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  • Updates on Friday, 10 February 2017

  • Cambridge University bank note burning accused 'could be disciplined'

  • Police to search Cambridgeshire landfill site for missing RAF serviceman Corrie Mckeague

  • Suspected illegal immigrants found in shipping container at Cambridge Services

  • Attempted Post Office ram-raid in Cambridge

  • Ferry Meadows saw vandals yet to be caught

  1. Louis ready for more 'ski battles'published at 17:09 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    After a rather exciting night when Peterborough's Louis Smith beat Made In Chelsea's Spencer Matthews in the parallel slalom on The Jump, external, it seems like sportsmanship is still alive and well...

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  2. Arrest made in baby-in-car theft casepublished at 15:48 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Katy Prickett
    BBC News

    An arrest has been made after a car was stolen outside a shop in Kimbolton which had a 10-month-old baby inside.

    The baby's mother had gone into the store on London Road on 25 January when a man got in and drove off in the car. 

    Video of car being stolenImage source, Cambridgeshire Police

    He then abandoned it 100 yards (91m) down the road and the baby was recovered safe and well.  

    A 20-year-old man from Oxfordshire has been taken to Thorpe Wood Police station for questioning, police said.

  3. 'Tears of job' for Peterborough player after scoring first goals for clubpublished at 14:39 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Peter Swan
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport

    Junior Morias has described scoring his first Peterborough goals as an “emotional and humbling” experience.

    The 21-year-old came off the bench to score twice as Posh beat Port Vale 3-0 in League One on Saturday.

    He joined the Posh from non-league St Albans during the January transfer window.

    Junior MoriasImage source, Getty Images

    “I don’t know how to explain how it feels to score. I’m delighted and humbled," he told me.  

     "I was crying tears of joy. It’s been so emotional and I’m just privileged to put on the Posh shirt.

     “I probably won’t watch my goals back as I might start crying again."

  4. Local voting figures shed new light on EU referendumpublished at 14:25 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Martin Rosenbaum
    Freedom of information specialist

    Fresh figures from the EU referendum show Market Ward in Cambridge had one of the highest percentage of remain voters in the UK, at 87.8%.  

    At the opposite end of the spectrum is Waterlees ward in Wisbech, which had 80% leave votes. 

    Junction of Trumpington Street and Fitzwilliam StreetImage source, Paul Farmer/Geograph

    Analysis of the local breakdown suggests that education is the most significant factor in how people chose to vote. 

    In the Market Ward, 40% of the people are educated to at least degree level, whilst in Waterlees the same percentage of people have no qualification at all, with just 8% having a degree. 

    Across the UK 52% voted to leave and 48% to stay in the EU.  

  5. Main mayoral candidates chosen for the countypublished at 14:18 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Hannah Olsson
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire political reporter

    The main political parties have selected their candidates to be the first ever Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. 

    Today it was announced that Kevin Price, the deputy leader of Cambridge City Council, has been selected as the Labour Party candidate. 

    Kevin PriceImage source, Labour Party

    The other candidates are Julie Howell for The Greens, James Palmer will stand for the Conservatives, Rod Cantril the Lib Dems, Paul Bullen for UKIP and Peter Dawe as an Independent. 

    The elections will be on 4 May. 

  6. Could 3D printers to the answer to future food shortages?published at 14:17 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Waseem Mirza
    BBC Look East

    Scientists in Cambridgeshire think they may have the solution to food shortages in the future.

    As the country is still reeling that some supermarkets are rationing iceberg lettuce and broccoli, it looks like a 3D printer could be the answer. 

    Vaiva Kalnikate is the chief executive officer and founder of Cambridge-based tech company Dovetailed, which has been working for several years on producing food from a printer. 

    3D printed strawberry

    She says as so much food is thrown away because of it being the wrong shape, one answer is to "reduce waste is by collecting imperfect food and then reconstructing it into create new shapes and flavours".  

  7. 'Miracle' baby's parents 'ever grateful' to medicspublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Helen Burchell
    BBC News

    Earlier, we told you about little Daphne-Louise Walker, a "miracle baby" saved by fast-acting medics who rushed to help when her mum went into labour at home.

    Shona Fordham had an umbilical prolapse, a condition which threatened to cut off the oxygen to her unborn child, suffocating it.

    Jamie Walker, Shona Fordham and baby Daphne-LouiseImage source, Walker Family

    They saved her baby's life and Ms Fordham and partner Jamie Walker said they'll be "ever grateful" to staff from air ambulance charity Magpas, paramedics and midwives for all they did.

    "We've never seen so many people in an ambulance," Ms Fordham, from Friday Bridge, said.

    Magpas medics stayed with their patient in a land ambulance and "did not leave the hospital and waited outside the theatre room until they knew Daphne was OK".

    Daphne-Louise WalkerImage source, Walker Family

    "[Staff at the hospital] were really surprised she was still alive when we got into theatre as this is a very rare thing to happen and the fact it was as home and they kept her alive the whole way to the hospital was incredible," Ms Fordham said. 

    "We were told she should not have survived, let alone been perfectly healthy, all thanks to the medical teams involved."  

    Magpas staff sent a card to the family at King's Lynn Hospital, saying they were "thinking of them".

    A spokeswoman for the charity said it was "an absolute joy that everyone's well and that Daphne, a lovely little girl was born safely".

    "That's what we're here for," she added.

  8. Officers 'tackling' parking problems in Wisbechpublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Officers in Wisbech have had a busy morning, handing out ticket to more than 30 motorists who've parked where they shouldn't have. 

    Here's a collage of the illegal parkers. 

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  9. What a sunrisepublished at 13:28 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    A majestic sunrise was spotted over Grafham Water this morning. 

    This amazing picture was taken by Chantelle Kerr while out walking her dog, and we simply had to share it with you...

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  10. 'Ruff' start to the daypublished at 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    We hope the police have some strong "leads" to get this little fella "bark" to his home. 

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  11. Louis Smith jumps to itpublished at 12:54 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    Not complete with winning Strictly Come Dancing and four Olympic medals, Peterborough's Louis Smith is hoping for glory in Channel 4 show, The Jump. 

    If you haven't had the chance to watch last night's show, then don't read any further...

    Louis SmithImage source, Channel Four

    The good news is he's through to the next round as he beat Made In Chelsea's Spencer Matthews in the parallel slalom. 

    He also took home the mini cowbell for getting the fastest slalom time of the night. 

    You can see him compete again on Sunday at 19:30. 

  12. Cambridgeshire hospitals record 'unsafe' patient levelspublished at 12:50 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Sam Edwards
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    The number of patients on hospital wards in England has been at unsafe levels at nine out of 10 NHS trusts this winter, BBC analysis shows.  

    To minimise the risk of infections and delays in getting treatment, hospitals are meant to have no more than 85% of beds occupied.  

    In Cambridgeshire, the three major hospital trusts have all recorded levels above that target at some point since December.

    The worst has been Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke's, at 99%, then Hinchingbrooke at 97.5% and Peterborough And Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at 94%. 

    Addenbrooke's hospital

    A spokesman for NHS England acknowledged the situation was impacting on the way hospitals were performing.

    He said "the single most helpful change" would be to tackle the problem of delayed discharges, which is caused by a lack of available services in the community to take care of frail patients when their medical care has finished.

  13. Helen Bailey: Murder accused gives conflicting accounts of last sighting of partnerpublished at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Kate Bradbrook
    BBC Look East

    The trial of the man accused of murdering Hertfordshire author Helen Bailey has resumed, with questions about his conflicting accounts of when he last saw her. 

    Ian Stewart, 56, had repeatedly spoken of his missing partner in the past tense, St Albans Crown Court heard.

    Helen BaileyImage source, SBNA

    Mr Stewart was said to have told one mental health professional that he last saw the Electra Brown writer walking up a lane, but informed another that he came home to find she had left. 

    The author's fiancé denies killing his drugged partner in a financially-motivated plot last year, before dumping her body in a cesspit with her dachshund Boris. 

    A psychiatric nurse found him "emotionless" about the 51-year-old's departure and once allegedly put his head in his hands in "an effort to make himself cry", the court heard. 

    The defendant, of Baldock Road, Royston, denies murder, preventing a lawful burial, fraud and three counts of perverting the course of justice.

  14. Taxis in south Cambridgeshire 'safe'published at 11:55 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Jozef Hall
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    South Cambridgeshire District Council is "one of the best licensing authorities in the country" and our taxis are "exceptionally good and safe". 

    Those are the words of Mark Howell, portfolio holder for environmental services at the authority.

    After figures obtained by the BBC showed 14 taxi drivers in the district had criminal convictions, he responded, saying: "Does a particular conviction of stupidity which happened many years ago condemn that person to life?"

    He added that to get a taxi licence you have to go through a rigorous process.

    It can include sitting in front of a panel of three councillors who look at the person's criminal history, what happened, when the time was served, if it's been "spent" and "only then would we issue a licence".

  15. South Cambs denies being the 'go-to council' for taxi licencespublished at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Jozef Hall
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    As South Cambridgeshire District Council was the only authority in Cambridgeshire to respond to us, it's hard to compare the findings to other areas.

    But as part of my investigation, I spoke to one taxi driver who wanted to remain anonymous. 

    He told me South Cambs was the "go-to council" if other authorities refused a driver a licence.

    He added that he knew of incidents where people had a licence declined at Cambridge City Council, but managed to get one at South Cambs. 

    Taxi signImage source, Getty Images

    Responding to that accusation, Mark Howell, the portfolio holder for environmental services at South Cambridgeshire District Council, called the claim "ridiculous", adding there's "no evidence of this".

  16. MP calls for more 'rigorous system' for taxi licensingpublished at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Jozef Hall
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    The shadow transport minister has called taxi regulation "a mess" after a BBC investigation revealed 14 drivers in south Cambridgeshire have convictions for violence, drugs and fraud. 

    Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner, Labour, has expressed "real concern" for people's safety, not just in Cambridgeshire.

    He said people "need to be safe" and he thinks the licensing rules are "different in different places", adding too much is down to "local discretion".

    We'll bring you the views of South Cambridgeshire District Council soon.

    TaxiImage source, Thinkstock
  17. Taxi drivers working with criminal convictionspublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Jozef Hall
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    A number of taxi drivers in south Cambridgeshire have licences to operate even though they have convictions for violence, drugs and fraud, a BBC investigation has found.

    A Freedom of Information (FoI) request was sent to every district council in Cambridgeshire, but only South Cambridgeshire responded. 

    The FoI showed 14 drivers with 22 different offences can legally drive taxis in the area.

    Their offences include being drunk and disorderly, battery, common assault, possession of an offensive weapon, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possession of cannabis, aggravated vehicle taking and affray. 

    Taxi signImage source, Thinkstock
  18. Happy Monday: Meet the nine-minute 'miracle' babypublished at 09:17 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Helen Burchell
    BBC News

    This is eight-day-old Daphne-Louise Walker, born after paramedics and air ambulance staff had just nine minutes to save her life. 

    Daphne-Louise WalkerImage source, Walker Family

    Medics went "above and beyond to make sure my daughter survived", mum and dad Shona Fordham and Jamie Walker, from Friday Bridge, said.

    Their "little miracle baby" was born on 29 January after her mum went into labour at home and had an umbilical prolapse. This meant the baby's oxygen supply was at risk of being cut off. 

    First responders were on the scene within four minutes, followed by a Magpas air ambulance crew and paramedics.

    Daphne-Louise WalkerImage source, Walker Family

    "If they had not taken the actions they did at home, the oxygen supply from the cord - which they had to unkink - would have been cut off... one of the midwives told me after nine minutes she would have suffocated," said Ms Fordham.  

    She was rushed to hospital in King's Lynn, where baby Daphne-Louise was safely born.

    We'll bring you more on this story later.

  19. Monday's weather: Cloudy at first, brighter laterpublished at 08:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Kate Kinsella
    BBC Look East weather

    It's a rather grey start for many of us this morning, although there are clearer skies out towards the west where we will have a bit of sunshine. 

    There's a bit of mist and fog out there as well - that will gradually lift as the cloud moves away.

    We may get a spot of rain out towards the east coast but for most places there'll be sunshine throughout the afternoon and a top temperature of 7C (45F).

    Get my full BBC East regional forecast here:

    For more detail where you are, visit BBC Weather.

  20. Travel: Delays on A10published at 08:07 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    BBC Travel

    There's queuing traffic and delays on the A10 southbound in Waterbeach at the Denny End Road junction, because of a crash.

    There's congestion all the way back to Ely.

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