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BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Travel · yesterday Anglian Water to appear in court over dead fish • Charges are brought after some 900 fish were found in a dyke near a pumping station in 2024.

Saffron Walden Reporter (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday All we know as armed police and helicopters descend on neighbourhood • Armed police and a helicopter responded in Southend on October 9 after a knife threat in Leigh. • A weapon was recovered; no arrests were made.

CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — Home / all sections · Local news · yesterday Cambridge residents call for drivers to slow down after 'lucky' escape • Cambridge's Windsor Road narrows to stop drivers rat running - but residents say they often take the bollards out with them

Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Cambridgeshire business leader appointed Deputy Lieutenant in recognition of service • A business leader has been appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire in recognition of her service to the community.

Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Ely McDonald’s raises £2,500 for families with children in hospital • A McDonald’s restaurant in Ely has raised £2,500 for Ronald McDonald House UK through its first-ever McHappy Day.

Cambridge Independent — News · Local news · yesterday Paul Bristow: Cambridge’s world-famous name can open the door to regional tourism • Opinion | Paul Bristow, mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, writes for the Cambridge Independent.

Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Police continue hunt for man named among UK's most wanted • Detectives continue to hunt Matthew Purves who has links to Cambridgeshire who was recently named among the UK's most wanted.

Cambridge News · Local news · yesterday Village facility near 'end of its life’ could be demolished and rebuilt • Planning documents say the current building is 'coming towards the end of its life'

CambridgeshireLive (Reach) — Home / all sections · Local news · yesterday Cambridge charity 'put at serious risk' after van stolen by brazen thieves • "I am in absolute shock. • I find it almost beyond belief that anyone would ever consider doing this to a charity that exists to help local people in need"

Saffron Walden Reporter (Newsquest) — News · Local news · yesterday Poplar Nurseries celebrates ‘biggest success yet’ after Christmas launch • Poplar Nurseries’ Tinsel & Co Christmas showroom opened on September 25, recording its busiest opening week with festive displays, toys and Santa breakfasts.

Cambridge News · Local news · yesterday Gorgeous cats looking for their forever homes in Cambridgeshire this October • Each of the 14 beautiful cats listed are searching for a place to call home

Cambridge Independent — News · Local news · yesterday £54m Hauxton Park & Ride plans to go before GCP board • 2,150-space ‘travel hub’ across three car parks designed to serve Biomedical Campus.

Ely Standard (Newsquest) — News · Local news · today Cambridgeshire women feature in film about global pelvic mesh scandal • A new documentary channel has launched with a hard-hitting film about the global pelvic mesh scandal, featuring women from Cambridgeshire.

What's on: next 14 days

A quick-view of 45 priority public listings from 45 tracked events over the next 14 days. Tap any item for the source and full details.

11 Oct at 10:00Art Exhibition: 'Images and Other Conversations'

11 Oct at 11:00Ridiculous Rhymes and Tremendous Tongue Twisters - with Jude Simpson (5-11 yrs)

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

11 Oct at 11:15Children's Sensory Poetry Workshop (5-11 yrs)

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

11 Oct at 12:00A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire

11 Oct at 12:00Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime

11 Oct at 12:00TEN GOOD YEARS

11 Oct at 13:30British Centre for Literary Translation: Poetry Translation Panel

11 Oct at 13:30Imagined Cities — Magma Poetry Workshop: Architecture

11 Oct at 14:00GLOBAL CULTURES: THAYAKAM / MOTHERLAND 11 OCT 2026

11 Oct at 18:30Voices of Dissent: an Evening of Protest Poetry

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

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

12 Oct at 09:00Knowledge in a Fractured World

24 OctAFTRHRS - Halloween Party

11 OctKris Barras Band at MASH, Cambridge

21 Oct21 Oct, Cambridge: Ancient Greek Meze with mezzo Helen Charlston + stand-up comedian Natalie Haynes

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

17 OctABBA Day Party: Cambridge

16 OctThe Big Pants Party

16 OctJohn Ward Trio with support Vic Lennard

21 OctGREIPUR HJALTASON - THE ICEBREAKER TOUR - CAMBRIDGE

11 OctDance in the Dark Cambridge Junction

17 OctRelease and Rise - Ecstatic Dance Wave + QiGong/ Cambridge

17 OctSara White's Blues BootCamp

24 OctMilonga Connection with DJ Winston Veerender

18 OctThe Change of Seasons - CPS26

17 OctOctober's FREE Children's Clothing Event

18 OctKids Club (ages 5-11) – October 2026

17 OctLego Club Drop-In @ Cambridge Central Library

17 OctThe Newmarket Vintage Furniture & Fashion Flea

17 OctArtist Conversation and Workshop

18 OctCambridge Bead Fair

11 OctWEEKLY Sunday Jazz w Andy Bowie 4tet

23 OctThe Bluetones | Junction, Cambridge - Expecting To Fly 30th Anniversary Tour

11 OctRoachford and Hue and Cry at Cambridge Corn Exchange

17 OctIndian Cultural Society, Cambridge Durga Puja 2026 17th and 18th October

19 OctOperation Mincemeat

21 OctMichael Palin: In the Philippines

17 OctWCB Comedy at The Great Hall at The Leys with Headliner Hal Cruttenden & Reginald D Hunter

20 OctThe Mary Wallopers

23 OctImogen Cooper plays Schubert

23 OctSimon Brodkin: Unleashed

24 OctCambridge, Junction - Second Distillation Tour

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