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Sir John Gurdon obituary

Biologist who won the Nobel prize for discovering that adult cells can be reprogrammed

The Guardian - UK

Nobel Laureate backs Cambridge-based crowdfunding effort to digitize 100,000 hours of recordings from some of the brightest minds in human history

A Cambridge-led project seeks funds to digitize and restore 100,000 hours of historic scientific recordings featuring leading global thinkers.

TechRadar

Cambridge graduate who refused chemotherapy was ‘brainwashed’, says brother

Paloma Shemirani, 23, was ‘adversely influenced’ by her parents and others into not having chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer.

Evening Standard

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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

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

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.

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Cambridge scientists test ChatGPT with 2,000-year-old maths puzzle, and discover how it ‘thinks’

AI chatbot’s thought process is ‘like a learner or scholar’, researchers say

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AstraZeneca to upgrade US listing in ‘knock-back for London’

UK’s biggest drugmaker will put its US shares on a par with its London-based stock but says HQ will stay in Cambridge

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca to overhaul US listing but remain on London market and keep UK HQ

The Cambridge-based firm is set to directly list its ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange amid an increased focus on the US.

Evening Standard

Police officer, 24, dies one week after being hit by car

Pc Faizaan Najeeb was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge but died early on Friday.

The Independent UK

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

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

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

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

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Evening Standard

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

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

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.

The Guardian - UK

Big pharma firms have paused nearly £2bn in UK investments this year

Government’s plans in disarray before Trump talks as MSD, Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca moves prompt job fears

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Benzinga

AstraZeneca Puts Cambridge Expansion On Ice Adding Pressure On Starmer Ahead Of Trump Visit

The U.K.-based AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ:AZN) paused a planned 200 million pounds ($271.26 million) investment in its Cambridge research site.

Evening Standard

AstraZeneca pauses £200m expansion in Cambridge

It comes after the pharmaceutical firm abandoned plans to invest £450 million in a vaccine plant in Merseyside earlier this year.

The Independent UK

Britain’s biggest company AstraZeneca pauses £200m investment into Cambridge site

The investment had been set to create 1,000 jobs

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca pauses £200m investment in Cambridge research site

Decision means none of drugmaker’s much-trumpeted £650m UK investment package is currently proceeding

Evening Standard

Man denies murdering Saudi student who was stabbed in Cambridge

Mohammed Algasim, 20, died in Cambridge, where he had come to study English, in August.

The Guardian - UK

From a spruced-up Big Ben to Cambridge’s crystal doughnut – Stirling prize for architecture shortlist unveiled

Six contenders for the prestigious UK award for excellence in architecture also include two houses, a medical research centre and a college of fashion – but nothing north of the Fens

Evening Standard

Hospital pays out compensation after infection outbreak linked to water supply

There were three patient deaths, two of them as a result of complications linked to the outbreak at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

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