Trial on Cambridge road criticised for being 'anti-car scheme'

• A Greater Cambridge Partnership trial along Sidgwick Avenue will see pavements temporarily widened by removing parking bays as part of the Comberton Greenway route

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Cambridge Independent — News · Planning · yesterday ‘Dark day for local democracy’: Councillors alarmed as decisions on most planning applications taken out of their hands • Government changes mean planning officers will have the power to determine them.

BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Safety · yesterday Sexual misconduct cases at ambulance service double • The East of England Ambulance Service says reported cases of "sexual safety" more than quadrupled.

Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Soham football club could become home to new adult education training centre • Eastern Education Group has applied to open an adult education and skills centre at a proposed learning hub at Soham Town Rangers Football Club in Julius Martin Lane, Soham.

CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — Home / all sections · Local news · yesterday Nine council workers sacked in one year after disciplinary hearings • Cambridgeshire County Council held 57 disciplinary hearings over the last three years with a few ending in dismissals

Cambridge News · Local news · yesterday Latest update on suspected arson at proposed asylum seeker accommodation • Police are treating the fire, which "severely damaged" the building, as arson

Cambridge News · Local news · yesterday BBC Look East presenter to leave after 35 years to pursue new career • BBC Look East presenter Susie Fowler-Watt has announced she is leaving the corporation after 35 years to pursue a new career as a psychotherapist.

Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Cambridge Film Festival's 45th edition to feature Palme d’Or winner and premieres • Major award winners and standout new talent will headline this year’s Cambridge Film Festival.

Saffron Walden Reporter (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday I'm taking on a skydive for my grandad after his six-year dementia battle • I am gearing up to skydive over Cambridge on October 30 for Dementia UK, raising £1,000 in memory of my wonderful grandad, Tony.

Saffron Walden Reporter (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Teen robber behind terrifying crime spree locked up after machete threat • Thurrock robber Kevin DaSilva, 19, jailed for 50 months after six robberies in Grays and Tilbury, threatening a man with a machete and possessing cannabis.

BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Local news · yesterday Cambridge professor lifts world tiddlywinks crown • Prof Patrick Barrie has home advantage as he beats Dave "The Dragon" Lockwood of the US in a pub.

Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday New park and ride set for approval near existing one • A new park and ride is set to be approved near an existing one as a major employer could “double in size” over the next decade.

Cambridge Independent — News · Local news · yesterday Work begins on GCP’s trial measures to improve safety and accessibility in Sidgwick Avenue • GCP wants to solve issue of pedestrians and wheelchair users being forced into road.

What's on: next 14 days

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24 OctBag a bargain and support a great cause at Trash Chic charity sale

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

24 Oct at 10:00Hidden Histories

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

24 Oct at 10:00A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire

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

24 Oct at 10:00; 25 Oct at 11:00Exhibition: Folklore

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

24–25 Oct at 10:00What Remains

24 Oct at 10:30The Art of Broom Making with Jon Baily

24 Oct at 11:00Hidden Cambridge: Mystery Walking Tour 1

24–25 Oct at 11:00Sunil Gupta: Life with a Camera, 1970 – Now

24 Oct at 11:30Walking tour of Gregory Hardiman's Cambridge

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

24 Oct at 19:30Cambridge University Orchestra: Poulenc and Vaughan Williams

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

27 OctHuey Morgan, The Fun Lovin’ Criminal - Cambridge

28 OctThe Tallis Scholars

30 OctCambridge Lindy Exchange 2026

24 OctBack to the 80’s Live

25 OctSalisbury Arms Sunday Jam Night

31 OctWhoosh! At Zombie Fest 9

28 OctJonathan Pie at Cambridge Corn Exchange

29 OctBird Puppet Making

25 OctSunday Storytimes at Cambridge Central Library

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

31 OctCandlelight: Ed Sheeran & Coldplay | Cambridge

3 NovThe Proclaimers at Cambridge Corn Exchange

3 NovTeenage Fanclub at Cambridge Junction, Cambridge

24 OctCambridge, Junction - Second Distillation Tour

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