Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 21 October, 2016

  • City Deal bosses backtrack on road closure proposal, saying plans have 'serious problems'

  • Bus driver 'had green light' in Longstanton crash

  • First Northstowe properties to go on sale next month

  • Lisa Duffy concentrating on 'lights, not leadership'

  • Council approves Fenland bin charge

  1. Meet the hospital's lead chaplain, who's also a poetpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    Laurence Cawley
    BBC News

    Mark Stöbert
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    Mark Stobert, lead chaplain at Addenbrooke's Hospital

    Lead chaplain Mark Stobert says the impact of the coronavirus has been "unprecedented".

    "I don't think any of us have ever experienced anything like this," he said. "A lot of our role is about us being present, and we spent a lot of time trying to get our heads around how we do that.

    "We did some telephone working and slowly but surely we've got back to being present on the words."

    Part of his experience of being a chaplain, and the difficulties of communicating to those in need wearing personal protective equipment, has been expressed in his poem "Learning to Speak Eyebrow".

    "Learning to Speak Eyebrow", a poem by the hospital's lead chaplain
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    "Learning to Speak Eyebrow", a poem by the hospital's lead chaplain

  2. Meet Terry Cooper: One of the unsung heroes at the hospitalpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    Laurence Cawley
    BBC News

    For the past 13 years, Terry Cooper, has been walking the hospital grounds leaving spic and span wards in his wake.

    Terry Cooper
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    Terry Cooper

    He told how throughout the coronavirus pandemic he has calmly gone about his cleaning work pretty much as before, and how he has not felt fear because he has been keen to do his bit to keep patients and staff safe.

    "It has been a bit emptier," he said, "and it has been quite busy."

    A key tool in his cleaning arsenal is a 'deprox machine' which has enabled him to go into a Covid-19 area and clean it using a remote control. The machine, which resembles a Dalek from Doctor Who, creates a cleaning fog which reaches every area of a room.

    "Without these, we would have to mop everything," he said.

  3. YouTube star loses dog destruction appealpublished at 07:16 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    A judge rejected Deji Olatunji's bid to save Tank who bit a woman in 2018 causing serious injury.

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  4. Hospital to extend weekend surgery to beat backlogpublished at 00:32 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    Addenbrooke's Hospital has 1,600 more people awaiting surgery than it did before the pandemic.

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  5. Football club great 'taken aback' by civil honourpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 29 July 2020

    Former Peterborough United skipper Tommy Robson is one of the club's best-loved players.

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  6. Wife charged with murder of husbandpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 29 July 2020

    Melanie Wright, 47, is the second person to be charged with the murder of Nigel Wright, 64, in Peterborough.

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  7. Cambridge sign playmaker Hoolahanpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 28 July 2020

    Former Republic of Ireland international Wes Hoolahan joins Cambridge United for the 2020-21 League Two season.

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  8. Mansfield sign Menayese and Marispublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 28 July 2020

    Mansfield Town sign Bristol Rovers defender Rollin Menayese and Cambridge midfielder George Maris for undisclosed fees.

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  9. Cooke completes move from Posh to Bradfordpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 25 July 2020

    Peterborough United midfielder Callum Cooke joins League Two side Bradford City on a two-year contract.

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  10. DNA pioneer would be 'amazed' by centenary planspublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 25 July 2020

    The sister of Rosalind Franklin says she would be surprised to be a "feminist icon" 100 years on.

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  11. Cyclist dies in crash involving carpublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 24 July 2020

    The man died at the scene and officers are appealing for two motorists who stopped to contact them.

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  12. Man denies 1994 schoolboy murderpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 24 July 2020

    Six-year-old Rikki Neave was found strangled in woodland 26 years ago.

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  13. Tuk-tuks could arrive in Newquay as licence grantedpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 24 July 2020

    Richard Whitehouse
    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Tuk-tuks could be seen on the streets of Newquay after a licence was granted for a new company looking to run a service in the town.

    NuBeez had applied to Cornwall Council for a private hire licence so it could operate electric tuk-tuks in the town.

    The original plan had been to start the service this year but due to the coronavirus pandemic it has been delayed until 2021.

    tuktukImage source, Clean Motion

    Cornwall Council’s miscellaneous licensing committee agreed unanimously to grant a licence to the firm, but several conditions must be met including the need for doors to be fitted to the vehicles, which can carry up to two passengers.

    The company is operated by Georgia Horsley and Dr Prasad Raja Venkatesh who said they have plans to expand to Padstow, St Ives and Fowey and will operate between April and October.

  14. Woman jailed for 18 years for child abusepublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 23 July 2020

    Lee Calder offended as a result of her relationship with a child rapist, a court hears.

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  15. 'Lockdown has been a blessing in disguise'published at 12:48 British Summer Time 23 July 2020

    A personal trainer says he gained clients across the world after coronavirus forced classes online.

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  16. M11 named England's best motorway by road userspublished at 18:56 British Summer Time 22 July 2020

    The road, linking Cambridge and London, has a satisfaction rating of 92%.

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  17. Ventilator device 'invaluable' in fresh Covid wavepublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 22 July 2020

    The splitter allows airflow from a single unit to be shared "more safely" between two patients.

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  18. More 'modular homes' provided for city's homelesspublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Sixteen "pods" will be installed at three sites across Cambridge to help the city's homeless.

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  19. The 'diverse' city trying to stave off lockdownpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Officials in Peterborough are stepping up efforts to tackle the spread of coronavirus.

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  20. Cambridge sign midfielder Digbypublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Cambridge United sign midfielder Paul Digby on a one-year deal after his departure from Stevenage.

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