Cambridge scientists test ChatGPT with 2,000-year-old maths puzzle, and discover how it ‘thinks’ AI chatbot’s thought process is ‘like a learner or scholar’, researchers say The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2025
AstraZeneca to upgrade US listing in ‘knock-back for London’ UK’s biggest drugmaker will put its US shares on a par with its London-based stock but says HQ will stay in Cambridge The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2025
AstraZeneca to overhaul US listing but remain on London market and keep UK HQ The Cambridge-based firm is set to directly list its ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange amid an increased focus on the US. Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2025
Police officer, 24, dies one week after being hit by car Pc Faizaan Najeeb was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge but died early on Friday. The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2025
Flagship Pioneering, Creator Of Moderna, Launches Extuitive With $20M To Reinvent Consumer Products Using AI Shoppers Flagship Pioneering, the Cambridge venture firm known for creating Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA), last Thursday unveiled a new startup called Extuitive with $20 million in seed funding. Benzinga · Sep 24, 2025
Family of student who died from asthma attack urge young people to carry inhaler Zoe Nunn died aged 20 while on a night out with friends in Cambridge. The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025
Rosalba Carriera painting sold at auction for more than 20 times its estimate The sum is a world record for a work by Carriera, who died in 1757 aged 84, according to Cheffins auctioneers in Cambridge. Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025
Oxford and Cambridge pushed out of top three UK university rankings for first time It’s the first time neither have held a place in the top three in the 32 years the Times guide has been running The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025
London School of Economics named UK's top university as Oxbridge pushed out of top three for first time London School of Economics held onto the top spot, and Durham was named university of the year 2026 Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025
Public service broadcasters say ministers misunderstand consolidation meaning Speaking at the Royal Television Society Convention in Cambridge, UK media bosses agreed merging PSB’s would not be a good thing for the UK. Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025
BBC News’s chief executive says broadcaster must act as a ‘town square’ for UK Deborah Turness also said impartial journalism is needed now ‘more than ever’ while speaking at the Royal Television Society Convention in Cambridge. Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025
Big pharma firms have paused nearly £2bn in UK investments this year Government’s plans in disarray before Trump talks as MSD, Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca moves prompt job fears The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025
AstraZeneca Puts Cambridge Expansion On Ice Adding Pressure On Starmer Ahead Of Trump Visit The U.K.-based AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ:AZN) paused a planned 200 million pounds ($271.26 million) investment in its Cambridge research site. Benzinga · Sep 15, 2025
AstraZeneca pauses £200m expansion in Cambridge It comes after the pharmaceutical firm abandoned plans to invest £450 million in a vaccine plant in Merseyside earlier this year. Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2025
The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025 Britain’s biggest company AstraZeneca pauses £200m investment into Cambridge site The investment had been set to create 1,000 jobs
The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025 AstraZeneca pauses £200m investment in Cambridge research site Decision means none of drugmaker’s much-trumpeted £650m UK investment package is currently proceeding
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025 Man denies murdering Saudi student who was stabbed in Cambridge Mohammed Algasim, 20, died in Cambridge, where he had come to study English, in August.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025 From a spruced-up Big Ben to Cambridge’s crystal doughnut – Stirling prize for architecture shortlist unveiled Six contenders for the prestigious UK award for excellence in architecture also include two houses, a medical research centre and a college of fashion – but nothing north of the Fens
Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2025 Hospital pays out compensation after infection outbreak linked to water supply There were three patient deaths, two of them as a result of complications linked to the outbreak at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.
Homes & Gardens · Aug 18, 2025 From California to Cambridge – how this family found a new life in an old English home that merges tradition with laid-back West Coast style An American family has fully embraced an English aesthetic in their Cambridge Arts and Crafts home, which is full of color, pattern and joyous design details
Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025 Locks need urgent repair amid threat to future of Cambridge punting – Ed Davey Sir Ed was speaking after he tried his hand at punting on Friday.
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025 Cambridge punting at risk amid £25 million funding crisis There are grave fears for the century-old pastime
Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025 Future of punting in Cambridge faces threat from locks ‘in danger of collapse’ The collapse of a lock could lower river water levels to a ‘muddle trickle’, experts warned.
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025 Who are the right-wing politicians and influencers joining JD Vance on his Cotswolds holiday? JD Vance’s trip to the UK has seen him dine with a number of right wing figures, from Reform leader Nigel Farage to Cambridge academic James Orr
The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2025 John Hipkin obituary Other lives: Dedicated teacher and local councilor who served as the mayor of Cambridge