Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

We've seen reports in the Hunts Post, external of an attempted ram-raid at a bank in St Neots.

I've just spoken to Cambridgeshire Police, which will be updating us on the current situation shortly.

When we hear more we'll bring it to you.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Reacting to the news that Peterborough City Council will outsource its fostering and adoption services, a former leader of the council claims local government "is on the verge of extinction".

Charles Swift told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire outsourcing is "the final nail in the coffin" of local government.

"When I was first elected there was 27 councillors, unpaid, in charge of every service that there was from cradle to grave," he said.

"Now we've got 60 councillors paid £750,000 with less than 10% of the services still in house."

Peterborough City Council says the deal to allow TACT, The Adolescent and Children's Trust, to run their Permanency Service, will save £1m a year.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Peterborough City Council has appointed specialist charity TACT, external (The Adolescent and Children's Trust) to run long-term care for children.

Andy Elvin, TACT's CEO, says the partnership is "exciting".

"This is not because Peterborough City Council were doing anything wrong. The reality is that child protection always takes precedence. It's where all the risk is and where a lot of management time goes," he said.

Mr Elvin said the council is giving its Permanency Service to an organisation "that only deals with that. It's our sole job".

"I think partnerships like this will attract new people to foster and offer homes to vulnerable children in Peterborough."

Peterborough City Council hopes the new deal, starting in April 2017, will save the council £1m.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

As announced in yesterday's Peterborough Telegraph, external, there are big changes on the way for fostering and adoption services in the city.

The city council has appointed a charity to run its new Permanency Service - that's the service that deals with long-term care for children. 

From next April, it will be run by The Adolescent and Children's Trust, external - also known as TACT.

Image source, Steve Daniels

Explaining why the council feels it's a necessary change to make, Lou Williams, service director for children's services and safeguarding at Peterborough City Council, said the authority "decided to go into partnership with an expert, specialist fostering agency that just so happens to be a charity, to help us to deliver the specialist support services".

Mr Williams said the council wanted to offer foster carers "the best possible support", adding this new deal would make Peterborough "a very attractive council to foster for".

Councillors hope the change will save the council £1m a year.

Georgina Burnett
BBC Weather

Today will be cloudy with some light rain in places and there will be a slight breeze. 

Cloud will begin to clear later. 

Maximum temperature: 19C (66F).

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Welcome again to our live updates for Cambridgeshire on Tuesday, 27 September.

We'll be here throughout the day bringing you up-to-date news, sport, and travel as it happens.

There's also a full weather update on the way shortly - let's hope the skies above Cambridgeshire stay sunny today. 

It's not looking too bad in Cottenham this morning, as captured by Weather Watcher "The Nest".

As always, you can get in touch via email, Twitter, external, or Facebook, external.

A football club boss sparks a bomb alert when he finds a briefcase containing two Jordanian passports in his car boot.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Thanks for joining us today.

Here's a round up of what's been covered...

• Rides set to return Midsummer Fair in 2017
• Ten involved in 'large scale disorder' in the Fens
• Cambridge Regional College names sports centre after Paralympic hero
• Cambridgeshire woman's petition to ban all mobile phone use while driving gains thousands of signatures

We'll be back tomorrow morning from 08:00 with up-to date news, sport, weather and travel from around the county. Keep your eyes peeled to this page across the evening for any breaking news from around Cambridgeshire.

We'll leave you with this picture from an idyllic Huntingdon spot, taken by BBC Weather Watcher 'Bigdor'. 

Have a great evening.

Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather

Rain will clear north-eastwards this evening. The rest of the night will be largely dry and cloudy with a few clear intervals. We may get some further outbreaks of rain developing in the west of the eastern region later. 

Minimum temperature 11C (52F).

Tomorrow, after some early brightness it’ll generally be cloudy and with some outbreaks of rain at times as temperatures peak at 20C (68F).

Get your local forecast from BBC Weather.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Think of the most bizarre story you can and this one probably beats it...

The Cambridge News has reported, external that Renford Sargent, a club director at Cambridge United, found a suitcase that wasn't his in the boot of his car on Sunday, which led to an explosion by the bomb disposal unit.

It says Mr Sargent found the suitcase with two Jordanian passports on the top, after it had already travelled from Cambridge to Newport and back again. He told the paper he thought the bag had been "put into his boot by mistake".

A police spokesman said "there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances".  

Mr Sargent will be chatting to Chris Mann on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire very soon, but if you miss that, you can catch up later on the BBC iPlayer Radio site.

Sam Edwards
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

I spent this morning at Cambridge Regional College, which named its sports centre after local Paralympian Louis Rolfe.

Rolfe, who is a third year student at the college, won gold and bronze in the para-cycling at Rio 2016.

Around 300 students gathered to celebrate the moment Rolfe cut the ribbon, who was said have had "no idea" about the re-naming.

What a nice surprise!

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Four people have been arrested after police were called to a fight involving 10 people in Leverington, near Wisbech, yesterday evening.

Cambridgeshire Police said three men - one aged in his teens, one in his 30s and another in his 40s - along with a woman in her 40s, were arrested on suspicion of affray.

All four remain in custody in King's Lynn.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Cambridge City Council has confirmed the funfair at Midsummer Fair is to return in 2017, after an incident led to its removal for this year's event.

The funfair was cancelled after a woman became trapped under a lorry last November in the build-up to Bonfire Night.

A spokesman for the city council said "advice from the Health and Safety Executive has resulted in proposals for a reconfigured layout".

He added: "The report proposes re-positioning the showmen’s living accommodation, re-configuring the market trader stalls, creating a secure area for vehicles that require site access and closing one full path for the duration of the event."

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

A petition started by a Cambridgeshire woman calling for a total ban on all phone calls while driving - even via a hands-free kit - has gained more than 8,500 signatures.

Alice Husband, whose son Seth, 7, was killed by a car outside their home near Wisbech by a driver on the phone, wants to avoid the same thing happening to other families.

Image source, petition.parliament.uk

Ms Husband told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire the driver's use of a phone while driving "was an important factor in the accident". 

The 33-year-old woman, who was using the loudspeaker to have a conversation, was fined and given points on her licence after admitting careless driving.

"If we can eliminate such a simple and easy factor, we should," said Ms Husband.

Currently UK law states you can use hands-free phones, external when driving.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Elsewhere in Cambridgeshire today...

• The Cambridge News says a balaclava-clad robber wielding a baseball bat has raided a hotel on the A14, external near Cambridge, sparking a police manhunt
• The Peterborough Telegraph says rail union RMT has confirmed 24 hours of strike action, external on Virgin Trains East Coast over a threat to jobs, working conditions and safety
• Meanwhile, the Ely Standard, external is bringing out all the cuteness this morning with more on the Ely Cathedral pet service that took place over the weekend

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

The Cambridge News says the county should miss the worst of the impact, external of storms that are set to batter Britain in the next two days.

The paper says two major storms, named Karl and Lisa, are currently being tracked across the Atlantic, with American hurricane experts warning they could merge just off the coast of Britain.

Severe weather has been predicted for much of the north and west of the country, with Scotland on alert for up to four inches of rain.

BBC Weather

It's been a pretty dull start to the week, weather-wise.

The rest of the day will see large amounts of cloud and a chance of isolated showers. Many places will remain dry with some bright or even sunny intervals.

Temperatures will rise close to average for the time of year, with highs of 17C.

The rather dull skies were captured in this nonetheless delightful picture of Longthorpe this morning, by BBC Weather Watcher 'Paul's Patch'.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

The east of England Euro MP Richard Howitt was given a standing ovation as he gave his final speech to the Labour party conference in Liverpool.

After more than 22 years in the European Parliament, he's leaving politics for the world of business.

Speaking to delegates, Mr Howitt said it had been "an enormous privilege to serve the party". 

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Intrepid re-enactors have started a 300-mile journey on foot and horseback in tribute to King Harold in 1066... and their route will take them through the Fens.

To mark 950 years since the Norman Conquest, the marchers left York yesterday and will take three weeks trekking to Hastings.

They're aiming to arrive on Friday, 14 October - the exact date in 1066 when the forces of Harold and Duke William of Normandy met in arguably the most famous and important battle in English history.

Nigel Amos, who is leading the 1066 march on behalf of English Heritage, said: "For me this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 

"There's nothing like a personal experience like this to understand what it was like and offer an even more authentic window on that world to inspire and inform others."

A senior member of the Labour Party in the east of England says Jeremy Corbyn needs to take steps to restore relations within the party.

Richard Howitt, the party's only Euro MP representing the eastern region, joined colleagues in calling for party unity following the leadership election results. But he says Mr Corbyn needs to play his part.