Orla Moore
BBC Local Live

The MP for North East Cambridgeshire, Steve Barclay, says he hopes Fenland can benefit, external from extra money being ploughed into the local area by the government. 

His plea comes as the Department for Communities and Local Government announced a further £37.62m of funding for the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership, external area.

Mr Barclay met local government minister Sajid Javid this week to discuss the lack of funding in Fenland.

Image source, Steve Barclay MP

"Given that in the last round of funding the government said it wanted to prioritise rural areas for Enterprise Zones, it is now third time lucky for a Fenland bid," said Mr Barclay.

He added the money, which includes £7m for strategic transport projects, should take the dualling of the A47 and the Wisbech Rail plan into consideration. 

Orla Moore
BBC Local Live

Cambridgeshire is to get more than £37m of government money, external to "help create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth".

This latest award is on top of £109m of Growth Deal funding already awarded to the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership, external.

The total award could see 8,000 jobs created, 2,000 homes built and attract £29m extra investment over the next five years, the government says.

Mark Reeve, chairman of the enterprise partnership, said: "Our Growth Deal award of £37.6m comes on the back of a strong devolution deal for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, funding for work on East-West Rail worth £110m and an additional £27m to support study work for the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway. 

"This investment is critical to unlock key barriers to growth, delivering infrastructure upgrades and new housing that are vital to the economic success of both our area and UK Plc as a whole."

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

Today is due to be very blustery - but mostly dry - during daylight hours although some cloud will push in from the west this afternoon bringing light patchy rain and drizzle in some places.

Maximum temperature: 10C (50F).  

The Met Office, external has issued a yellow warning of wind as gales are expected on Friday and into Saturday morning with inland locations likely to see a relatively short period of 40-50 mph gusts.  

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Welcome back to live updates for Cambridgeshire on Friday, 3 February.

We'll be serving up a menu of news, sport, weather and travel until 18:00.

Coming up today we'll be finding out how an operation on a blind orangutan went, plus we may be able to bring you the answer on how to get the best nights sleep...

Before all of that though, a full weather forecast for the day.

You can get involved today by email, Twitter, external and Facebook, external.

Orla Moore
BBC Local Live

That's it for today's rolling news from our little corner of the world.

But if anything breaks overnight, you'll still find it here.

Don't forget, we love to see your pictures and videos and enjoy hearing from you. 

Keep in touch through email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external using #cmblive.

We'll be back to do it all again from 08:00 tomorrow.

Have a lovely evening.

Orla Moore
BBC Local Live

The myth of elitist selection at Cambridge University has been busted.

Figures out today show the university now has fewer privately-educated students on its books than the likes of Bristol, Durham and the University of St Andrew's in Scotland.

However, it appears Oxford University still takes in the fewest state school pupils. 

The annual figures show the proportion of state school pupils entering UK universities is at a record high.

Cambridge says the figures dispel the myths about elitism - and Bristol University has announced plans to help applications from disadvantaged youngsters.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

Apart from the odd shower it will be a mostly dry night with clear spells developing. A cooler night than last night as winds ease, with lows of 5-7C (41-45F).

A cooler start tomorrow with some early sunshine. Turning cloudy later, with patchy rain spreading in by the afternoon. 

The rain will be accompanied by freshening winds, with gusts of 40-50mph possible overnight. Highs tomorrow of 10C (50F).

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

Orla Moore
BBC Local Live

 Elsewhere in the county today:

• The Ely Standard, external reveals where politicians and business leaders have allegedly been spending £188m of taxpayers' money. Its list includes £50m towards the A14 upgrade and £22m to the Ely Southern bypass.
• The Peterborough Telegraph, external pays tribute to the city's former mayor, David Thorpe, who has died aged 86. The Conservative councillor enjoyed a varied career as a journalist and briefly managed the Peterborough Pirates ice-hockey team 
• And the Cambridge News, external reports on the effect of a second ram-raid at a village bank. It says Barclays is reviewing the future of its branch in Kimbolton after thieves tried to steal its cash machine in January.

Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

"Nervous." 

That's how a Cambridge vet is currently feeling ahead of a operation to hopefully restore the sight of a critically-endangered orangutan.

Aan was shot 104 times with an air rifle in Borneo in 2012, leaving her blind in one eye and severely sight-impaired in the other.

Image source, Orangutan Foundation

Claudia Hartley is hoping to remove a cataract from Aan's right eye this evening. 

Image source, Orangutan Foundation

She says although it's a procedure she carries out daily, this time it's a "big deal" as she hopes it will improve the primate's life so that she can return to the wild and hopefully be "part of the breeding population again".

Relive the action as Nottingham Forest edge out Aston Villa, after Newcastle return to the top of the Championship.

Katy Prickett
BBC News

It's normally lorries, cars and vans that drive down the A14, but one bird makes the 80 mile (129km) flight every day from Lowestoft in Suffolk to Cambridgeshire for a slightly different reason. 

The female lesser black-backed gull travels to Milton tip to get food to feed her chick. 

Dr Vince Lea, from the Countryside Restoration Trust, says it knows about the journey because she's fitted with a transmitter. 

He says it's an "astonishing" journey, but isn't surprised as there's now more food inland than in the sea. 

Image source, Science Photo Library

BBC Travel

Structural engineers are assessing damage to a bridge over the A14, police have tweeted.

It's causing delays on the A14 eastbound at the Huntingdon flyover...

Hannah Olsson
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire political reporter

GPs are going to be introduced at three Minor Injuries Units in the Fens, which had been under threat of closure.

The Clinical Commissioning Group for the county said three Local Urgent Care Service (LUCS) hubs, external should open in the Spring. 

It means more doctors will work side-by-side with nurse practitioners, so more problems can be treated.  

Image source, Fractal Angel/Geograph

They will be trialled at Doddington, Ely and Wisbech. 

Dotty McLeod
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Plans that could see items unearthed at Must Farm, dubbed "Britain's Pompeii", displayed at a dedicated museum have been welcomed by a TV expert.

Image source, Cambridge Archaeological Unit

The burnt-down Bronze Age village was uncovered by archaeologists near Whittlesey last January. 

Civic leaders, historians and academics are in talks about how best to display the findings. 

Image source, Cambridge Archaeological Unit

Alice Roberts, presenter of Digging for Britain on BBC Two, thinks it's a "wonderful" idea that a museum could be built and she would be the "first in through the door". 

Image source, Cambridge Archaeological Unit

She added you "can't over-egg it, it's a really fantastic site, is an amazing insight into people's ordinary lives".

She believes creating a reconstruction of one of the round houses would really benefit it. 

BBC Weather

It will be staying cloudy with threatening skies through the rest of the day, giving outbreaks of rain at times. 

While it will be relatively mild, it may not feel it in the strong southerly wind. 

Maximum temperature: 11C (52F). BBC Weather has more.

A yellow warning of wind, external has been issued from 11:00 on Friday, to 03:00 on Saturday.

The Met Office says the likely scenario is for inland locations to see a relatively short period of 40-50mph (64-80km/h) gusts, and coastal areas to see longer periods of 50-60mph (80-97km/h) gusts.

Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

On Bonfire Night 1967, Roger Hall, the chairman of the Bar Hill Residents' Association, moved in. 

He said at the time the village was a "building site" and there was "mud, mud, mud everywhere". 

He explained you "made friends very easily, there was a sense of community taking place with people forming clubs and societies".

Image source, Hugh Venables/Geograph

Mr Hall said every year a Boxing Day football match was held between the top and bottom of the village - and one year singer Rod Stewart played because his brother lived there, and brought Bond girl Britt Ekland along.

Image source, Getty Images

However, he felt the village was now becoming more of a "dormitory", but added "changes have been made, that's inevitable".  

Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

Just off the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon lies the village of Bar Hill. 

Today it's celebrating its 50th anniversary with a royal visit.

Image source, Keith Edkins/Geograph

Villagers have been telling us it's a wonderful place to live as it's great for families and has a "lovely community spirit". 

One told us: "Bar Hill is known for many things, a lot of people think of us as nothing but Tesco, but there's a whole host of other things that go on here."

Celebrations will be held in Bar Hill today as the south Cambridgeshire village marks its 50th birthday. 

The community was built during the 1960s, with the first residents moving in in 1967. 

It's now home to about 4,000 people. 

Image source, Michael Trolove/Geograph

The Duke of Gloucester will be visiting a local school and the church centre as part of the celebrations.

Tom Horn
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Work has begun to build a new leisure centre in Ely.

Image source, East Cambridgeshire District Council

The £13m centre on Downham Road has been part funded by a £1.5m lottery award and East Cambridgeshire District Council.

Image source, East Cambridgeshire District Council

It's being built by contractors Pellikaan, should open next year and will include an eight lane swimming pool, gym and a 3G sports pitch.

The pool will replace the one at the Paradise Centre.

Image source, East Cambridgeshire District Council