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Award-winning journo, tea drinker and live music fan. News editor for @CambridgeIndy. DMs open. Views my own.
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Interactive: Cambridge has fastest-growing population in the Eastern region

Interactive: Cambridge has fastest-growing population in the Eastern region

Cambridge Independent — Cambridge's population has swelled at almost three times the national average over the past decade. Population growth has slowed in all four UK nations, but in Cambridge it increased by 17.6 per cent between the last two Censuses, from just under 123,900 in 2011 to around 145,700 in 2021.
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Cambridge murder probe: Police say answers lie with the city's young people

Cambridge murder probe: Police say answers lie with the city's young people

Cambridge Independent — Detectives who launched a murder investigation after a 17-year-old boy died in a stabbing say the answers lie within Cambridge's young population. Jesse Nwokejiobi, who previously attended North Cambridge Academy, died in the vicinity of Logan's Meadow, not far from his home in Edinburgh Road, Cambridge, in what police believe was a targeted attack.
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Senior paramedic sounds alarm about state of the NHS and warns 'we may not respond to 999 calls'

Senior paramedic sounds alarm about state of the NHS and warns 'we may not respond to 999 calls'

Cambridge Independent — A senior paramedic has warned that for the first time in his memory "when you dial 999 for an ambulance, we're not always going to be there". Glenn Carrington, a paramedic for 36 years who is based in Cambridgeshire, said patients' lives are being put at risk due to waiting outside hospitals "for hours on end" through "no fault of paramedics or the NHS".
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Cost of living crisis: A quarter of key worker households now have children living in poverty as ...

Cost of living crisis: A quarter of key worker households now have children living in poverty as ...

Cambridge Independent — Record numbers of people are visiting Cambridge Foodbank as shocking new figures lay bare the impact of the cost of living crisis. New research from the TUC shows that almost a quarter of key worker households in the region have children living in poverty.
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That's bonkers! Spoof newsreader takes the Greater Cambridge Partnership's busway to task

That's bonkers! Spoof newsreader takes the Greater Cambridge Partnership's busway to task

Cambridge Independent — A spoof animated newsreader is 'translating' the words of the Greater Cambridge Partnership in the latest effort from campaigners against the Cambourne to Cambridge busway scheme. Bonkers Busway Cambs News was launched less than two weeks ago and has already gained an audience of more than 2,000 people across the social media platforms Twitter and Instagram.
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Combined Authority in 'meltdown' amid 'significant weaknesses' - and mayor urged to step down

Combined Authority in 'meltdown' amid 'significant weaknesses' - and mayor urged to step down

Cambridge Independent — A further call has been made for Cambridgeshire's mayor to stand down after external auditors found "significant weaknesses" in governance arrangements. Cllr Wayne Fitzgerald, the Conservative leader of Peterborough City Council and former Combined Authority deputy mayor, told an extraordinary meeting of the authority today (Wednesday, June 8) that Labour mayor Dr Nik Johnson should "consider stepping down and resigning because in my view, he's not fit and able to do the job as mayor of this authority".
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Addenbrooke's 'ceasing to function as a hospital' and may send patients to Birmingham or London, ...

Addenbrooke's 'ceasing to function as a hospital' and may send patients to Birmingham or London, ...

Cambridge Independent — Patients could be sent to hospitals in Birmingham or London if Addenbrooke's does not tackle its ongoing bed crisis, health chiefs have warned. Addenbrooke's Hospital is currently being forced to cancel operations daily and may have to restrict access to care if the situation does not improve.
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Developer to demolish 36 new homes at Darwin Green development due to issue with foundations

Developer to demolish 36 new homes at Darwin Green development due to issue with foundations

Cambridge Independent — The developer, Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire, says "intensive investigations" are under way.
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