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A car caught fire on Lincoln Road in Peterborough on Tuesday afternoon, forcing the road to close. Firefighters from Dogsthorpe were called to the scene at 3.37pm and extinguished the blaze using a hose reel.

Anthony Williams is on trial at Cambridge Crown Court for stabbing ten people on an LNER train near Huntingdon on 1 November 2025. A victim who fought back against the attacker described him as 'being on a mission'. The train was forced to make an unscheduled stop.

UK Railtours is running the Canterbury Christmas Cantata, a vintage train tour departing from Peterborough on 12 December. Passengers will travel in Mark 2 carriages pulled by two 1960s Class 37 diesel locomotives, with stops at Huntingdon, Stevenage, Potters Bar, Finsbury Park and Kensington Olympia. Travellers can spend six hours in Canterbury or take a mini-tour through coastal Kent.

On-call firefighters from Thorney and Ely in Cambridgeshire have undertaken training exercises as part of their regular weekly drill nights. At Play2Day Wisbech, a children's soft play centre, Thorney crews wore full breathing apparatus with obscured vision to simulate smoke, navigating the structure to locate and rescue training casualties. New firefighters at Ely practised safely pitching a large ladder, while Thorney crews also tackled a mock incident involving hazardous materials and heavy smoke. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said the soft play structure provided an excellent setting to test firefighters' ability to work through tight, restricted spaces while remaining calm under pressure.

Three Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrat MPs are demanding a clear Government timetable for two special schools promised to open this September but left delayed since the change of administration. The schools in Gamlingay and March would create 270 places for children with special educational needs and disabilities. The MPs said families were promised the schools but the planned opening dates passed without construction starting, and ministers have still refused to provide a timeline.

Wimblington Road in Manea will close from Monday, November 9, for 12 weeks of repairs to reconstruct the road's upper layers and create a more stable surface. The closure will happen in two phases: November 9 to December 11, then again from January 5 to January 29, 2027. Cambridgeshire County Council has committed £780,000 to the project, with traffic diverted via Fifty Road, Padgetts Road and Sixteen Foot Bank.

Actor, author and screenwriter Greg Wise will discuss grief and loss at St Mary's Church in Ely on 12 November at 7pm in an event called Grief Talking. The evening will explore traumatic grief, including the sudden drowning of a close friend in Wise's twenties, his sister's death from cancer, and anticipatory grief linked to infertility and failed IVF. Wise advocates openness about bereavement rather than suppressive mourning culture, aiming to help audiences feel less alone in their experiences of loss.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has approved a new Local Remediation Acceleration Plan to replace cladding that does not meet fire safety standards on high and medium rise residential buildings. Ten high-rise buildings of seven stories or more in Cambridgeshire and 62 medium-rise flats across the county still need cladding replaced. A proposed bill could introduce fines of up to £500,000 for building owners who fail to address the issues without delay.

Priscilla, 48, from Wisbech, had a stroke in April 2019 at age 42 while interviewing for a job. The stroke left her with right-sided weakness and aphasia, a communication disorder that took away her ability to speak or move. She is now cared for full-time by her husband and is supporting the Stroke Association's Survival Is Not Enough campaign to raise awareness of stroke's lasting impact, particularly among younger people. She said: 'I want more people to understand what stroke is, and how a stroke can make someone feel.'

A Nationwide bank branch in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, was targeted in an attempted ram-raid at about 03:00 GMT. This is the second such attack on the same branch in three years. Suspects fled before police arrived and nothing was taken. An abandoned yellow telehandler was found at the road junction outside the branch. In October 2023, ram-raiders used a digger and a pick-up truck to steal money from the same location. Police are appealing for witnesses with dashcam or CCTV footage.

Police are investigating an attempted ram raid at a Nationwide bank on Ramsey Road in Whittlesey. The incident occurred at around 3am on Thursday 5 November. Suspects fled the scene before officers arrived. Nothing appears to have been taken. Police have raised crimes for theft of a vehicle and criminal damage.

Matthew Beckett, 32, of St Neots, was jailed for two years and three months after stabbing his ex-girlfriend's new partner at her home on 29 June. Beckett had been ordered not to attend the address as part of bail conditions following a harassment conviction. He returned armed with a knife and lunged at the man who answered the door, then stabbed him in the chest through stairwell railings after the victim chased him. The victim sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries.

Matthew Beckett, 32, of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, has been jailed for two years and three months after stabbing his ex-girlfriend's new partner during a confrontation at her home. The attack occurred less than two weeks after Beckett was ordered to stay away from the property as a bail condition following a harassment conviction. Beckett returned to the home armed with a knife, and when the man opened the door, Beckett lunged at him, stabbing him in the chest through the stair railings. The victim was hospitalised with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The Royal College of Midwives has raised concerns about possible closures of maternity units at hospitals in Gorleston and King's Lynn in Norfolk. The union warns that closing these units would force women in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire to travel unacceptable distances while in labour, with some facing two-hour journeys. The Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group is considering options that could leave only Norwich's unit as a consultant-led maternity centre, though it has stressed no decisions have been made and no consultation has begun.

Kath Rayner celebrated her hundredth birthday on Wednesday in Harston, the Cambridgeshire village where she has lived her whole life. She attended a surprise party at the village hall with family and friends, and received a card from King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Rayner attributed her longevity to eating fresh vegetables and getting fresh air.

Cambridge United is looking at a potential move away from its Abbey Stadium as part of long-term expansion plans. The club is studying a site roughly a mile away that could host a 15,000-capacity stadium, though any move is not expected for several years. Stadium announcer Michael Barnes said the club must move if it wants to expand, noting the current ground's location on a busy road creates traffic problems that would prevent adding more fans.

Concerns have been raised over plans to double average ticket prices at Cambridge's Corn Exchange following a major refurbishment as part of a wider £95.7m Civic Quarter scheme to revitalise the city centre. Council officers project that performances will increase from 180 to 340 annually, with average ticket prices for council-run events rising from £24 plus VAT to £50 plus VAT by year five. However, officers note this applies only to self-promoted events; a larger proportion of income comes from hiring out the venue, where the council does not control ticket prices.