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Date set for work to reopen Mill Road bridge to all traffic

It follows the decision by county councillors to allow private vehicles to use the bridge again.

Drones help target criminals and locate missing people in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team invested in three of the machines which have been deployed to assist with 225 incidents.

‘Savage’ attack left man without spleen

A man has been jailed for 11 years for carrying out a “savage” attack which left the victim without a spleen.

Cambridge residents’ ongoing vigil to protect trees at Alexandra Gardens

Vow to save London plane duo set to be savagely pollarded for insurance certification

Man who raped woman in a children’s play park is jailed

He preyed on the woman as she walked home alone - then he went back to the bar.

Choose flowers and plants in Devonshire Gardens ‘Space to Grow’ competition

People can nominate plant varieties to be used in the Cambridge development.

El Cafecito: Latin American coffee in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside

The business was created as a roastery in 2015 and opened as a coffee shop at Deans Farm in Fowlmere late last year.

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CAMBRIDGE

Date set for work to reopen Mill Road bridge to all traffic

It follows the decision by county councillors to allow private vehicles to use the bridge again.

Drones help target criminals and locate missing people in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team invested in three of the machines which have been deployed to assist with 225 incidents.

‘Savage’ attack left man without spleen

A man has been jailed for 11 years for carrying out a “savage” attack which left the victim without a spleen.

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SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Drones help target criminals and locate missing people in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team invested in three of the machines which have been deployed to assist with 225 incidents.

El Cafecito: Latin American coffee in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside

The business was created as a roastery in 2015 and opened as a coffee shop at Deans Farm in Fowlmere late last year.

Monkfield Park Primary School in Cambourne waves goodbye to headteacher after 11 years

Sarah Jarman will become executive headteacher of the Queens’ Federation in Cambridge.

Another NHS hospital adopts CMR Surgical’s Versius robot - and uses it for a UK first

It is now in six NHS hospitals.

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CRIME

Drones help target criminals and locate missing people in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team invested in three of the machines which have been deployed to assist with 225 incidents.

‘Savage’ attack left man without spleen

A man has been jailed for 11 years for carrying out a “savage” attack which left the victim without a spleen.

Man who raped woman in a children’s play park is jailed

He preyed on the woman as she walked home alone - then he went back to the bar.

Read more

HEALTH

Date set for work to reopen Mill Road bridge to all traffic

It follows the decision by county councillors to allow private vehicles to use the bridge again.

Another NHS hospital adopts CMR Surgical’s Versius robot - and uses it for a UK first

It is now in six NHS hospitals.

‘A revolution for life sciences’ - DeepMind and EMBL-EBI release database of human protein structures

It will lead to new treatments for disease.

Trial will ‘explore’ ending herbicide use in Cambridge wards

Councillors have stopped short of committing to a firm timeframe to end the use of herbicides for weed control in Cambridge.

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POLITICS

10 views on the decision to reopen Mill Road bridge in Cambridge to all traffic

From delight to disappointment, we explore some of the reactions.

We all need cleaner air, better buses and fewer cars

An opinion piece by Cllr Lewis Herbert, Labour leader of Cambridge City Council.

Mill Road bridge in Cambridge set to reopen after single deciding vote

Now the bridge will be reopened while a “full review” of options available is considered by the county council.

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EDUCATION

Monkfield Park Primary School in Cambourne waves goodbye to headteacher after 11 years

Sarah Jarman will become executive headteacher of the Queens’ Federation in Cambridge.

University of Cambridge Enterprize Zone draws up roadmap for strengthening positioning as global healthtech leader

Connect: Health Tech suggest how cultural, financial and geographical challenges can be overcome.

Obituary: James Roberts, 83 - senior education officer’s work on exchange visits benefited thousands

His work led to Cambridgeshire and Kreis Viersen being officially twinned.

Diagnosing long Covid: Have Cambridge researchers found the answer?

The University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospital team hope it could lead to a diagnostic test.

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