Man ‘to deny murder of Saudi student in Cambridge and argue self-defence’ Mohammed Algasim, 20, died in Mill Park, a street near the city’s main train station, late on August 1. Evening Standard · Aug 6, 2025
Family pay tribute to ‘pure of heart’ Saudi student who was stabbed in Cambridge Mohammed Algasim, 20, was pronounced dead after police were called to Mill Park, a street near the city’s main train station, late on Friday. Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2025
Man charged with murder of Saudi student who was stabbed in Cambridge Police were called to Mill Park at 11.27pm on Friday following reports of violence. Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2025
Murder probe launched after fatal attack on language school student The 20-year-old man, who was a student at EF International Language Campuses Cambridge, died after the incident on Friday night. Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2025
Lost Salvador Dalí painting bought from a London garage for £150 to auction for 200 times the price The 1966 watercolour, part of a long-lost Arabian Nights series, was authenticated after being rediscovered by an antiques dealer at a garage sale in the UK. Euronews · Aug 3, 2025
Campaigners targeting dozens of UK councils in push for four-day week Move comes as South Cambridgeshire becomes first UK local authority to vote to make work pattern permanent The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025
Former culture secretary Lord Chris Smith elected as Cambridge chancellor More than 23,000 alumni and staff from the university voted online for the first time to elect the new chancellor. Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025
Can AI help predict landslides? Scientists are training it to respond faster to cascading disasters The researchers’ AI flagged more than 7,000 landslides within just three hours following an earthquake last year. Euronews · Jul 23, 2025
Margaret’s, Cambridge: A quietly brilliant neighbourhood bistro worth travelling for RESTAURANT REVIEW: Bethan Kapur visits the newly opened offshoot of Restaurant 22, where thoughtful cooking, warm service and seasonal precision make this candlelit spot one of Cambridge’s best The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025
Historic English cities demand right to impose tourist tax Following the example set by Wales and Scotland, Bath and Cambridge have called for the government to let them introduce visitor levies The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025
Meta opens Cambridge lab as part of AI glasses expansion It comes amid reports the Facebook and Instagram owner has purchased a minority stake in Oakley and Ray-Ban owner EssilorLuxottica SA. Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025
How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong? The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2025
Unsung observatory worker was UK’s first professional female astronomer, experts say Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy is trying to find a photo of Annie Walker, who died in 1940, to give her star billing The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025
‘Life-changing’ drug for teenager who lost mother, aunt and uncle to condition Mary Catchpole, 19, suffers from inherited activated PI3-Kinase delta syndrome (APDS), a life-threatening condition Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025 Breakthrough for teen who lost four family members to inherited condition Mary Catchpole, 19, has the same life-threatening genetic condition, activated PI3-Kinase delta syndrome (APDS)
The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2025 Stormzy awarded honorary Cambridge doctorate in law Rapper recognised for his ‘transformative’ scholarship programme helping black students into higher education
Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2025 Stormzy awarded honorary degree by Cambridge for work supporting black students Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice hailed the rapper’s ‘transformative’ impact on higher education access,
The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2025 Mirrors in space and underwater curtains: can technology buy us enough time to save the Arctic ice caps? A conference in Cambridge this week will explore a raft of geoengineering ideas to cool the region down – and attempt to address the fears of those who argue the risks outweigh the benefits
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2025 There is only one warmonger on the European stage: Vladimir Putin Letter: Experts on Russia, Ukraine and international security respond to a letter that criticised Fiona Hill for her assessment of the Russian threat to Britain
Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025 Imperial College London ranked second best university in world as Oxford and Cambridge lose ground In total, four British universities featured in the international top 10
The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025 Imperial beats Oxbridge in global university rankings for second year in a row Oxford fell from third to fourth place, while Cambridge fell from fifth to sixth in the global rankings for 2026.
The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025 Groundbreaking cancer treatment which ‘destroys tumours with sound’ to be rolled out on NHS UK regulators hail ‘major step forward’ as histotripsy to be offered to liver cancer patients later this year
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2025 Chess: Carlsen secures narrow victory at Stavanger in possible last classical hurrah The world No 1 won by half a point in Norway but said: ‘It’s a long time since I enjoyed a classical tournament’
Euronews · Jun 5, 2025 Trump signs proclamation restricting student visas for foreign students planning to study at Harvard Trump says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make a decision on whether or not Harvard’s almost seven thousand currently enrolled foreign students will be able to keep their visas.
The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025 Runner who died in crash took up sport after fraud charge in US, inquest told Stephen Chamberlain sustained a traumatic head injury in a collision on the A1123 near Stretham, Cambridgeshire, on August 17 last year.