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Updates on Thursday, 13 April 2017
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Welcome back to live updates for Cambridgeshire on Wednesday, 12 April. One day closer to that extended bank holiday weekend!
Until then, we'll be here to bring you the latest news, sport, weather and travel until 18:00.
We'll start with a full weather forecast, on what has started as a bit of a grey one...
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A social worker warned the council of the teacher, but he kept his job - and later abused "Abigail"
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That's it for our live coverage for today. We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00.
Stay tuned to this page overnight for any breaking news from around Cambridgeshire.
Scroll back through today's feed for anything you may have missed, including...
Have a great evening.
It should be a fine end to the day and staying dry this evening, although there could be some patchy light rain by the end of the night.
Temperatures falling to about 6C, that's 43F.
Image source, BBC WeatherTomorrow will be cloudy with some bright spells, but with the cloud increasing from the north we could see some showery outbreaks. Highs of 14C, that's 57F.
BBC Weather has more local forecasts.
Former England captain and Bedford Blues star David Perry (right) has died at the age of 79.
Image source, Bedford BluesThe number eight made 101 appearances for Bedford and also captained England.
A statement on the club's website, external says: "David, a talismanic No.8, made 101 appearances for Bedford between 1962-66 and was captain in 1962-63 and 1965-66.
"Winning a Cambridge Blue in 1958, Perry went on to join Bedford from Harlequins before gaining 15 England International caps between 1963-66.
"He made 13 appearances at No.8 and two in the second row for his country as well as captaining England in all four games in the Five Nations Championship in 1965."
Former Peterborough United player David Oldfield returns to the club as assistant manager on a trial basis.
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Do you scream simply on hearing the name Ed Sheeran?
Image source, Getty Images(Yeah, us too...)
Well, how do you fancy owning (and maybe even wearing) some of the singer's T-shirts and trainers?
Twenty items of clothing worn by Ed will be up for sale at the East Anglia's Children's Hospices' (EACH) new shop in Cherry Hinton.
Image source, EACHThe charity bought the former Lloyds bank premises on the High Street and it will be opening the shop at 10:00 on Thursday.
Sheeran has long supported EACH, performing at one of their gala dinners recently, as well as visiting some of the children at a hospice over the border in Suffolk.
Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport
A familiar face is making a return to London Road...
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Oldfield made almost 100 appearances for Posh and worked as coach at London Road between 2008 and 2011.
Since leaving Posh, he has worked at QPR and Burton Albion, both as assistant to manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
He's now back at Posh as an assistant on a trial basis, following the departure of Lee Glover last month.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Here's the aftermath of the digger ram-raid that took place at the Co-op in Longstanton this morning.
It happened on the High Street just after 04:00.
The machine was ripped from inside the building, police said. It was then loaded on to the back of a lorry.
This has to be one of the best overheard conversations ever...
BBC presenter and Northamptonshire vicar Richard Coles has been taking in the sights and sounds of the Cambridgeshire town of St Ives.
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We couldn't let this one slip away from us today.
This fantastic photo of Ely Cathedral in the moonlight was sent in by BBC Weather Watcher Ahesharpe earlier this morning.
Image source, BBC/AhesharpeWhat a stunning shot.
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BBC Local Live
Back to our story on the quality of care homes, which has been highlighted by the charity Independent Age, external .
Its research shows a stark variation of care, with Buckinghamshire and Norfolk having the highest percentage of "inadequate" or "needs improvement" ratings in the east of England - 31% and 29.7% respectively.
This map show she number of individual care homes in these two categories in each local authority area (Bucks doesn't feature in the charity's version of the eastern region):
Image source, Independent AgeNadra Ahmed is the executive chairman of the National Care Association, external . She told me that a "whole generation is being let down".
"The person losing out the most is the service user... a person who's vulnerable and requires a service they've been promised and have already paid for, through taxes and national insurance... we should hang our heads in shame over this," she said.
In the spring budget, the government announced £2bn of funding for social care. But Ms Ahmed says that when the details are looked at closely, the money isn't for frontline services - instead it will go to local authorities.
Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport
Peterborough's Louis Smith has not been selected for the European Championships.
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Smith was expected to be left out, given his recent ban from the sport and an appearance on TV Show The Jump, among other things.
The gymnast's last competitive action was at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio back in August, where he won a silver medal.
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BBC News
It's likely to take one more day to clean Latin graffiti off four luxury homes in Cambridge, the developer has told us.
Vandals struck at the site of the £1.25m homes on Water Street, Chesterton, last Tuesday.
It's thought the words - Locus in Domos Loci Populum - are meant to mean "local homes for local people". Lots of experts have commented on the meaning… but we're pretty sure the vandals didn't scratch their heads too much and just used Google Translate.
Paul Ursell, from HC Moss (Builders) Ltd, said last week they hoped to have the houses cleaned within two days , which would cost the company about £4,000.
Well, it's day two now, and not a lot of the paint seems to have gone.
Mr Ursell said it's going to take an extra day, but they've already cleaned graffiti from windows and frames which was a longer job than taking it off the paintwork and bricks.
He told us last week the bill could rise if removal work took longer and now he's confirmed they are "quite possibly" looking at an increase in costs.
The building company will also be left with another job once the graffiti's removed.
Workmen will have to either repaint the dark grey cladding, or in the "worst case scenario", replace the boards, he said.
We'll take another look later this week and see how it's going.
Watch: The Acrobat Challenge
In February we told you about a young musician from Somerset who is battling an aggressive form of cancer and is desperately searching for a stem cell donor.
Stephen Sykes , 25, from Shepton Mallet, needs a transplant as chemotherapy is not working.
Now musicians from around the world are taking part in an online campaign called The Acrobat Challenge started by a fellow musician in Cambridgeshire, to raise £90k for Mr Sykes' treatment.
It's called The Acrobat Challenge and is like the Ice Bucket Challenge, but with people playing a piece of music called The Acrobat on trombone.
Sam Edwards
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Thieves have used a digger to steal a cash machine from a supermarket in Longstanton.
Officers were called to the Co-op on the High Street at just after 04:00.
Twitter user "Redfrostie" sent us this photo from this morning...
Image source, Twitter/RedfrostieThe machine was ripped from the building, causing what police described as "significant damage".
It was then loaded on to the back of a flat-bed lorry.
The area remains closed while police investigations continue.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Right. Let's forget Monkman for a second and focus on his Emmanuel College rival Bobby Seagull (left), who could be about front his own TV show - on maths.
Seagull shot to fame thanks to his fierce rivalry with Wolfson College Cambridge captain Eric Monkman (right) during the semi-final of University Challenge.
Seagull (left) and Monkman have been the stars of the Jeremy Paxman-fronted current series
Seagull told BBC Breakfast: "I'm a big fan of numbers, I love maths. I might potentially have the chance, hush hush, there might be a maths TV series or maths-related books coming out."
Seagull added: "Hopefully it is the start of something big."
Monkman and Seagull have become good friends despite their on-screen competition, with Seagull previously saying that his former rival could one day be his best man.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
With "Monkmania" taking the world by storm, here's how some of the national papers reported on the rise... and fall... of Wolfson College team captain, Eric Monkman.
The Cambridge student took the internet by storm in the early rounds of University Challenge with his extravagant facial expressions, upward inflections on his answers and overall genius.
He led his college to the final but fell at the last hurdle - getting a number of questions wrong and handing the trophy to Balliol College, Oxford.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Another surprise on last night's University Challenge was the cameo appearance from Prof Stephen Hawking.
He presented the winning team, Oxford's Balliol College, with a trophy at Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge - and revealed he was a long-time fan of the show.
Prof Hawking told the two teams: "I have said in the past that it is not clear whether intelligence has any long-term survival value - bacteria multiply and flourish without it.
"But it is one of the most admirable qualities, especially when displayed by such young minds.
"Many congratulations to both teams, but especially to Balliol College Oxford on becoming series champions on University Challenge, a programme I have long enjoyed."
It was only the second time in the quiz's 55-year history that the trophy presentation took place outside the studio.
In the segment, Jeremy Paxman congratulated the winners and told Cambridge's Wolfson College team there was "no shame in being runners-up".
Cambridge United defender Greg Taylor signs a one-year contract extension with the League Two club.
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