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2 days ago · The Chancellor’s announcement of a new Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor has been branded a “rehashing” of old Ox-Cam Arc proposals. Cllr Bridget Smith (Lib Dem, Gamlingay), leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council, said she could see “nothing new” for Cambridgeshire in the government announcement.

Jan 24, 2025 · The 2025 festival, which was due to celebrate its 60th anniversary, was suddenly cancelled by Cambridge City Council last week without explanation.

1 day ago · Cambridge United boss Garry Monk has urged his team to become more “streetwise”. The U’s host title-chasing Wycombe in League One this Saturday (3pm) looking to make it back-to-back home wins.

Jan 20, 2025 · There was relief today as the government confirmed that the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital will be built, following a review of the New Hospital Programme. Construction is expected to start on Cambridge Biomedical Campus this year or next, after it was placed in the next set of new hospitals to be built. And pre-construction work will …

Jan 25, 2025 · More than 50 people gathered in Grantchester in support of villager Louise Lancaster to take part in the “Cambridge Walk to Freedom” protest.

Nov 1, 2024 · The environmental health team at Cambridge City Council was asked by the authority’s own planning department to take “a more lenient stance on the very serious contamination issues” surrounding a major new science park on a former landfill site, it has been revealed. Emails revealed under the Freedom of Information Act show the team felt in July that it was “inappropriate” and would ...

Dec 31, 2024 · The latest increase to energy bills comes amid warnings of plunging temperatures and forecasts of a near-3% hike to the price cap in April.