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Try our new weekly general knowledge quiz with friends and family

18 January 2025
Try our new weekly general knowledge quiz with friends and family

Try our new weekly general knowledge quiz with friends and family

18 January 2025

Games shows, football and chocolate bars – tackle the Saturday Social quiz


Guns and drugs gang leader from South Cambridgeshire village is jailed for 30 years

17 January 2025
Guns and drugs gang leader from South Cambridgeshire village is jailed for 30 years

Guns and drugs gang leader from South Cambridgeshire village is jailed for 30 years

17 January 2025

Two associates also jailed after detectives uncover how they bought blank firing guns and converted them.


Cambridge firefighters rescue kitten stuck in tree for over 36 hours

17 January 2025
Cambridge firefighters rescue kitten stuck in tree for over 36 hours

Cambridge firefighters rescue kitten stuck in tree for over 36 hours

17 January 2025

The ordeal began when the kitten climbed a tree in a residential area in Trumpington.


Appeal after A14 crash near Stow Cum Quy leaves man seriously injured

17 January 2025
Appeal after A14 crash near Stow Cum Quy leaves man seriously injured

Appeal after A14 crash near Stow Cum Quy leaves man seriously injured

17 January 2025

The crash happened on the eastbound carriageway.


Driver seriously injured in A10 crash near Ely

17 January 2025
Driver seriously injured in A10 crash near Ely

Driver seriously injured in A10 crash near Ely

17 January 2025

Police are appealing for witnesses to get in touch.


Enjoy a baa-rilliant day with Shaun the Sheep at Anglesey Abbey

16 January 2025
Enjoy a baa-rilliant day with Shaun the Sheep at Anglesey Abbey

Enjoy a baa-rilliant day with Shaun the Sheep at Anglesey Abbey

16 January 2025

Twelve Shaun the Sheep sculptures will be positioned around the gardens, and each has been painted by an artist with bright colours and bold patterns.


Friends who turned tiddlywinks into a competitive sport mark 70 years of University of Cambridge club

16 January 2025
Friends who turned tiddlywinks into a competitive sport mark 70 years of University of Cambridge club

Friends who turned tiddlywinks into a competitive sport mark 70 years of University of Cambridge club

16 January 2025

They started competitive tiddlywinks so they could represent Cambridge at sport


Cambridge woman Zara Lachlan, 21, speaks of gratitude as she continues unsupported row to South America

16 January 2025
Cambridge woman Zara Lachlan, 21, speaks of gratitude as she continues unsupported row to South America

Cambridge woman Zara Lachlan, 21, speaks of gratitude as she continues unsupported row to South America

16 January 2025

She is rowing 3,600 nautical miles solo.


Fatal crash driver who lied to police is jailed for more than four years

15 January 2025
Fatal crash driver who lied to police is jailed for more than four years

Fatal crash driver who lied to police is jailed for more than four years

15 January 2025

Ben Bland from Cambridge was killed in the crash.


Five men charged in relation to Girton burglary

15 January 2025
Five men charged in relation to Girton burglary

Five men charged in relation to Girton burglary

15 January 2025

Jewellery and cash were stolen.


Try our new weekly general knowledge quiz with friends and family

14 January 2025
Try our new weekly general knowledge quiz with friends and family

Try our new weekly general knowledge quiz with friends and family

14 January 2025

Are you a champion quizzer? Here are 13 brain teasers to answer including history and sport.


Actor and comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack

14 January 2025
Actor and comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack

Actor and comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack

14 January 2025

The University of Cambridge alumnus is perhaps most famous for his appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Just A Minute and Have I Got News for You.

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Assistant head struck off after asking ex-pupil for bath photo

12 January 2025
Assistant head struck off after asking ex-pupil for bath photo

Assistant head struck off after asking ex-pupil for bath photo

12 January 2025

He was found to have breached professional boundaries.


In pictures: Cambridgeshire Fen skaters take to frozen field

10 January 2025
In pictures: Cambridgeshire Fen skaters take to frozen field

In pictures: Cambridgeshire Fen skaters take to frozen field

10 January 2025

They used a shallow flooded field to skate.


Four masked men armed with weapon threaten staff at village store

10 January 2025
Four masked men armed with weapon threaten staff at village store

Four masked men armed with weapon threaten staff at village store

10 January 2025

They wielded axes and an iron bar.


Regrets? Lucy Porter heads out on new tour with more than a few

10 January 2025
Regrets? Lucy Porter heads out on new tour with more than a few

Regrets? Lucy Porter heads out on new tour with more than a few

10 January 2025

The popular comic describes her new show as “a romp through some of the more shameful and silly things that I’ve done in my life”.


Seven people found wedged between containers of cucumbers in lorry in Cottenham

09 January 2025
Seven people found wedged between containers of cucumbers in lorry in Cottenham

Seven people found wedged between containers of cucumbers in lorry in Cottenham

09 January 2025

Police were called by a man in who said he had been in the vehicle for 18 hours.


Four men charged after police discover £1m cannabis factory

09 January 2025
Four men charged after police discover £1m cannabis factory

Four men charged after police discover £1m cannabis factory

09 January 2025

Officers visited the property following concerns raised by members of the public.


Drug dealer jailed after DNA links him to stash

08 January 2025
Drug dealer jailed after DNA links him to stash

Drug dealer jailed after DNA links him to stash

08 January 2025

Police were on patrol in Cambridge when they spotted the driver of a red Mazda acting suspiciously.


RSPCA appeal after ‘thinnest dog’ officer has ever seen is abandoned on New Year’s Day

08 January 2025
RSPCA appeal after ‘thinnest dog’ officer has ever seen is abandoned on New Year’s Day

RSPCA appeal after ‘thinnest dog’ officer has ever seen is abandoned on New Year’s Day

08 January 2025

‘Peanut’ is only three years old and is now being cared for by the team at the RSPCA Block Fen Centre in Cambridgeshire.


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