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  1. That's all from us for todaypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Thanks for joining us.

    We'll return bright and early from 08:00 tomorrow.

    Here's a quick reminder of some of the stories we've covered today ...

    • A police watchdog inquiry found failings in the way British authorities handled information about paedophiles given to them by Canadian police. Intelligence from the operation resulted in the jailing of Cambridge doctor Myles Bradbury.
    • Tributes have continued to pour in for a man who died shortly before the end of the Perkins Great Eastern Run in Peterborough on Saturday.
    • And a "creepy clown" has been punched in Peterborough.   

    Stay tuned to this page overnight for any breaking news.

    Have a great evening.

  2. Boothroyd's England under-21s thrash Bosnia-Herzegovinapublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    BBC Sport

    England Under-21s finished their European Championship qualifying campaign in style by thrashing Bosnia-Herzegovina in Walsall.

    Aidy BoothroydImage source, PA

    The under-21s were led by Aidy Boothroyd after coach Gareth Southgate stepped up to take interim charge of the senior side.

    Former Peterborough player and coach, and Watford and Northampton Town manager Boothroyd, had already seen England seal their place at next summer's finals, but has now won his two games in charge.

  3. Bus shelter displays scenes of the pastpublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    A Fenland bus shelter has been transformed into a photo montage showing life in the area during the last century.

    It's been installed in Benwick and been funded by the March Local History group.

    Some of the photographs stretch back to the late 1800s.

    Johnny Dee went to take a look ...

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  4. Weather: Chilly night and showers tomorrowpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Alex Dolan
    BBC Look East weather

    A mostly fine and dry end to the day with some isolated showers. Overnight a mixture of cloud and clear spells. Potentially getting quite chilly where the skies stay clear with lows of 3C (37F).

    weather

    A chilly start to the day tomorrow followed by sunny spells and scattered showers and highs of 14C (57F).

    There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

  5. IPCC probe: Canadian Operation Spade officers 'couldn't get through' to CEOPpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Sally Chidzoy
    BBC Look East home affairs correspondent

    From the day the BBC broke news of the scandal, it was evident there were failures in the system at CEOP which, at the time, had just been taken over by the National Crime Agency. 

    CEOP staff complained about huge pressures, funding worries and too few computers, or computers that didn’t run well.  

    This tragic episode left police in Toronto bewildered. They worked hard on Project Spade - which led to the conviction of Myles Bradbury and revealed details of Southend deputy head teacher Martin Goldberg - and had an excellent working relationship with CEOP before it was taken over by the NCA.  

    At the time Bradbury was detected, they said they used to be able to "just pick up the phone" to officers they knew at CEOP and warn them about paedophile suspects. 

    But that changed. When they tried to call CEOP to find out what they were doing with Project Spade intelligence in London, they said they couldn’t get through. No one took their call.   

  6. Man, 83, arrested over attempted murder in Cambridgepublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Cambridge News

    It's being reported in the Cambridge News, external that an 83-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman in her 70s suffered serious injuries at a home in Cambridge.

    The paper reports that police were called in the early hours of this morning to an address in Kimberley Road, West Chesterton.

    We've contacted Cambridgeshire Police, who have told us that no one is available to speak until tomorrow morning.

  7. IPCC probe: Questions remain despite watchdog inquirypublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Sally Chidzoy
    BBC Look East home affairs correspondent

    Despite the IPCC probe, external into failings at a national child protection centre, today we still don't know exactly why Addenbrooke's Hospital paedophile doctor Myles Bradbury’s name and those of 2,334 other British paedophile suspects handed to CEOP in London by police in Toronto sat gathering dust for 16 months.

    Martin Goldberg, Myles Bradbury and Gareth WilliamsImage source, Other

    It’s now official that they were disorganised, but the devil is in the detail.

    Why did no one take "ownership" of the intelligence? Who should have done that? Why was there a "lack of general understanding" in an organisation that had long been praised for its work on tracking paedophiles? Was funding an issue that led to the backlog of cases that led to this failure? 

    Had CEOP got a grip, Bradbury would not have had the opportunity to go on and abuse another eight boys "in his care". 

    Multiply that abuse by the number of suspects who remained unchallenged and undetected during that time and beyond (a number of police forces also failed to act promptly on the delayed information once they’d received it), then the number of children at risk would have been considerable. 

    It’s a “the blame too wide and too thin to nail one person” type of case, says one observer.

  8. Kitten's story 'far too common'published at 17:20 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Tom Horn
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Isn't he just adorable?

    I've just spent the afternoon with Jasper, the cat found abandoned in Cambridge.

    Kitten
    Kitten

    He was bought to the Blue Cross in the city where he was given a clean bill of health.  

    However, Clare Trippett, from the charity told me that “stories like his are all too common".

    She said: “Luckily Jasper was found by someone and brought to safety. Abandoning such a young kitten like that could have been very dangerous for it."

    He now needs a new home.

  9. IPCC probe: 'Angry and hurt' says parent of Bradbury patientpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Sally Chidzoy
    BBC Look East home affairs correspondent

    As we've been reporting today, the long-awaited police watchdog report has found failings in how British authorities handled information passed to them by Canadian police about suspected paedophiles.

    Claire Yeoman

    But the Independent Police Complaints Commission, external (IPCC) report on the shortcomings at the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) has not been released because they’re “operationally sensitive”. 

    Instead, the findings were reduced to a news release, external - and the lack of transparency upsets relatives of patients of paedophile Addenbrooke's Hospital consultant Myles Bradbury, who lived in Herringswell in Suffolk.

    Claire Yeoman, whose three-year-old son Declan was Bradbury's patient but not identified as a victim, said: "No one seems to have taken responsibility for any of the actions that have caused so much grief.

    "I’m very, very disappointed, angry and hurt about it."

    Ms Yeoman's son was treated by Bradbury for 18 months before he died of leukaemia in November 2012.

  10. Kitten dumped on Cambridgeshire doorstep needs new homepublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Right. Let's crank the cuteness levels up to 11.

    A six-week-old kitten that was abandoned on a doorstep in Cambridge is now in safe hands and after a new home. 

    Abandoned kittenImage source, Blue Cross

    Named Jasper by the person who found him on their doorstep, the tiny tabby was covered in fleas and infested with worms. He was brought to the Blue Cross in Cambridge, checked by vets and given some treatment, but was otherwise in good condition.

    If you fancy re-homing little Jasper, he'll be ready once he is about 11 weeks old.

    Head over to the Blue Cross, external website for more information.

  11. Man who died at Peterborough half marathon 'gave back so much'published at 16:15 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    There was shock at the end of the Great Eastern Run at the weekend after one of the competitors died in the final stages of the race.

    Paul McCann, a father-of-two from Peterborough and trainee train driver, collapsed after a heart attack.

    Tributes to the runner have continued to pour in.

    Speaking to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Kuljit Senth from Riverside FC, where Mr McCann coached juniors, said he gave back "so much".

    Paul McCannImage source, Terry Harris / Paperpix.co.uk

    "He was a very likeable, funny man. He's going to be very sadly missed," she said.

    An online fundraising page set up by one of his colleagues, Bianca Hillard, to raise £200 to buy flowers and something for his children has now raised over £6,000, with the total steadily increasing.

  12. City council Lib Dem leader would raise taxes to cover shortfallpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Hannah Olsson
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire political reporter

    The Liberal Democrat group leader on Cambridgeshire County Council says she would raise council tax by 2%, to help pay for children's care services.

    The authority needs to save £120m over the next five years, and will meet today to discuss the issues.

    Lucy Nethsinga says she would increase council tax to raise £4m, which she says would "cost people across the county less than £2 a month".

    Lucy Nethsingha

    "Last year the Conservatives on the county council chose not to take that extra 2% and that's why we're having to make these very dangerous cuts," she said.

    "It would enable us to support these very vulnerable families."

    One proposal was to reduce the number of children taken into care by more than a half. However, a council report has called that "unsafe" and "unachievable".

  13. Lunchtime weather: Sunny intervals and scattered showerspublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    BBC Weather

    It's been a pretty foggy start across the county, but there will be plenty of sunny spells this afternoon, with most places staying dry. There will be a risk of the odd shower towards the evening. Highs of 15C (59F).

    Lunchtime weather forecast

    This was the scene in Longstanton a short while ago, sent in by Weather Watcher 'Paul's Patch'.

    LongstantonImage source, BBC Weather Watchers / Paul's Patch
  14. IPCC probe: Teacher was questioned over indecent imagespublished at 12:32 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    As we've been reporting today, the police watchdog has said failings were made by British child abuse investigators which led to delays in following up Canadian police intelligence about suspected paedophiles.

    The Canadian probe, called Operation Spade, resulted in Essex Police interviewing Southend deputy head teacher Martin Goldberg, who was found dead a day later.

    Martin Goldberg
    • Martin Goldberg, who lived alone in Shoeburyness, had taught at Thorpe Hall school for 23 years
    • Police found images on his computer of boys undressing in the school's changing rooms and at a leisure centre
    • The images, both videos and stills, were believed to have been made from a hidden camera inside a bag from 2000 onwards, and seemed to be of boys aged between 9 and 12
    • Officers questioned Goldberg on 9 September 2014; he died on 10 September
    • Essex Police did not act on the already delayed information passed to them by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) for eight months
    • An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) inquiry - published in May - found "high workloads" and a lack of staff led to a delay in realising Goldberg worked at a school
  15. 'Creepy clown' punched in the facepublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    It appears we've had a "creepy clown" sighting in Cambridgeshire, as reported by the Peterborough Telegraph, external.

    The craze, thought to have started in the US, involves pranksters dressing as clowns to deliberately scare people.

    Clown

    We've just spoken to the police who have told us that a man was walking along George Street in Peterborough at about 11:20 yesterday morning "when a man jumped out in front of him wearing a clown mask and possibly something in his hand".

    The statement concludes with: "The informant punched him in the face."

  16. Peterborough crash payout after 'significant deterioration' in conditionpublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    The High Court ordered the £2.5m payout to the crash victim, who cannot be named, after "significant deterioration" in his condition.

    The victim was left unlikely to work again as a result of the crash and is being cared for at home by his wife.

    Barrister Catherine Howells said both sides agreed the deterioration was "accident-related" and something he should be compensated for.

    Judge Rosalind Coe QC said it was a "genuinely tragic accident" followed by a "totally unexpected and really very unusual deterioration" in 2013. 

    The judge said she was "happy" to approve the £2.5m lump sum payout by other driver's insurers.

  17. IPCC probe: Doctor convicted following Canadian police operationpublished at 11:40 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    We told you earlier how the police watchdog has found failings in the ways a British child protection unit dealt with information passed onto them by Canadian police.

    Myles BradburyImage source, PA

    That intelligence - trawled up in the Canadian Operation Spade inquiry - went on to expose Cambridge doctor Myles Bradbury as a paedophile.

    • Myles Bradbury was a children's blood cancer specialist at Addenbrooke's Hospital and lived in Herringswell near Mildenhall in Suffolk
    • Child abuse investigators CEOP were told in July 2012 that Bradbury bought suspect movies online, but he was not arrested until December 2013
    • He admitted 25 offences including sexual assault on boys as young as eight and making more than 16,000 indecent images
  18. Cambridgeshire man receives £2.5m compensation payoutpublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    A motorcyclist left with catastrophic brain damage after a head-on crash in Peterborough, has won £2.5m in compensation. 

    The man, in his 50s, suffered injuries of the "highest severity" in the 2011 crash, barrister Catherine Howells told London's High Court. 

    London's High CourtImage source, Rob Farrow/Geograph

    It was "not his fault" and liability was "swiftly admitted" by lawyers for motorist, Peter Wallin, of Hell Wath Grove, Ripon, North Yorkshire. 

    He crashed into the rider after moving on to the wrong carriageway to avoid another motorcyclist.

  19. Failings over handling of paedophile information, police watchdog findspublished at 10:39 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    A police watchdog inquiry found failings in the way British authorities handled information about paedophiles given to them by Canadian police, a report has said.

    Myles BradburyImage source, PA

    The Canadian investigation, known as Operation Spade, provided the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) with information, which led to the conviction of paedophile consultant Myles Bradbury

    He lived in Herringswell in Suffolk and worked at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. 

    Deputy head teacher Martin Goldberg's name was also handed to the team by their Canadian counterparts. He was found dead the day after he was interviewed by Essex Police.

    The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigated how intelligence containing details of customers who bought films with indecent images of children from a Canadian website was passed to CEOP in July 2012, but not acted upon when Toronto officers asked for an update in October 2013.

    The IPCC report found the intelligence had been "poorly handled" by the CEOP centre - a finding already identified by the centre's command unit, which earlier made recommendations.

  20. Foggy start across the countypublished at 10:36 British Summer Time 11 October 2016

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    There was no hiding from the fact it was freezing cold and very foggy across some parts of Cambridgeshire this morning.

    However, it turns out it can make for some beautiful pictures!

    Here's a selection taken by our Weather Watchers. The top one is from St Neots and the others are from Cambridge.

    St NeotsImage source, BBC Weather Watchers / Jugear
    CambridgeImage source, BBC Weather Watchers / JakeSpeed
    CambridgeImage source, BBC Weather Watchers / Ebb&Flow
    CambridgeImage source, BBC Weather Watchers / Ebb&Flow
    CambridgeImage source, BBC Weather Watchers / Ebb&Flow