Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

Good morning and welcome back to the regular news, sport and travel updates at BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire. 

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In a moment we'll have a full weather report with Elizabeth Rizzini and shortly we will have some important travel news.

A teacher is convicted of a series of sexual offences against female pupils.

That's it for the time being for the live updates - thanks for joining us today.

We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow, with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel, but keep an eye on this feed overnight, as any breaking news updates will appear here.

We'll end with this gorgeous setting sun, from BBC Weather Watcher Alistair, captured at 15:45 this afternoon in March...

Image source, Alistair/BBC Weather Watcher

Katy Prickett
BBC News

A teacher from a Cambridgeshire school has been found guilty of four counts of engaging in sexual activity while in a position of trust at another private school in North Yorkshire.

Image source, Terry Harris/Paperpix.co.uk

Simon Ball, 42, from Greenwich in south-east London, has already admitted five counts of engaging in sexual activity while in a position of trust at Kimbolton School.

The jury at Peterborough Crown Court is still deliberating on four counts of indecent assault and one further count of engaging in sexual activity while in a position of trust at Giggleswick School, near Settle.

Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

A man has been charged with murder after Asia Tufail, a 32-year-old mother of two, died following an incident in Cambridge.

Police were called to a house in Perne Road at 06:51 yesterday. The woman was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, where she died this morning.

Muhammad Malik, 36, of Perne Road in Cambridge, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with murder. 

A post-mortem examination found Ms Tufail died of asphyxia at the hands of a third party.

Mr Malik will appear at Huntingdon Magistrates' Court tomorrow.

The government announces £110m of funding for an east-west rail link between Oxford and Cambridge.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

Mainly dry but rather cloudy with the risk of some patchy light rain of drizzle overnight. Staying mild with a low of 7C (45F).

Rather cloudy at times on Thursday, but some brighter spells expected later. Feeling cooler in the wind, which will pick up through the day, and a high of 10C (50F).

There are more details on the forecast where you live from BBC Weather.

The FA is investigating alleged racist abuse towards Wycombe striker Adebayo Akinfenwa during his side's match at Cambridge.

Emma Maclean
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Work to repair a sewer in a Cambridge city centre road will continue until Saturday, Anglian Water has confirmed, external.

The water company has excavated an 8m (26ft)-deep hole as part of the repairs and the company said it hopes "to have the road re-opened sooner than expected".

There has been traffic disruption in the area. 

A spokesman said Anglian Water "appreciated road users' patience while we carry out this essential repair".

Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Five men have been arrested in connection with more than 25 lead thefts in Cambridgeshire since April.  

The cost of the damage and loss has been estimated at more than £750,000, police said.

The men, all in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to steal from churches. 

The men have been released on bail to return to Wood Green police station in February.

BBC Travel

The van which managed to wedge itself under Ely's railway bridge causing long delays in both directions on the A142 Station Road has been removed.

Cambridgeshire Police said officers were called to the scene at 13:39.

The road has now reopened in both directions and traffic is getting back to normal, according to Cambridgeshire County Council.

"A symbolic first step towards developing UK’s Silicon Valley" - the words of Martin Tett, the leader of England’s Economic Heartland Strategic Alliance, external. 

He made the announcement on hearing that millions of pounds of investment to the Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge corridor via road and rail "is the key to unlocking billions more economic value for the country – just when it’s needed most."

He hopes the investment will "help drive the future success of the UK economy."

Image source, EEH Strategic Alliance

Kate Bradbrook
BBC Look East

I've come to Milton Keynes to get local reaction to the news that £27m is to be spent on developing an Oxford to Cambridge expressway. 

That means by the 2020s single carriageways should be dualled and improvements made to areas like the Black Cat roundabout on the A1. 

Peter Barber runs WH Barley Transport and Storage. He says getting from east to west currently is a "nightmare" because of all the single carriageways. Roads between Milton Keynes and Buckingham, and Eaton Socon to Cambridge are the worst. 

He says you "could always put more into it, but you have got to start somewhere, and this is a very good start."

Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

Volunteers in Cambridge have taken delivery of 18,000 shoeboxes stuffed with Christmas presents for children in the Middle East.

It's part of Operation Christmas Child run by Samaritan's Purse, external, a Christian charity which asks churches, schools and businesses to fill the boxes with toys and games.

The volunteers have borrowed a warehouse from Cambridgeshire Police to do their sorting.

A van has got stuck under the railway bridge in Ely.

Image source, Anne/Spotted in Ely

It's causing queues of traffic in both directions on the A142 Station Road.

Cambridgeshire County Council says diversions are in place.

Dr Pardo said she got involved with the Homeward Bound Project because "as a young mum, I do worry about the future of our planet".

"Together we will create a strong network of women who want to work together to protect the environment."

As well as specialising in the decline of albatross populations, the Lucy Cavendish research associate, external examines the effects of human impact, including fisheries, and climate change in endangered species.

A research associate from Lucy Cavendish College, external is one of 77 women scientists from 15 different countries taking part in the Homeward Bound expedition to Antarctica.

Image source, PEW

It's a year-long programme to develop female scientists' leadership, external capabilities "to influence policy and decision making as it shapes our planet".

Deborah Pardo works at the British Antarctic Survey and studies the decline of the albatross population in sub-Antarctic islands.

Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Officers have found a knife at the scene of a stabbing in Cambridge last night.

The 28-year-old victim remains at Addenbrooke's Hospital where his condition is now described as stable, according to police.

Roads in the Fair Street area have now been reopened and officers are no longer at the scene. 

Police are appealing for witnesses.

Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Police are hoping someone may have witnessed a stabbing in Cambridge last night, which left a 28-year-old man from the city with serious injuries.

The victim was with a woman at about 19:00 in the cut-through between Fair Street and the Grafton Centre west car park at the time.

The 28-year-old is believed to have been in an altercation with another man - described as white, skinny, aged between 40 and 45 and dressed in a grey hooded jumper and grey jeans.

He then headed off towards Fair St and Midsummer Common, Cambridgeshire Police said.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

It was anticipated, but now the confirmation has come through. 

Millions of pounds has been announced to improve transport links between Cambridge, Bedford, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury.  

The much talked-about East West Rail link will get a boost, with £100m to develop the Oxford to Bedford section, and a further £10m to explore options for the Bedford to Cambridge route. 

The Oxford to Cambridge Expressway, which will go through Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, is to get £27m pounds to help delivery of the road project by the 2020s.