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Cambridge rower James Robson learning to be elite athlete with heart problem

Robson was diagnosed with the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (AF).

The Independent UK

Boat Race looks to the future on 10-year anniversary of gender equality – but choppy waters lie ahead

Organisers are preparing to celebrate the centenary of women’s racing, but a spat over crew selection threatens to overshadow the progress that has been made

The Independent UK

Boat Race 2025: Who is competing for Oxford and Cambridge?

Everything you need to know ahead of the annual race

The Independent UK

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Gender equality at the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race has further to go

In rowing, “catching a crab” is when an oar gets stuck in the water, stopping the boat’s momentum. Progress toward gender equality in the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race has followed a similar rhythm, with periods of forward motion interrupted by moments of tension or pushback.

The Conversation

E.coli fears, selection spat and Cambridge dominance: What to know about the storied Boat Race

Rowing crews from British universities Oxford and Cambridge will compete in the men’s and women’s Boat Race on Sunday

The Independent UK

Cambridge Brothel Case: What's the Point?

Abandoning the "sex slave" narrative exposes the hollowness at the center of cases like this.

Reason

Clive Wilmer obituary

Poet and scholar who promoted the work of John Ruskin and edited a selection of Thom Gunn’s essays

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Lewis Braithwaite obituary

Other lives: Structural engineer and lecturer on canals, towns and cities who campaigned to save historic buildings and street patterns

The Guardian - UK

Best last-minute UK breaks to book before the Easter holidays

Here’s where to go to soak up the last of off-season travel on the British Isles

The Independent UK

Raspberry Pi to muscle into chip market as results in focus after London IPO

The Cambridge-based business will publish its full-year financial results on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Cambridge College student prank finally resolved after 100 years

Trixie Baker inherited the hour hand upon the death of her father

The Independent UK

Missing hand from Cambridge College clock returned decades after student prank

Trixie Baker inherited the hour hand upon the death of her father, Gonville and Caius College graduate Geoffrey Hunter Baker, in 1999 aged 83.

Evening Standard

Weasel testicles infertility cure features in exhibition on medieval medicine

Manuscripts drawn from the collections of the university library and Cambridge’s historic colleges will go on display.

The Independent UK

Cambridge students may have grounds for legal action over Boat Race bans

The Boat Race is less than two weeks away but has been shrouded in controversy

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Evening Standard

Boat Race 2025: Oxford and Cambridge crews announced

With eligibility dispute rocking the storied Boat Race, Oxford and Cambridge crews have been announced

The Independent UK

With eligibility dispute rocking the storied Boat Race, Oxford and Cambridge crews refocus

A dispute over eligibility criteria has rocked the build-up to the Boat Race, a nearly 200-year-old rowing contest between storied universities Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames in London

The Guardian - UK

Banning of teacher-training students from Boat Race may be unlawful, lawyers say

An independent legal opinion has concluded there are ‘strong grounds to challenge the lawfulness’ of the decision to ban three Cambridge students from next month’s Boat Race

Evening Standard

Jockey appears in court charged with murder after fight outside pub

Levi Williams, 25, of Newmarket, Suffolk, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday.

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The Independent UK

Mother’s death on guided busway ‘such a preventable accident’, court told

Three people died in separate incidents involving Cambridgeshire Guided Busway between 2015 and 2021.

Evening Standard

Council had ‘entrenched mismanagement’ of busway safety, court hears

Jennifer Taylor, Steven Moir and Kathleen Pitts all died in separate incidents with Cambridgeshire Guided Busway between 2015 and 2021.

The Independent UK

New £200m train station will boast 1,000 bike spaces – but no car park

Cambridge South is focusing on providing a sustainable travel option with a focus on cycling and pedestrians

Evening Standard

BBC Commentator John Hunt delivers emotional impact statement after murders of wife and two daughters

John Hunt gave an emotional impact statement at Cambridge crown court for the sentencing of Kyle Clifford

The Independent UK

Finger-prick blood tests which quickly detect the deadliest type of stroke could save lives

Blood test likened to a lateral flow test used to detect Covid is being piloted by ambulance crews in Cambridgeshire

The Guardian - UK

Speedy finger-prick tests to diagnose strokes trialled in Cambridgeshire

Kits could allow ambulance crews to identify patients with blood clots in their brain, allowing for quicker treatment

The Guardian - UK

‘A very camp environment’: why Alan Turing fatefully told police he was gay

Ubiquity of then-illegal relations at King’s College, Cambridge, explains puzzling 1952 admission, says scholar

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