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Cambourne area could ‘become size of Durham’ amid huge push for housing
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Cambourne area could ‘become size of Durham’ amid huge push for housing
Meanwhile, national planning policy says Greater Cambridge should be planning to deliver 2,300 homes per year.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Updated masterplan for the transformation of #Cambridge Business Park - envisaging 8,000 jobs, hundreds of homes, restaurants, sports facilities and green space - has been unveiled by The Crown Estate. An exhibition will be held on Saturday

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8,000 jobs, new homes, restaurants and green space envisaged in updated Cambridge Business Park masterplan
Latest phase of public consultation begins.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Could a 'Forest City' east of #Cambridge house one million people?

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‘Forest City’ proposed east of Cambridge for one million people
Business people behind plans want to build 400,000 homes on arable land.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Traders are urging the public to continue visiting Mill Road in #Cambridge during three weeks of Anglian Water roadworks

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Mill Road shops and cafés ‘open for business’ during roadworks
The works are expected to continue until 5 December.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s police and crime commissioner Darryl Preston has released a statement in response to the government’s plans to scrap his role.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The opening of #Cambridge South #railway station has been delayed again

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Opening of Cambridge South railway station delayed again
Frustration expressed at further wait.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Bus franchising in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is ‘unlikely to be implemented until 2028’, councillors have been told

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Bus franchising in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ‘unlikely to be implemented until 2028’
A review is under way.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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First Days at School 2025: Our 16-page reception class picture supplement is inside this week’s Cambridge Independent.
Here are all the schools featured:
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First Days at School 2025: Our 16-page reception class picture supplement is inside this week’s Cambridge Independent
The 16-page supplement will be in the shops all week from today (Wednesday, 12 November).
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November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Plus: Cambourne cluster 'could become size of Durham'. And proposals for Forest City for 1 million people. Cambridge South delayed again, The Mumford Pitch opens for town & gown, festive lights switch-on plans, The Cambridge Building Society to invest £1m in social impact
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In @cambridgeindy.bsky.social this week: our 16-page First Days at School reception class pic supplement. Special report on huge housing growth planned for #Cambridge region, with sites mapped. Concerns over 'hostile eyes' roadside posters. Pic special on Corn Exchange 150th anniversary
Cambridge Independent November 12-18, 2025
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Why the brakes have been put on the #EastWestRail statutory consultation

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Why the brakes have been put on East West Rail statutory consultation
The railway line will connect Oxford and Cambridge.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Police have issued a warning after a spate of mobile phone thefts in #Cambridge by masked riders on e-bikes and e-scooters

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Warning after spate of mobile phone thefts in Cambridge by masked riders on e-bikes and e-scooters
Police have urged vigilance.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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A picture gallery from the Remembrance Sunday service in #Cambridge

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In pictures: Cambridge falls silent to remember the fallen on Remembrance Sunday
The mayor, Cllr Dinah Pounds, also met veterans and military personnel.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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A motorcyclist has suffered serious injuries in a collision in #Girton

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Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in Girton collision
Police have appealed for witnesses.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Mayor calls for action over #Cambridge community kitchen set up during pandemic in a former pub

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Mayor calls for action over community kitchen set up by ‘squatters’
Paul Bristow says residents have raised concerns with him about the long-term occupation of the Fair Street site
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November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Lest we forget... veteran Gwen, 99, has given her seal of approval to a knitted poppy memorial created by volunteers in Cherry Hinton

#Remembrance

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Second World War veteran Gwen, 99, gives seal of approval to Cherry Hinton’s knitted poppy memorial
Dozens of volunteers knitted poppies for the display.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Here's our guide to Remembrance services in Cambridge and beyond:

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Lest we forget: Our guide to Remembrance Sunday events in Cambridge and beyond
Communities in and around Cambridge will once again fall silent.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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A petition calling for beds at Arthur Rank Hospice to be saved has been taken to No 10 Downing Street after £829,000 of funding was withdrawn

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Petition calling for Arthur Rank Hospice beds to be saved goes to No 10
The hospice says the decision will strip many patients of the vital choice of where they spend their final days.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Scientists at @cam.ac.uk have got new insights into what underlies many types of #dementia

#Cambridge

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Dementia linked to problems with brain’s waste clearance system, say Cambridge researchers
Our ‘glymphatic’ system helps protect us.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Stagecoach bus drivers are to vote on strike action over pay

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Stagecoach bus drivers consider strike action over pay deal
Unite said drivers and engineers have rejected a two-year pay deal
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November 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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A body has been found in the search for a missing #Cambridgeshire postman

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Body found in search for missing postman
Darren Willis was reported missing in June.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Plus: Internal review at Cambs police after train stabbings, college withdraws busway objection, concern ahead of Stagecoach bus driver strike vote, new insight into dementia, Camera Club winners & opinion pieces from mayor Paul Bristow, Cllr Bridget Smith & @elliottonguk.bsky.social
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In @cambridgeindy.bsky.social, a petition to save @arthurrankhospice.bsky.social beds goes to No 10, campaigners to fight on after Christ's College library approval, why #EastWestRail consultation is on ice, the Remembrance display approved by 99-year-old veteran & guide to #CambsB2B South
Cambridge Independent November 5-11, 2025, front page
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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A documentary by a former pupil of The Leys - Robin Lee - about a gruelling 300km ultra marathon will be shown at the Everyman Cinema in #Cambridge

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Filmmaker Robin Lee’s documentary ‘Four Trails’ to be shown at the Everyman Cinema, Cambridge
The director was a former pupil at The Leys School.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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A new £850,000 3G sports pitch at Abbey Leisure in #Cambridge is proving popular

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New £850,000 3G sports pitch at Abbey Leisure in Cambridge is a winner
90 per cent of bookable weekday slots are taken.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Results place Coleridge Community College as the fourth most improved state school in country

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Results place Coleridge Community College as the fourth most improved state school in country
The news comes as the Department for Education publishes its provisional outcomes for this summer’s GCSE results.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Boy stabbed and ‘knifeman’ seen twice at barbers in 24 hours before #Cambridgeshire train attack

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Boy stabbed and ‘knifeman’ seen twice at barbers in 24 hours before train attack
Police are investigating the incidents as part of the probe into a mass stabbing on a high speed train on Saturday.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM