Updates on Friday, 19 May 2017
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Cambridge boxer Demie-Jade Resztan talks to BBC Look East about her hopes of reaching the Commonwealth Games, after taking up boxing to combat bullies in school.
Cambridge boxer Demie-Jade Resztan took up boxing to cope with being bullied at school
Emily Price had recently handed in her university dissertation and was due to study for a Masters degree.
Read MoreRain will turn heavy and thundery at times later.
Drier and brighter in the east of the county, but rain spreading to all parts by the evening.
Feeling warm and humid ahead of the rain.
Highs of 16C (61F).
Orla Moore
BBC Local Live
Image source, Suffolk PoliceThe mother of missing airman Corrie McKeague says she still hopes for that phone call from police to say her son has been found.
It's eight months since the 23-year-old disappeared on a night out with friends in Bury St Edmunds.
The search for Corrie has focused in recent weeks on a landfill site at Milton, near Cambridge, after discrepancies in bin lorry weight suggested he may have crawled into one for shelter.
The investigation has so far cost in excess of £1m.
Nicola Urquhart told Good Morning Britain that she fears someone has lied to police.
"Only four vehicles go in there," she said. "He's left in one of those vehicles, so either somebody's not telling the truth or he's ended up at the landfill.
"The search that they've been carrying out, they have found things as small as mobile phones - it really is a thorough search. I have no doubt from the way that the police have described it to me that if Corrie were there they would have found him."
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Lines have now reopened at Newmarket following the earlier medical emergency on the tracks.
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However, delays are expected until around midday.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Conservationists bidding to save one of the UK's "red-listed" endangered bird species have hatched 26 chicks.
The black-tailed godwits - which have fewer than 60 UK nests - are being hand-reared, in the joint RSPB and Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) scheme.
Welney wildfowl centre hatches 26 'rare' godwit chicks
The majority of the birds are found in the Nene Washes and the Ouse Washes on the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk border.
The ground-nesting birds are vulnerable to spring flooding and predators.
Staff from Project Godwit were granted a licence from Natural England to collect 32 eggs, which were incubated at WWT's Welney centre on the Ouse Washes in a method known as "headstarting".
Staff at the WWT Welney centre are hand-rearing the chicks until they are old enough to be homed outside.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Rail services between Cambridge and Ipswich are being affected this morning, due to an incident at a level crossing near Newmarket.
British Transport Police says a male cyclist is being treated for a "medical episode" close to the railway track at Woodditton.
No vehicles were involved, police say.
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The incident happened around 09:15.
Operator Greater Anglia has advised passengers to be prepared for delays on the line until 11:00.
Helen Burchell
BBC News
This lady with the rather toothy grin is being closely watched by her keepers, after her companion of 16 years had to be put to sleep last week.
Image source, Tal Chohan/Rebecca WillersTiger Amba has been left on her own after Shepreth Wildlife Park took the "heartbreaking decision" to put male tiger Rana, 18, to sleep on Friday.
He'd been suffering from chronic arthritis for two years and his legs had "finally reached the end", park director Rebecca Willer said.
"It was clear to absolutely everybody, that in his last week his legs were no longer allowing him to have the life he previously had enjoyed."
Image source, Shepreth Wildlife ParkSince Rana's death, Amba has been "craving the attention and affection" of staff and has "reverted back to her childhood behaviour", when she was hand-reared and liked human companionship, Miss Willers said.
They're not sure if Amba is missing Rana, as initially the pair didn't get on too well, but in the weeks leading up to Rana's death they had become much closer.
The were head-rubbing and chuffing.
A tiger "chuff" or "prusten" is thought to be an alternative to purring, Miss Willers explained.
Image source, Shepreth Wildlife ParkAsked if she thought Amba knew the end was near for Rana, she said: "We just don't know. It could just be that they were both getting older and didn't feel like arguing anymore."
Staff are working hard to keep Amba's mind active and alert without Rana, but they are also monitoring her health.
At almost 19 years of age, she also has some problems with mobility and having seen how arthritis affected Rana, her future health and wellbeing is paramount, the park said.
Sam Edwards
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
St Matthew's Primary School in Cambridge is closed to pupils in years one to six today.
It's due to parts of the school having no water.
Image source, GoogleReception and nursery are not affected.
The long awaited heavier rain has finally arrived with some heavy downpours overnight and this morning.
The rains will gradually dry out in the east and as it does there will be some sunny spells and it will feel warmer.
Further west it is going to stay rather wet thorughout the day. Top temperature of 20C - that's 68F.
BBC Weather has more local forecasts.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Good morning and welcome back to live updates for Cambridgeshire.
I'll start by saying - if you're reading this before you head out for the day, take an umbrella! It's absolutely rotten weather outside this morning.
Although BBC Weather Watcher Hayley85 is doing a good job of making it look better.
A full forecast for the day is on the way shortly. Spoiler alert: It rains a lot!
We'll also keep you up-to-date with the latest news, sport, weather and travel from around the county as it happens.
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I'm afraid that's it for today, but take a look below at what we've been covering today in Cambridgeshire, and we'll back with all the latest news tomorrow morning from 08:00.
See you then.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
A paedophile who sexually abused a toddler in the back of a van has seen his 22-year sentence extended to 26 years after an appeal by the Attorney General's office.
Kristopher Jane, 31, from Bristol, assaulted the child while being filmed by a 17-year-old girl, from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
Jane appeared before the Court of Appeal today after prosecutors considered his original sentence, given back in March, to be too lenient. He was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment with eight years on licence.
Image source, John Allan/GeogrpahThe 17-year-old teenager, who was sentenced alongside Jane to four years' detention, saw her appeal dismissed.
The pair both previously pleaded guilty to a number of sexual offences involving children at Peterborough Crown Court on 10 January and were both sentenced in Cambridge on 17 March.
Shaun Whiter lost his legs after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on a roadside.
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BBC Local Live
The sentencing of man from Cambridge who admitted killing his wife has been postponed until psychological assessments have been completed.
Muhammad Malik, 36, of Perne Road, contacted police on 22 November last year saying he had attacked his wife. Mother-of-two Asia Tufail was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital but died of her injuries.
Last month, Malik, 36, pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
He was due to appear at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday, but that has now been delayed until 23 June.
A woman who murdered a pensioner with a friend when they were both 17 is found dead in Cambridgeshire.
Read MoreMurderer Damian Fowkes, who himself tried to kill Ian Huntley, was attacked at HMP Whitemoor.
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Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport
Earlier we mentioned that plans for a new stadium for Cambridge City will go on show in Sawston today.
The plans were halted earlier this year after an appeal to the High Court, but they are expected to be reconsidered later this year.
There's been ups and downs for the club since their ground was first sold, but what has happened in the last 11 years?
Image source, Cambridge CityJanuary 2006
- City's Milton Road home is sold to investors
March 2013
- City acquire land in Sawston
April 2013
- Milton Road is closed and demolition begins
August 2013
- City begin ground sharing with Histon
June 2014
- Planning permission is granted for a 3,000-capacity stadium at Sawston
January 2015
- Construction work begins at Sawston
August 2015
- City leave Histon and switch to St Ives
February 2017
- Planning permission is quashed following an appeal at the High Court
April 2017
- City prepare to resubmit their plans
Rana the tiger's legs had "finally reached the end" after two years of chronic arthritis, the wildlife park says.
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BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport
Cambridge City's stadium plans will go on show today, external, ahead of plans being reconsidered again by a council later this year.
It hopes to build a new stadium on land north of Deal Grove in Sawston.
City's original planning permission was quashed following a High Court appeal, external earlier this year.
Image source, Cambridge City FCThe Lilywhites moved out of their Milton Road home in Cambridge in 2013 and have since been sharing grounds with Histon and St Ives.
You can view the current proposals in the village later today.
