The Latest Breaking News from Cambridge

Cats, coffins and sick notes: discovering Egypt’s forgotten workers in broken pottery

Cambridge exhibition showcases the lives of skilled workers who built some of the most famous sites in ancient Egypt

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025

Channel 4 snares TV coverage of Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race from the BBC

Channel 4 has poached the television rights to the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge universities, ending a decades-long relationship with the BBC.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

Bonnie Blue’s trademark ‘Bang Bus’ busted by Cambridge University security officers

In a blip to her sex tour, Bonnie Blue’s trademark ‘Bang Bus’ ground to an abrupt halt outside a Cambridge University building when security officers intervened during one of the model’s student tour stunts.

BANG Premier · Sep 30, 2025

Flagship Pioneering, Creator Of Moderna, Launches Extuitive With $20M To Reinvent Consumer Products Using AI Shoppers

Flagship Pioneering, the Cambridge venture firm known for creating Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA), last Thursday unveiled a new startup called Extuitive with $20 million in seed funding.

Benzinga · Sep 24, 2025

Family of student who died from asthma attack urge young people to carry inhaler

Zoe Nunn died aged 20 while on a night out with friends in Cambridge.

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025

Rosalba Carriera painting sold at auction for more than 20 times its estimate

The sum is a world record for a work by Carriera, who died in 1757 aged 84, according to Cheffins auctioneers in Cambridge.

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025

Oxford and Cambridge pushed out of top three UK university rankings for first time

It’s the first time neither have held a place in the top three in the 32 years the Times guide has been running

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025

London School of Economics named UK's top university as Oxbridge pushed out of top three for first time

London School of Economics held onto the top spot, and Durham was named university of the year 2026

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025

Public service broadcasters say ministers misunderstand consolidation meaning

Speaking at the Royal Television Society Convention in Cambridge, UK media bosses agreed merging PSB’s would not be a good thing for the UK.

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025

BBC News’s chief executive says broadcaster must act as a ‘town square’ for UK

Deborah Turness also said impartial journalism is needed now ‘more than ever’ while speaking at the Royal Television Society Convention in Cambridge.

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025