the UK aged 18 or over who is self-isolating, or displaying symptoms - can take part in the 15-minute survey, external.

All visits to patients in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, have been stopped from today as frontline staff continue to tackle the coronavirus.

In a statement, the hospital said it had taken the "difficult decision" in order to "take all necessary precautions to protect our patients and staff".

The only exceptions are:

• A&E visitors - one person can accompany if absolutely necessary (eg child or someone needing a carer)
• Children: one parent allowed with a child at any one time
• Paediatric intensive care: one parent can visit for two hours in a designated time slot
• No partners may attend maternity appointments or scans, and birthing partners can only join during labour
• Carers of vulnerable patients will be restricted to one hour, at the discretion of the ward manager

Extra visitor restrictions, external are in place for intensive care units and patients receiving end of life care.

A buzzer system will operate for all visitors.

Anyone with a new, persistent cough or high temperature is asked not to visit hospital at all.

Coronavirus is the main focus of all news at the moment, and here's how it is being reported in the local press.

• Pupils from Sancton Wood School in Cambridge and pensioners have teamed up to operate a buddy system where they write letters, draw pictures, or even telephone each other during the coronavirus pandemic, reports the Cambridge News, external.
• Luton Today, external says that a Luton company is ramping up production of ventilators and is expected to make 5,000 within two weeks.
• The Herts Advertiser, external has tips on how to de-clutter your home while in self-isolation.
• MK Citizen, external has a breakdown of the number of cases of coronavirus in Milton Keynes.
• Ipswich Town Football Club could lose £500,000, external if the season is completed behind closed doors, says the Ipswich Star.

BBC Look East

While the coronavirus lockdown may feel claustrophobic to some, it has inspired others.

Peter Dean of Great Shelford in Cambridgeshire has sent in this poem.

A country tale

A couple of sparrowsFeed on sunflower heartsOblivious to the situation

An old man smokes his roll- upsAnd sips his pintOblivious to the situation

All is quiet in lock-down.No-one around bar the birdsAnd the old man.

The virus has passed them by.

Image source, Getty Images

Peter said: "My poem is about calm and peace and reflection. I think this is something we all need to do now we are isolated."

Police in Peterborough have reminded the public to "be responsible" after a group had to be dispersed from a park in the town.

Posting on Twitter, Peterborough Police said the group were playing football before a patrol in the Millfield area made them move on.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Every rough sleeper in Cambridge will be offered accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic, the city council has said.

It has identified some of its own properties and is in discussions with housing associations, hoteliers, bed and breakfast providers and private landlords "to ensure that the council is in a position to respond to demand as it arises".

Image source, LDRS

"Organisations providing front-line homeless hostel and day centre services may have individual cases where self-isolation is extremely problematic," said the authority.

The government has provided £24,750 to help it support those on the streets throughout the pandemic, said the council, with the option to bid for more if needed.

Peterborough Telegraph

The Magpas Air Ambulance service is calling for help with funding and equipment so that it can keep running at its usual frequency.

The charity, which operates across the East of England, is estimating its income over the coming months will be £200,000 lower than previously expected - an amount it says would normally allow it to respond to more than 60 patients, external.

Image source, ROB HOLDING/MAGPAS AIR AMBULANCE

Here's how some of Cambridgeshire's newspapers are reporting on the coronavirus pandemic:

• Cambridge pub delivers meals to Addenbrooke's to thank them during coronavirus outbreak, writes the Cambridge News, external
• The Peterborough Telegraph, external reports that HMP Peterborough has closed to visitors to protect staff and inmates
• Meanwhile, the Cambridge Independent, external carries an A-Z of retailers, pubs and companies offering deliveries and new services in the county amid the pandemic

Coronavirus travel restrictions have left a "labour shortage" of seasonal fruit and veg pickers

Cambridge City Council says it will be suspending the eviction of council tenants, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The council said the move was in order to protect tenants who were sick, self-isolating or suffering from financial hardship as a result of the virus.

Councillor Richard Johnson, executive councillor for housing at the Labour-run authority, external, said: "The council remains committed to continuing its financial support services to our most vulnerable residents who are affected during this time.

“We are working hard to operate a service which is as near as possible to ‘business as usual’ for these customers."

Tenants in need of support were invited to call the council on 01223 457000 to discuss their concerns.

Six people were on trial in connection with the murder of Cameron Hill in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Emma Baugh
BBC Look East

This is the scene at the usually rammed Peterborough railway station car park.

• In pictures: The quiet streets of the UK

Covering the coronavirus crisis means new challenges for our crews of television reporters.

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how BBC Science and Technology correspondent Richard Westcott and team are reporting on a shortage of seasonal workers at a farm in Soham, Cambridgeshire...

"You're alive and you are breathing... keep that in your heads," says recovering COVID-19 victim.

Alex Pope
BBC News

Police have seized two cars whose drivers were having meet up to fit a car stereo.

Cambridgeshire officers in the Fens said although the country was in "lockdown" with people being advised to stay inside unless vital, the message did not seem to be getting across.

They tweeted, external that officers found the vehicles on Block Fen Drove between Chatteris and March.

Image source, Fenland Police

Officers said: "Meeting up to fit a car stereo is not essential, both drivers on provisional licence and no insurance, vehicles seized, both drivers were reported and both taken home."

Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

The band's founder borrowed money from his dad before the website PledgeMusic went under.

A man who nearly died with coronavirus is urging people not to be naive.