Emergency services are currently at the scene

Police rushed to an incident on a busy Cambridge road. Emergency services have been spotted this morning at an incident on Hills Road in Cambridge (Saturday, July 4).

Police cars, a critical care car and an ambulance are at the scene of an incident at a building on Hills Road. Local residents have spotted an ambulance and police cars at the scene.

It is not yet clear what the exact nature of the incident is. Cambridgeshire Police have been contacted but the force refused to comment at this stage. Cambridgeshire Live will bring you updates on the incident when we have them.

A Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv presses on with bombardment of Russia’s oil infrastructure.

Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year.

Gov. Alexander Beglov said the city’s Kirovsky district on the Baltic Sea was hit. He also said that air defenses shot down 72 Ukrainian drones across Russia’s second-largest city and the surrounding region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as part of Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions” against Russia. He said that Ukrainian forces also hit a military target on the island of Kronstadt, just off the coast of St. Petersburg.

“The Ukrainian defense forces hit the port oil infrastructure, which earns money for the Russian war, and there were also hits on Kronstadt — an important military target,” he said in a post on Telegram.

St. Petersburg’s Kirovsky district was previously hit in June, ahead of Russia’s flagship St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014, has suffered particularly from heavy strikes, causing local authorities to suspend gasoline sales to civilians. A Ukrainian attack on Saturday killed one person and injured two more, including a 10-year-old child, the Moscow-installed Gov. Sergei Aksyonov said.

Ukrainian attacks bring the war home

Russian President Vladimir Putin has shrugged off Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s energy facilities as “not critical,” and insisted the war will continue until his goals are met.

He has described the attacks on Russian energy as an effort by Ukraine to distract attention from its losses on the battlefield, although analysts say the advance of Russian forces has been stymied in recent months.

On Friday, Putin visited the Russian military headquarters directing the war in Ukraine and received a report on the capture of the city of Kostyantynivka, after weeks of intense street battles. He hailed it as a key step toward capturing the nearby cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the key remaining strongholds in the so-called “forest belt” of heavily fortified cities in the Donetsk region that remain in Ukraine’s hands.

The capture of Kostyantynivka, a big transport and industrial hub, is of “major strategic importance,” Putin, clad in military fatigues, said in televised comments.

Putin appears to believe his government can keep the fuel crisis from eroding his authority and support for the war he launched more than four years ago. At the very least, the attacks have brought the war home even more poignantly for millions of Russians, shattering Putin’s narrative of the conflict as something that doesn’t affect the lives of ordinary people in his country.

The border city of Belgorod, which Ukrainian drone strikes have also repeatedly targeted, was left almost completely without power on Saturday due to overnight attacks, local media reported.

Meanwhile, eight people were wounded after a Russian attack struck residential buildings in Ukraine’s southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, including two children, local authorities said on Saturday.

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A fundraising page set up to support the boy’s recovery and rehabilitation has now raised more than £25,000

A three-year-old boy who was seriously injured after allegedly being thrown into a crocodile enclosure has underwent five surgeries, and faces more, his family has revealed. The incident happened at Johnson’s of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, on June 18.

The injured boy, who has not been publicly named, underwent “five surgeries” following the incident, and is set to undergo “at least two more surgeries”, his family stated.

A fundraising page set up to support the boy’s recovery and rehabilitation, as well as to provide the family with financial stability while they are “living at the hospital”, has now raised more than £25,000.

In an update from the toddler’s parents, posted on the fundraising page, they said: “We are extremely grateful for everyone’s generosity. We could never thank you enough for the support you have given our family in this horrible time.

“We have been living at the hospital for 2 weeks now and our son has undergone 5 surgeries. At this moment in time we know that our son is to undergo at least two more surgeries, one of those surgeries being a nerve reconstruction in his arm.”

A 30-year-old man from Norfolk was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident. He has been released on bail after being found not to be fit for interview.

They said these last two weeks have been a “very uncertain and unsettling time” for them. The parents continued: “His rehabilitation journey is uncertain but we do know that it won’t be a short process. The money that has been donated so far has been used to pay for our expenses. We are both currently away from work and the time in which this will need to be the case is unknown.”

The donations have helped to ease the family’s pressure of these expenses and the parents are “extremely grateful” to everyone. Further donations will be used to support the toddler’s rehabilitation and to “give back to the hospital who have helped us in many ways during this challenging time”, they said.

In a statement, Johnsons of Old Hurst said they were “alerted to reports that a child has allegedly been thrown into one of our crocodile enclosures in the Tropical House”. The statement continued: “Everyone who was on site that day acted with incredible speed and determination.

“Within minutes of the first radio call, the child has been rescued from the enclosure and was receiving first aid. The emergency services arrived very quickly, supported by the MAGPAS Air Ambulance, and we cannot thank them enough for their professionalism, compassion and dedication in such difficult circumstances.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years.

“When drowning occurs, seconds matter,” said Dr. Rohit Shenoi, the lead author of a recent American Academy of Pediatrics warning. “Quick rescue and resuscitation can mean the difference between life, death and lifelong disability.”

About 4,000 to 5,000 Americans drown each year. Most are adults who die in natural bodies of water, such as lakes, ponds or oceans.

But statistically speaking, drowning is a much larger danger to children. It’s the No. 1 cause of death for kids ages 1 to 4, and one of the top killers of children ages 5 to 14. The drowning rate is higher for white kids in the younger group, but much higher for Black, American Indian and Alaska Native children in the older group.

Drownings of very young children sometimes occur in bathtubs. But most, like Stewie Leonard’s, occur in swimming pools.

A family tragedy leads to a foundation for water safety

The Stew Leonard’s grocery chain offers a Disney-like shopping experience, featuring food-promoting animatronic characters like a dancing banana, a mooing cow and singing avocados. But several of its stores also have an animatronic creature that seems out of place: a life-jacketed duck named Stewie who sings about how not to drown.

The duck is named for the son of Stew Leonard, the grocery chain’s chief executive. The boy was 21 months old when he drowned during a family vacation on the island of St. Martin in 1989.

More than a dozen adults and kids had gathered at a birthday party for Stewie’s older sister, who was turning 3. Stew Leonard was outside hanging balloons and his wife was inside baking a cake.

“I saw Stewie outside and I assumed that he (Leonard) was watching him,” said his wife, Kim, noting that other relatives also were in the area of the pool.

“We never communicated with each other; ‘You’ve got him?’” said Kim Leonard, now 65. “When everyone’s watching, nobody’s watching.”

“There were a couple of balloons floating in the water,” Leonard, 71, recalled. “And you know after a few minutes, sort of everybody was like, ‘Where’s Stewie?’ Unfortunately I was the one who found him. He was face down in the pool.”

His death led the couple to start a foundation that pays for children’s swimming lessons and promotes drowning prevention.

Why are more kids drowning?

Unintentional child drowning deaths in the U.S. fell from around 2,000 a year in the 1980s to below 1,000 a year by the early 2000s, thanks in part to public awareness campaigns, expanded access to swimming lessons, and adoption of pool fencing laws. Between 2000 and 2019, health officials saw a 38% drop.

But then the trend reversed, with the number of child drowning deaths rising from 756 in 2019 to 865 in 2024, the most recent year for which complete data is available. The bulk of them were children younger than 5. The child drowning death rate also increased slightly, from 1.1 to 1.2 per 100,000 children.

What happened?

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted swimming lessons and lifeguard training programs, and contributed to a national lifeguard shortage. Meanwhile, some data suggests an increase in swimming pool construction and increases in unsupervised swimming, said Tessa Clemens, the CDC Foundation’s senior director for drowning prevention initiatives.

Kym Roberts studies drownings in Australia — where child drownings have been either level or decreasing in recent years. She said “drowning in young children is often associated with falls into water and lapses in direct supervision.”

Some possible good news: Preliminary U.S. data for last year suggests child drownings declined. But it’s not clear whether that’s the start of a trend, and the deaths still remain higher compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, Clemens said.

Pediatricians push for standards and regulations

Inventors have recognized a need for child water safety measures, and recent years have seen the emergence of immersion alarms that sound if the wristband a child is wearing goes underwater. But manufacturers of such devices note they can serve as an extra warning system, but should not be considered a primary way to keep children safe.

The federal government’s top public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, laid off Clemens and the rest of the staff of its drowning prevention program last year. But new guidance and drowning prevention support continues to come out of other organizations, including the CDC Foundation and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

A CDC Foundation program has paid for basic swimming and water safety skills training for over 35,000 students since 2024. The program operates in 11 states with higher drowning rates: Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma and Texas.

Ways to prevent drowning

The AAP says research shows that policies can make a difference, including lifeguard standards, life jacket regulations and requirements that swimming pools be completely surrounded by fences with self-closing, self-latching gates.

Stew Leonard emphasizes two other approaches — swimming lessons for young kids and complete focus by caregivers when young children are around water.

“I mean, I love ballet. I love karate. I love tennis lessons. You know, all the activities that kids can do,” he said. “But the only thing you can do to save their life is put them in swimming lessons.”

His foundation has funded over 250,000 swimming lessons for children and opened two swimming schools — one of them across the street from his company’s headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Also, “shut your cellphones off when you’re around the pool, watching the kids. Don’t sit there reading a book. Don’t sit there talking to your friends, neglecting your child that’s near the water,” he said.

“This happens in the blink of an eye.”

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First things first, here are the line-ups and stage times for tonight’s two big gigs:

Pitbull at Blackweir Live:

Gates will open at 5pm. Organisers are encouraging attendees to arrive early in order to avoid lengthy queues.

Fuse ODG – 6.15pm

Lil Jon – 7.15pm

DJ Laz – 8.15pm

Pitbull – 8.30pm

Bowling For Soup and Frank Turner at Cardiff Castle:

Doors open for this gig at 5pm.

American Hi-fi – 6.30pm

Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls – 7.25pm

Bowling For Soup – 9.05pm

Wifi on the go is often unreliable – on buses, trains and, increasingly, planes. Whether via cellular or satellite systems, connectivity at speed suffers from highly variable signal coverage and strength. This leads to delays, degraded data speeds and service interruptions.

To address these issues, the UK government has announced a major upgrade to wifi connections on hundreds of intercity trains.

They will use low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems such as Starlink (a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company) and OneWeb (part of the of French Eutelsat group). Operating much closer to Earth than traditional satellites, these systems can provide near-global coverage and higher-speed communications.

So, as LEO networks are rapidly adopted for air, rail, road and maritime transport, how will this change our experience of wifi on the move?

Trains

At present, train wifi largely depends on aggregating terrestrial 4G and 5G signals along each route, with the available bandwidth shared between passengers. As a result, wifi often degrades in rural areas, tunnels and other locations where signal coverage is limited.

Such challenges are even harder on high-speed trains operating at speeds of 150mph (250km/h) and more, with some services in China reaching 220mph.

One technical fix is dedicated trackside communication networks that use advanced technologies to deliver ultra-fast, low-lag connectivity even at such high speeds. But they are still constrained by limited coverage and significant installation costs.

In contrast, LEO satellite systems could offer near-global coverage without requiring costly deployment trackside infrastructure. Following successful trials on LNER, South Western Railway and Great Western Railway services in 2025, the UK government recently announced a £57 million, five-year rollout of LEO satellite connectivity across nationalised mainline rail services.

Up to 1,400 trains will receive satellite-enabled connectivity, with onboard wifi availability increasing from around half of UK train journeys up to 90% by the early 2030s.

Integrating LEO systems with existing terrestrial wifi networks should combine the strengths of both technologies. When one link becomes unavailable or degrades, alternative connections can seamlessly take over, reducing service interruptions and improving the reliability and quality of onboard wifi.

Planes

Since German airline Lufthansa introduced the first commercial in-flight internet service in January 2003, wifi on planes has expanded rapidly.

Today, approximately 70% of airlines worldwide offer onboard internet connectivity. Their wifi is provided either by air-to-ground or satellite communication systems.

Air-to-ground systems use an antenna mounted on the plane’s underside to connect to a network of land towers. While this approach ensures relatively low delays, coverage is limited to regions with terrestrial infrastructure so is unsuitable for most oceanic routes.

The preferred option for long-haul and transoceanic flights is using an antenna mounted on top of the aircraft to communicate with satellites. But maintaining reliable inflight connectivity remains challenging due to rapidly changing conditions and frequent satellite handovers at high speed (upwards of 500mph).

Climbs, descents and turbulence can all disrupt an antenna’s alignment with satellites. Continuous satellite tracking and antenna steering is needed to maintain accurate beam alignment throughout the flight.

In recent years, LEO satellite systems have accelerated midair wifi provision, in some cases delivering “superfast” inflight internet speeds exceeding 100 megabits per second. With signals travelling up to 3,000 miles, though, transmission delays are still unavoidable.

As technologies such as electronically steered antennas and AI-driven network management mature and satellite capacity continues to expand, onboard wifi should become comparable to terrestrial broadband for most passengers. This will enable in-flight video streaming and cloud-based services with minimal disruption.

Buses

Many long-distance coaches use roof-mounted antennas with onboard routers to share a cellular connection among their passengers. Wifi performance thus depends heavily on mobile network coverage and capacity, and can degrade in rural areas, tunnels, or simply when the coach is full.

Connectivity has been enhanced with the transition from 4G to 5G networks. However, since coach and bus wifi relies on a shared cellular connection, passengers often have a better experience using their own mobile connectivity.

This means wifi provision on local bus services has slowed in recent years. In 2025, 13% of buses in England offered free wifi, down from a peak of 32% in 2020.

On rural and long-distance routes, where mobile coverage is limited or unavailable, reliable wifi can be essential not only for passengers but for operational services such as ticketing and CCTV.

With LEO satellite networks emerging as a promising solution, several UK bus and coach initiatives – including trials by Transport for Wales from 2024 – are exploring hybrid 5G-satellite systems. These can seamlessly switch between cellular and satellite links to reduce coverage blackspots and provide more consistent connectivity along rural routes.

Ferries

Ferries and cruise ships operating more than a few tens of kilometres from land rely on satellite communications. These have evolved from low-bandwidth systems used primarily for safety, navigation and crew communications in the 1980s and ’90s, to broadband passenger wifi services supported by geostationary satellites orbiting around 22,000 miles above the Earth.

Maintaining stable satellite communication at sea is particularly challenging. Ships roll, pitch and yaw because of the waves and wind. This can misalign satellite antennas, leading to performance degradation and temporary communication interruptions.

Harsh maritime conditions including salt corrosion, high humidity and heavy rainfall can also damage electronic devices, reducing the strength of high-frequency satellite signals.

Furthermore, the ship’s large steel structure can cause signal degradation and coverage dead zones. This makes onboard wifi provision especially difficult on large cruise ships with multiple decks, thick walls and narrow corridors.

LEO satellite technology has, however, significantly improved wifi provision at sea. As of 2025, more than 25,000 commercial and passenger vessels worldwide were using LEO satellite broadband services, primarily through Starlink.

And as with other modes of transport, this rate of adoption is projected to continue increasing rapidly. The prospect of seamless wifi coverage, whichever way you travel, should soon be a reality.

A man was injured following a ‘disturbance’

Police have issued an update after a woman was arrested following a ‘disturbance’ in Trafford. Emergency services attended Aimson Road East, in Timperley, at 5.20pm on Thursday evening (July 2).

Greater Manchester Police said it was called out to reports of a disturbance at a property on the street. An image from the scene showed at least four police cars and two ambulances as part of the response.

Witnesses reported seeing a large emergency services presence in the area. A man suffered an injury during the incident, police previously stated. A woman in her 60s was arrested on suspicion of assault.

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In an update issued today (Saturday), GMP confirmed she had since been released, with no further action to be taken against her. The man’s injury was previously described as ‘minor’ and ‘non-life threatening’ by GMP.

The restaurant was hidden away down a smaller road

Nando’s is one of my favourite restaurants, but after a visit to a hidden away food place in Peterborough, I’ve found a cheaper alternative. Peterborough city centre is full of mainly mainstream restaurants.

However in Cowgate – a small street just off the Cathedral Square – is a hive of independent food places. Looking for a spot to eat some lunch, I came across The Ladz.

I’ve never been there before, but I’ve seen it posted about on social media a lot. So, I decided to head there on a Thursday afternoon. I went at around 2.30pm, after the lunchtime rush, and there were a few people in there. I was welcomed by a kind staff member and sat down.

I scoured the menu and there was a lot on offer. The menu mainly offered chicken dishes, which won me over instantly. There were a range of burgers, pitas and wraps. All of the options were very similar to Nando’s, with a lot of the chicken being peri peri coated.

I opted for the Ladz box one, which cost £13.99. This included a burger, pita or wrap of your choice, three chicken strips or wings, any side and a can of drink. I tailored mine to have a peri peri chicken pita, three chicken strips, wedges and a can of Fanta. Although I hadn’t got my food yet, this seemed like a lot on offer for a very reasonable price.

My food came very quickly, and arrived piping hot, with steam coming off the chicken strips and wedges. The chicken strips and in the pita were coated in peri peri sauce. I firstly had a wedge and they were the crispiest wedges I’ve ever had at a restaurant.

I next tried a chicken strip. The peri peri sauce had a nice spicy and zesty taste to it, and the chicken was tender. I next tried the pita and the chicken was really packed in there. I expected this to be messy with the sauce dripping out, but it was neatly tucked in and tasted as good as the strips.

I ate all of the pita and strips, but I had to take some wedges back home in a doggy bag as there were a lot more than I expected! Ultimately, the £13.99 I paid for all of this food was well worth it.

Also the fact they offered very similar items to Nandos, I was a big fan of. If you want a cheaper alternative to Nando’s in Peterborough city centre, The Ladz is a good shout.

All of our food reviews are paid for by the writer. The establishments do not know we will be reviewing their food, allowing us to make fair judgements on each place.

Victoria Beckham paid a subtle tribute to her estranged son Brooklyn when she marked her wedding anniversary with husband David. 

The Spice Girl, 52, commemorated 27 years of marriage by sharing a sweet snap planting a kiss on David in an Instagram post on Saturday. 

Yet in the caption, she also included a nod to Brooklyn as she praised her ‘four amazing children’. 

Victoria penned: ‘After 27 years of marriage, four amazing children and countless matching outfits, you’re still my *everything*. Happy anniversary!! I love you so much ♥️’.

David also referenced the aspiring chef in his post for Victoria, as alongside a series of throwback snaps, he referenced his pride over his family. 

He penned: ’29 years together, 27 years married & you have given me everything I could ever wish for.. Our proudest achievement will always be our family I love you & Happy Anniversary  @victoriabeckham.’ 

As well as Brooklyn, 27, the Beckhams are parents to Romeo, 23, Cruz, 21, and Harper, 14. 

Yet, while the Beckhams were sweetly referencing the entire brood, they may well have pushed Brooklyn further away, as he is reportedly ‘fuming’ that his parents keep posting about him. 

David also referenced the aspiring chef in his post for Victoria, as alongside a series of throwback snaps, he referenced his pride over his family

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Brooklyn was reportedly fuming after David and Victoria’s Father’s Day posts and ‘wishes they would leave him alone’

David extended an olive branch to his eldest son in his Instagram post last month on Father’s Day as he shared an old photograph of himself and Brooklyn as a child as well as a snap of himself with all four of his kids.

Alongside the images, he wrote: ‘Being a dad is my most important job – I love you all and thank you mummy @victoriabeckham for giving me our beautiful family. Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads around the world’.

Victoria also included their son Brooklyn in her heartfelt Father’s Day post to her husband on Sunday.

Yet, while Brooklyn has publicly remained silent, behind the scenes he was reportedly ‘fuming’. 

A source revealed: ‘He’s fuming about it. He’s asked them to leave him alone and they just keep posting him.’

They told The Sun: ‘It just brings the whole thing up all over again. He wishes they’d leave it and leave him alone.’

Shortly before Christmas last year, Brooklyn blocked his parents on Instagram, while his lawyers later wrote to the Beckhams’ team requesting all communication be conducted through legal representatives. 

In January, Brooklyn then released a scathing six-page statement announcing he had cut ties with his family. 

Following months of rumours they had become estranged, Brooklyn confirmed the news in January, declaring he was no longer part of ‘Brand Beckham’ and insisting his parents and their other children are ‘performative’.

Brooklyn also claimed David and Victoria had controlled him for much of his life, attempted to drive a wedge between him and wife Nicola Peltz and left him embarrassed when his mother danced ‘inappropriately’ with him during the first dance at his wedding.

The aspiring chef was last pictured with his family during Christmas 2024, and by May 2025 it was clear a feud had formed after Brooklyn failed to acknowledge either of his parents’ birthdays and snubbed David’s 50th. 

David shared a series of throwbacks with his wife and penned: ’29 years together , 27 years married & you have given me everything I could ever wish for..’

He concluded: ‘Our proudest achievement will always be our family I love you & Happy Anniversary @victoriabeckham’

Victoria penned: ‘After 27 years of marriage, four amazing children and countless matching outfits, you’re still my *everything*. Happy anniversary!! I love you so much ♥️’

She shared a series of sweet snaps of the couple over the years 

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The celebrity couple crossed paths in 1997 after Posh Spice attended one of David’s Manchester United matches with Mel C, getting engaged a year later

David extended an olive branch to his son on Father’s Day as he shared an old photograph of himself and Brooklyn as a child, as well as a snap of himself with all four of his kids

Last month, Brooklyn was accused of selling his family out for a big sum following the release of his two-part DoorDash commercial. 

Five months after declaring that he and his wife Nicola want privacy, Brooklyn was savaged by fans, who branded him ‘classless’ after he collaborated with the food delivery firm for the sponsored video.

It was reported that Brooklyn was paid a hefty figure for the ad, with a source saying: ‘Anything that makes him money is good – it shows that his brand is there and flourishing.’

It’s thought that he was paid ‘at least $1million (£755,000)’ for the campaign.

However, the Beckham clan were reportedly less impressed with the advert, with an insider telling Page Six: ‘Brooklyn claims he wants peace and privacy and nothing to do with his family – now he’s trying to cash in on it all.’

In the teaser clip for the advert released on June 15, Brooklyn smirks and says: ‘You’re probably wondering why I’m watching the Fifa World Cup 2026 from home… It’s a long story.’

It has been taken as mocking parents David and Victoria with whom he no longer speaks – and profiting off their name, while friends of the Beckhams have said the pair are ‘devastated and inconsolable’ by the jibe.

The second longer version was released on Wednesday, sparking even fiercer backlash from even the most supportive Brooklyn fans, with followers commenting in their droves under the Instagram clip.  

Friends of the Beckhams were shocked to see Brooklyn’s advert.

One told the Daily Mail’s Katie Hind: ‘To do an advert based on estrangement from family as if it’s a joke when his family is devastated and sister and grandparents inconsolable is shocking.

‘Especially from someone who claims he wants peace and privacy.’