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Former culture secretary Lord Chris Smith elected as Cambridge chancellor

More than 23,000 alumni and staff from the university voted online for the first time to elect the new chancellor.

Evening Standard

Can AI help predict landslides? Scientists are training it to respond faster to cascading disasters

The researchers’ AI flagged more than 7,000 landslides within just three hours following an earthquake last year.

Euronews

Margaret’s, Cambridge: A quietly brilliant neighbourhood bistro worth travelling for

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Bethan Kapur visits the newly opened offshoot of Restaurant 22, where thoughtful cooking, warm service and seasonal precision make this candlelit spot one of Cambridge’s best

The Independent UK

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Historic English cities demand right to impose tourist tax

Following the example set by Wales and Scotland, Bath and Cambridge have called for the government to let them introduce visitor levies

The Independent UK

Meta opens Cambridge lab as part of AI glasses expansion

It comes amid reports the Facebook and Instagram owner has purchased a minority stake in Oakley and Ray-Ban owner EssilorLuxottica SA.

Evening Standard

How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster

A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Unsung observatory worker was UK’s first professional female astronomer, experts say

Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy is trying to find a photo of Annie Walker, who died in 1940, to give her star billing

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Breakthrough for teen who lost four family members to inherited condition

Mary Catchpole, 19, has the same life-threatening genetic condition, activated PI3-Kinase delta syndrome (APDS)

The Independent UK

‘Life-changing’ drug for teenager who lost mother, aunt and uncle to condition

Mary Catchpole, 19, suffers from inherited activated PI3-Kinase delta syndrome (APDS), a life-threatening condition

Evening Standard

Stormzy awarded honorary Cambridge doctorate in law

Rapper recognised for his ‘transformative’ scholarship programme helping black students into higher education

The Guardian - UK

Stormzy awarded honorary degree by Cambridge for work supporting black students

Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice hailed the rapper’s ‘transformative’ impact on higher education access,

Evening Standard

Mirrors in space and underwater curtains: can technology buy us enough time to save the Arctic ice caps?

A conference in Cambridge this week will explore a raft of geoengineering ideas to cool the region down – and attempt to address the fears of those who argue the risks outweigh the benefits

The Guardian - UK

There is only one warmonger on the European stage: Vladimir Putin

Letter: Experts on Russia, Ukraine and international security respond to a letter that criticised Fiona Hill for her assessment of the Russian threat to Britain

The Guardian - UK

Imperial College London ranked second best university in world as Oxford and Cambridge lose ground

In total, four British universities featured in the international top 10

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The Independent UK

Imperial beats Oxbridge in global university rankings for second year in a row

Oxford fell from third to fourth place, while Cambridge fell from fifth to sixth in the global rankings for 2026.

The Independent UK

Groundbreaking cancer treatment which ‘destroys tumours with sound’ to be rolled out on NHS

UK regulators hail ‘major step forward’ as histotripsy to be offered to liver cancer patients later this year

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen secures narrow victory at Stavanger in possible last classical hurrah

The world No 1 won by half a point in Norway but said: ‘It’s a long time since I enjoyed a classical tournament’

Euronews

Trump signs proclamation restricting student visas for foreign students planning to study at Harvard

Trump says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make a decision on whether or not Harvard’s almost seven thousand currently enrolled foreign students will be able to keep their visas.

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The Independent UK

Runner who died in crash took up sport after fraud charge in US, inquest told

Stephen Chamberlain sustained a traumatic head injury in a collision on the A1123 near Stretham, Cambridgeshire, on August 17 last year.

The Independent UK

Clumsy cows kept falling into a river. New GPs technology could stop them

Cows will be trained to turn back when they hear a noise from their collar

Evening Standard

Cambridge cows get GPS collars to stop them from falling into river

A firm that makes geofencing for livestock said animals are controlled by solar-powered GPS collars and an app.

The Guardian - UK

‘Any 11-year-old could tell you that!’ The University Challenge final, reviewed by last year’s winner

As another series comes to a nailbiting end, last year’s Imperial captain finds one team way too leisurely – and some of the questions altogether too easy. Must try harder!

Evening Standard

Mothers of patients of suspended surgeon seek meeting with Health Secretary

Ms Kuldeep Stohr, who specialises in paediatric surgery, was suspended earlier this year from her role at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

International Business Times UK

UK South of Cambridge, Ispwich, or Milton Keynes at Risk of Being Hit by Soviet Spacecraft: What's Going On?

A lost Soviet satellite, Kosmos 482, is predicted to crash back to Earth, with a 500kg fragment potentially hitting the planet between 9th and 13th May.

Tom’s Hardware

Over 250 billion Arm chips have shipped since the first ARM1 processor launched 40 years ago

The first Arm processor was created in Cambridge in 1985.

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