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'Spectacularly quick' train crash response saved lives
• Air ambulance crews feared "100 casualties and up to 20 fatalities" in the crash, it has emerged.
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Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Weathertoday 'Significant disruption' expected to trains as heatwave grips Cambridgeshire• Rail passengers are being warned to expect "significant disruption" and only travel if necessary due to a rare red extreme heat warning. |
 | Cambridge Independent — News · Healthtoday Outrage as Wowcher email appears to mock crocodile incident that left boy critically injured• A three-year-old boy is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after he was allegedly thrown into a crocodile enclosure. |
BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Traveltoday Sinkhole closes busy city road in both directions• The sinkhole opened on Milton Road, close to the Elizabeth Way roundabout, on Monday, police say. |
 | Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Safetytoday Boy, 3, thrown into zoo enclosure was attacked by crocodile, police confirm• A three-year-old boy who was severely injured in an enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst was attacked by a crocodile, Cambridgeshire Police have confirmed. |
Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Safetytoday Police reviewing CCTV after boy thrown into crocodile enclosure• Police have confirmed they are reviewing CCTV after a boy was allegedly thrown into a crocodile enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst. |
 | Cambridge Independent — News · Traveltoday In pictures: Sinkhole opens up in Milton Road, Cambridge• Cambridge Independent — News is the source link to check before travelling, commuting or planning around Cambridge-area route changes. |
CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — Home / all sections · Weathertoday Cambridge Water 'essential use only' update to customers amid 'unusually' hot weather• Heat warnings are in place covering Cambridgeshire as the UK swelters through a heatwave |
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 | CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — Home / all sections · Eventstoday Cambridge University students celebrate end of exams at lavish Trinity May Ball• Guests to the May Ball paid at least £225 for a single ticket to the ball to celebrate the end of exams |
BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Weathertoday Rare red weather warning and red heat alert issued• Temperatures are set to reach up to 40C this week, with the heat expected to cause disruption. |
 | Cambridge Independent — News · Weathertoday Rare red warning issued by Met Office for Cambridgeshire, where temperatures could rise to 39C• Cambridge Independent — News is the weather and warning route to check before relying on today’s conditions. |
 | CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — What's On · Weathertoday Apology as doughnuts recalled with 'do not eat' warning• The Food Standards Agency says they are a 'possible health risk' |
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