Updates on Friday, 24 March 2017
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Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
Welcome back to regular news, sport, travel and weather updates for Cambridgeshire.
We've already had a spectacular sun rise over Wisbech, and Elizabeth Rizzini will have a full weather report very soon.
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Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
That's it for our live coverage for the day. We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00.
For most of this afternoon we've been focusing on the ongoing attacks in Westminster. You can get the latest on this story here .
You can also scroll back through this page for anything you may have missed from around Cambridgeshire.
Any breaking news will still appear here overnight, but we'll see you again with rolling updates tomorrow.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
A 51-year-old man from Wisbech has been charged with causing death by careless driving while over the prescribed limit.
It follows a collision in the town yesterday when 49-year-old Arturas Matuzevicius, of Lilac Close, was killed on Wistaria Road.
The man has also been charged with causing death by driving a vehicle otherwise than in accordance with his licence.
He will appear in court tomorrow.
Richard Westcott
Transport correspondent
Following events in London earlier this afternoon , British Transport Police has told me extra officers will be out tonight, across the whole British rail network, not just London, "to reassure" people.
No specific numbers of how many extra officers have been given, and there's no indication as to whether they'll be armed or not.
To be clear, they say it's just to reassure people, and not because of a specific threat.
But you could see a bigger presence going home tonight.
Tonight will be rather cloudy, with outbreaks of rain spreading east to west. Lows of 4C (39F).
Image source, BBC WeatherA rather cloudy start to the day tomorrow, but becoming brighter with sunny spells and the chance of an isolated shower. But most places staying dry.
Top temperature of 11C (52F).
BBC Weather has more local details.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Heidi Allen, MP for South Cambridgeshire, has been telling the BBC what she saw and heard in the moments after a man stormed into the grounds of the Houses of Parliament and stabbed a police officer.
"I was in one of the buildings the other side of Portcullis House when the voting bell went.
"I was coming into the open-air bit right in front of Big Ben when two policemen ran at me with machine guns as shots were going off.
"They bundled me into a doorway to get out of the area so I could hear the shots, but they were in the opposite direction so I couldn't see.
"It's absolutely startling.
"The sound of those gunshots is not something you expect to hear yards from your place of work."
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
I've just spoken to two more local MPs who have both confirmed they are safe following the police incidents in Westminster .
Shailesh Vara, Conservative MP for North West Cambridgeshire, told me he is fine and is currently in the chamber "with about 250 others".
"We're locked in but being kept up-to-date by the deputy speaker," Mr Vara told me over the phone.
"There was a vote taking place, and when we were coming back, colleagues were saying they'd heard gunshots.
"Word got in that someone had jumped the fence and stabbed a policeman.
"I didn't see or hear anything."
Lucy Frazer, Conservative MP for South East Cambridgeshire, told me she is OK too, and remains in the locked down chamber.
The Conservative MP for Huntingdon, Jonathan Djanogly, and Conservative MP for Peterborough, Stewart Jackson, have both tweeted following the serious incidents outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster...
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Heidi Allen, the South Cambridgeshire Conservative MP, has just tweeted this regarding the police incidents taking place in Westminster.
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In Newmarket, the Duchess of Cornwall has unveiled the new King Charles II statue.
And here's Camilla's entry in the guest book:
Mariam Issimdar
BBC News
What we know so far:
Image source, PABBC East's politics correspondent has just tweeted about a situation at the House of Commons.
The latest is two people were seen lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall. The sitting in the House of Commons has been suspended while police officers sealed off the area around the incident.
There are reports of a shooting. An air ambulance is on its way.
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They're still smiling at the "home of horseracing" in Newmarket, as they await the arrival of the Duchess of Cornwall.
She's due to unveil the statue of King Charles II any moment now - let's hope she's got a brolly.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
There are calls to re-design the appearance of Cambridge's Market Square, amid concerns it's outdated and tired.
Architects and historians are working alongside the charity Cambridge Past, Present and Future to create a new vision for the area.
At the moment, the charity says it's letting the city down.
Image source, Paul Gillett/GeographMelanie Hey, one of the architects working on the project, said the area was in need of radical reform if it was to survive in the future.
"We think the market needs to be redistributed and more open and accessible to everybody," she told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
"It also needs more breaks in the stalls, so not just longs runs."
Ms Hey also commented on the uneven cobbled surface of the market which she wants changed.
Residents are being asked for their input on the plans.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Wet Wet Wet's 1995 hit Love Is All Around is probably the most appropriate song right now, as not only is it pouring it down outside our Cambridge office, my colleague Dave is about to "feel it in his fingers and feel it in his toes" as he rides his bike home.
After what was a bright morning with some sunny spells, thickening cloud will bring more showery outbreaks of rain from the south-west during the afternoon.
Some rain may locally turn heavy, with hail possible.
Highs of 7C (45F).
Here's how things are looking in Newmarket, where the Duchess of Cornwall will unveil a statue of King Charles II later this morning.
Underneath that black sheet is a replica of the original marble sculpture of the king, created by Henry Weekes, which is displayed at the Old Bailey in London.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
A man who died after colliding with a car in Wisbech has been named by police.
Arturas Matuzevicius, 49, of Lilac Close in the town, was walking along Wistaria Road when he was struck yesterday morning.
A 51-year-old man from Wisbech, who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, remains in custody.
When the Duchess of Cornwall unveils the statue of King Charles II at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse later today, it will mark another milestone in the town's royal history.
The statue has been commissioned to mark 350 years of horse racing in Newmarket .
A keen horseman, King Charles II was pivotal in the establishment and evolution of Newmarket as the Home of Horseracing.
Image source, Newmarket RacecoursesThe new statue is a replica of the original marble sculpture of the king, which is displayed at the Old Bailey in London and was created by sculptor Henry Weekes.
The Newmarket statue was made possible by the Works of Art Committee at the House of Lords, external , which agreed for a cast of the statue to be taken and a replica made.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
We'd had a number of reports this morning about a swan being perilously close to the A10 by the Landbeach turning, so I've popped along to see what's happening.
I can't quite tell if it's nesting or hurt, but it's certainly rather close to the carriageway. However, it doesn't appear to be causing any particular disruption to traffic at the moment.
We've made the RSPCA aware.
