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September Is Back — And So Are The Bills, Rules And Routines

Graham Waite

425 homes at Cambridge North, autumn energy bills, £1 toilets, tenant rights, online scams and the things worth checking as September gets serious.

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125 New Homes, Forest City And £100k In Litter Fines — What’s Changing?

Graham Waite

New homes in March, the Forest City debate, mental health facilities, home-phone changes, historic places, dog walks and the £100k litter-fine question.

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Cambridgeshire Is Changing — But Is It Getting Better?

Graham Waite

50,000 new homes, mortgage costs, potholes, walks, markets and the places worth your time this summer.

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Cambridgeshire This Week: £500 Auctions, Dog Grooming & What’s On

Graham Waite

Plus charity-shop hunting, children’s dental checks, Cambridge myths, local events and plenty more.

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Hosepipes, Hot Houses And The Cambridgeshire Questions People Actually Ask

Graham Waite

The hosepipe ban, Cambridge growth, hot homes, family days out, house moves, local experts—and the questions nobody should leave until later.

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Cambridge Is Growing Fast. Ordinary Life Isn't Keeping Up.

Graham Waite

15,000 homes, bus battles, East West Rail, Italian arguments, dog walks, café favourites and the question everyone keeps asking: who is this county actually being built for?

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Cambridge Isn’t The Whole County. Discuss.

Graham Waite

The Cambridgeshire group chat: housing, transport, summer ideas, local recommendations and a few uncomfortable questions.

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Universal is coming. Should Cambridgeshire care?

Graham Waite

Universal’s Bedfordshire resort could ripple into St Neots, Huntingdon, Cambourne and Cambridge while South Cambs villages ask hard questions about Kingsway Solar.

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Cambridgeshire: Papering Over The Cracks Or Finally Fixing Something?

Graham Waite

Waterbeach, Forest City, St Ives bottlenecks, hot new builds, NHS dentists, pub gardens and summer events — this week we ask whether Cambridgeshire’s fixes are keeping up with real life.

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Cambridgeshire’s “Should Only Take Five Minutes” Issue

Graham Waite

This week: Cambridge parking maths, A14/A10 awards, childcare gaps, rent decisions, Fenland drainage, Eat + Park picks, Smarter Paws, Mary’s Child and the five-minute Hall of Shame

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GP Apps, Pet Rentals And Bills That Made Cambridgeshire Take A Deep Breath

Graham Waite

This week: GP apps, pet-friendly renting, Market Square, mortgage renewals, back pain, household bills, pub prices and the question Cambridgeshire keeps asking — what actually changed?

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What They're Not Telling You About Cambridge Market Square — And 6 Other Stories That Need Telling

Graham Waite

The council's own highways team called the Market Square plan "not safe, not proven and not acceptable." Nobody reported it. We did.

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Farmers vs Ramblers Explodes £1,095 HMO Letters Landing | Cash Buyers Snatching Semis in Hours

Graham Waite

Plus: council reorg row heating up, £450 hidden estate fees, new build decorating traps, 5 village pubs doing Sunday lunch right, £550 in free bank switch cash, and energy bills doubling overnight.

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Stop Wasting Money — This Week’s Local Hits & Misses

Graham Waite

Garden centres, farm shops, pools, dog walkers — real answers, no guesswork

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Petrol spikes, Pothole Slalom, and the £92m "Facelift" nobody asked for.

Graham Waite

Global oil drama hits the local pump, the "maths" of jumping to an EV, and why Suzanne says your boiler is plotting against you.

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Cambridgeshire Spotlight: fuel prices, family budgets & 10 Mother’s Day ideas

Graham Waite

lus: cafés worth visiting, small business signals and why everyone should have a power of attorney.

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Is This The Future of Cambridgeshire?

Graham Waite

From Eddington to city centre trees — what’s changing across the county this week.

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Cambridgeshire Spotlight The stuff no one local paper will say

Graham Waite

Parking, property & a debate you won’t agree on 100% Cambridgeshire Spotlight

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Cambridgeshire Spotlight: It’s Not the Economy — We’re Getting Mugged

Graham Waite

This week’s deep dive into the county’s biggest rip-offs — and the locals fighting back with brains, humour and biscuits.

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Inside This Week: Cambridgeshire Property Reality, Local Business Wins & Practical Tips for Life in Cambs

Graham Waite

Market insights, community business stories, family ideas and money-saving tips you can use this week.

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Inside This Week: Property Reality, Local Biz Wins & Practical Tips for Life in Cambs

Graham Waite

Market insights, community business stories, family ideas and money-saving tips you can use this week.

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This is the January Cambridgeshire Doesn't Talk About

Graham Waite

The queues, the cost the coping - what no one prints in your local parish magazine

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Cambridgeshire Spotlight: Everyone’s shattered. Here’s where people disappear to.

Graham Waite

Real people, quiet places, and the parts of December that actually help

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Who gave this Secret Santa Gift In This Weeks Cambridgeshire Spotlight?

Graham Waite

And five better ideas you can steal before your office or family party...

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Cambridgeshire Spotlight - Nativity meltdowns, house prices and Budget “joys” — a very local week

Graham Waite

From Nativity costumes and Budget surprises to rising house prices and school madness — it’s a very Cambridgeshire December. Kettle on, you’re in good company.

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Cambridgeshire went full chaos this week — and we loved every second 💛

Graham Waite

Christmas lights arguments, Mill Road magic, winter sports madness… and the tiny wins keeping us all sane.

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Someone on the 18:25 from Peterborough deserves a Medal — and a Round at Bamboo Sky

Graham Waite

Inside: real heroes, indie cafés, glowing faces, and a clever stacking trick that actually works.

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Who Really Deserves a Day Off — and a Free Mansion - Cambridgeshire Spotlight joins the debate

Graham Waite

Cambridgeshire’s been busy: four-day work weeks, grace-and-favour perks, and the small joys of coffee, markets, and chaos on the A10. Dive in

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Autumn settles in across Cambridgeshire — and we’ve got the stories to match

Graham Waite

From steady property prices to cosy village life and upcoming local events — your Cambridgeshire Spotlight is here with a warm slice of real Cambridgeshire this week.

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Cambridgeshire Spotlight – Your Week in Local Life, Laughter & Little Victories

Graham Waite

This week we’ve been knee-deep in pumpkin patches, café chatter, and the odd traffic jam on the A14. From Ely’s riverside walks to Cambridge’s caffeine scene, it’s all here — local life in full swing, unfiltered and unmistakably Cambridgeshire. Take five minutes, sip something hot, and scroll through the stories that actually sound like home.

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© 2026 Cambridgeshire Spotlight .

September is bringing school routines, rising household costs, council changes and plenty of things that are easier to sort before they become a problem. This week we look at Cambridge North’s 425 homes, autumn energy bills, tenant rights, online shopping scams, £1 public toilets, new-build neighbourhoods and plenty more across Cambridgeshire.

© 2026 Cambridgeshire Spotlight .