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Tom Jackson

Cape Town

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Co-Founder and Writer at Disrupt Africa

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  • 4 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Tom Jackson |Harriet Heywood

    Image source, Tom Jackson/BBCImage caption, The Market Square project was originally expected to be completed in January 2025Businesses say they are already seeing signs recovery after the reopening of a town's Market Square. A multi-million-pound revamp of the square in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, began in January last year as part of a wider £15m investment.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Helen Burchell |Tom Jackson

    Image source, Tom Jackson/BBCImage caption, Richard Slade said he hoped his latest fundraiser would help repair an ancient rift between two locationsA mayor is expecting "a bit of chafing" as he cycles from St Neots in Cambridgeshire to St Neot in Cornwall for charity, while going in some way to help repair an ancient rift. Richard Slade is undertaking the roughly 300-mile (480km) journey over the bank holiday weekend.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tom Jackson |Harriet Heywood

    Boaters on a city stretch of water face an uncertain summer stuck between two closed locks which have been deemed too expensive to repair. Jesus Green Lock in Cambridge and Baits Bite Lock, further north at Milton, were closed in June 2024 for safety reasons and were flagged as requiring stabilising and rebuilding. A number of boatowners have been left stranded on the 5km (3.2mile) stretch of the River Cam ever since.

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Tom Jackson

    Unopened Victorian soft drink bottle found at digTom JacksonHarriet HeywoodTom Jackson/BBCThe oldest discovery at the site so far is a soft drinks bottle, believed to be from the 1890s, with the words Wadsworth's CambridgeAn unopened Victorian soft drink has been discovered by archaeologists ahead of work to turn a shopping centre into a new science hub.

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Tom Jackson |Harriet Heywood

    Image source, Tom Jackson/BBCImage caption, The oldest discovery at the site so far is a soft drinks bottle, believed to be from the 1890s, with the words Wadsworth's CambridgeAn unopened Victorian soft drink has been discovered by archaeologists ahead of work to turn a shopping centre into a new science hub. Archaeologists have been excavating a Cambridge car park as part of a multi-million pound project to turn the Grafton shopping centre into labs and offices.

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Tom Jackson @tomjackson1988
29 Apr 25

At last some good news! https://t.co/Tf0H1Lglvg

Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson @tomjackson1988
28 Apr 25

Got pulled up by a founder today for asking a couple of pretty reasonable questions about his or her company's recent down-round. I think this is a fair response, no? https://t.co/s1vAhYEYLG

Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson @tomjackson1988
9 Apr 25

Literally nothing has been learnt from last time round. It’s another 4 years of abusive amateur hour https://t.co/PAZPFD1GrI