Summary

  • Updates on Friday, 18 August 2017

  • Man dies after accident on A605

  • Repair work to fix damaged rail line after train derailment underway

  • Knife amnesty creating "safer Cambridgeshire"

  • Anti-caravan trench dug at playing field

  • Recycling centre to be built in Peterborough

  1. Separated twins' parents thank nurses for picturespublished at 06:32 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

    The premature babies were treated in hospitals 60 miles apart but an app kept their parents updated.

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  2. Police watchdog to investigate man's deathpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 6 August 2020

    Officers were called after the man was reportedly seen walking into oncoming traffic.

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  3. Man 'murdered by ex-girlfriend's new partner'published at 16:24 British Summer Time 6 August 2020

    Alex Fitzpatrick was knifed repeatedly outside his former partner's home, jurors hear.

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  4. Vintage Royal Navy plane crashes into treepublished at 21:17 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    The pilot and passenger suffered "minor injuries", a spokeswoman for the Imperial War Museum said.

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  5. How does someone just disappear?published at 16:56 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    A man feared murdered is found alive after five years, but how easy is it to stay hidden?

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  6. Hospital 'missed opportunities' to save toddlerpublished at 08:56 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    A 16-month-old girl died from sepsis 20 hours after being discharged from A&E, an inquest hears.

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  7. 'Knowing how the universe will end is freeing'published at 00:08 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Astrophysicist Katie Mack has been researching The End of Everything.

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  8. Man feared murdered in 2015 found hiding in woodspublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 3 August 2020

    Ricardas Puisys was found deep in woods, where it is thought he was trying to avoid exploitation.

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  9. NHS Spitfire tours south of England hospitalspublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 1 August 2020

    The Spitfire is touring hospitals around the country throughout summer to say thank you to the NHS.

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  10. Primary school damaged in overnight blazepublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 1 August 2020

    The single-storey building was well-alight when crews arrived, a fire service says.

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  11. Silkmen striker Ironside joins Cambridgepublished at 10:44 British Summer Time 1 August 2020

    Striker Joe Ironside joins Cambridge United on a two-year deal after his departure from Macclesfield.

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  12. Woman who tried to get ex murdered is jailedpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 31 July 2020

    Victoria Breeden asked three men to kill Rob Parkes after losing custody of a child in Cambridgeshire.

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  13. 'This lido would usually be packed'published at 15:32 British Summer Time 31 July 2020

    One lido welcomes swimmers on a sweltering day as another turns green with algae.

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  14. Peterborough sign goalkeeper Gyollaipublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    League One side Peterborough United sign Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Daniel Gyollai on a free transfer.

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  15. Pair deny prison officer murder attemptpublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    Four prison officers and a nurse were injured at HMP Whitemoor, a court hears.

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  16. Mr Barry's return to sea fishingpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    Phil Shepka
    BBC News

    During his period of waiting for surgery, Dennis Barry says his "three lovely daughters" were "trying to reassure me and stay positive".

    "I'm not saying it's on your mind 24/7 - you forget about it halfway through the day and then in the evening you sit down maybe have a sandwich or watching the TV and all of a sudden it'll just come back to you 'oh dear, what if I do have cancer?'."

    Mr Barry, who lives in Lode, in Cambridgeshire, now says following the lockdown and his cancer scare he is back doing what he loves most - sea fishing.

    "About two weeks ago I went to the beach with the wife to do a bit of fishing. It really chills you out, you forget about everything and concentrate on what you're doing."

  17. Meet the hospital's lead chaplain, who's also a poetpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    Laurence Cawley
    BBC News

    Mark Stöbert
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    Mark Stobert, lead chaplain at Addenbrooke's Hospital

    Lead chaplain Mark Stobert says the impact of the coronavirus has been "unprecedented".

    "I don't think any of us have ever experienced anything like this," he said. "A lot of our role is about us being present, and we spent a lot of time trying to get our heads around how we do that.

    "We did some telephone working and slowly but surely we've got back to being present on the words."

    Part of his experience of being a chaplain, and the difficulties of communicating to those in need wearing personal protective equipment, has been expressed in his poem "Learning to Speak Eyebrow".

    "Learning to Speak Eyebrow", a poem by the hospital's lead chaplain
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    "Learning to Speak Eyebrow", a poem by the hospital's lead chaplain

  18. Meet Terry Cooper: One of the unsung heroes at the hospitalpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    Laurence Cawley
    BBC News

    For the past 13 years, Terry Cooper, has been walking the hospital grounds leaving spic and span wards in his wake.

    Terry Cooper
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    Terry Cooper

    He told how throughout the coronavirus pandemic he has calmly gone about his cleaning work pretty much as before, and how he has not felt fear because he has been keen to do his bit to keep patients and staff safe.

    "It has been a bit emptier," he said, "and it has been quite busy."

    A key tool in his cleaning arsenal is a 'deprox machine' which has enabled him to go into a Covid-19 area and clean it using a remote control. The machine, which resembles a Dalek from Doctor Who, creates a cleaning fog which reaches every area of a room.

    "Without these, we would have to mop everything," he said.

  19. YouTube star loses dog destruction appealpublished at 07:16 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    A judge rejected Deji Olatunji's bid to save Tank who bit a woman in 2018 causing serious injury.

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  20. Hospital to extend weekend surgery to beat backlogpublished at 00:32 British Summer Time 30 July 2020

    Addenbrooke's Hospital has 1,600 more people awaiting surgery than it did before the pandemic.

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