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Cambridge’s cows are just too clever for this cattle grid

Cambridge’s cows are just too clever for this cattle grid

Cambridge’s cows are just too clever for this cattle grid

19 July 2024

It’s an udder doddle for cows to escape – again


‘Fake’ double yellow lines helping community deter anti-social parking

‘Fake’ double yellow lines helping community deter anti-social parking

‘Fake’ double yellow lines helping community deter anti-social parking

04 July 2024

But are they more or less illegal than illegal parking?


Company appeals order to remove £150,000 controversial sculpture ‘The Cambridge Don’

Company appeals order to remove £150,000 controversial sculpture ‘The Cambridge Don’

Company appeals order to remove £150,000 controversial sculpture ‘The Cambridge Don’

26 June 2024

The 13-foot sculpture stands outside Charter House at 62-68 Hills Road.


The Carriage Ely to be featured on Channel 4’s George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

The Carriage Ely to be featured on Channel 4’s George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

The Carriage Ely to be featured on Channel 4’s George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

26 June 2024

Located a five-minute drive away from the city of Ely, The Carriage Ely provides luxury accommodation.


‘Nobby’ the Celtic fertility figure found in a Cambridgeshire field sells at auction for £3,000

‘Nobby’ the Celtic fertility figure found in a Cambridgeshire field sells at auction for £3,000

‘Nobby’ the Celtic fertility figure found in a Cambridgeshire field sells at auction for £3,000

20 June 2024

Bob Jemmett found the bronze figure in a ploughed field in Little Chishill.


Cambridge Standing Tall giraffe sculptures raise £140,000 for charity at auction

Cambridge Standing Tall giraffe sculptures raise £140,000 for charity at auction

Cambridge Standing Tall giraffe sculptures raise £140,000 for charity at auction

20 June 2024

The money raised will fund Break’s work with young care leavers.


Charged charcoal ‘sponge’ can capture carbon dioxide directly from air, University of Cambridge researchers show

Charged charcoal ‘sponge’ can capture carbon dioxide directly from air, University of Cambridge researchers show

Charged charcoal ‘sponge’ can capture carbon dioxide directly from air, University of Cambridge researchers show

14 June 2024

The ‘crazy idea’ was dreamt up in Covid lockdowns.


Howzat for a design? University of Cambridge engineers recreate Dr Venn’s devious bowling machine

Howzat for a design? University of Cambridge engineers recreate Dr Venn’s devious bowling machine

Howzat for a design? University of Cambridge engineers recreate Dr Venn’s devious bowling machine

12 June 2024

Invented in the early 1900s, it bowled out a star Australian batsman in 1909


Discover Cambridge’s creepiest ghost tales

Discover Cambridge’s creepiest ghost tales

Discover Cambridge’s creepiest ghost tales

28 May 2024

Haunted Cambridge tours reveal the spookiest stories from Cambridge’s history.


Cambridge academic confirms Milton’s handwriting has been identified in 16th-century books held in US library

Cambridge academic confirms Milton’s handwriting has been identified in 16th-century books held in US library

Cambridge academic confirms Milton’s handwriting has been identified in 16th-century books held in US library

22 May 2024

The Paradise Lost poet attended Christ’s College, Cambridge.


Face of a Neanderthal woman from 75,000 years ago is recreated for Netflix documentary after Cambridge research

Face of a Neanderthal woman from 75,000 years ago is recreated for Netflix documentary after Cambridge research

Face of a Neanderthal woman from 75,000 years ago is recreated for Netflix documentary after Cambridge research

09 May 2024

The woman’s skull was painstakingly put back together.


Car turned into makeshift polling booth in Cambridge election emergency

Car turned into makeshift polling booth in Cambridge election emergency

Car turned into makeshift polling booth in Cambridge election emergency

02 May 2024

Quick thinking electoral services staff moved to plan B when no one could unlock the doors of the library to set up a polling station.


University of Cambridge pupils put the daffodils in Giraffodil for Cambridge Standing Tall trail

University of Cambridge pupils put the daffodils in Giraffodil for Cambridge Standing Tall trail

University of Cambridge pupils put the daffodils in Giraffodil for Cambridge Standing Tall trail

25 April 2024

The innovative design was created by artist Sarah Griggs.


MC Hammersmith: ‘Some people have a chronic irony deficiency’

MC Hammersmith: ‘Some people have a chronic irony deficiency’

MC Hammersmith: ‘Some people have a chronic irony deficiency’

24 April 2024

MC Hammersmith, aka Will Naameh, is the leading freestyle rapper to emerge from middle class West London.


Can you give a giraffe a tall tale? Cambridge Standing Tall trail organisers launch writing competition

Can you give a giraffe a tall tale? Cambridge Standing Tall trail organisers launch writing competition

Can you give a giraffe a tall tale? Cambridge Standing Tall trail organisers launch writing competition

22 April 2024

Plus: visit drop-in sessions and try some crafts.


Eyesores or enriching our communities? A tour of Cambridge’s public art - with your verdicts

Eyesores or enriching our communities? A tour of Cambridge’s public art - with your verdicts

Eyesores or enriching our communities? A tour of Cambridge’s public art - with your verdicts

21 April 2024

After an order to tear down a controversial sculpture, we take a look at the city’s other public artworks.


Cambridge college porter escorts mother duck and 13 ducklings on perilous waddle to River Cam

Cambridge college porter escorts mother duck and 13 ducklings on perilous waddle to River Cam

Cambridge college porter escorts mother duck and 13 ducklings on perilous waddle to River Cam

20 April 2024

Watch as a Corpus Christi porter springs into action on Duckling Day – a tradition known about by college porters but rarely glimpsed by the public.


In pictures and video: Flash mob in Cambridge raises awareness and money for Parkinson’s UK

In pictures and video: Flash mob in Cambridge raises awareness and money for Parkinson’s UK

In pictures and video: Flash mob in Cambridge raises awareness and money for Parkinson’s UK

20 April 2024

Around 80 dancers plus The Collaboration Choir took part.


They’re back! Night climbers place Palestinian flags on iconic Cambridge buildings

They’re back! Night climbers place Palestinian flags on iconic Cambridge buildings

They’re back! Night climbers place Palestinian flags on iconic Cambridge buildings

14 April 2024

Stop The War coalition wants to ‘highlight the issue’ of funding Israel.


First wireless charging station in Europe for Starship’s grocery delivery robots is set up in Cambourne

First wireless charging station in Europe for Starship’s grocery delivery robots is set up in Cambourne

First wireless charging station in Europe for Starship’s grocery delivery robots is set up in Cambourne

11 April 2024

They will recharge autonomously between deliveries, cutting the need for van movements.


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