In pictures: Cambridge Regional College’s £150,000 hospital ward will train future NHS workers

• The facility was officially opened by Julia Schumann-Pratt, from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Weather · yesterday Wind farm plans near Mepal advance as environmental consultation gets underway • Plans for a major new wind farm near Chatteris have reached another milestone, with the Planning Inspectorate launching a formal consultation on the scope of the environmental information that will be required before an application can be submitted.

Cambridge Independent — News · Education · yesterday University of Cambridge’s Prof Hannah Fry vows to use Turing maths to triumph on The Celebrity Traitors • Mathematician says she’s studied data on previous Traitors to find patterns.

Cambridge Independent — News · Events · today Runner Pauline Blake takes on 10th Bidwells Cambridge 10k • Cambridge Independent — News is included for local events and date-sensitive listings across Cambridge, Ely, Cambourne, Northstowe and Saffron Walden.

CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — Home / all sections · Local news · yesterday Cambridge is 'losing next generation' as residents 'can't afford' to stay there • Cambridge City Council debated a petition which gained over 2,000 signatures started by a lifelong resident 'disgusted' with the direction the city is heading in

Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday CCTV appeal after 'theft and damage' at Cambs hospital • Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to after CCTV cameras were stolen and damaged at Fulbourn Hospital near Cambridge.

Saffron Walden Reporter (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday East of England ambulance charity wins patient care award after raising £700,000 • The East of England Ambulance Service Charity has been honoured at the Stars of EEAST awards for its outstanding contribution to patient care.

CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — Home / all sections · Local news · yesterday Former Cambridgeshire County Council Green Group leader resigns from party • He said he 'no longer feels the party will allow him to stand up for what’s right.'

Saffron Walden Reporter (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Watch as armed police arrest convicted teen for threatening people with knife • Chelmsford 15-year-old sentenced after armed police detained him for threatening people with a knife; received a 9-month youth referral order on September 25.

Cambridge News · Local news · yesterday Locals fear town is 'blending' with villages as plans for new homes lodged • Locals are concerned new homes could 'add pressure' to the road network

Cambridge News · Local news · yesterday Post Office can't be knocked down to make way for new home • The decision notice identified the development would have provided 'substandard living accommodation for future occupiers'

BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Local news · yesterday Resurfaced road to be dug up again months later • A water company will dig up a road near Cambridge just six months after potholes were filled in.

Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Local news · 2 days ago Young advocate wins Centrepoint Award for her work to change the care system • A 22-year-old advocate from Kent will be recognised for her work to improve the housing system for care leavers at a London awards ceremony this month.

What's on: next 14 days

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3 OctBELLAKEO Latin Night WhatsOut - 3rd October

3 Oct at 09:00Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

3 Oct at 10:00Hidden Histories

3 Oct at 10:00; 4 Oct at 12:00A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire

3–4 Oct at 10:00Art Exhibition: 'Images and Other Conversations'

3 Oct at 10:00; 4 Oct at 12:00Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime

3 Oct at 10:00; 4 Oct at 11:00Portraits of Cambridge: A Town in Transition

3–4 Oct at 11:00Sunil Gupta: Life with a Camera, 1970 – Now

3–4 Oct at 12:00TEN GOOD YEARS

4 Oct at 11:30Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

4 Oct at 14:30Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown

4 Oct at 15:00Muisc for choir and brass

5 Oct at 09:00Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art

8 OctCircus Cortex at Cottenham, Cambridge. 8-11 October 2026

6 OctDon Broco at Cambridge Corn Exchange

11 OctKris Barras Band at MASH, Cambridge

10 OctMind Cambridge * World Mental Health Day Benefit *

15 OctNerina Pallot at Storey's Field Centre - Cambridge (Solo show)

15 OctBollynights Cambridge – FRESHERS WELCOME PARTY | Thursday 15th October | Revolution

3 OctBeyond 30 Presents... Daytime Clubbing | Cambridge

3 OctStand-up: "Masz Minutę" + Syrek-Dąbrowski | Cambridge | Sezon 4

10 OctLive Music @ Milonga Connection

7 OctDisrupt Cambridge 13.0

10 OctShiny New Model 2026 | Cambridge Junction 1, 2

3 OctSecret Beats At Hidden Rooms - Bachata Cambridge

11 OctDance in the Dark Cambridge Junction

3 OctMakani Dabkeh and Drumming Circle 2026

9 OctBoys Club (ages 12-17) - October 2026

3 OctLego Club Drop-In @ Cambridge Central Library

3 OctLocal Makers Market: Autumn Market at Downing Place, Cambridge.

4 OctWEEKLY Sunday Jazz w Andy Bowie 4tet

3 OctABRASIONS - new work by Ian Rawlinson

3 OctGianmarco Soresi at Cambridge Corn Exchange

3 OctDuxford Flying Finale

12 OctAlice Cooper - Devil on My Shoulder Book at Cambridge Corn Exchange

9 OctReef in Cambridge

4 OctCambridge Hanabi - Japanese Market Autumn Edition

7 OctFRESHERS 2016 CLUB 2010

11 OctRoachford and Hue and Cry at Cambridge Corn Exchange

7 OctShaping north Cambridge community event Our latest event takes place at Meadows Community Centre on Wednesday 7 October.

3 OctTez Ilyas: Tez Things I Hate About You - Cambridge

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