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  • Updates on Friday, 14 July 2017

  • Simon Dobbin attack: Thirteen convicted over fan assault

  • 50p stolen from woman, 84, in robbery

  1. TT racer's leg rebuilt again by surgeonpublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Orla Moore
    BBC Local Live

    Surgeons in Cambridge have managed to rebuild the shattered leg of a motorcyclist.

    Ian Hutchinson crashed out of this year's TT race on the Isle of Man.

    The 16-times TT winner dislocated his ankle and smashed his femur after coming off his bike as he battled for the lead.

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    TT racer Ian Hutchinson has leg rebuilt at Cambridge hospital

    It's not the first time he's broken his leg - and he asked the same surgeon who saved it before to work his magic this time round.

  2. Simon Dobbin jury sent home for the nightpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    The jury at Basildon Crown Court has been sent home for the night as they continue to deliberate on charges brought against 13 defendants.

    The trial follows an attack in Southend on Cambridge United fan Simon Dobbin, in March 2015.

    Mr Dobbin, who lives in Mildenhall, has been left brain-damaged and unable to talk or walk since an outbreak of violence following a match at Southend United.

    The jury is due to return tomorrow.

    They have been considering their verdicts for more than eight hours so far.

  3. A1139 crash victim namedpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    David Keller
    BBC News

    It's been confirmed by police that a woman killed by a lorry while walking along the A1139 in Peterborough was 45-year-old Stephanie Blessett.

    Ms Blessett, 45, of Gunthorpe Road, was on Eye Road at about 19:00 on Sunday when she was struck by the vehicle.

    Police earlier thanked people for their help identifying the woman after releasing a description.

  4. Peterborough lottery to launchpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Katharine Park
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    How do you fancy getting your hands on £25,000?

    Well, councillors in Peterborough have approved a new weekly lottery for the city, with that figure being the weekly prize for one lucky winner.

    You have to choose six numbers between zero and nine and match them in the order you picked them.

    The plan was announced as part of the authority's budget earlier this year and was confirmed yesterday.

    Lottery ballsImage source, Getty Images

    Limited to 10 tickets per person, the £1-a-go draw will all be done online, with 60% of the proceeds going to good causes around the city - decided by an independent panel.

    The other 40% will go on prize money, management costs and VAT.

    The lottery is expected to make about £5,500 in the first year and up to £67,000 in year three.

    It'll be launched in the autumn.

    John Holdich, leader of the city council, said the money "will only be spent in Peterborough".

    "Evidence shows that if you run a lottery for local causes, people will buy a ticket," he said.

    "The prize is guaranteed, it's insured, so the council won't lose out."

    He added that he believed there was "enough safeguards in place" to protect people from gambling.

  5. 'R' you impressed?published at 14:02 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Public art often divides opinion, so a consultation is taking place, external to decide what sort of art people living around Cambridge's Mill Road would like.

    Romsey is going to get a bit of art to look at, and one proposal is this giant letter R.

    And it's a really big R. Three metres of capital letter - that's 10ft in old money.

    Mock-up of proposed artworkImage source, Cambridge City Council/Harry Gray

    The city council wants to spend £50,000 on the massive R which will celebrate Romsey's railway heritage.

    The area, which straddles the train tracks, was first developed in the 19th Century to provide homes for railway workers.

    Artist Harry Gray's sculpture will feature inscriptions of stations or destinations that have been significant to local people. It will be situated at the corner of Cavendish Road and Mill Road, if approved.

    The project will be funded through S106 contributions from city developers specifically allocated for commissioning public art.

  6. Garages pulled down in land blunderpublished at 12:52 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    The garages were built by a social housing provider which later realised it did not actually own the land.

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  7. Guided busway crash: Three weeks onpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    David Webster
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Today we've been reporting on the investigation that found speeding was the cause of a crash on the guided busway in Cambridge on 21 June.

    An investigation found the driver was speeding at 24mph in a 15mph zone, which caused him to crash into a wall near the station.

    But what does the scene looks like three weeks on?

    Well, still in a bit of a state, with no apparent repairs just yet...

    Scene of guided busway crash
    Scene of guided busway crash
    Scene of guided busway crash
    Scene of guided busway crash

    However, it appears buses are now keeping to the speed limit...

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  8. Speeding 'not a police issue' on buswaypublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Jozef Hall
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Earlier we mentioned that an investigation into a crash on the guided busway last month found the driver speeding "above 20mph in a 15mph zone".

    The driver, in his 50s, was slightly injured in the crash near Cambridge railway station on 21 June. Two passengers on board were unhurt.

    Guided busway crash

    The question of whether police officers could be brought in to help enforce the speed limits along the busway was posed to Bob Menzies, service director for strategy and development at Cambridgeshire County Council.

    He explained that speeding on the busway "wasn't a police matter".

    "It's important to understand that the guided busway in legal terms is not a road, it's actually our premises. It comes under the Health and Safety Executive," he told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

    "It's not a traffic offence to speed on the guided busway. It's effectively a disciplinary matter between us and the bus companies.

    "The police don't have any specific powers in relation to [speeding on the busway].

    "We set the speed limits as we chose and it's up to us to enforce them."

    Whippet Coaches, whose bus was involved in the latest crash, said it would be including this accident as a case study to train new drivers.

  9. Police thank public for help in identifying womanpublished at 11:22 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Yesterday we reported police were trying to find the identity of a woman killed by a lorry in Peterborough on Sunday.

    They said they had been unable to identify her or trace her next-of-kin following the crash on the A1139.

    This morning they thanked the public following their appeal, saying some people had come forward to say who she was.

    Formal identification is due to take place later.

  10. Speeding guided bus crash driver sackedpublished at 10:29 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    The driver was initially praised for swerving to avoid cyclists, but later sacked for speeding.

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  11. Simon Dobbin attack: Jury to continue deliberationspublished at 10:09 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    The jury in the trial of 13 men charged in connection with the attack in Southend on football fan Simon Dobbin is due to return to court to continue its deliberations.

    The five men and seven women are to return to Basildon Crown Court for 10:15.

    Mr Dobbin, a Cambridge United fan who lives in Milldenhall, was left with brain damage after the incident.

    One man has already admitted violent disorder, but the other 12 defendants deny that charge. All 13 deny conspiracy to commit violent disorder.

    Simon Dobbin (pictured centre) was put into a medically-induced comaImage source, Family Photo
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    Simon Dobbin (pictured centre) was put into a medically-induced coma

  12. Guided bus company apologises for cyclist blame tweetpublished at 09:24 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Dotty McLeod
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    You might have read our story published this morning about the guided bus driver sacked for crashing near Addenbrooke's while speeding last month.

    His employer Whippet initially thought he had been trying to avoid a cyclist, but an investigation by the company and the county council concluded he had been speeding at the time.

    Guided bus crash

    The driver was travelling at 24mph (38.5km/h) - "so, considerably over the speed limit," Charlie Hamilton, managing director of Whippet, told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

    "Ultimately it was down to human error. The driver was speeding and that's the root cause of what happened."

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    In the immediate aftermath of the crash the company tweeted about a cyclist on the busway. They later praised the driver for swerving in order to put the cyclist's safety first.

    Mr Hamilton said: "At the time when we put the tweet out we were trying to give the public as much information as we could to try to keep them up to date as to what was going on.

    "There were cyclists involved but they weren't a direct contributing factor to the accident and they were out of the way about 15 or 20 metres before the driver entered the guided busway and had the crash."

    Guided bus crash

    That information had "come from the driver and the passengers on the scene", Mr Hamilton said.

    He added the company did not know at that point a cyclist was not the cause of the crash.

    "It was important for us to have our investigation and talk to our driver," he said.

    Asked about the company's tweet regarding the cyclist, Mr Hamilton said: "That's why I'm on here today, to say to the largest audience I can that it wasn't down to the cyclists, so for that tweet we apologise."

  13. Tuesday's weather: Becoming progressively wetterpublished at 08:13 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    It's a cloudy start for many, although there should be some brightness around, and then we'll see some outbreaks of rain this morning.

    By this afternoon, it's becoming more persistent.

    Temperatures getting up to about 18C (64F) but quite a few spots barely making it to the teens.

    Watch my full forecast for the BBC East region here:

  14. Good morningpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Welcome back to live updates for Cambridgeshire on Tuesday, 11 July.

    We'll bring you live news, sport, weather and travel updates from around the county until 18:00.

    As ever, we'll kick things off with a full forecast, on a day which could see... rain!

    Not that it looks that way in Haddenham just yet though...

    Haddenham

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  15. Plane recovery traffic light 'carnage'published at 22:01 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    The World War Two Mustang was on the way to be repaired after making an emergency landing on Sunday.

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  16. Mustang in emergency landing at air showpublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    Police closed one lane of the M11 after the incident at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.

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  17. Our live coverage for the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    That's it for our live coverage today - thanks for joining us. We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00.

    Scroll back through today's feed for anything you may have missed.

    Any breaking news will still appear on this page overnight.

    Have a great evening.

  18. Showers tonight... and showers tomorrowpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    Julie Reinger
    BBC Look East weather

    Further heavy thundery showers will move eastwards this evening and overnight, although some places will remain dry.

    Winds will be light, with temperatures falling to 13C (55F).

    Weather graphic for midnight, showing scattered showers over East Anglia

    Tomorrow should begin largely fine and dry, with some brightness and sunshine - but thicker cloud and scattered showers will push north eastwards during the morning.

    These showers will merge into longer spells of rain in the afternoon, becoming heavy at times.

    Temperatures reaching 21C (70F).

    You can find further details on BBC Weather.

  19. Duxford plane conundrum crackedpublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    We've been told by police the A505 is now clear around Duxford, after the plane that crashed in a field near the former RAF base got stuck while a lorry manoeuvred it back on site.

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  20. Simon Dobbin: Jury sent home for nightpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    Ben Fryer
    BBC Essex

    The jury in the trial of 13 men charged in connection with the attack in Southend on football fan Simon Dobbin have been sent home for the night.

    The five men and seven women will return to Basildon Crown Court for 10:15 tomorrow.

    Mr Dobbin, a Cambridge United fan who lives in Milldenhall, was left with brain damage after the incident.

    One man has already admitted violent disorder, but the other 12 defendants deny that charge and all 13 deny conspiracy to commit violent disorder.