1. Bees swarm on the University of Cambridgepublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    The insects were removed after a beekeeper was called.

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  2. Cider firm expansion to cost £10mpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    A UK cider maker gets a financial commitment from its new US owners.

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  3. 'Heartbroken' family rallying round after deathpublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Mark Inchley
    BBC Channel Islands News

    The family of a man who died following an industrial accident in a shop unit at the Bridge on Sunday say they're "heartbroken".

    Barry Challen, 50, was left in a critical condition after suffering head injuries when it's understood a refrigerator unit he was installing landed on him.

    His family travelled from Lowestoft to be at his side during treatment at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital. He was transferred to a UK hospital on Wednesday, but died yesterday.

    Tributes

    His sister-in-law Kay Carlisle described it as a "very tragic accident".

    She said he suffered "terrific head injuries" and was announced brain dead on Sunday.

    Ms Carlisle said the family had rallied round after his "shock" death.

    Mr Challen's children laid tributes outside the site of the accident on Wednesday before leaving the island.

    Mr Carlisle praised hospital staff and local authorities for their help and support.

    She said a funeral will be arranged once the body has been released by the coroner.

  4. Deja-ewe as second sheep stuck on bridgepublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    The "wooly wanderer" followed in the hoofsteps of a flockmate which got trapped in the same place.

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  5. Cambridge is the place to bee...published at 16:50 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    This is so lovely, we couldn't resist sharing it with you.

    Watch in wonder...

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  6. Beth Chatto remembered on BBC Radio 4published at 16:45 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    BBC Radio 4's Last Word takes a look back at the life and work of gardener Beth Chatto this Sunday.

    She is one of several people featured in the obituary programme, following her death a fortnight ago.

    Ms Chatto transformed barren land at Elmstead Market near Colchester into a pioneering garden, which is still open to the public.

    The programme is on at 20:30 and then available on the BBC iPlayer.

    Beth ChattoImage source, Beth Chatto Gardens
  7. Antony Gormley sculptures take to Peterborough rooftopspublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Three lead sculptures by Antony Gormley, external have gone on show in Peterborough.

    The life-sized figures, called Places to Be, have been placed on the rooftops of Queensgate shopping centre, the Leeds Building Society, and the Norwich & Peterborough Building Society.

    Antony Gormley statue

    Mr Gormley, best known for the Angel Of The North in Gateshead, said: "Places to Be was my first public commission.

    "It is wonderful that it is being re-sited on a striking modern horizontal parapet, a Victorian corner tower, and the 18th Century roof line around the Market Square in the centre of Peterborough."

    Antony Gormley statue
  8. Business encouraged to look for business abroad after Brexitpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Firms in Suffolk are being encouraged to export after Brexit following publication of a report by the former Conservative leader of the county council, external Colin Noble.

    Port of IpswichImage source, Environment Agency
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    Port of Ipswich

    The report said: "Evidence from Department of International Trade (DIT), external shows that only a small percentage of companies export, but there are many more that share the same characteristics as these exporters.

    "We are working to get these companies exporting by working with the Local Enterprise Partnership, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce and the DIT to encourage them to do so."

    John Dugmore, chief executive of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, external, said: "We are working hard to ensure there will be support available for our local exporting businesses as they adapt to any new trading arrangements, and look forward to working alongside Suffolk County Council in achieving this."

  9. Paralysed marathon man gets robotic legspublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    The 34-year-old became the first paralysed man to walk the London marathon, using an exoskeleton suit.

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  10. Paralysed marathon man gets robotic legspublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    A 34-year-old man who became the first paralysed man to walk the London marathon in an exoskeleton suit has now been gifted his own set of robotic legs.

    The sponsor who supported Simon Kindleysides, from Blofield near Norwich, during the marathon has now donated a suit.

    Mr Kindleysides was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in April 2013, which left him paralysed from the waist down.

  11. O'Hara to join Peterborough from Dundeepublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Peterborough United sign midfielder Mark O'Hara from Scottish Premiership side Dundee on a three-year contract.

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  12. High Court ban for Cambridge punt companypublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    The city council said the firm was not licensed to operate on its land and was trespassing.

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  13. Tributes left for man who died installing refrigeratorspublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Chris Quevatre
    BBC News Online

    A man injured in an industrial accident in a retail unit in Guernsey on Sunday has died.

    Barry Challen from Lowestoft was working as a contractor, installing fridge units at the Co-op's new "En Route" store at the Bridge, St Sampsons.

    Mr Challen was carrying out work for the Bradford-based company George Barker which supplies refrigerator units to retailers across the UK.

    The Cooperative store

    He was working at the site when it's understood he sustained a head injury and was transferred to the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in a critical condition. Health and Social Care said he received treatment there until Wednesday morning when he was flown back to the UK.

    Later that day, flowers appeared outside the shop with tributes from his wife, children and other family members.

    Death tribute

    Today, Guernsey Police confirmed Mr Challen died in hospital on Thursday as a result of his injuries - although the tributes appeared at the site of the accident the day before.

    A joint investigation is under way, coordinated by the Health and Safety Executive and Guernsey Police. Work at the Co-op-owned site has stopped.

  14. Footballer Grant Holt takes up wrestlingpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    He is swapping the penalty box for the wrestling ring.

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  15. Firefighter recruits face written and physical testspublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    More than 400 people have applied to work for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service after recruitment for full time firefighters, external began for the first time in nearly a decade.

    Those selected for a shortlist will undertake a written examination and physical tests including weights in a gym and running out a hose reel, before being interviewed and having a medical examination.

    Hose run outImage source, Suffolk County Council
    Weight testImage source, Suffolk County Council

    They will then carry out their final training in August. The new recruits are expected to start work in the service from October.

  16. EU grant of £135,000 to cut street light energy costs in Ipswichpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    The European Union has awarded a grant of £135,000 to improve street lighting in Ipswich after a trial which saw energy-use cut by 30% along a stretch of the A143 near Bury St Edmunds.

    Great Barton street lightsImage source, Google

    Suffolk County Council, external won the 2018 Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport, external President's Award for digital innovation/technology for the project.

    Street light columns in the village of Great Barton carried sensors to record traffic levels so that lights could be dimmed or brightened to save energy.

    This success helped the council win the EU grant to extend the scheme.

    It is not yet clear which roads in Ipswich will be the focus of the latest phase or when work may take place.

  17. Fossil fuel protesters at Cambridge Uni prepare for forcible evictionpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Cambridge University has applied for a court order to remove students from a building which they have been occupying as part of a fossil fuel protest since last Friday, according to the activists.

    Members of Cambridge Zero Carbon Society, external are embroiled in a lengthy battle with the university over its financial interests in the fossil fuel industry.

    They have been pressing the university to divest, but a meeting on Monday of the university's divestment working group, external failed to reach a decision, and a date for a further meeting has yet to be announced.

    Student rally in CambridgeImage source, Cambridge Zero Carbon Society
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    There was a rally of about 200 people ahead of Monday's divestment meeting

    "The university has issued a court order to forcibly remove those who have been peacefully occupying their main administrative building Greenwich House, home to 400 staff including the Finance Office... they will most likely begin the eviction [Friday] afternoon or on Saturday," a spokesman for the activists said.

    Notification posted on Greenwich HouseImage source, Tony Eva
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    The university would not confirm it had applied for a court order but notices on Greenwich House indicate it has

    The university refused to confirm whether it had applied for a court order, or been granted one, but told the BBC: "The occupiers were asked to leave the building by 9am on 22 May but declined to do so. The university is now taking the necessary steps to bring the occupation to an end."

    According to the society, Cambridge University, external is estimated to have £377m invested in fossil fuel companies, both directly and indirectly.

    The university has declined to comment on that figure.

    Graffiti on university buildingImage source, Cambridge Zero Carbon Society
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    Members of the Zero Carbon Society chalk-sprayed the Senate House with messages ahead of Monday's divestment meeting

  18. Let's rock - Headbangers' Ball returns to the airwavespublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Headbangers at Download, DoningtonImage source, Getty Images

    BBC Radio Suffolk presenter Stephen Foster is resurrecting his Headbangers' Ball rock show on the airwaves between 17:00 and 19:00 on Bank Holiday Monday.

    He used to present a show of the same name in the 1980s when it was broadcast on Ipswich-based commercial station Radio Orwell, external and its Bury St Edmunds sister station Saxon Radio.

    Foz said: "It never ceases to amaze me how many people come up to me and say they have fond memories of the show, and hopefully they'll be tuned in to wallow in rock nostalgia."

    Judging by comments on his Facebook post, they will be...

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  19. Holy moly... 'there's been an explosion'published at 13:13 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    An underground explosion caused significant damage to a road and cut power to more than 200 homes.

    It happened in Back Lane in Melbourn, near Cambridge, at about 20:00 on Thursday.

    Hole in road in MelbourneImage source, BCH Road Police

    Police and three fire crews attended and the road was closed for several hours.

    "There's been an explosion. It's created a big hole in road. We are looking into it," wrote police on Twitter, external.

    "Moles are stepping their game up," one person replied.

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    Joking aside, UK Power Networks, external, whose engineers were called in, said 222 homes lost power, but it was restored within 90 minutes, although one customer is still affected and is on a back-up generator.

    A spokesman apologised to those affected..

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  20. Runway accident delays abortion voterspublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    The Dublin-bound aircraft was stationary when a Primera Air plane "scraped" its tail while taxiing behind it.

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