Gemma Gardner
News Editor at Cambridge Independent
Award-winning journo, tea drinker and live music fan. News editor for @CambridgeIndy. DMs open. Views my own.
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cambridgeindependent.co.uk | Gemma Gardner
Chesterton Festival returns on Saturday (21 June) - and everyone is invited. The festival, which takes place on Pye’s Recreation Ground and is run by volunteers, will be held from 12-4.30pm. The event will feature stalls, refreshments and arts and crafts. Organisers are promising a “bigger and better” fun zone, featuring a bouncy castle, gorilla climb and pirate play zone. There will be local performers and a community tug-of-war, with JezO hosting. Visit chestertonfestival.wordpress.com for more.
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cambridgeindependent.co.uk | Gemma Gardner
Water levels could drop on the Cam and punting on the Backs could become impossible if two of its closed locks fail, according to river experts. But the organisation charged with managing the waterway faces major financial challenges and warns it cannot afford to repair both. The Conservators of the River Cam says that without urgent financial support it cannot undertake work to Jesus Lock island.
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cambridgeindependent.co.uk | Gemma Gardner
A council that was fined £6million after three deaths on its guided busway has agreed to install fencing and barriers along the entire route. Cambridgeshire County Council said the works would “significantly” reduce risk of users “falling or moving into” the busway, which runs from St Ives to Cambridge. Jennifer Taylor, Steve Moir and Kathleen Pitts died after collisions on the route between 2015 and 2021.
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cambridgeindependent.co.uk | Gemma Gardner
Liberal Democrat MP Pippa Heylings has urged the government to scrap Ofwat and replace it with a new regulator with the power to hold polluting water companies to account. It comes after an interim report from Sir Jon Cuncliffe’s Independent Water Commission argued that the water industry needs a “fundamental reset”. The full report is expected “later this summer”. Ms Heylings, MP for South Cambridgeshire, said: “It’s going to take more than a hose down to clean up the water industry.
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cambridgeindependent.co.uk | Gemma Gardner
The M11 is closed in both directions near Stansted Airport this evening (Monday, 16 June) following a crash involving a HGV. According to National Highways, a heavy goods vehicle crossed from the northbound carriageway onto the southbound lanes, overturned and came to rest on its side. As a result, the carriageway is closed between Bishop’s Stortford junction 8, near Stansted Airport, and junction 7A at Harlow North.
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