Cambridgeshire

American

[keym-brij-sheer, -sher] / ˈkeɪm brɪdʒˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

a county in E England. 1,316 sq. mi. (3,410 sq. km).

Cambridgeshire British

/ -ʃə, ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒˌʃɪə /

noun

a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)

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About 900 fish died because of elevated levels of ammonia and low levels of oxygen at Kings Delph, near Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, in September 2024.

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The vehicle left the road on North Brink, in Wisbech St Mary, at about 20:20 GMT on Tuesday, Cambridgeshire Police said.

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Cambridgeshire County Council's children and young people committee agreed on Tuesday to extend financial support in Cambridgeshire until September.

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Councillor Bryony Goodliffe, Labour's spokesperson on children and young people at the county council, told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire that the reduction would have "a huge impact".

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Just this week, Hinchingbrooke School in Cambridgeshire - where Pepys was a pupil - renamed a house that was named after him.

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