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Reform UK Cambridgeshire leader Ryan Coogan faces nomination paper investigation after election win

by John Elworthy21 hours ago

Strength athletes will compete to pull a 21-ton truck over 10 metres in the fastest time possible.

Ironworks gym charity truck pull set to raise funds for East Anglian Air Ambulance

Jailed: Arsenad Guraj has been sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual offences.

Peterborough man jailed after sexually assaulting girl over four-year period

Peterborough City Council leader Shabina Qayyum has unveiled a new-look Cabinet for 2026/27, pledging a focus on frontline services, regeneration, transport and public health. PHOTO: Terry Harris/CambsNews

New Cabinet unveiled as Peterborough council leader promises ‘relentless focus’ on delivery

1. Police vans equipped with live facial recognition technology scan crowds in Peterborough city centre during Cambridgeshire’s first deployment of the system. Picture: Terry Harris/CambsNews

Facial recognition sting scans 34,000 faces in six hours as cops make arrests

by John Elworthy

Cambridgeshire Police scanned more than 34,000 faces in just six hours during the county’s first-ever live facial recognition operation –...

Ironically Wisbech Police revealed today they have been back on patrol tackling illegal parking again – issuing tickets to numerous drivers. “With so much free parking available through Fenland District Council is it really worth risking a £30 fine?,” police posted to their Facebook page.

£865k parking crackdown approved but keeping parking free in Chatteris, Whittlesey, March and Wisbech will ultimately rest with new unitary authority

Extensive damage is seen after a blue Ford Mondeo crashed into a house in Paston Ridings, Peterborough, leaving two people seriously injured. Photo: Terry Harris/CambsNew

Horror as car ploughs into Peterborough house leaving woman, 70, seriously hurt

The Smuggling Business: Undercover investigates how suspected people smugglers allegedly used UK-registered businesses to process payments for illegal Channel crossings. Credit: BBC Local Investigations

BBC undercover probe links Cambridgeshire firm to migrant smuggling payment network

Emergency services at the scene in Paston Ridings, Peterborough, after a car crashed into a semi-detached house and overturned beside a parked vehicle.

Major emergency response after car smashes Into house in Paston Ridings, Peterborough

S Peacock & Son Ltd, trading as John Smith Haulage, collapsed into liquidation in February 2026 under mounting debt pressures.

Cambridgeshire haulage firm collapses owing more than £774,000

• Police vans equipped with live facial recognition technology stationed in Peterborough city centre. Photo: Terry Harris/CambsNews

EXCLUSIVE: Peterborough police detain suspects in first-ever facial recognition operation in Cambridgeshire

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Jaspal Benning is celebrating 15 years working at Amazon in Peterborough.

Cambridgeshire man reflects on 15 years at Amazon in Peterborough

Fen Cottage in spring at Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve © National Trust Images Mike Selby

Historic England recognises Wicken Fen cottage as national heritage asset

M T McGuire says that since moving to Bury St Edmunds, she has also amalgamated some of the more medieval-looking parts of her new home town into later books but that the inspiration from the city of Ely is still strong.

Ely inspires humorous sci-fi world created by fantasy author M T McGuire

Neale Wade Academy, March, Cambridgeshire. An email sent out to parents of students at the Neale-Wade Academy and seen by CambsNews says unless ‘specific detail’ about illness is provided, the school will record such absences as unauthorised. Inset: Graham Horn, principal

BREAKING: Shock as DfE threatens to strip Neale-Wade Academy from Active Learning Trust after damning Ofsted findings

Defendant Daniel Wilson in custody photograph provided by Cambridgeshire Police.

Jilted ex threatened to smash glass in woman’s face before sending Valentine’s flowers

Detective Chief Inspector Dave Savill with some of the yellow dementia safeguarding wristbands being used across Cambridgeshire.

Nearly 500 Cambridgeshire families sign up to dementia safeguarding initiative

Contractors continue painstaking work at the former Barclays Bank site in Broad Street, March, as structural complications linked to a hidden adjoining wall continue to delay demolition. Photo: Terry Harris/CambsNews

March Barclays demolition chaos: hidden wall disaster leaves Fenland Council facing fresh questions over £1.12m regeneration gamble

“The part-built hotel at Fletton Quays, Peterborough — the principal asset of Fletton Quays Hotel Ltd in administration.” Photo: Terry Harris.

Peterborough City Council

FLETTON QUAYS HILTON DISASTER: Peterborough City Council already £620k down in admin fees — and taxpayers may never get £17m back

Police officers secure a closure order at 2B Mallard Lane, St Neots, following repeated reports of anti-social behaviour linked to the property. The order was granted by Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on 13 May.

Cambridgeshire police close 15 properties in crackdown on drugs and anti-social behaviour

Granville Graham, 58, was described by his family as a “special soul” with an infectious spirit.

Cambridge hostel killer admits murdering ‘happy-go-lucky’ barber Granville Graham

Peterborough City Hospital is among NHS facilities across the east of England continuing efforts to reduce patient waiting times and improve access to treatment. IMAGE: Terry Harris

NHS waiting times fall across Cambridgeshire and East of England as key national target is hit

Levi Loveridge (left) fled after crashing into an oncoming Toyota at speeds of up to 91mph, leaving two victims with life-changing injuries. Volvo pictured left, Toyota right

Driver who fled 91mph Thorney crash scene jailed after victims suffer life-changing injuries

Custody image of Emiljan Durici, provided by Cambridgeshire Police.

Drug dealer caught with cocaine in pants jailed for three years in Cambridge

A Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service emergency vehicle squeezes between tightly parked cars on Victoria Street in Fletton while crews respond to a house fire in Peterborough. PHOTO: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue

Parked cars delay fire crews responding to Peterborough house fire

Peterborough; Cambridgeshire Police will deploy live facial recognition technology for the first time this weekend in the city centre. Picture: Terry Harris

Peterborough police to use live facial recognition technology for first fime in city centre

The Brewin Avenue green space in March which residents say has been used as a community play area and informal recreational land for decades but is now earmarked for two new homes under controversial council-backed plans.

Fenland District Council

BREAKING: Public outcry forces withdrawal of controversial Fenland housing scheme

Romance, revenge, and murder collide as the passengers aboard the Nile steamer navigate jealousy and betrayal in Cambridge Arts Theatre’s acclaimed new staging of Death on the Nile. Photo by Manuel Harlan

Death on the Nile review: dazzling performances and spectacular staging in Cambridge

An underfed horse discovered during inspections at Greengage Farm where officers reported serious welfare concerns

Livestock keepers banned after animals found without water in 30C heat

Vincent Flemons was jailed for breaching the conditions of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Picture: Courtesy of Cambridgeshire Police

Cambridgeshire sex offender locked up after breaking strict court restrictions

The £18.67 million redevelopment of Manor Leisure Centre is intended to replace an ageing, inefficient complex with a modern, multi-purpose community hub. Visual from design and access statement now being considered by Fenland planners

Fenland Council recognised contractor collapse was a risk before Curo failure rocked Manor Leisure Centre project

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