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. Woman faces no charge over road crash deathpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 2 June 2020

    A woman arrested over the death of a car passenger after a crash will not face charges, police say.

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  2. Closure warning for visitors to country parkpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 2 June 2020

    Car parks at Peterborough's Ferry Meadows country park will close if visitors do not follow social distancing rules.

    The warning comes after recent good weather encouraged high visitor numbers.

    The car parks were closed on 30 May, but as of Monday are being "gradually" reopened again.

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  3. Covid care home death rise in Cambridgeshirepublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 2 June 2020

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    The number of deaths in Cambridgeshire care homes involving a confirmed or suspected case of Covid-19 has risen by 14 to 121.

    According to the figures collated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and published by the Office for National Statistics, there were 12 such fatalities recorded the week before and 17 the week before that.

    The longer-term data shows that the latest week of available data 23-29 May - is the first rise in the number of weekly deaths folllowing three weeks where the rate fell.

    The CQC uses a different criteria of recording a death involving Covid-19 to other data provided by the ONS. The CQC includes deaths where the care home provider has stated Covid-19 as a suspected or confirmed cause of death on the death notification.

    The ONS Covid-19 deaths registered data, including care homes, includes deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate.

    As a consequence, the data and subsequent death figures vary.

  4. What the papers are saying in Cambridgeshirepublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 2 June 2020

    • Cambridge News, external report that a father and cafe owner has been "trapped" overseas for four months after the government refused to help him come back home
    • The Peterborough Telegraph, external writes that almost a third of the city's workforce are classified as key workers
    • And the Wisbech Standard, external reports that a health care worker, head teacher and bin man are "lockdown heroes" and nominated for recognition following random acts of kindness
  5. Cow suffocated on plastic bag left by littererspublished at 15:16 British Summer Time 2 June 2020

    A council leader says the animal "had been killed by thoughtless littering visitors".

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  6. Anglian Water leisure sites reopenpublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 2 June 2020

    Pete Cooper
    BBC News

    Anglian Water said its water parks in the east of England would reopen to the public from today.

    The water company runs Pitsford Water, Ravensthorpe Reservoir and Hollowell in Northamptonshire, Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire, Alton Water in Suffolk, Taverham Mill in Norfolk and Rutland Water.

    Park closed sign

    Anglian Water, external said there would be "a number of changes on site with some facilities still closed".

    It also said visitors should park in its car parks and "not in local villages".

    The water parks were closed ahead of the government lockdown in March.

    Alton WaterImage source, Stour and Orwell Society
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    Alton Water near Ipswich, with the River Stour estuary in the background

  7. Linton Zoo disappointed by news it can not reopenpublished at 08:22 British Summer Time 2 June 2020

    Nic Rigby
    BBC News

    A zoo has said news that it will not be allowed to reopen during this phase of the government's easing up of the Covid-19 lockdown was "very unwelcome".

    Linton Zoo, external near Cambridge said on its Facebook page it looked like it would "be at least another month before we can open our gates and welcome visitors back into the zoo. This was not the news we were hoping to hear".

    African lion Zuri in 2013 playing with Christmas at Linton ZooImage source, Linton Zoo
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    African lion Zuri in 2013 playing with Christmas Tree at Linton Zoo

    The spokesman said that despite support from the community the lack of visitors meant that at a time when it should be "starting to save up for the quiet winter season" it was now thinking of how it was "going to make it through to this time next year".

    The entrance to Linton ZooImage source, Sandy B/Geograph

    The zoo thanked everyone who had supported the zoo.

    "The generosity of all of our visitors and friends of the zoo has, without a doubt, helped us continue to provide the first class care that all of our animals receive," said the spokesman.

    Last month the zoo asked people to donate items for its animals during the lockdown.

    They set up an Amazon wish list which includes things like sawdust, nest boxes and snacks for the parrots.

  8. Coronavirus deaths in the East rise by 18published at 08:01 British Summer Time 2 June 2020

    The latest number of new daily coronavirus deaths, external has been released by the government.

    In the East of England, they show an increase of 18 deaths in hospitals, taking the total number to 3,677. The new deaths have been recorded at the following NHS trusts:

    • Basildon and Thurrock: 2
    • Buckinghshire Healthcare (Stoke Mandeville): 2
    • East Suffolk and North Essex (Ipswich and Colchester hospitals): 1
    • Essex Partnership (Wickford): 1
    • Kettering: 3
    • Mid Essex (Broomfield): 2
    • Norfolk Community Care: 1
    • North West Anglia (Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke hospitals): 2
    • Northampton General: 4

    The total number of UK deaths associated with Covid-19 has reached 39,045.

  9. 'She's been up since half five really excited'published at 19:29 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    A young pupil gets ready for school after 10 weeks off due to lockdown.

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  10. Virus patient walks after 54 days in critical carepublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    He spent four of his weeks in critical care strapped to a ventilator but now he is walking again.

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  11. Aerial pictures show crisp factory gutted by firepublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

    About 60 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze at the family-run Corkers Crisps company.

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  12. What the papers say in Cambridgeshirepublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 1 June 2020

  13. Crisp firm founder 'shell-shocked' by blazepublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 31 May 2020

    Ross Taylor said most of the rural crisp factory site "literally went in minutes".

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  14. Covid-19 IVF pause like 'rug pulled beneath you'published at 10:40 British Summer Time 31 May 2020

    A couple whose IVF treatment was delayed say struggling to start a family has been "heart-wrenching".

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  15. Nature-lover records 573 species in back gardenpublished at 01:30 British Summer Time 31 May 2020

    Paul Rule's finds range from tiny water fleas to hedgehogs and bee orchids.

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  16. Fire crews tackle crisp factory blazepublished at 23:25 British Summer Time 30 May 2020

    Sixty firefighters were called to the Corkers Crisps site near Ely just before 15:00 BST.

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  17. Girl's keepy-uppy football challenge reaches 1.7mpublished at 09:22 British Summer Time 30 May 2020

    Imogen, 10, wants to raise money by doing one keepy-uppy for each UK key worker.

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  18. Extraordinary novella of lockdown life written 100 years ago ★★★★★published at 00:17 British Summer Time 30 May 2020

    This visionary short story is set in what must have seemed a futuristic world to EM Forster but won't to you.

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  19. New cycle lanes pose hazard to riders, campaigners claimpublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 29 May 2020

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Temporary cycle lanes, put in place in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, pose a hazard to riders, campaign group Camcycle, external claims.

    Cambridgeshire County Counci, externall has painted lanes on to a number of roads in the county as part of wider efforts to make more space available for pedestrians and cyclists.

    Cycle lanes blockedImage source, Camcycle

    But the design of the new measures, put in place much more quickly than usual road layout changes, has prompted criticism.

    Pictures posted on social media show in one case parked cars, in another potholes, blocking the new cycle lanes, which campaigners say raise safety concerns.

    Camcycle, although in favour of the general strategy, said: “Narrow advisory painted lanes, such as those added in Milton and Girton, offer no protection from motor traffic and are potentially more unsafe than no lanes at all, encouraging drivers to treat the cycle lane marking as the edge of the carriageway and pass dangerously close to riders.”

    Highways and transport committee chairman, Conservative councillor Ian Bates, said: “We have made these cycle enhancements as quickly as we can due to the special times we’re in and to help people cycle wherever possible.”

  20. Covid-19 plunges Indians' study abroad dreams into turmoilpublished at 10:00 British Summer Time 29 May 2020

    Hundreds of thousands of Indian students who planned to study abroad are now unsure of their next steps.

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