BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire

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Updates for Friday, 14 October 2016
Rail company admits its service has "not been good enough"
Cambourne to Cambridge off-road busway is "not ruled out"

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Drunk drivers, crashes and cars seized...published at 09:29 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
...just your average weekend for the Beds, Cambs & Herts Roads Policing Unit.
Its Twitter account, external is full of incidents from Cambridgeshire.
Here is just a selection...
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Saints, England and British Lions legend Dickie Jeeps dies aged 84published at 09:07 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live
Tributes have been paid to one of the greatest names in the history of Northampton Saints Rugby Club.
Dickie Jeeps died at the weekend aged 84. Starting his career at Cambridge in 1949, he played for Saints, England and the British Lions in the 1950s and '60s. The scrum-half also captained England and Lions.
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After he finished playing he went on to become president of the Rugby Football Union in 1976-77 and chairman of the Sports Council for seven years.
Messi and Bale shirts help leg loss footballer Shaun Whiterpublished at 08:42 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Gareth Bale and Lionel Messi's signed shirts helped to raise more than £30,000 for an Essex estate agent who had both legs amputated.
Shaun Whiter was helping his friend Joey Abbs to change a tyre near Newmarket, Suffolk, when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in July.
Messi's shirt fetched £2,100 while Bale's brought in £1,600 during a fundraising auction at Cambridge United at the weekend.
The 27-year-old thanked the professional footballers for their help and said he hoped the auction would "create awareness of disability in the area".
Jan Adamec, 40, of Shetland Road in Haverhill, was jailed for more than three years last month after admitting two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
U's in injury-time agonypublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport
A stoppage-time free-kick for Blackpool saw Cambridge United take a share of the points away at Bloomfield Road.
The U's took the lead after 17 minutes thanks to a brilliant 20-yard free-kick from Luke Berry (pictured), curling the ball into the top right-hand corner of the goal.
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The home side passed up a golden opportunity to equalise after 33 minutes when Danny Philliskirk's penalty was saved by goalkeeper Will Norris, with boss Shaun Derry calling him "the best goalkeeper in the division".
But the U's good luck finally ran out in the first minute of injury-time, as Blackpool's Andy Taylor curled home from 20 yards.
The 1-1 draw sees Cambridge move to 17th position in League Two.
Posh back on form after home winpublished at 08:39 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport
Peterborough United ended a run of six league games without a win as they came from behind to beat third-placed Bury 3-1 on Saturday.
The visitors went in front early on when defender Hayden White stabbed an angled drive into his own net.
But Chris Forrester levelled after a neat one-two in the box.
Two goals soon after half-time put Posh on top. Marcus Maddison (pictured) slotted home for his sixth of the season and Bury defender Antony Kay put through his own net as he tried to cut out Tom Nichols' cross.
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Boss Grant McCann said it was a "good performance", commenting that the "game plan worked excellently".
Peterborough's victory lifted them from 13th to eighth, just one point outside the top six, while Bury's defeat was their third in a week.
Weather: Sunny start, but chance of hail and thunder laterpublished at 08:16 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather
There'll be some sunny intervals throughout today, but showers will move in from the east and they could be heavy at times. A chance of hail and thunder too. Top temperature: 13C (55F).
Here's my full forecast...
There are more details on the BBC Weather website.
Good morningpublished at 08:00
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Welcome to a brand new week of live updates for Cambridgeshire.
We'll be here until 18:00 keeping you up-to-date with the latest news, sport and travel from around the county - including a full weather forecast on its way shortly.
It must be getting near that time of year - this field of pumpkins was spotted over the weekend in Christchurch, near March.
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Messi and Bale help leg loss footballerpublished at 07:44 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Signed shirts from the likes of Gareth Bale and Lionel Messi help raise more than £30,000 for a footballer who had both legs amputated.
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Peterborough United 3-1 Burypublished at 18:22 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Peterborough end a run of six league games without a win as they come from behind to beat Bury at the ABAX Stadium.
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Blackpool 1-1 Cambridge Unitedpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Andy Taylor's injury-time free-kick earns Blackpool a point in their home League Two game with Cambridge.
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