Cambridge writers encourage budding novelists to take on the challenge of writing a 50,000-word book in 30 days

Around half a million people take part every year worldwide and there are groups in most major towns in the UK who attempt the task each November.

Congenica's key role for NHS in world's first routine DNA medicine service

Historic new genomic service has its heart in Cambridge

Police appeal for return of rare motorbike

Officers have released an image of a rare motorcycle stolen from a home in Gamlingay on Wednesday (17 October).

Cambridge drug dealer jailed

A man who was found with hundreds of pounds worth of crack cocaine and heroin in a Cambridge flat has been jailed for three years.

Cambridge charity worker ‘humbled’ by operation to save young father’s sight

A visit to Cameroon to witness an operation that would save a young father’s sight has left one charity worker feeling ‘humbled’.

“Low expectations are the secret to happiness”

How education saved me after my Mormon survivalist childhood

Author Tara Westover will be speaking about her life at the Festival of Ideas this weekend

MP fights proposal to move city Post Office

A proposal to move the city centre's main Post Office into a branch of WHSmith has been condemned by Cambridge's MP.

Buying guns and drugs on the dark web is 'as easy as buying on eBay' finds RAND Europe

Ahead of a panel discussion for the Cambridge Festival of Ideas next week, we spoke to two of the researchers who shone a light on the dark web.

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Cambridgeshire County Council calls for 17 new schools

Sponsors for a new wave of free schools are being sought to cope with expanding numbers of pupils in Cambridgeshire.

Cambridge Lit Fest author Rosie Wilby asks: “Is monogamy dead?”

Award-winning comedian Rosie Wilby has dived deep into what makes relationships tick in her new book: Is Monogamy Dead?

Two month Mill Road Bridge closure alarms traders

Shocked traders say a plan to close a major road bridge in Cambridge for eight weeks will 'finish off' their businesses.

Campaigner calls for ban on pelvic mesh implants as safety review hearing heads for Cambridge

Mesh can cause chronic pain and sepsis - and some women have had to have their badder or bowel removed

Symphony orchestra conductor has chosen hits from his ‘bucket list’

The City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra is launching its new season with a programme, chosen by conductor Robert Hodge, that will delight audiences and showcase the talents of their musicians

Virginia Woolf's legacy for the #MeToo age at Fitzwilliam Museum

A new exhibition inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf speaks directly to modern women, discovers Alex Spencer

Doctor Flu exterminates germs at Addenbrooke's

Hospital staff are being asked to exterminate flu this winter by Doctor Flu, and she's called on the evil Dalek Empire to help out.

Fire blazes for second day at Milton landfill site

Firefighters are still tackling a blaze on a 30 metre high pile of rubbish at the Milton landfill site.

Pop music passed me by as a teen says jazz singer Clare Teal

Jazz singer and Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal is happy with her level of recognition and doesn't want to become any more famous, thank you very much, writes Alex Spencer.

Local singer Nick Mulvey to curate Cambridge Folk Festival

Cambridge Folk Festival has announced that local singer-songwriter Nick Mulvey will be returning to Cambridge in 2019 as the festival's guest curator.

Firefighters tackle huge blaze at Milton landfill site

Residents advised to keep doors and windows closed due to smoke