Cambridge Breakfast

A 21-year-old student from Cambridge is believed to be the youngest person and first woman to row unsupported from Europe to South America. … [Read more...]

Ofsted's launching a consultation on using colour-coded report cards to grade school inspections in England. Dr Sean Lang, chair of governors at Queen Emma Primary School in Cambridge, says the proposals still mean schools could be forced to adopt Academy status if they don't come up to standard. … [Read more...]

Linda meets Nicola Walker from the RSPCA who tells us the story of Coco who has been in the care of the charity for a year and the increasing difficulty in rehoming unwanted pets. … [Read more...]

Jasmine Habgood from the Choir of Gonville & Caius College has news about the choir's choral composition prize for state school students. … [Read more...]

The sound of guitars, accordions, cajons, tambourines, and voices will be heard across Cambridge this summer with the return of CamBuskers. Julian Clover speaks to organisers Hilary and Greg Butler. … [Read more...]

Liberal Democrats in our city are demanding a review of the decision to cancel this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. Opposition councillors want an extraordinary meeting of the council committee which oversees arts and leisure in Cambridge, to discuss what they say was a ‘bombshell’ announcement by the Labour-run council last week. Lib Dem Group … [Read more...]