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. Catch-up: The Boat Races 2021published at 19:29 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Watch live coverage of The Boat Races 2021 between Oxford and Cambridge in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

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  2. First black man appointed head of Oxbridge collegepublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Lord Woolley, an equal rights campaigner, says his new job is a "must-have role".

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  3. Giant Tyrannosaurus rex model 'stuck' on Suez shippublished at 10:13 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    The huge centrepiece for a new golf course near Cambridge is currently on the Ever Given.

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  4. Fresh appeal in 1996 hairdresser murder casepublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 31 March 2021

    Police say they are keen to speak to people from the LGBTQ+ community as part of their inquiries.

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  5. Female umpires to make Boat Race historypublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 31 March 2021

    History will be made at the 2021 Boat Race, with women set to umpire both the men's and women's races.

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  6. The quiet backwater set to host the 2021 Boat Racepublished at 07:53 British Summer Time 28 March 2021

    The famous duel will take place on the Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire for the first time since 1944.

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  7. Butterfly found pressed inside centuries-old bookpublished at 18:05 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    A university says a butterfly found in a book could be hundreds of years old.

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  8. Carlisle United 1-2 Cambridge Unitedpublished at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    Adam May secures a dramatic late victory as Cambridge enhance their League Two title credentials with victory at Carlisle.

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  9. Scrapped Oxford-Cambridge road cost £28mpublished at 09:30 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    The government said analysis for the expressway would inform alternative road projects in the area.

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  10. Lockdown projects: Happy stories from a year like no otherpublished at 01:38 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    You told us what projects kept you going in lockdown, from dancing to writing and inventing games.

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  11. Drugs trial aims to prevent Covid readmissionspublished at 14:53 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    The research is beginning after a study finds one in 10 patients die within six months of discharge.

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  12. Inside the lab finding new Covid variantspublished at 09:50 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021

    The Wellcome Sanger Institute near Cambridge identified the infectious 'Kent' variant of coronavirus.

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  13. Parties, pubs and snowballs: A year of Covid finespublished at 06:38 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021

    Dracula fans, takeaway lovers and thwarted drinkers are all counting the cost of flouting the rules.

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  14. Cambridge United 1-0 Forest Green Roverspublished at 17:24 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2021

    Wes Hoolahan strikes the decisive goal as Cambridge beat League Two promotion rivals Forest Green 1-0.

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  15. 'We haven't seen our families in over a year'published at 08:50 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2021

    Foreign students and workers on the difficulties of a year of UK lockdowns and travel restrictions.

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  16. Research funding cut would damage 'Global Britain'published at 14:39 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2021

    Cambridge and Oxford's vice chancellors want clarity on funds for international science collaboration.

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  17. Scientists study DNA for clues on long Covidpublished at 15:37 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Researchers hope to identify "genetic markers" of those who experience long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms.

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  18. Oxford-Cambridge road scrapped after cost analysispublished at 11:19 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    The government says building a road linking Oxford with Cambridge would "not be cost-effective".

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  19. Colleagues pay final respects to firefighterpublished at 09:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Daniel Granger, who died with Covid, had been an on-call firefighter for more than 20 years.

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  20. Oldham Athletic 2-4 Cambridge Unitedpublished at 17:34 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    Promotion-chasing Cambridge United come from two goals down to secure a deserved victory at Oldham.

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