The Latest Breaking News from Cambridge

AstraZeneca CEO hails NHS drug price deal but keeps pause on £200m UK investment

Pascal Soriot suggests UK-US agreement will not be enough to revive plan to expand Cambridge site

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10

Viking Age mass grave unearthed near Cambridge with remains of ‘extremely tall’ man who had brain surgery

The individual was somewhere between 17 and 24 years old, with evidence indicating he may have had a hormone-related growth condition

The Independent UK · Feb 10

Viking Age mass grave holds mysterious mix of dismembered human remains and complete skeletons, including a 'giant' who'd had brain surgery

Archaeologists and student excavators uncovered a Viking Age pit full of dismembered remains near Cambridge, England.

LiveScience · Feb 9

Secret love letter shows softer side of Cambridge spy ring’s alleged fifth man

Intimate correspondence between John Cairncross and Gloria Barraclough features in National Archives exhibition

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21

Trinity Hall admissions policy has not changed

Letter: The Cambridge college remains committed to widening participation, says its master, Mary Hockaday

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15

Raspberry Pi faces uncertainty over memory shortages due to AI boom

The Cambridge-based business saw shares slide in early trading as it pointed towards ‘limited visibility’ regarding future trading.

Evening Standard · Jan 13

No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better

Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back foot, says professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter, Lee Elliot Major

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10

Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment

Exclusive: Trinity Hall’s new policy described as a ‘slap in the face’ for state-educated students

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7

‘Oh my gosh, they’re all from London and Cambridge’: York University’s northerners fight back

Lucy Morville, from Burnley, thought most students would be from the north and felt ‘culture shock’ surrounded by southerners

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4

Unlearning History

Three decades after Massachusetts ended its disastrous experiment with rent control, voters are considering giving the policy another shot.

Reason · Dec 30, 2025