Cambridge Folk Festival at Cherry Hinton Park, Cambridge ; Saturday - Grace Petrie on Stage One Protest singer Grace Petrie introduces herself as a “socialist feminist lesbian” which is actually...

A Cambridgeshire mum of two is celebrating after winning an international She Inspires award for her women’s health campaign. Kath Sansom, who founded Sling The Mesh in 2015, won the National Agent...

Vice chair of MR4P, Katie Hawks said: “Every month that goes by without the bus gate is another month of congestion, pollution and danger for pedestrians and cyclists."

The Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: 'South Cambridgeshire residents are being let down by this reckless and unfair trial'

First things first. An investment of £48m to transform the embarrassing station quarter of Peterborough, into something that we can be proud of, should be welcomed with open arms. The scabby mess is...

We asked and you responded with an overwhelming number of nominations for Cambridgeshire Politician of the Year 2023. And we are delighted to announce today the winner is Councillor Delowar Hossain,...

It is not right to hoodwink voters in to reading their material. All this does is undermine trust in excellent and much-needed local titles and journalists.

'We’d like to take this opportunity to clear up any confusion that the Lib Dems may have created'

This week in parliament the health secretary Steve Barclay announced his emergency care recovery plan. Amongst the measures in his statement, he triumphantly announced a desire to see category two...

Channel 4 described Matty as the type of baker “who swats up on online patisserie videos before bed

On September 27, 2022, Cambridgeshire county councillor Ryan Fuller did an unusual thing – which went unnoticed at the time by colleagues. But it did involve the monitoring officer of the county...

MP Jonathan Djanogly is said to be fighting for his political career after failing to win automatic re-selection for Huntingdon. Political journalist Michael Creek tweeted today: “I hear that this...

Cambridge and Peterborough were the focus of two major demonstrations to show support for striking teachers. As education officials worked to assess which schools remained either open – or partially...

So, to be clear I am looking at today’s election results with my Labour party hat on and with an unsurprising expectation to look for and celebrate the positives from a Labour viewpoint. So yes, I am...

Options for a safe crossing for pedestrians and cyclists at the BP roundabout on the A10 at Ely have been shortlisted, and a single preferred option is due to be proposed by the end of this month. It...

In 2021, the political isolation of Cllr Josh Schumann began – it was not, in retrospect, one of East Cambridgeshire District Council’s finest hours. Though very few noticed, but it was in April of...

MP Paul Bristow faced the humiliation of being asked to leave the House of Commons – seemingly for being too rowdy during Prime Minister’s Questions. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was forced to sit...

'Locally we already see many local stations with no staff and no support for disabled passengers'.

Friends of the Earth report shows extent of bus cuts across Cambridgeshire

There is humanity and humour, and some great characterisation in this story of a couple fleeing war-blasted Syria. The play opens with The beekeeper, Nuri and his blind wife Afra in a grim bed and...

Ely Museum welcomed children from the city’s Polish Community School to learn more about farming in the fens and discovered how similar it is to farming in Poland. After comparing the two, the...

Fenland, East Cambs, Peterborough, South Cambs, Huntingdonshire and Peterborough to benefit

A group of independent schools in Cambridge and Saffron Walden is aiming to raise £18,000 in a week as part of this year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge. The money raised by the Stephen Perse Founda...

A plea for Cambridgeshire County Council to appoint a ‘migrant champion’ has been made by Cllr Alex Bulat. Cllr Bulat, who became the first English county councillor of Romanian background when she...

Cambridge police officer says ‘it’s about educating so it doesn't happen again’

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Conservative run Peterborough City Council faced a second blow today when Cllr Saqib Farooq joined his father Mohammed in quitting the Conservative group. Saqib quit after being “appalled at the...

Cllr Chris Harper presented his vote of no confidence motion, and it was duly passed by 32 votes to 20.

Labour says it has “serious concerns” about a Conservative proposal to solve parking issues in Ely, Soham, Littleport and the rest of East Cambridgeshire with the introduction of volunteer wardens....

Cllr Shabina Qayyum is furious at MP Paul Bristow’s remarks

The Earith Bulwark was built on a narrow strip of land known as the Hundred Foot Washes

We hope you enjoy this snapshot of 2023 by leading Cambridgeshire photographer Terry Harris.

A Cambridgeshire-based charity is looking for local people with “good hearts and analytical minds” to join a specialised team hunting down and tackling child sexual abuse material on the internet....

The Deputy Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Cllr Lucy Nethsingha, toured a £3.16m purpose-built training centre in Chatteris to see how it is providing new skills opportunities in the heart...

Sam Carling says 'I have a plan to turn the tide on years of Tory neglect'

A county and district councillor quit the Conservative Party blaming Liz Truss “for car crashing the economy: it was the last straw”. The shock defection of Cllr Douglas Dew to the Liberal Democrats...

Dance workshops have focussed on the boys developing their creative and choreographic skills

Protestors from Cambridgeshire were among the demonstrators who took the fight to keep railway ticket offices open right to the gates of Downing Street. On Thursday, an estimated 1,000 people – one...

A Peterborough councillor – cleared of allegedly plotting against council leader Wayne Fitzgerald – has spoken of a ‘bullying, toxic’ culture within the ruling group that he says nearly killed him....

Responding to Rishi Sunak’s speech, Luke Viner, a spokesperson for South and East Cambridgeshire Labour offers his view: Rishi Sunak has binned the measures needed for the UK to deliver on its net...

Police dog Vinnie and his handler chase burglar through store

The Andrew Brigden story is one that I find really frustrating. Let’s be clear what he did. As an elected member of the House of Commons he peddled misinformation about the Covid vaccine, not as a...

Cambridgeshire County Council faces a criminal prosecution over its guided busway following three deaths. It is also preparing for a separate legal battle over alleged construction defects that has...

A frustrated resident has scrawled ‘very big hole’ in large, yellow lettering to alert drivers to a pothole in the Fens. The artistic touch to draw attention to the pothole has appeared  near Wisbech...

David Landon Cole, interim secretary of Huntingdon Constituency Labour Party said: “Britain has a proud history of offering safe havens to the persecuted and of treating everyone humanely and with...

St Neots Festival is a new performing arts festival in the beautiful setting of Priory Park, St Neots

An auction at the Grand Arcade raised over £9,000 at the maiden sale of Dinky Doors during the shopping centre’s first-ever charity auction. The hybrid auction, compered by Bargain Hunt and Antiques...

IPSO confirms truth about Covid breaches in Wisbech

South Cambridgeshire District Council has agreed to provide both its Lib Dem leader and her Tory opposition leader with £37,500 a year political assistants. Each will be on a fixed term contract...

Cambridge City Council has published its draft budget for the 2023/24 financial year. The proposals, which will shortly be out for public consultation, reinforce the point I’ve made in previous posts...

One aim of the LTCP is to set out future transport options where there is support and a good case for them

I have just placed an order from Tesco. Maximum of 200 items allowed. 200 items ordered. Still need to go to store to purchase the rest. This is a foodbank shop as my warehouse in March is nearly...

6,837 more homeowners in Cambridgeshire will be worse off due to soaring mortgage bills by next May, says East Cambs Labour’s housing spokesperson, James Bull. He said the analysis was based on...

Robinson College, Cambridge, and funded by an £18m donation from a man who made a fortune renting televisions, has been given a Grade II* listing. Built between 1977 and 1980, it was Cambridge’s...

Hundreds turned out in Peterborough on Remembrance Sunday - to remember those who have lost their lives in conflict. In the evening Peterborough Cathedral reflected the occasion with a moving, and...

This play is superb. The performances are immaculate and from the opening lines to the last word it’s very funny. An early Alan Ayckbourn work is always a bit of theatrical history but this product...

We all have our memories of 2022 – some good, some amazing but some quite sad. They say a photo is worth a thousand words - here's the proof. As the ‘new kid on the block’ CambsNews has, technically,...

An expected promise of £200,000 to move forward plans on creating an electric bus depot in Peterborough was withdrawn today – much to the dismay of Peterborough City Council leader Wayne Fitzgerald....

A Cambridgeshire care home resident returned to play the grand piano at Ely Cathedral just as she had done as a young girl. Hilton Park Care Home at Bottisham arranged for their resident, Betty, to...

A Facebook group ‘Toothless in Huntingdon’ has also launched to improve NHS dentistry

Elizabeth said: “Every woman and girl should feel safe in their home, on our streets, in their school or workplace and in our wider community."

A company – in which its employees are the majority shareholders – has played a part in the decision by three Conservative members of Peterborough City Council to resign. Barnack Estates is one of...

A threatened strike of local radio journalists – including those at BBC Radio Cambridgeshire – has been called off. National Union of Journalists (NUJ) members in local radio had threatened a 24 hour...

Protestors from Cambridgeshire were among the demonstrators who took the fight to keep railway ticket offices open right to the gates of Downing Street. On Thursday, an estimated 1,000 people – one...

MP Paul Bristow once said he “won’t leave a stone unturned to ensure we get a hydrotherapy pool facility in our city,” which may seem ironic given that the former St George’s hydrotherapy pool has...

Peterborough, oh my Peterborough, what have we become? It has been a while since I have put pen to paper and scribbled a few words, but I feel the need, the need to speak. After the pomp and the...

Local government minister Lee Rowley has written to the leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council Cllr Bridget Smith to “ask that you end your experiment immediately” of a trial 4-day week. He...

Cllr Farooq said 'I am humbled and honoured to have been nominated and elected as leader'

A senior police chief has been out on the streets of Ely to see for himself the problem of illegal parking – and booked a couple of motorists whilst he was there. Supt James Sutherland agreed last...

Volunteers from a "life-enhancing" service have been presented with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Earlier this year it was announced that Cambridgeshire County Council’s Library at Home...

The ‘flouncing cheque’ first appeared in January when £48million was awarded to Peterborough to regenerate the station (forget for now the money is being offered in £5m stage payments as that’s for...

Peterborough could be left without an indoor public swimming pool unless up to £15million can be found for repairs and improvements. CambsNews understands that a new survey report for Peterborough...

Community groups in Cambridgeshire can apply for funding to celebrate major national events including May’s coronation and Eurovision. The National Lottery Community Fund offers grants between £300...

Those of us working in the NHS desperately want to give patients a better service, but we need the support to do so.

Campaigners fear time is running out to preserve the historic Mere Way byway from north Cambridge to Waterbeach. Camcycle and The British Horse Society is calling for developers Urban & Civic and...

A councillor has been suspended from the Conservative group at Peterborough City Council, just hours after it was revealed that four other Conservative councillors had quit the party. A weekend of...

Workers at Peterborough Passport Office were among civil servants beginning a five-week strike today. They remain angered by the Government over their refusal to negotiate terms for a new deal but...

The Peterborough-based TV shopping channel Ideal World was taken off air, suspending broadcasting with immediate effect back in July

Anglia Water are backtracking through storm drains to try and identify the source of the contamination

When Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was asked what the greatest challenge for a statesman was, he answered: ‘Events, dear boy, events’. And for Cllr Wayne Fitzgerald, leader of Peterborough City...

The company had proposed converting Shire Hall, former headquarters of the county council, into an upmarket hotel

The 45,000 m² distribution centre spans an area equivalent to that of more than eight football pitches

The Ancient Greek play, Persians is the oldest tragedy in western theatre. First staged at a festival in 472 BC. And yes, it still works, writes ANGELA SINGER. Staged by Cambridge students as the...