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Hundreds of venues sign up for Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The government scheme offers up to 50% off food and non-alcoholic drinks, up to £10 per person.

Concern for PizzaExpress in Cambridge as chain plans to close 67 UK restaurants, putting 1,100 jobs at risk

The company is undertaking a major restructuring.

‘I'm 40 and I knew it was time to change my life’

Tom was at risk of returning to a life on the streets of Cambridge until he was helped by Wintercomfort and Emmaus.

Head to the Mill Road area of Cambridge for 16 great shops, eateries and services

Mill Road is back in business and offering a mix of shopping and eating experiences you can't find elsewhere | Sponsored feature

Tim’s garden disaster could win him £1,000 in tools

Ryobi has shortlisted it in the top 10 after more than 1,000 entries to its Garden Disasters competition

Vegan restaurant Stem + Glory announces reopening and plots move to new Cambridge site

It now offers click and collect and delivery.

FOOD AND DRINK

Hundreds of venues sign up for Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The government scheme offers up to 50% off food and non-alcoholic drinks, up to £10 per person.

Concern for PizzaExpress in Cambridge as chain plans to close 67 UK restaurants, putting 1,100 jobs at risk

The company is undertaking a major restructuring.

Head to the Mill Road area of Cambridge for 16 great shops, eateries and services

Mill Road is back in business and offering a mix of shopping and eating experiences you can't find elsewhere | Sponsored feature

Vegan restaurant Stem + Glory announces reopening and plots move to new Cambridge site

It now offers click and collect and delivery.

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SHOPPING

Welcome back to Cambridge: 10 ways to enjoy one of the world’s best small cities

Cambridge is safely welcoming visitors | a sponsored feature in association with Cambridge BID.

Head to the Mill Road area of Cambridge for 16 great shops, eateries and services

Mill Road is back in business and offering a mix of shopping and eating experiences you can't find elsewhere | Sponsored feature

£1 an hour: Cambridge car park charges to be slashed to lure shoppers

The move has been criticised though by the Liberal Democrat group.

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GARDENING

Tim’s garden disaster could win him £1,000 in tools

Ryobi has shortlisted it in the top 10 after more than 1,000 entries to its Garden Disasters competition

Author Tiffani Angus on time travels in a secret garden

Growing up in the Nevada desert where no building was more than a few decades old, local writer Tiffani Angus developed a hankering for the historic.

Glasshouses at Cambridge University Botanic Garden reopen

And a new guidebook has been produced to help visitors

17 stunning images as International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition opens at Botanic Garden

Beautiful photographs from the competition have gone on display.

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NATURE

Penguins from space: British Antarctic Survey uses satellite images to uncover new colonies

There are more emperor penguins than we thought, British Antarctic Survey discovers.

Cam Valley Water water crisis: Anthony Browne MP calls for government task force

He calls for a reduction in abstraction.

How Fauna & Flora International turned to a sheepdog to protect bears and wolves

The Cambridge charity is in line for the Natura 2000 award.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Lockdown portraits capture keyworker heroes

A Cambridge photographer took portraits of local key workers to capture their emotions during lockdown

Comet NEOWISE: Your stunning pictures and a masterclass in how to photograph it with Cambridge Astronomical Association

Your brilliant photographs, plus advice and videos on how to capture the comet as it blazes through the night sky.

17 stunning images as International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition opens at Botanic Garden

Beautiful photographs from the competition have gone on display.

Stunning images of wild flowers blooming at King’s College, Cambridge

It is a view not seen at the University of Cambridge college for 300 years.

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TRAVEL

Your guide to visiting Cambridge - and staying safe - as lockdown eases

All the information you need about travel, queuing, social distancing and booking ahead, including where the toilets are, when heading to Cambridge

Cambridgeshire’s key workers can win one of 50 two-night breaks

The Q Hotels Group and Cambridge Independent are thanking hero frontline workers with a well-deserved break.

Family desperate as Cambourne father and Mill Road trader is stranded in Gaza

His 16-year-old daughter issues an emotional plea to the government to help her dad.

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