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Geordies top table of house-proud Brits who love having tidy homes - see full list

A poll found 55% of Brits say they keep their homes spick and span. But in Newcastle that is 68%. Next on the clean list are Cambridge then Birmingham on 64% and 59%

Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022

Tripadvisor reveals UK’s most terrifying ghosts tours ahead of Halloween 2022

The stout of heart, spook seekers and murderer enthusiasts can sign up to ghost tours in London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cambridge and many more cities ahead of Halloween 2022

Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022

Glasgow named second best city in the UK by Condé Nast Traveller

The annual Readers' Choice Awards from Condé Nast Traveller have revealed that Glasgow is the second best city in the UK, beaten out only by Cambridge by 1.47 points - and coming in ahead of London.

Glasgow Live · Oct 6, 2022

‘If not for the Ice Bucket Challenge, we wouldn’t be here’: Cambridge company on the brink of FDA-approved ALS treatment

BOSTON — Eight years after the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral across social media and raised hundreds of millions of dollars for research, a Cambridge company is on the brink of a major breakthrough for ALS patients.

Boston Herald · Sep 25, 2022

Will we ever see pictures of the big bang? We ask an expert

Dr Matthew Bothwell, public astronomer at the University of Cambridge, on whether humans will one day be able to observe the origin of the universe

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022

Cambridge University received ‘significant benefits’ from slavery, inquiry finds

The inquiry, set up by the university in 2019, found that Cambridge benefited financially from the slave trade.

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

UK’s first institute dedicated to early cancer research opens in Cambridge

The Early Cancer Institute (ECI) will house as many as 120 researchers who will focus on cancers that are hard to treat

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Truss and Kwarteng in fresh push to persuade SoftBank to list Arm in UK

Cambridge-based chip designer’s owner prefers US to London but PM and chancellor aim to revive talks

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2022

A fenland walk to a great pub: the Carpenters Arms, Cambridgeshire

This lowlands route imbued with centuries of English history leads through fragrant wildflower meadows to a reborn pub

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2022

Girl, 14, killed in road crash while riding bike was a 'role model' says school

Isla Cochrane, a 14-year-old pupil of the Perse School in Cambridge, died in a collision with a car while riding her bike last Saturday and her school has paid tribute to her calling her a "role model"

Daily Mirror · Sep 14, 2022