Cambridge Breakfast

Jessica Blundell tells Julian Clover about Strawberry Fair's brand new Welcome Team — a lively group of performers, actors and volunteers bringing smiles, colour and Fair magic to the gates.

Cambridge Samaritans has been named charity partner for this year's Cambridge Beer Festival. The event takes place on Jesus Green from tonight. The charity hopes to raise funds and awareness […]

The Cambridge Beer Festival returns to Jesus Green next week with some of the UK's best beers competing to be crowned Champion Beer of Britain. The festival, organised by CAMRA, […]

Cambridge University, Cambridge United and Cambridge City Council, have jointly launched a new visual identity and logo, recognising the city as the birthplace of modern football.   In 1848, Cambridge […]

Campaigners in Cambridge are calling for tighter controls on Houses in Multiple Occupation — known as HMOs — arguing that some parts of the city are seeing too many family […]

Scottish folk-pop band Tide Lines are coming to the Cambridge Junction next Wednesday. Singer and songwriter Robert Robertson talks to Linda Ness about the band.

Registration has opened for this year's Bridge the Gap charity walk in Cambridge. The annual event returns on Sunday 13 September, starting and finishing on Parker's Piece. Walkers will follow […]

Julian finds out what’s planned at the Strawberry Fair Kids’ Park on June 6.

Cambridge Breakfast presenter Julian Clover has a broken arm. Who better to ask about the healing process than our resident scientist Dr Andrew Holding.  

A Hills Road resident is calling for action to save one of the last large trees on the route. The Common Lime tree, between Brooklands Avenue and Station Road, is […]

One of the most iconic cult musicals is back in Cambridge as the Rocky Horror show takes over the Cambridge Corn Exchange this week, packed with outrageous characters, unforgettable songs […]

Hetti King from Rowan tells Linda about their new evening classes.

This April, St Paul's Church in Cambridge is playing host to Art at St Paul's. The exhibition showcases 200 artworks on display from 75 leading artists. Emily Wright tells Linda […]

Twelve Explorer Scouts from across Cambridgeshire are undergoing an intensive, “fast-track” work experience scheme to master the scientific techniques of professional archaeology. Scout leader Coyote, together with Ellie-May and Ray […]

More than 10 million litres of fat have been prevented from entering sewers across the East of England. Anglian Water says that's the equivalent of over 16 million blocks of […]

  Julian Clover is joined by Dr Andrew Holding for their monthly science chat including the loneliness of space and the prospect of lab grown chocolate.  

Food insecurity is affecting more than a quarter of UK households with children — and researchers say it's having a direct impact on early childhood development and obesity. A new […]

Ukrainian teenagers living in Cambridgeshire have suggested twinning Cambridge with a city in Ukraine. Two of them, Masha and Dasha, joined by Chair of Cambridge4Ukraine Andrii Smytsnuik, to tell Linda […]

The Sunday Times Best Places to Live 2026 guide has been released and Cambridge has been listed as an A star location. One of the judges,Tim Palmer, tells Linda Ness […]

More than 400 volunteers are getting ready to welcome visitors to this year's Thriplow Daffodil Weekend (21-22 March), the village charity event is packed with family activities, live music and […]

A PhD student from the University of Cambridge has been named one of the winners of an international science competition that explains complex research through dance. Dina Haddad, from Cambridge's […]

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Cambridge City Council has commissioned two new large-scale murals for the Mill Road area — and the community will help shape what they look like. Julian Clover speaks to international […]

A new research project in Cambridge is looking at poverty through the experiences of people living it every day. Community group Abbey People is working with the University of Cambridge […]

Dr Elena Sottilotta and Sofia Benedetti from the Cambridge University Italian Society tell Linda Ness about their play Weavers of Fairy Tales at St John’s College next Saturday.

As the climate warms and global food systems come under increasing pressure, what will the meals of the future look and taste like? Julian Clover discusses the upcoming Cambridge Festival […]

A set of rare hand-painted albums and botanical works by Clarence Bicknell will go on display in Botany in Print, as part of Trinity's 2026 Arts Week. Among the highlights […]

In a world first, plants at Cambridge University Botanic Garden will be given a digital voice this spring, as a new exhibition invites visitors to have real-time conversations with plants […]

Dr Andrew Holding unravels the return to the moon and whether heavier electric buses are the cause of more potholes.

Horrible Histories Live (and Dead!) on Stage is at Cambridge Corn Exchange on Sunday March 1 feature both the hit TV songs and stars of the popular CBBC series. Julian […]

Four years after Russia's full invasion of Ukraine Julian Clover hears about the Borshch Time event that's bringing the Ukrainian Community together. Round the breakfast table are Yaryna Yemets Founder, […]

Gavin Richards speaks to Dr Giles Yeo, obesity researcher and award-winning broadcaster, ahead of his talk at this year’s Cambridge Festival

Julian Clover hears about a new co-housing project in Northstowe from the company behind Marmalade Lane.  

A Community Group in the East of the City wants to restore a 13th Century Church that has been disused since Covid. The Church of St Andrew the Less is […]

A replica of Doctor Who's TARDIS has dematerialised at a Cambridge church. The Police Box has taken up residence in the courtyard of the Zion Baptist Church on Bradmore Street […]

The Cambridgeshire Community Foundation has renewed its appeal to support people who may have lost out following changes to the Winter Fuel Allowance. It says only around £2,000 has been […]

The organisers of Strawberry Fair say they're looking for partnerships with local businesses to secure the future of the event. The music and arts festival has been held on Midsummer […]

Author Caroline Swinburne tells Julian about her new novel Solo, about a musician forced to confront her fear, and there’s a sticky Odd One Out.

A Cambridge rowing business says it feels “terrified” after the University of Cambridge opposed its attempt to trademark an its logo. Cambridge Rowing applied to register the mark in January […]

Finding true love in a noir New York of hustlers, gangsters and showgirls might sound like a long shot — but add Frank Loesser's music, a bit of swagger and […]

Wimpole Estate has welcomed 5 Dartmoor ponies to help manage new wood pastures in South Cambs. The National Trust says the ponies will graze among young trees, helping control thistles […]

As we start Dry January, Dr Andrew Holding explains the benefits of going without alcohol.