Organisers of the world-famous Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race set to take place in Ely next month have asked fans to stay at home and watch the event on TV.
“In between hail storms, I went to Northstowe with Firouz Thompson and St Neots with Geoff Seeff.”
Mayor Palmer tweeted that he had “almost got blown away in Peterborough today but it was good to be able to get out on the campaign trail!”.
As in 2017, the supplementary vote system will be used to elect the mayor for a four-year term of office, which means an eliminating around ahead of the final head-to-head.
The Greens and Independents are yet to announce candidates but in the first round of voting four years ago, 20 per cent of the votes went to the UKIP, Green, Independent and English Democrat candidates.
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Some of the busiest road junctions in Cambridge are to be used in trials of AI traffic signals in an attempt to reduce congestion and improve air quality.
The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) – consisting of the local city and county councils along with South Cambridgeshire District Council and the university – is funding the 12-month project to be run by Vivacity AI Labs.
It will investigate how camera based sensors and machine learning be used to optimise signals to improve traffic flow and reduce the emissions caused by idling vehicles.
This part of a wider package of measure to be discussed by the GCP board later this month.