£1.5million city centre revamp plans to be approved and made public
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£1.5million city centre revamp plans to be approved and made public
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 | Cambridge Independent — What's On / Events · Events · today Call for Coleridge residents to flock to Bird Box Biennale• The community art trail features handcrafted bird boxes transformed into miniature galleries. |
 | BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Safety · today People urged to have a say on new 20mph zones plan• Speed limits could be introduced on 18 roads to improve safety, a council says. |
 | Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Events · today Review: Wonderful variety concert opens Ely Arts Festival• St Mary’s Church hosted a delightful concert of a variety of musicians as part of the Ely Arts Festival. |
 | Cambridge Independent — News · Health · today Johnsons of Old Hurst owners praise actions of those who helped boy injured in crocodile enclosure• The boy remains in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge in a ‘stable condition’. |
 | Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Council and records · today Fundraiser for boy thrown into zoo crocodile enclosure hits £20,000• More than £20,000 has been raised to pay for the treatment of a three-year-old boy who was thrown into a crocodile enclosure at a Huntingdonshire zoo. |
 | Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Council and records · today More than £15k raised for boy thrown into crocodile pit• More than £2,000 has been raised via GoFundMe to pay for the treatment of a three-year-old boy who was thrown into a crocodile enclosure in Cambridgeshire. |
 | BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Council and records · today Carnival searches for former princes and princesses• Doddington Village Sports and Carnival will be celebrating its 40th anniversary on Saturday. |
 | CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — Home / all sections · Council and records · today Cambridge zoo owners issue update after boy, 3, injured in crocodile enclosure• The owners of Johnsons of Old Hurst near Huntingdon have spoken out for the first time since the crocodile enclosure incident |
 | Cambridge Independent — News · Education · today In pictures: Cambridge Regional College students get experimental at art show• The exhibition celebrated the work of the college’s creative industries students. |
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