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. Geneticist's memorial spray-painted by activistspublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 12 June 2020

    Extinction Rebellion daub "eugenics is genocide" near the memorial window of a geneticist.

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  2. Stories of Basque child refugees revealedpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 12 June 2020

    Nearly 4,000 children escaped the Spanish Civil War and many found refuge in Cambridge and Norfolk.

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  3. Council seeks advice on outbreak 'disparity'published at 11:03 British Summer Time 12 June 2020

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Cambridgeshire County Council has sought advice from Public Health England, external over the apparent disparity between the county’s infection rate and the number of outbreaks in care homes.

    Carer's hand on an elderly person's handImage source, Getty Images

    A council report, which refers to data provided by care homes to Public Health England, shows that as of 17 May, some 64 out of 131 care homes in the county reported a suspected or confirmed outbreak and in Peterborough it was 15 out of 35 care homes – 43%.

    "This is higher than the national figure of 37.8% of homes with a suspected or confirmed outbreak," the report said.

    The document also said that as of 28 May, the rate of Covid-19 infections in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough local authority areas was 178.4 per 100,000 people and 207.9 per 100,000 people respectively, which is "comparatively lower than the overall rate in England of 269.6 per 100,000".

    At a meeting of the adult’s committee, council service director for adults and safeguarding, Charlotte Black, said the disparity was "something we are trying to understand at the moment – we have sought advice from Public Health England".

    She suggested it may be linked to how the data is recorded and reported, but said the council is "trying to get an official explanation for why that might be".

  4. Posh will have to sell Toney - Fergusonpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 11 June 2020

    Peterborough United "will have to sell" League One's top scorer Ivan Toney this summer, says manager Darren Ferguson.

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  5. Police watchdog to review black driver road stoppublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 10 June 2020

    The video shows a white police officer saying he does "not see many black males" in Ely.

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  6. More than 100 Luton donors give plasma for Covid transfusionspublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 10 June 2020

    Plasma after donationImage source, NHS Blood and Transplant

    A blood donor centre has taken more than 136 convalescent donations from people who have recovered from Covid-19.

    The centre in Bridge Street, Luton is one of a number across the region involved in the collection of convalescent plasma as part of a major coronavirus treatment trial.

    The antibody-rich plasma of people who have recovered can be transfused into people who are struggling to develop their own immune response.

    If the trial is successful, use of the plasma will be rolled-out in hospitals.

    Elsewhere in the region, a further 10 donations have been made at the Long Road blood donor centre in Cambridge.

    NHS Blood and Transplant’s Prof David Roberts said more donors were needed "to try and save lives".

    To offer to donate convalescent plasma, or indeed any blood, call 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.nhsbt.nhs.uk, external.

  7. Club-by-club League One reactionpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 10 June 2020

    With the League One season coming to an end, BBC Sport charts how each club in the division reacted to the news.

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  8. Peterborough have been cheated - Frypublished at 09:24 British Summer Time 10 June 2020

    Peterborough United have been "cheated" out of a chance to gain promotion according to director of football Barry Fry.

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  9. How would League Two have finished?published at 17:59 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    How would League Two have ended without coronavirus? Experts at the University of Reading predict the 'final table'.

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  10. How might League One table have looked?published at 17:29 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    How would League One have ended without coronavirus? Experts at University of Reading predict the 'final table'.

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  11. Posh chairman criticises decision to end League One season earlypublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    Pete Cooper
    BBC News

    Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony has hit out at the decision of his fellow League One clubs to end the season early.

    He posted on Twitter: "The state of my timeline full of fans loving the fact that 18 'football clubs' voted to not play football & the ramifications of it. Bravo to the 4 Football clubs who did vote to play on."

    He then used an expletive to suggest the Football League had been chaotic in its handling of the situation due to coronavirus.

    He signed off with: "Enjoy your summer football fans."

    Darragh MacAnthonyImage source, PA Media

    Peterborough had been sitting in sixth in the final play-off place, but Wycombe leapfrogged them in the final points-per-game table

    This was due Wycombe having played a game less, but having the same points at Peterborough.

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    Peterborough was one of six clubs that said last month they wanted to complete the season, but it is not known how all the clubs voted earlier today.

    Ipswich Town, who will finish mid-table, but wanted the season to continue have tweeted their reaction:

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    Southend United have been relegated to League Two.

    Both Northampton Town and Colchester United will contest the League Two play-offs.

  12. League One & Two seasons ended earlypublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    The League One and League Two seasons are both ended early after a formal vote by clubs on Tuesday.

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  13. Ditch crash kills mum and pregnant daughterpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    Marion and Jennifer Bunyan died at the scene on Sunday morning.

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  14. Battle of Britain airshow to take to the skiespublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    Planes in skyImage source, IWM Duxford

    An air show due to take to the skies in September looks likely to still go ahead.

    The Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambrigeshire, is aiming to proceed with the three-day event, despite the pandemic.

    It will commemorate 80 years since the Battle of Britain in World War Two - but the attendance will be capped.

    It is working to keep everyone safe, it said.

  15. Football fan Finley's Fifa 20 joy spreads onlinepublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    A dad celebrates his nine-year-old son's Fifa 20 cup final with VIP treatment on social media.

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  16. Nature-friendly farming 'can be profitable'published at 13:42 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    An audit of a National Trust farm shows a reduced carbon footprint, thriving wildlife and a profit.

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  17. Artist paints fist bump racial 'respect' muralpublished at 10:59 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    The street artist whose anti-racism mural was praised by rapper Ice T creates another work.

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  18. Free pints given to NHS workers in honour of mayorpublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 9 June 2020

    The widow of a mayor, who died last year, is offering free pints of beer to key workers.

    Jenny Wood has teamed up with the Moonshine and Milton breweries in Cambridgeshire to honour Nigel Gawthorpe, who died on holiday in South Africa in January 2019.

    NHS staff can have one pint a day on the house - at a safe, socially distanced collection point at The Haymakers, external pub on Chesterton High Street.

    Ms Wood said if the former Cambridge mayor was alive, he would be out helping others.

    "The idea was to give some beer to volunteers who have been working so hard," she said.

    Nigel GawthorpeImage source, The Cambridge Independent

    The giveaway is being funded by donations to an online charity page run by Ms Wood.

  19. Museum masterpieces reimagined with face maskspublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 8 June 2020

    The Fitzwilliam creates "a unique perspective on our current lives through the art we know and love".

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  20. Continue or curtail - how might League One clubs vote?published at 17:30 British Summer Time 8 June 2020

    A decision about the future of the League One season is likely to be made on Tuesday - how might clubs vote?

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