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Cambridgeshire faces dense fog as yellow weather warning issued ift.tt/rOZH5qA
Cambridgeshire faces dense fog as yellow weather warning issued

Cambridgeshire faces dense fog as yellow weather warning issued

Cambridgeshire faces thick fog as the Met Office issues a yellow warning, with travel delays possible and visibility falling to 50 metres.

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Tom Littler appointed to lead Arts Theatre Cambridge ahead of 90th anniversary ift.tt/kmuyLQg
Tom Littler appointed to lead Arts Theatre Cambridge ahead of 90th anniversary

Tom Littler appointed to lead Arts Theatre Cambridge ahead of 90th anniversary

A theatre director has been appointed to lead The Arts Theatre Cambridge as it prepares to mark its 90th anniversary.

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Cambridgeshire PC praised after cutting deliberate fires at landfill by 81 per cent ift.tt/0mvLYdD
Cambridgeshire PC praised after cutting deliberate fires at landfill by 81 per cent

Cambridgeshire PC praised after cutting deliberate fires at landfill by 81 per cent

Cambridgeshire police officers, staff, and volunteers were celebrated at an awards ceremony.

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James Norton is unrecognisable as Santa in M&S's star-studded Christmas advert ift.tt/s9Ak8aw
James Norton is unrecognisable as Santa in M&S's star-studded Christmas advert

James Norton is unrecognisable as Santa in M&S's star-studded Christmas advert

M&S has launched its 2026 Christmas advert starring James Norton as Santa, Lucy Punch as Mrs Claus and Katherine Jenkins singing Heaven Is a Place on Earth.

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BT shutting off decades-old service with households given warning to switch over ift.tt/CdfkWtR
BT shutting off decades-old service with households given warning to switch over

BT shutting off decades-old service with households given warning to switch over

BT is shutting off its analogue landline service with customers being told to either switch providers or use its new digital service.

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Emmerdale star confirms exit from ITV soap but promises to return in the future ift.tt/WUI9E4j
Emmerdale star confirms exit from ITV soap but promises to return in the future

Emmerdale star confirms exit from ITV soap but promises to return in the future

Bradley Riches has confirmed he will be leaving Emmerdale for the festive period but will return to play Lewis Barton in the new year.

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Popular ITV show to return after 7 years away with 'glamorous' star set to host ift.tt/u7WdngD
Popular ITV show to return after 7 years away with 'glamorous' star set to host

Popular ITV show to return after 7 years away with 'glamorous' star set to host

Take Me Out is reportedly set to return to screens nearly seven years after it was axed from ITV.

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Rare Cadbury chocolate returns to UK supermarket shelves after months away ift.tt/vh9BZQ1
Rare Cadbury chocolate returns to UK supermarket shelves after months away

Rare Cadbury chocolate returns to UK supermarket shelves after months away

The Cadbury Twirl Crispy Wafer, a bar originally from Australia, has been spotted in B&M stores.

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Shoppers at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Lidl and more risking £100 parking fines ift.tt/o2laZ4h
Shoppers at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Lidl and more risking £100 parking fines

Shoppers at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Lidl and more risking £100 parking fines

Drivers are urged to check supermarket parking signs after a warning that some car parks charge for parking outside opening hours.

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BBC licence fee could change as Government makes major announcement on future plans ift.tt/utvzo8d
BBC licence fee could change as Government makes major announcement on future plans

BBC licence fee could change as Government makes major announcement on future plans

A petition calling for the BBC licence fee not to be extended to subscribers of rival streaming services has received a Government response, amid growing questions over how the broadcaster will be...

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Here's who's been sentenced from East Cambridgeshire in the area's courts ift.tt/WUlcXx6
Here's who's been sentenced from East Cambridgeshire in the area's courts

Here's who's been sentenced from East Cambridgeshire in the area's courts

Here's a weekly round-up of those who have been in the dock in Cambridge, Huntingdon and Peterborough Magistrates' Courts recently.

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Zombie Fest transforms Cambridge Junction with six stages and 90 acts ift.tt/jhi5XMl
Zombie Fest transforms Cambridge Junction with six stages and 90 acts

Zombie Fest transforms Cambridge Junction with six stages and 90 acts

Zombie Fest brought Halloween costumes, rave culture and 90 acts including Jaguar Skills and Ultrabeat to the Cambridge Junction.

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Beloved African lion Ghana dies aged 16 after declining health at Cambs zoo ift.tt/Hxw2rkM
Beloved African lion Ghana dies aged 16 after declining health at Cambs zoo

Beloved African lion Ghana dies aged 16 after declining health at Cambs zoo

Johnson’s of Old Hurst zoo, near Huntingdon, is in mourning today following the death of one of its beloved lions.

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CCTV appeal after man 'exposed himself' on Cambs train ift.tt/OASEUCp
CCTV appeal after man 'exposed himself' on Cambs train

CCTV appeal after man 'exposed himself' on Cambs train

Police have released an image in connection with an incident where a man reportedly exposed himself on a train between Peterborough and Ely.

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Hundreds gather to honour beloved landlord who made pub a community hub ift.tt/ahUI9nV
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ATM stolen from petrol station in ANOTHER Cambridgeshire ramraid ift.tt/hYjflLp
ATM stolen from petrol station in ANOTHER Cambridgeshire ramraid

ATM stolen from petrol station in ANOTHER Cambridgeshire ramraid

An ATM was stolen from the BP petrol station on Wisbech Road in Littleport in the second Cambridgeshire ram raid this week.

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Bungalow's 46-year agricultural occupancy restriction lifted after 10 years ift.tt/HoVL3CU
Bungalow's 46-year agricultural occupancy restriction lifted after 10 years

Bungalow's 46-year agricultural occupancy restriction lifted after 10 years

A decades-old restriction on who can live at a property in East Cambridgeshire has been lifted.

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Memorial appeal for heroic World War II 'Ghost Patrol' soldiers ift.tt/oSKCsub
Memorial appeal for heroic World War II 'Ghost Patrol' soldiers

Memorial appeal for heroic World War II 'Ghost Patrol' soldiers

They were known as the ‘Ghost Patrol’ by opposing Italian forces because the unit often appeared suddenly out of nowhere in the deep desert

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Ely Zumbathon raises £2,367 for local cancer hub ift.tt/0Vf6Ey5
Ely Zumbathon raises £2,367 for local cancer hub

Ely Zumbathon raises £2,367 for local cancer hub

A community-led Zumbathon has raised an impressive amount of money for a local cancer hub in Ely.

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Level crossing road set to close for overnight maintenance in Soham this month ift.tt/OdGDV9x
Level crossing road set to close for overnight maintenance in Soham this month

Level crossing road set to close for overnight maintenance in Soham this month

A road in Soham is set to close overnight for maintenance works later this month

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