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Louis Smith video: I'm willing to 're-build bridges'published at 11:40 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
BBC Radio 5 live
Louis Smith has told BBC 5 Live he's willing to "build bridges" with the local Muslim community, as many have "reached out" to him.
He says he's "ignorant to religion" but plans to visit some mosques to "see what you guys do, and what the faith has to offer".
He says he has no plans to retire and will have to await possible "suspension or expulsion" by British Gymnastics.
"I only have myself to blame for this," he said.
Image source, AP
Louis Smith video: 'I know I have offended people'published at 11:31 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
BBC Radio 5 live
I've had a "lot of hatred", "people who aren't willing to forgive" and "some understanding".
Those are the words of Peterborough's Louis Smith, who's gone on air on BBC 5 Live to apologise for being filmed apparently "mocking Islam".
He says he's "stressed" and "ashamed" of what he did.
"What people saw in the video isn't a representation of what I stand for, my moral fibre," he said.
He says he "knows he has offended people" and is having to "deal with my actions."
Image source, Reuters
Nature in its glorypublished at 11:14 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
It's the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and if you're looking for somewhere the enjoy the autumn colours, the National Trust may have the answer, external:
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Louis Smith receives 'death threats' after being caught on video 'mocking Islam'published at 11:04 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
BBC Radio 5 live
Peterborough's Louis Smith has spoken on BBC 5 Live for the first time after being caught on video apparently mocking Islam.
He says he filmed himself and his friend Luke Carson at a friend's wedding at about 05:00 in the morning, when they had "consumed alcohol".
He explained that things "went a bit sour" as they were singing Disney songs, but then they did a "shameful" thing by mocking prayers.
He said it was a "silly thing to do" but insisted he was not "racist".
He said he has since received death threats.
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Addenbrooke's at 250: Your memoriespublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Dotty McLeod
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Happy birthday messages are coming in for Addenbrooke's Hospital today, as it celebrates its 250th birthday.
Chris Callum sent us this photo of when he broke his leg in 1970, when he was five and was "nearly mummified".
Image source, Chris Cullum
He said he broke his leg in Cornwall whilst on holiday and was transfered to the hospital via the railways (but that's a story for another day).
He told us that next to him in his bed on A wards was Gareth Baldwin, the former chairman of Histon FC.
You can send your pictures or stories to us on email or Twitter using #cmblive, external.
Addenbrooke's Hospital in numbers: 840 pints of milk a daypublished at 10:38 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Katy Prickett
BBC News
The hospital now sprawls across a 73 acre (29.5 hectare) site, treats nearly 900,000 patients a year, has over 8,000 staff and an annual income of £719m.
Image source, CUH
There's more:
- There are 13,313 rooms
- It has 54,000 light fittings
- There's enough glass in its windows to cover 12 Millennium Stadiums
- 10,2000 items of linen are used a week
- 840 pints of milk are used a day
- And it has 2,650 bicycle parking spaces
And an Addenbrooke's porter certainly stays fit, walking over 11 miles during an average 12 hour shift.
Addenbrooke's Hospital and its troubled recent historypublished at 10:05 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Katy Prickett
BBC News
The hospital has faced some great difficulties in recent years.
In 2014, Dr Myles Bradbury (below) was jailed after he admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke's, between 2009 and 2013.
Inspectors rated the hospital as "inadequate" and put it in special measures in 2015, although they also found workers were prepared to go the extra mile for patients, rating the quality of care as "outstanding".
In the latest inspection in February, the CQC, external lifted the rating to "requires improvement".
Rail delays: New plans to compensate passengerspublished at 09:23 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
BBC News UK
Rail passengers will be able to claim compensation for delays of more than 15 minutes under new government plans.
They can currently only make claims when services are delayed by at least 30 minutes.
Image source, PA
The Department for Transport says its new scheme will initially launch on Govia Thameslink Railway services, including Thameslink and Great Northern, in the next few months before being expanded on other networks.
Passenger and rail industry groups said they supported the plans.
The changes would also see compensation of 100% of the single fare ticket value for delays of between 60 and 119 minutes.
Addenbrooke's Hospital: Leading the waypublished at 09:17 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Katy Prickett
BBC News
The Queen officially opened the hospital at its new site in May 1962, and from then onwards Addenbrooke's developed its reputation for pioneering surgery.
Image source, CUH Archives
Professor Calne conducted the world's first combined heart, lung and liver transplant, with Papworth Hospital in 1983.
UK firsts performed at Addenbrooke's include the first small-bowel transplant, the first multivisceral transplant and the first keyhole operation.
More recently, it launched a £200m electronic patient record system, which after teething problems is now working well across the hospital.
Addenbrooke's Hospital: From 'common or garden ailments' to cutting edgepublished at 09:03 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Katy Prickett
BBC News
Addenbrooke's is Cambridge University's training hospital - but that was not always the case.
In the early 20th Century, medical students would head to London hospitals for their clinical practice because the view was Addenbrooke's "treated a lot of people from the Fens who had common or garden ailments", according to hospital archivist Hilary Ritchie.
Image source, CUH Archives
Today's partnership with the university developed after the creation of the NHS - and Addenbrooke's 1961 move from its Trumpington Road site (above) to its current one on Hills Road.
Image source, CUH Archives
The first unit to go into operation was neurological surgery and neurology, followed by outpatients, and by 1966 Roy Calne performed the first kidney transplant, external in Cambridge.
Addenbrooke's Hospital: How it all beganpublished at 08:40 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Katy Prickett
BBC News
It all started thanks to a bequest from necromancer and St Catharine's College fellow Dr John Addenbrooke, who died aged 39 in 1719.
Cambridge University Hospital's archivist Hilary Ritchie said: "He was a very mysterious man and burnt all his documents, including a portrait, before he died, so we don't know much about him."
Image source, CUH Archives
What we do know is that when the hospital finally opened in 1766 it was one of the earliest voluntary hospitals in England, with 20 beds and staffed by three physicians, three surgeons and a matron.
Not that it was easy to get an appointment - you had to present yourself at 11:00 on a Monday morning and admissions were made between then and noon. If you were late, you had to wait until the next Monday to be admitted.
Addenbrooke's: 'A small hospital for poor people'published at 08:34 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Katy Prickett
BBC News
Staff at Addenbrooke's in Cambridge are celebrating the hospital's 250th birthday today.
Image source, PA
Over the years, the hospital has changed from "a small, physical hospital in Cambridge for poor people" to one of the world's leading facilities, pioneering transplant and keyhole surgery.
To mark the anniversary, a museum charting its history has been opened just off the main concourse, drawing on documents and objects from its archive.
Watch: Tonsil guillotines, medical implements and much more...published at 08:16 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live
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Happy birthday Addenbrooke'spublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Addenbrooke's Hospital is celebrating its 250th birthday today!
We'll be bringing you stories about the hospital's history throughout the day.
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Weather: Cloudy with some rainpublished at 08:03 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather
It'll be sometimes cloudy with scattered showers, mainly this morning, then becoming drier and brighter in the afternoon.
The easterly wind will give a very cool feel to the day.
Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).
Good morningpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
Good morning and welcome back to the Local Live coverage for Cambridgeshire. Between now and 18:00 we'll be bringing you all your news, sport and travel, and in a moment we'll have a full weather report with Elizabeth Rizzini.
The main story we're looking at today is the 250th anniversary of Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, which opened on 13 October 1766.
If you have any memories of the hospital you would like to share, then please get in touch via Facebook, external, email or Twitter, external using #cmblive.
Image source, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Addenbrooke's Hospital marks 250 yearspublished at 03:21 British Summer Time 13 October 2016
Two hundred and fifty years ago a doctor bequeathed £4,500 "to hire and fit up, purchase or erect a small hospital in Cambridge for poor people".
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George Best's Rolls-Royce raises £12,500published at 20:25 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
A Rolls-Royce once owned by football legend George Best sells at auction for more than £12,000.
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Partner denies murdering authorpublished at 19:26 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
The partner of children's author Helen Bailey appears in court to deny her murder.
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That's all for our live coverage todaypublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Thanks for joining us.
It's been a day of large veg, expensive cars and unexploded bombs. Just a typical day for Cambridgeshire really!
Scroll back through today's feed to catch up on anything you may have missed.
We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow.
Have a great evening.