Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

That's the end of our live coverage - thank you for joining us today.

The main story of the day concerns the sentencing of the driver who left the scene of a crash in which footballer Shaun Whiter lost his legs and his friend was seriously injured.

We've also reported that two private school pupils from Cambridge have denied stealing artefacts from Auschwitz during a school trip to the former Nazi death camp last year. 

And there's been a "significant" seizure of cannabis plants in Wisbech.

And finally - Good luck to our local Paralympians in action over the weekend, including Jonnie Peacock in the T44 100m metre final this evening and the triathlon team who have three competitors from Cambridge. Former swimming gold medallist Clare Cunningham is excited:

Scroll down to catch up on the stories you may have missed.

We'll return with regular updates on Monday morning from 08:00.

In a victim impact statement read to the court, Shaun Whiter, who wasn't present at Cambridge Crown Court, said he still suffered from "flashbacks and nightmares" following the crash.

Joey Abbs sat with his head in his hands as the sentence was read to the court, while members of the victims' families were seen wiping away tears throughout the hearing.

Judge Jonathan Haworth told Jan Adamec that his actions were "despicable", adding: "You were driving along that road in a manner that was patently dangerous. 

"You were driving, according to some witnesses, well in excess of 60mph."

An eyewitness reported seeing Adamec driving without headlights and veering across the road in the moments before the collision.

Both Shaun Whiter and Joey Abbs were wearing high-visibility vests when they were hit, and had placed a light on the road to alert drivers.

Judge Haworth told Adamec: "You reversed, you drove around the injured men, lying on the ground and you drove off."

Adamec had also ignored a police appeal for information, and had attempted to flee from officers when they visited his address.

The solicitor representing Shaun Whiter, who had his lower legs amputated after being involved in a hit-and-run collision, says today's sentencing of Jan Adamec, the driver involved, will "allow him to move on from the accident, and focus instead on the rehabilitation journey involved".

Chris Bell
BBC Look East weather

There will be a few showers with clear intervals this evening, before cloud thickens and rain spreads eastwards across the region after midnight. 

Light to moderate southerly winds, with lows of 17C (63F).

Saturday will be a cloudy, wet day with outbreaks of rain expected on and off through much of the day. Perhaps heavy at times, but becoming a little drier from the west later in the day. 

Moderate southerly winds turning westerly late in the day, with highs of 21C (70F).

Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport

It looks like Jonnie Peacock was happy with his performance in the preliminaries of the T44 100m at the Rio Paralympics.

He lines up in the final tonight at 23:53, hoping to replicate his success at London 2012. Do you remember the sheer joy as he accepted his gold medal?

Image source, Getty Images

You can follow the action from the Games here.

Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

It feels like we've been here before - a Cambridge institution inviting the public to name a vessel... but let's not dwell on the somewhat controversial poll to name the British Antarctic Survey's £200m research ship.

Instead let's focus on this - the Cam Conservators, which look after the River Cam in the county, have a new boat to monitor the waterway.

Image source, Cam Conservancy

The boat will be used for a variety of tasks, from blocking angry swans during boat races to tackling illegal punt operators.

Suggestions are welcome via the Conservators' Twitter page, external.

The Cambridge News, external has published a list of the names that have already been suggested.

Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

Police have been giving their reaction following the sentencing of Shamal Asaad for an attack on a traffic warden in Peterborough.

Asaad was jailed for 18 months for the attack, which was caught on the warden's bodycam. The warden sustained a broken leg when he fell during the altercation in September last year. 

Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

Det Con Josh Coe said: "The defendant lost all sense of perspective when he aggressively confronted and used violence towards the victim who issued him a ticket, resulting in the victim breaking his leg in two places.

"This was a completely needless incident that has had a severe and ongoing impact on the victim's work and personal life.

"The public must show due respect to the work of enforcement officers on the streets, doing a difficult job in a workplace always exposed to public view."

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk

Shaun Whiter's family are "disappointed" by the sentence given to Jan Adamec at Cambridge Crown Court today, say police.

PC Ashley Bennett, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Roads Policing Unit, added: "Three years, four months, whilst it seems like a long sentence, with good behaviour that's reduced, and I think considering the severity of the injuries, it could almost have been a fatal collision.

"I think yes, they're disappointed."

Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

Two students from the Perse School in Cambridge have denied stealing culturally significant artefacts from Auschwitz during a school trip to the former Nazi death camp last year. 

A court in Krakow heard that guards at the site, which is now a museum, saw the then 17-year-olds picking up items from the ground, in an area where the Germans stored the belongings of Jews who were sent straight to the gas chambers. 

The teenagers visited Auschwitz in June last year as part of a trip organised by the independent school. When police searched the pair, they found buttons, a rusted hair clip and fragments of a spoon and glass. 

Image source, AP

Following police questioning, the pair were released after accepting a fine and suspended probation, but once back in the UK the students withdrew their admission of guilt and Polish prosecutors decided to settle the matter in court.

The judge heard the teenagers had only picked up the items to show to their guide. 

They deny a charge of stealing artefacts of special culture importance, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years.

Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport

Jody Cundy has been tweeting his pride at Paralympics GB's early successes in the velodrome at the Rio games.

The cyclist - who grew up in Wisbech - will get his own medal quest under way tonight. He's in action in the men's C4 1km time trial from 20:30.

Catch the action here, external.

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk

PC Ashley Bennett, one of the officers who attended the scene of the collision on 1 July in Newmarket, said it was "absolutely horrifying".

Since then he's been involved with the investigation, and has also been in contact with the families of both Shaun Whiter and Joey Abbs.

He added: "It's been extremely difficult seeing Mr Whiter and Mr Abbs as they are. As well as the physical injuries, there's the emotional and mental injuries that they're also suffering. Both men are absolutely distraught.

"Mr Whiter couldn't even be here; he couldn't face seeing Mr Adamec today."

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk

Returning now to the sentencing of Jan Adamec, a statement read out by Eleanor Howie, solicitor for one of his victims, Joey Abbs, said: "This is an incredibly sad case in which the careless actions of a driver left two young men with serious and life-changing injuries. 

Image source, Newmarket Town FC

"Joey is still coming to terms with his injuries and the long road to recovery he now faces.

"The guilty plea entered by the driver spared Joey and Shaun the stress and anxiety of a long trial and the sentence handed down today has helped him draw a line under what has been a very difficult time. 

"We are working with Joey to help him to overcome his injuries in the best way he can and we will be looking to help him to access the funds he will require for his ongoing therapy and recovery."

Shaun Whiter, who lost both of his legs in the hit-and-run crash that led to Jan Adamec being sentenced today to three years, four months in prison, spoke out about him last month.

Mr Whiter said: "Without a doubt it's good to know that the guy is off the streets.

"Being 27, I didn't dream of this. Personally, I think I shouldn't have to deal with this, but it's a case of now I have to deal with this, and I hope he's aware of that."

The crash happened on Dullingham Road in Newmarket on 1 July, at 22:55. Joey Abbs' Vauxhall Astra had a flat tyre, and he pulled up on a pavement and called his friend for help.

Mr Whiter came to his aid, parking his black BMW 320 behind.

A Ford Focus then crashed into Mr Whiter, who was standing behind his vehicle. The force shunted the BMW forward, pinning Mr Abbs between the two cars.

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk

Judge Jonathan Haworth has described the actions of Jan Adamec as "despicable and callous".

Adamec failed to stop after a collision on Dullingham Road in Newmarket on 1 July, and has today been sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court to three years, four months in prison.

The collision led to Shaun Whiter having both his legs amputated, and his friend Joey Abbs receiving serious leg injuries.

Mr Abbs spent six days in hospital, and Mr Whiter was released on 29 July.

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk

A Haverhill man has been given a prison sentence of three years and four months for causing serious injury to two men by dangerous driving.

The judge at Cambridge Crown Court said the maximum sentence he could impose was five years, but he reduced the term because Jan Adamec had previously pleaded guilty to the charges.

One of his victims, Shaun Whiter, 27, had to have both his legs amputated after the collision. He worked as an estate agent in Stansted, Essex, and was due to begin training with Newmarket Town FC.

His legs were crushed by Adamec's vehicle as he tried to help his friend Joey Abbs fix his car on Dullingham Road at 22:55 on 1 July.

Mr Abbs, who played football with Cambridgeshire team Soham Town Rangers, was trapped between his and Mr Whiter's vehicles. He suffered serious leg injuries.

Adamec did not stop after the accident.

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk

Jan Adamec, 40, from Shetland Road, Haverhill, has been sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court to three years, four months in prison, for causing serious injury by dangerous driving in Newmarket on 1 July.

More to follow

Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

Here's what's also making the news in Cambridgeshire today:

The Cambridge News reports that architects in the city have concerns about the City Deal, external being pushed forward without "wider regard to the urban fabric". 

A series of thefts from vehicles in Sawtry this week are being linked by police, according to the Peterborough Telegraph, external.  

And the Wisbech Standard has the story of a man who was arrested for being six times over the drink-drive limit, external.

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk political reporter

I'm at Cambridge Crown Court, where Jan Adamec is due to be sentenced following his guilty plea to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, following a collision in Newmarket in the summer.

Mr Adamec, 40, drove into Shaun Whiter and Joey Abbs as they changed a flat tyre in Newmarket, Suffolk, on 1 July.

Mr Whiter's legs were amputated and Mr Abbs sustained a serious leg injury.

Joey Abbs has recently arrived at court.

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

Sunny spells this afternoon but also few showers are possible.

It'll be rather breezy too and it'll feel less humid than recent days. 

Maximum temperature: 23C (73F) 

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