Summary

  • Paralympics 2016: Peacock's lucky charms

  • Paralympics GB: 'I'm really gutted', says silver medallist Steadman

  • Duxford air show in pictures

  1. Have you seen Chatteris' special stones?published at 13:47 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Sue Dougan
    BBC Local Live

    The curator of Chatteris museum, external, Ian Mason, is asking for the public's help to track down some special stones around the town.

    Media caption,

    Historians are searching for the lost stones to learn more about the abbey

    The main Chatteris Abbey was demolished in the mid-1500s, with a surviving building eventually being demolished in 1847.

    Mr Mason thinks there may be stones from the abbey scattered around Chatteris and is asking for local residents to keep an eye out for them. They may have particular markings.

    There's a history walk around the town from 18:30 tonight.

  2. 'Tsumani' of wasps creating a buzzpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Sue Dougan
    BBC Local Live

    A pest controller from Bottisham says Cambridgeshire is facing a "tsunami" of wasps.

    Common waspsImage source, Getty Images

    Dave Pearce said calls about the insects have more than doubled in the past week. He said the warm spring and late summer has led to a greater number this year.

    He said: "In another week or two, it'll settle down. The wasps will die off from October when the queens leave the nests."

    Dee Ward-Thompson, technical manager at the British Pest Control Association, external, said: "We have noticed that queries about wasp control on our website have been increasing year-on-year since 2013.

    "The milder winter, coupled with a warm spring and warm conditions in the last few weeks, means there are more wasps, which tend to be more aggressive at this time of year."

  3. Post Office prayers for Paralympian Peacockpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Peter Swan
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport

    Olympic T44 100m champion Jonnie Peacock defends his title tonight at the Rio Paralympics (23:53).

    His home town of Doddington has strung out the bunting (and we suspect it has the champagne on ice!)

    This is how the local Post Office looks today.

    Doddington Post Office
  4. £600,000-worth of cannabis plants seized in Wisbechpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Sue Dougan
    BBC Local Live

    Cannabis plants worth an estimated £600,000 have been seized by police.

    Officers discovered about 1,000 mature plants at a warehouse in March Road, Friday Bridge, near Wisbech, at about 13:30 yesterday.

    Image of cannabis plantImage source, Getty Images

    Police are investigating the discovery, which they believe is linked to organised crime. No arrests have been made.

  5. Sentencing due for driver who caused life-changing injuries to footballerpublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    A man who admitted causing a crash that resulted in a footballer having both legs amputated, is being sentenced today at Cambridge Crown Court.

    Shaun Whiter (L) and Joey Abbs

    Jan Adamec, 40, drove into Shaun Whiter (pictured left) and Joey Abbs (pictured right) as they changed a flat tyre in Newmarket, Suffolk, on 1 July.  

    Mr Whiter, who worked as an estate agent in Stansted, Essex, was due to begin training with Newmarket Town FC and had both his legs amputated.

    Mr Abbs sustained a serious leg injury.

    Adamec, of Shetland Road, Haverhill, has admitted two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

  6. Light aircraft crash report reveals gust of wind to blamepublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Sue Dougan
    BBC Local Live

    The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has published a report into a crash involving a light aircraft at Sutton Meadows airfield, near Ely, earlier this year.

    The pilot of the Pegasus Quik GT450 - similar to the one pictured below - was injured and the aircraft severely damaged.

    Pegasus Quik GT450 aircraftImage source, Ian Kirk

    The report, external states that as the pilot was attempting to land, there was a gust of wind which resulted in the left wingtip making contact with the ground. 

    The pilot lost control and the aircraft came to rest beside the runway. 

  7. New Peterborough waste facility means 'no more landfill by 2020'published at 09:06 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Sue Dougan
    BBC Local Live

    The operator of the new Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) at Fengate in Peterborough says the city is on course to "stop using landfill for household waste by 2020".

    ERFs are small power stations that use waste which has already been through the recycling process.

    Energy recovery facility under construction in PeterboroughImage source, Viridor

    Andrew Turner, from operator Viridor, external, told us the six-month old facility has the capacity to cope with the rapid growth in Peterborough's population.

    "Peterborough City Council is one of the first in the UK to actively say they want to divert their waste away from landfill and have built in capacity for the future as they have growth plans," he said.

    He added the facility was stringently regulated by the Environment Agency and it regularly monitored the flue gases it produced. He said: "It's predominantly water vapour, carbon dioxide and nitrogen - it's very small trace levels."

    Curious members of the public can go behind the scenes at the site today and tomorrow as part of the Heritage Open Days, external programme.

  8. Today's weather: Sunny spells developingpublished at 08:25 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Elizabeth Rizzini
    BBC Look East weather

    Today will generally have a cloudy start across the region, although some warm sunny spells should develop. A few showers are also possible. Top temperature today of 23C (73F).

    Here's my full forecast...

    There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

  9. St Neots ATM raid: Spar reopenspublished at 08:18 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Sue Dougan
    BBC Local Live

    As we reported yesterday, £25,000 was stolen in a cash machine ram-raid at the Spar on Cambridge Street, St Neots, in the early hours of Thursday morning.

    Police said the raid caused "significant damage", as seen in the picture below.

    Scene of ATM theft in St Neots

    Spar, which runs the shop where the cash machine was located, says it "takes this matter very seriously".

    "Repairs are being made to the store, it has been confirmed as safe and the store has reopened. We are working with police as they investigate this case," a spokesman said.

  10. Good morningpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 9 September 2016

    Sue Dougan
    BBC Local Live

    Hello again. It's a beautiful sunny morning in Cambridgeshire, we'll take a look at the day's weather forecast in full shortly.

    In the news today:

    • A driver is due to be sentenced following a crash in Newmarket that left two footballers with serious injuries 
    • Peterborough Cathedral's new visitor and learning centre will be opened to the public this weekend 
    • Cambridgeshire is facing a "tsunami" of wasps, according to a Bottisham pest controller

    We'll also have all the latest travel, sport and weather throughout the day. If you'd like to get in touch you can email ustweet us, external or contact us via Facebook, external.   

  11. Man jailed over traffic warden assaultpublished at 22:32 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Footage of the moment a traffic warden's leg was broken during an altercation with a man he had issued with a ticket, is released.

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  12. Man jailed for attacking parking wardenpublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    A man who attacked a parking warden has been jailed for 18 months.

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  13. Goodnight from all at Cambridgeshire livepublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Katy Prickett
    BBC News

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

    We've heard how £25,000 was stolen during a JCB ramraid in St Neots - and about a Peterborough man who was jailed after an altercation over a ticket left a parking warden with a broken leg.

    Jonnie Peacock, August 19, 2014 in SwanseaImage source, Getty Images

    Meanwhile, athletics gets under way in the Rio Paralympics tonight. The much-anticipated 100m T44 heats feature defending champion (and Doddington man) Jonnie Peacock, and starts at 21:42.

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

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

  14. Watch: The moment a parking warden was attacked after issuing a ticketpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Earlier we brought you the story of how a parking warden was left with a broken leg after he was attacked over issuing a parking ticket.

    Shamal Asaad was jailed for 18 months for the assault, which you can watch below:

    Media caption,

    Man jailed for attacking parking warden

  15. Weather: A sunny evening but temperatures will fallpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Julie Reinger
    BBC Look East weather

    A sunny evening will lead to a dry night but temperatures expected to fall. 

    A light to moderate south-westerly breeze should prevent any mist and fog forming. 

    Minimum temperature: 14C (57F).

    Weather chart

    Tomorrow will be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers but it will be breezy. 

    Maximum temperature: 23C (73F).

    More details from BBC Weather.

  16. 'Thank you seems inadequate', says runner's wifepublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Emma Maclean
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    The wife of a man whose life was saved by an off-duty special constable says he "was a very lucky person, because the only chance he had was to have someone right there who could do CPR".

    Tom and Mary SullivanImage source, Cambridgeshire Police

    Mary Sullivan, 67, was taking part in the same race at Wellingborough when her husband Tom collapsed. He was saved after Selly Rowles, whose day job is at a software company on the Cambridge Science Park, stepped in to help.

    Tom is out of hospital and recovering at home in Northampton. Mary said: "Thank you seems inadequate."

  17. Off-duty special constable saves the life of a fellow fun-runnerpublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Emma Maclean
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    A special constable who saved a man's life when he collapsed during a race says her "training took over".

    Selly Rowles, 32, was running a five-mile race at Wellingborough when she noticed some runners calling for a marshal.

    Selly RowlesImage source, Cambridgeshire Police

    Tom Sullivan, 67, had collapsed into a ditch, so the Cambridgeshire Police special "went into autopilot" and kept up CPR until the ambulance arrived 30 minutes later.

    She said: "I was told that what we did before the ambulance arrived had kept his blood circulating and kept him alive - that was when I realised that what we did had saved his life."

  18. Tea cosies out and tobacco in: A Victorian guide to Cambridge student lifepublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Katy Prickett
    BBC News

    As hundreds of students get ready to turn up at Cambridge University for the first time, St John's College has shared a guide to student life, Victorian-style, external.

    The tongue-in-check The Fresher's Don't was published in 1893 by St John's undergraduate Arthur John Story.

    Pages from the Fresher's Don'tImage source, St John's College, Cambridge

    There was advice on meeting girls (it would be nearly 100 years before women were allowed to attend the college). Plus, it advised on the need to offer tobacco to guests (regardless of whether you smoked) and how tea cosies and sugar tongs were not needed.

    St John's College student in room, 1900Image source, St John's College, Cambridge

    And good news for townsfolk - Arthur Story did not approve of "undergrads, walking four-a-breast, jostling all comers, even ladies, into the gutter".

  19. Meeting taking place tonight to discuss future of minor injuries unitspublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Jozef Hall
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    The latest meeting to discuss the future of minor injuries units is taking place this evening in March, external.  

    In July, a leaked report by The Clinical Commissioning Group considered shutting the units in Ely, Doddington and Wisbech due to financial pressures. 

    The CCG says no decision has yet been made. 

    The minor injuries unit in Doddington, Cambridgeshire
  20. 'The chair enabled me to leave the house'published at 16:00 British Summer Time 8 September 2016

    Johnny Dee
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

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