Tom Jackson

Cambridge

Breakfast and Daytime Reporter at BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

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Cambridge locks closure 'hampers life' for stranded boaters

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Harriet Heywood |Tom Jackson

Image source, Tom Jackson/BBCImage caption, Ally Clarke said essential repairs like blacking the bottom of her boat to protect it from rust and corrosion, were now well overdueA boater whose vessel is trapped between two closed river locks says the situation has "hampered day-to-day living". Ally Clarke is among a group of boatowners closed in on a 5km (3.2mile) stretch of the River Cam after the locks - at Baits Bite at Milton and Jesus Lock in Cambridge - were closed last June.
Peterborough sheep farmer's frustration over dog incidents

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Tom Jackson |Laura Devlin

Image source, Tom Jackson/BBCImage caption, The Baxter brothers Ryan and Craig farm sheep at Castor, near PeterboroughA farmer has described sheep worrying as a constant concern as walkers cut through his land with their dogs off the lead. Ryan Baxter said several heavily pregnant ewes among his 320-strong flock at Castor, near Peterborough, had miscarried after being chased.
'Creative courses on my doorstep in Cambridge saved my life'

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Tom Jackson |Laura Devlin

Image source, Cambridge Community ArtsImage caption, Beverley Mavin said the end of her teaching career was a "terrible shock"BBC News, Cambridgeshire A teacher who embarked on arts courses after being made redundant during the pandemic said the chance to explore her creative side had "saved her life". Beverley Mavin, 69, taught English as a foreign language and lost her job with all other staff when the Cambridge Academy of English in Girton went out of business during lockdown.
Japanese-themed celebration at Coton Orchard

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Tom Jackson |Kate Moser Andon

Image source, Tom Jackson/BBCImage caption, Coton Orchard is hosting the flower-viewing event to celebrate Anglo-Japanese relationsA flower-viewing event is taking place at an historic orchard to celebrate Anglo-Japanese relations. Coton Orchard, near Cambridge, is hosting a hanami - the Japanese tradition of enjoying blossoms in their spring-time bloom. Anna Gazeley, whose family owns the century-old site, said it was "a bit like being in Kyoto" when the flowers emerge.