Editor CambsNews online.https://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mufbvno4gc2yCambridgeshire’s 20mph programme is paying off — especially in Ely, where collisions fell to “unusually low” levels after the rollout. 🚗➡️🚶 #Ely #Transport https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/elys-20mph-limit-deliver-biggest-safety-gains-in-cambridgeshire/31 Aug 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufbvno4gc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mu5oph2tj22dThe Environment Agency has confirmed a prosecution against Anglian Water over the serious September 2024 pollution incident at King’s Dyke near Whittlesey, which killed up to 1,000 fish. The decision follows a lengthy campaign by MP Steve Barclay https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/anglian-water-prosecuted-over-whittlesey-pollution-incident-that-killed-up-to-1000-fish/28 Aug 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5oph2tj22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mu5dkc3f6s2sPeterborough street artist Nathan ‘Nyces’ Murdoch entered Dragons’ Den seeking £60,000 investment. He left without the investment, but with business advice and a surprise job offer from Steven Bartlett. Read more: https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/peterborough-street-artist-nathan-murdoch-gets-dragons-den-job-offer-after-60k-pitch/28 Aug 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5dkc3f6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mu5bjiv6yk2oCharles Dickens's original handwritten manuscript of Great Expectations has returned to Wisbech and Fenland Museum after an international tour. Back on display. 📍 Wisbech and Fenland Museum 🗓️ On display every Saturday until October 3 https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/1-7-million-people-saw-this-dickens-treasure-before-it-came-home-to-wisbech/28 Aug 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5bjiv6yk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mu3amhgmzc27A major boost for homelessness support in Fenland. The Ferry Project has been awarded £600,000 to help prevent homelessness and develop intensive support for some of the community’s most vulnerable people. Work is expected to begin this autumn. #Fenland #Wisbech https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/ferry-project-wisbech-secures-600000-funding-to-tackle-homelessness-in-fenland/27 Aug 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3amhgmzc27https://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mu33jox4qc2m“You just couldn’t make it up.” Lib Dem MP Pippa Heylings has slammed sewage spills into South Cambridgeshire rivers following the first major rainfall in months, calling for a new Clean Water Authority and tougher action against repeat offenders. https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/mp-slams-sewage-discharges-into-south-cambridgeshire-rivers-after-first-major-rain-since-june/27 Aug 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu33jox4qc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mu2yn67sm22b🚨 JAILED: Prolific burglar Joe Ross has been jailed for 16 months after smashing into a St Ives jewellers with a hammer and stealing £29,000 of jewellery. He later targeted two post offices and a Co-op across Cambridgeshire. #Cambridgeshire #StIves #Crime https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/st-ives-jeweller-raid-crime-spree-burglar-joe-ross-jailed/27 Aug 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2yn67sm22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mu2inroogc2zMayor Paul Bristow has renewed his call for the Dragonfly Hotel in Peterborough to be stood down as asylum accommodation. The hotel has been used since November 2024, when 146 single men were moved in. #Peterborough #DragonflyHotel #PaulBristow https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/mayor-paul-bristow-renews-call-to-close-peterborough-asylum-hotel/27 Aug 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2inroogc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtyez5awe22iEast Cambridgeshire's £12.96m Lake View Bereavement Centre opens at Mepal in September. But how did a project initially estimated at around £6.5m reach almost £13m, and how has the council paid for it? https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/6-5m-to-13m-east-cambridgeshires-controversial-mepal-bereavement-centre-opens/26 Aug 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyez5awe22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtvya2k3hs2qPolice stopped a van in Huntingdon advertising tyre-changing services and found the driver had no licence or insurance. Two of the van's own tyres also had exposed cords, making them unsafe and illegal for road use. https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/huntingdon-van-promoting-tyre-services-is-stopped-with-dangerous-tyres/25 Aug 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvya2k3hs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtvu5ol6p22hBREAKING: Iain Kirkbright has resigned as chairman of the Wisbech Town Board. The board oversees up to £20m in government funding for the town. Fenland Council says it was for personal reasons. Recruitment for a new chair is due imminently. https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/iain-kirkbright-quits-as-chair-of-wisbech-20m-regeneration-board/25 Aug 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvu5ol6p22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mttn3wsyhk2vCambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor Paul Bristow has said he would approve “tomorrow” a couple of currently blocked housing schemes if given the new powers the government is handing to mayors, arguing they would deliver family homes and drive economic growth. https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/mayor-vows-to-unlock-blocked-housing-schemes-as-new-planning-powers-arrive/24 Aug 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttn3wsyhk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mto4z7qx622vLaragh Homes collapse leaves Cambridgeshire creditors facing more than £4m in claims. New liquidation reports reveal the scale of debts https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/laragh-homes-collapse-leaves-cambridgeshire-creditors-facing-more-than-4m-in-claims/22 Aug 2026 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto4z7qx622vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtl6ojmnvs2kREFORM LOSS: St Neots by-election. Ian Taylor is back. The former Eynesbury councillor has returned to Huntingdonshire District Council for the Lib Dems. Reform UK’s Stephen O’Hara finished second. Reform won the seat in May but the winner later quit. https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/st-neots-by-election-ian-taylor-wins-for-lib-dems-as-reform-uk-loses-seat/21 Aug 2026 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtl6ojmnvs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtjjeoi6hk2cKareem Edwards is the new Site Leader at Amazon’s Peterborough fulfilment centre. Having joined Amazon in 2016, he has worked across fulfilment, logistics and strategic programmes in the UK and Europe. His advice to anyone considering Amazo? “stay curious”. https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/amazon-names-kareem-edwards-to-lead-peterborough-fulfilment-centre/20 Aug 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjjeoi6hk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtiwrpeuhs2lDes Watt has switched parties again. The Yaxley & Farcet county councillor, elected for Reform UK in 2025, later became Independent, briefly joined Advance UK and returned to being Independent. Now he says he has joined the Conservatives. https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/cambridgeshire-councillor-switches-from-reform-to-independent-advance-uk-and-now-conservatives/20 Aug 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiwrpeuhs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mthoq3uq722w🚨 Around 100 Evri customers in Huntingdonshire could be waiting longer for their parcels after police seized a delivery van. Officers stopped the driver and found they had no insurance and no valid driving licence. https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/around-100-parcels-delayed-after-police-seize-evri-delivery-van-in-huntingdonshire/19 Aug 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthoq3uq722whttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtgxagf6o22cPaedophile Anthony Woodberry, 67, has been jailed for two years and four months after being convicted of causing or inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity in St Neots. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years. #Cambridgeshire https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/st-neots-paedophile-jailed-for-abusing-young-girl/19 Aug 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgxagf6o22chttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtgwgzq2m22g🚨 Ely man jailed after police find more than 4,000 indecent images of children Kieran Jackson, 27, was found with 4,000+ images on two devices, including 985 classified as Category A. He has been jailed for 14 months and given a 10-year SHPO. https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/ely-man-jailed-after-more-than-4000-indecent-images-of-children-found-on-devices/19 Aug 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgwgzq2m22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtgvp4iur22x🚨 Huntingdonshire political crisis escalates. Conservative opposition leader Ross Martin has called for an extraordinary council meeting to vote on a motion of no confidence in leader Sarah Conboy. Full story 👇 #Huntingdonshire #Cambridgeshire https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/huntingdonshire-council-crisis-ross-martin-calls-no-confidence-vote-in-sarah-conboy/19 Aug 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgvp4iur22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtgcnistpk2uReview: Barnum The Circus Musical at Cambridge Arts Theatre is a “whizzy, dizzy, whirly” delight. Matt Rawle leads a spectacular cast of 21 in a joyous mix of circus, acrobatics, music and dance. An absolute blast. ★★★★ https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/barnum-the-circus-musical-review-a-joyous-dazzling-show-in-cambridge/19 Aug 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgcnistpk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtemtouhvs23Holme Fen fire: Firefighters reach heart of blaze as crews make ‘positive movements’ on day 10. Area Commander Wayne Swales says tractors and contractors are helping crews tackle hotspots Around 40-50 firefighters remain involved. #HolmeFen #Cambridgeshire https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/holme-fen-fire-firefighters-reach-heart-of-blaze-as-crews-make-positive-movements-on-day-10/18 Aug 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtemtouhvs23https://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mteanbp22c2pGreens throw a hissy and storm out of the coalition running Huntingdonshire District Council https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/greens-quit-huntingdonshire-coalition/18 Aug 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteanbp22c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mteahuggcs2pEXCLUSIVE: FOI disclosure reveal Fenland District Council took up to 20 months to review and revoke former Wisbech mayor Aigars Balsevics' personal alcohol licence after his rape conviction. The March 2025 hearing was held in private and his identity not revealed https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/convicted-rapist-kept-alcohol-licence-for-20-months-before-fenland-council-secretly-revoked-it/18 Aug 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteahuggcs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtbq7mhgjk2n🚜 Police say a serious incident may have been avoided after officers stopped a hay bale trailer in Guyhirn. The load was insecure, the brakes weren't connected and a tyre was close to coming off. And yes, social media's verdict? The driver was "released on bale" 😄 https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/unsafe-hay-load-seized-by-cambridgeshire-rural-crime-officers/17 Aug 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbq7mhgjk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mtbhyadlyk2o🦋 A record 188 moth species have been identified at Kings Dyke Nature Reserve in Whittlesey, including 32 new species for the site. A 48-hour survey also recorded 1,010 species of birds, invertebrates and flora. #Peterborough #Cambridgeshire #Wildlife #Moths https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/record-breaking-188-moth-species-found-at-kings-dyke-whittlesey-nature-reserve/17 Aug 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbhyadlyk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mt6xzcsey223As Peterborough prepares to decide on a £2.3m Towns Fund reallocation, CambsNews has examined six years of board minutes, declarations and governance records. The findings raise significant questions about conflicts of interest, transparency and accountability https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/cambsnews-investigation-peterborough-towns-fund-board-under-scrutiny-over-2-3m-windfall/16 Aug 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6xzcsey223https://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3msvlblvd422v🚨 Operation Horizon has begun in #Peterborough. Council staff, police and partner organisations have launched a major two-day crackdown on street drinking, begging, litter, graffiti and anti-social behaviour in the city centre. #OperationHorizon #Cambridgeshire https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/operation-horizon-launched-in-peterborough-major-crackdown-on-street-drinking-litter-and-anti-social-behaviour/12 Aug 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvlblvd422vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3msuhajhmuk2xPeterborough MPs Andrew Pakes and Sam Carling and council leader Dr Shabina Qayyum are urging residents to avoid fireworks and disposable barbecues as the #HolmeFen wildfire continues to burn. More than 80 firefighters have been involved in the response https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/peterborough-mps-and-council-leader-urge-residents-to-avoid-fireworks-as-holme-fen-wildfire-burns-for-days/12 Aug 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuhajhmuk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnelworthy.bsky.social/post/3mssiblhr3s2kA specialist helicopter equipped with a helibucket made repeated water drops over Holme Fen Nature Reserve on Monday as firefighters battle the deep-seated peat fire. VIDEO and photos: Terry Harris/CambsNews https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/watch-holme-fen-fire-enters-fourth-day-as-helicopter-deployed/11 Aug 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:cjgfve2dpvlrth32h4d2a2bi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssiblhr3s2k