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Reeves rejects Heathrow expansion critics, saying answer ‘cannot always be no’

The Chancellor said the economy will stagnate if you ‘always give in’ to objections.

Evening Standard

The full list of English infrastructure projects backed by Rachel Reeves today

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has supported a number of major infrastructure schemes in a speech on growth on Wednesday.

The National (Scotland)

Moves to tackle water scarcity aim to drive forward ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’

The EA has lifted objections to new housing in Cambridge, while a new reservoir will provide long-term supplies to the water-stressed region.

Evening Standard

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Voices: Rachel Reeves’s growth speech felt more like an emergency Budget

COMMENT: Allies insist that, after a gloomy start in the job, the chancellor had long planned to shift up a gear – but her announcement of a third Heathrow runway and a ‘Silicon Valley’ from Oxford to Cambridge felt suspiciously like someone in a hurry to correct her own mistakes,…

The Independent UK

Reeves looks to the skies in search of economic growth with support for Heathrow

Rachel Reeves put support for a third runway at the London hub airport at the heart of her plan to kickstart the UK economy.

Evening Standard

Business groups welcome Reeves’ growth plans but remain ‘concerned’ about Budget

The Chancellor backed the expansion of Heathrow, and plans to turn Oxford and Cambridge into ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ in a bid to boost the economy.

Evening Standard

Environmentalists urge Reeves to rethink plans for airports and roads

Critics say chancellor’s ‘growth at all costs’ plans are not compatible with UK’s climate targets

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Chancellor backs Heathrow third runway as she lays out plans for growth

Rachel Reeves struck a more positive note on the economy as she announced a slew of infrastructure projects.

Evening Standard

UK cannot afford to not build runways, says Reynolds ahead of key Reeves speech

The Chancellor is due to set out policies on Wednesday to encourage economic growth, including an expected expansion of Heathrow airport.

Evening Standard

Starmer vows to clear ‘regulatory weeds’ ahead of Reeves growth speech

Writing in The Times, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer criticised the ‘morass of regulation that effectively bans billions of pounds’ of investment.

Evening Standard

Reeves plans to create ‘Silicon Valley’ between Oxford and Cambridge

Chancellor to announce plans to improve infrastructure in region to put it at forefront of science and tech advances

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves to pledge to ‘fight’ for growth in economic speech

The Chancellor will claim the so-called ‘Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor’ has ‘the potential to be Europe’s Silicon Valley’.

Evening Standard

The Rev Don Cupitt obituary

Controversial academic and theologian best known for his 1984 television series The Sea of Faith

The Guardian - UK

‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out

University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity

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Prime Target episode 2 recap: cover-ups in Cambridge and firefights in France

We meet our second main character

Evening Standard

Elizabeth II ‘very calm’ when warned about Russian spy Anthony Blunt, newly released MI5 documents show

MI5 reveals confessions of three members of infamous Cambridge Five spy ring as tranche of documents released into National Archives

The Independent UK

Kim Philby owned up to spying for Russia – but said he would do it all again

Newly declassified files show the moment the notorious Cambridge double agent finally confessed to his treachery.

The Guardian - UK

David Higginbotham obituary

Other lives: Teacher for more than 50 years at King’s College school, Cambridge

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Friends who turned tiddlywinks into a competitive sport mark 70 years of club

They established competitive rules, wrote a thesis ‘The Science Of Tiddlywinks’ and coined new terminology.

The Independent UK

Ice skaters make most of freezing conditions on flooded Fenland fields

Temperatures dropped low enough for skating on a field near the River Cam at Upware, Cambridgeshire.

The Guardian - UK

Morag Styles obituary

First professor of children’s poetry at Cambridge, who also worked to promote the teaching, dissemination and understanding of Caribbean poetry

The Guardian - UK

James Waller obituary

Other lives: Leading scientist in the field of tropical plant pathology and a world authority on diseases of coffee

The Independent UK

The New Year Honours list 2025 in full: Every person celebrated this year

From OBEs to Knight Commander

The Guardian - UK

And He Shall Appear by Kate van der Borgh review – enjoyable dark academia

Whispers of the the occult, class rivalry and Elizabethan alchemy fuel a glamorous debut set in a Cambridge college

The Guardian - UK

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