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Cambridge Independent — News · Safety · yesterday Author Nicola Upson to launch new book ‘The Voices of the Dead’ at Waterstones Cambridge • The novel is the 12th in a series that features crime writer Josephine Tey as its main character.

Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday I'm a Celebrity loses star contestant weeks out from start of new ITV series • Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has reportedly pulled out of I’m A Celebrity.Get Me Out of Here 2026 due to the health of her twin daughters.

Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Retailers see surge in sales of essential goods following government advice • Retailers like Iceland, Maplin and Robert Dyas have seen an increase in sales of essential goods following government advice

Cambridge News · Local news · yesterday Duchess of Sussex 'can't wait' as she lands new Masterchef role • Meghan recently returned to the UK after previously quitting the country for America

Saffron Walden Reporter (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Nearly 500 people share why Saffron Screen is ‘more than a cinema’ • Nearly 500 people have shared why they love Saffron Screen during its £50,000 fundraising campaign.

Saffron Walden Reporter (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Reform councillor quits county cabinet amid civil servant SEND handling concerns • A councillor has resigned from his cabinet role after raising concerns about the handling of special educational needs services by civil servants.

Cambridge News · Local news · yesterday Men stabbed in 'unprovoked' attack outside Littleport Co-op store • The victims were left with 'serious' stab wounds

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority — News · Council · yesterday Mayor witnesses and supports growth at the Wellcome Genome Campus • Paul Bristow, Robert Evans and colleagues at Wellcome Genome Campus. • Mayor Paul Bristow visited South Cambridgeshire’s renowned life science and technology hub, to hear first-hand about their plans for growth.

Cambridge Independent — News · Local news · yesterday A year of birds in Cambridgeshire: a new breeding species and a possible ‘extinction’ • Cambridgeshire Bird Club has released its latest annual report.

BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Local news · yesterday Council-owned developer faces £7.7m cash shortfall • There are concerns a council-owned developer will be unable to repay debts by 2029.

What's on: next 14 days

A quick-view of 51 priority public listings from 51 tracked events over the next 14 days. Tap any item for the source and full details.

28–29 Oct at 10:00A Call to Art: William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites

28–29 Oct at 09:00Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art

28–29 Oct at 09:00Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

28–29 Oct at 09:00Knowledge in a Fractured World

28–29 Oct at 10:00Hidden Histories

28–29 Oct at 10:00A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire

28 Oct at 10:00An Enamel Revolution: China and the World

28 Oct at 10:00Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime

28 Oct at 10:00What Remains

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

28 Oct at 14:00Misery and Beauty: Harry Becker's Portrait of East Anglian Farm Labour around the Great War

28 Oct at 19:30In Your Own Words Storytelling Open Mic

31 OctThe Fright Crawl | Cambridge's #1 Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Sat, Oct 31

31 OctThe Fright Crawl | Cambridge Halloween Day Bar Crawl 2026 | Sat, Oct 31

31 OctZombie Fest 9 - East Anglia's Biggest Indoor Halloween Festival

31 OctHalloween Party at Tram Depot

30 OctDunna Runna - Halloween Special 2026

30 OctFREAKY FRIDAY – HALLOWEEN PARTY!!

28 OctHOT GHOUL HALLOWEEN 2026

30 OctDexys Midnight Runners at Cambridge Corn Exchange

29 OctThe Wedding Present - Seamonsters 35th Anniversary Concert LIVE in Cambridge!

7 NovKings of The Rollers | Holy Grail UK Tour | Cambridge

28 OctThe Tallis Scholars

7 NovChop Suey + Slip-NOT at Mash, Cambridge

30 OctA Band Called Malice // CAMBRIDGE // The Portland Arms

31 OctZombie Fest - FISH56 OCTAGON

30 OctCambridge Lindy Exchange 2026

31 OctDanny T Waits Performs Closing Time On The Wirral!

30 OctLet's K*ll Disco - Halloween Special @ MASH

29 OctThe Barn international cafe (for international students)

7 NovStreet Photography at Night Meetup

31 OctQueer Café at Cambridge Central Library

30 OctBAILANDO Fridays in Cambridge - Salsa | Bachata | Kizomba

7 NovCambridge Bachata Magic - Sat Party (7 Nov)

31 OctContrabridge Oct with Christina and Ali, calling from Charlie Turner

3 NovThe Fate of the World: a History and Future of the Climate Crisis

28 OctSeychelles Discovered Cambridge

5 NovSpecial Screening "The Battle of Algiers" at Arts Picturehouse

28 OctJonathan Pie at Cambridge Corn Exchange

31 OctLego Club Drop-In @ Cambridge Central Library

29 OctBird Puppet Making

30 OctTeddy Bears' Picnic at Willingham Library

31 OctWhoosh! At Zombie Fest 9

6 Nov“Rachmaninoff and the Myth of Exile”, a talk by Prof Marina Frolova-Walker

1 NovJools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at Cambridge Corn Exchange

31 OctCandlelight: Ed Sheeran & Coldplay

7 NovRomesh Ranganathan Will Change Your Life

3 NovThe Proclaimers at Cambridge Corn Exchange

3 NovTeenage Fanclub at Cambridge Junction, Cambridge

8 NovJack Savoretti Cambridge Tickets

31 OctPaint and Sip - Spooky Starry Night | Portland Arms

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