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Mike Scialom

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SustainConnect hosts Black History Month event at Holiday Inn #Cambridge
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SustainConnect hosts Black History Month event at Holiday Inn
Packed schedule for fair and gala dinner in evening.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They finally realised the Bonkers Busway is... bonkers www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/host-of...
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Host of objections raised to Cambridge South East Transport busway
They have been published ahead of a public inquiry.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hart Fest co-organiser is widely respected Cambridge musician Faradena Afifi cambridgeindependent.co.uk/whats-on/thr...
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Three-day Hart Fest offers eclectic mix of music, drumming, storytelling and poetry
Organised by The Other Farah for Newmarket pub mid-month.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cambridge Sustainable Food acts to secure food security in region www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/the-new...
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The new Grow Cambridge Community Farm takes root
Sam Dyer of Cambridge Sustainable Food on life after CoFarm.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So what they're saying is that to protect their fragile egos, this project has to bulldoze its way through priceless and irreplacable swathes of English countryside regardless of the fact that it's futile and benefits-free. They should all resign surely www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/big-que...
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Big questions remain over benefits of £192m busway
Government admits the busway won’t improve congestion east of Grange Road.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is agentic AI part of an agenda to defraud human beings of an authentically human experience? Cambridge Forum has some answers - and questions www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/202...
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2026 Cambridge Forum ask not what AI could do, but what AI should do
Two-day event at Corn Exchange includes a great drumming session.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This reenactment of a Viking raid was great fun. Humanity badly needs healthy ways to express the warrior spirit which is both essential to our survival and easily capable of killing s all if we don't watch out www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/horning...
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In pictures: Horningsea recreates 870AD Viking longship raid
Reenactment shows Saxons put up a good fight.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From environmental policy enforcer to clean water campaigner - Cameron Adams of @friendsofthecam.bsky.social to speak in Cambridge www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/whats-on/ex-...
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Ex-Environment Agency stalwart joins Friends of the Cam: ‘You can’t have the environment and growth’
Cameron Adams one of two speakers in Cambridge with Bill McGuire.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The tragedy of Britain's inability to wake up to the consequences of being massively nature + water-depleted won't be brought to your attention any time soon cos Andy Burnham's government is state-captured by vested interests just like all the others www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/governm...
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Government gives green light to controversial £192m Cambourne to Cambridge busway
The Secretary of State for Transport’s decision follows an eight-week public inquiry last autumn.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
So much posturing & faux outrage: the only shame is they didn't scrap this entire local government reorganisation plan - money being spent on sidelining democracy in Cambridge so centrist planners/politicians can kill the goose that lays the golden egg www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/utterly...
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‘Utterly shambolic’ - political leaders in Cambridgeshire condemn ‘farce’ as government reviews local government reorganisation plans
It means elections will take place using existing boundaries.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Day by day, hour by hour, the University of Cambridge continues to shred its reputation while it keeps this man on board - particularly now, as far-right thugs threaten cities on the south coast, empowered by an ideology he helped develop www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Cambridge University probe into James Orr after Reform donations sting
James Orr stepped down from Reform UK after claims he arranged to have polling paid for by an overseas company
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sad about Kerb Kollective. Best coffee in town. Hope they're treated better in their next home www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/ker...
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Kerb Kollective ends Riverside era and reopens on Ditton Walk
Six-year tenure comes to a juddering halt.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Come the rain, come the sewage discharge - but WITHIN THE HOUR?!? www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/mp-pipp...
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MP Pippa Heylings lambasts sewage discharges within an hour of rain as ‘a dereliction of duty’
‘You just couldn’t make it up,’ said the MP.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Midsummer Energy's new app gives you access to the market as a producer, not just a consumer, of energy www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/mid...
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Midsummer Energy app helps you make money from solar energy and feel Smug
Battery optimisation maximises potential of feed-in power.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I attended the vigil for Jason Arday in Cambridge market square yesterday evening. Here is my report www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/vigil-f...
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Vigil for Jason Arday in Cambridge warns of ‘growing movement for radicalised hatred in the UK’
‘Even after he resigned, the scrutiny did not let up’, speaker tells crowd including vice-chancellor.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
'We need to network to ensure we work together in solidarity' say Stand Up To Racism campaigners in aftermath of death of Jason Arday www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/compass...
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Compassion and hopes in aftermath of Jason Arday tragedy at Chesterton Stand Up to Racism picnic
‘It’s important to have a place to gather and share feelings, especially on a day like today.’
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
And the answer is.... data centres www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Could England and Wales ever run out of water?
Last month in England was the driest July since records began almost two centuries ago. How concerned should we be?
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Finally, an actual politician in Cambridge is able to say what we all know - building hundreds of thousands of new homes is an expensive fantasy we can no longer afford www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/pippa-h...
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Pippa Heylings MP: Water supply crisis is a deal-breaker for Greater Cambridge growth
Opinion | Pippa Heylings, MP for South Cambridgeshire, wants to make water supply and sewage treatment central to decisions about future development.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
There's literally no mileage in the possibility that the UK government wants to wrap up all UK healthcare data under one system so it can be sold to Palantir www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/600m-he...
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£600m Health Data Research Service to unify UK medical data from Wellcome Genome Campus
Provides a ‘single, secure gateway for researchers’.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just so you get this right, the UK government would rather release actual police killers than offend its Israeli masters by releasing the imprisoned pro-Palestine activists - average aged 59 and female - it insists must stay in jail www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police chief considers legal action over PC Harper killers' early release
Two of PC Andrew Harper's killers are set to be included in the government's early release scheme, which begins in October.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Cambridge Folk Festival 2026 off to a good start www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/katheri...
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Katherine Priddy’s musical odyssey shows why Cambridge Folk Festival matters
Warmup performance at Great St Mary’s Church answers lots of questions.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Cambridge campaigners outside Cambridge Crown Court to protest threat to jury equity in UK www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/defend-...
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Defend our Juries protests outside Cambridge Crown Court in case of Rajiv Menon KC
Barrister’s apparent reference to jury equity causes legal furore.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Cambridge MP says UK-Israel roadmap negotiated 'in a very different context' following Guildhall protest www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/tableau...
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‘Tableau vivant’ displayed at UK-Israel ‘roadmap’ protest
Accord ‘rings rather hollow in July 2026’ say Guildhall campaigners.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Defence spending adds nothing to the quality of people's lives and delivers no economic growth. And now former ambassador to Russia says the 'threat' of a Russian invasion of the UK - used to justify huge hike in the defence budget - is illusory. www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/no-sign...
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‘No sign at all’ Russia intends to attack UK, says former ambassador at charity talk
Sir Anthony Brenton at Anstey Hall.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Remarkable eyewitness account www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/i-trave...
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‘I travelled to the West Bank ... it was even worse than I had imagined’
28-year-old Cambridge woman recounts her astonishing story.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Palantir software is used in the NHS, amid concerns from healthcare workers www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/fdp-opp...
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FDP opposition continues with No Palantir in the NHS protest at Cambridge South station
Surveillance firm’s software used in city’s healthcare service.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It's game on to save humanity www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/the-pop...
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The Pope and the Cambridge astrophysicist who speak with one tongue: ‘Don’t leave humanity’s fate to AI’
Agentic artificial intelligence ‘laying down the tracks ahead of a speeding train’.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The East-West Rail project is ill-conceived and will wreck communities, environments, ancient forests and the UK most famous radio astronomy observatory. It's on course to be another HS2. It can and should be stopped for all our sakes www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/univers...
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University of Cambridge objects to East West Rail route over ‘severe’ risk to Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
The alignment put forward by East West Rail Company (EWR Co) would travel within 150m of the site’s boundary.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Save the Cam! www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/hundred...
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Hundreds support right of River Cam to exist - and be protected - at Jesus Lock event
‘Dity Business’ campaigner Peter Hammond guest of honour.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Cambridge MP quick off the mark to support Andy Burnham www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambrid...
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Cambridge MP backs Andy Burnham for next Prime Minister as Sir Keir Starmer resigns
Daniel Zeichner pays tribute to outgoing PM.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Don't forget the river Cam! www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/river-r...
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River rights festival - ‘Let’s celebrate the Cam while we still can’
Midsummer Day declaration set for Jesus Green.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Welcome back Strawberry Fair! www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/whats-on/str...
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Strawberry Fair bursts back to life for 2026
Midsummer Common fans delight as free event proves its value all over again.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Details of petition to save Fulbourn from train care centre on green belt land included in this article, petition closes 9th June www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/east-we...
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East West Rail’s 24/7 train care centre ‘will destroy Fulbourn’, warn villagers
Public meeting gasps at scale of potential impact of ‘industrial-scale’ plans.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
So the easily Greens won the popular vote, is Cambridge's second-largest party, but gets no representation on the 'new' city council administration - how is that not a stitch-up? Because we voted for change, and got business as usual www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/recrimi...
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Recriminations and ‘sour grapes’: Greens and Lib Dems exchange blows after Labour takes minority control of Cambridge City Council
Criticism and condemnation as efforts to create coalition collapse.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Matt Goodwin talk in Cambridge foiled www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/woke-ac...
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‘Woke activists’ riposte as Stand Up To Racism foils Matt Goodwin’s bid to speak in Cambridge
Bookings denied to extreme right speaker ‘for community safety’.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Saxon origins uncovered at Horningsea church www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/104-000...
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£104,000 restoration work at historic church in Horningsea uncovers Saxon origins
St Peter’s dates back to 8th century.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/whats-on/ely... Good news about Ely Festival. Speaking of Ely, interesting isn't it that the simple dualling of the A10 is a struggle, but the developers/govt have brainwashed people into thinking that the ridiculous Oxford-Cambridge 'arc' will be so easy to deliver?
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Ely Arts Festival back for two weeks
The programme includes music, visual art, workshops and community events.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Wilful destruction of the countryside, village life, a harmonious environment and the peace of mind of tens of thousands of citizens is a consistent feature of the looming - but still avoidable - East-West Rail fiasco www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/east-we...
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East West Rail’s 24/7 train care centre ‘will industrialise village’
Residents are urging EWR to withdraw the option.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/55-...
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55% in corporate survey claim UK is not a good place to do business
Poll was taken at The Great Business Debate in Ely Cathedral.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Punk ethos revisited for 2026 special www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/bored-s...
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Bored Stiff again: Punk fanzine back 50 years on
Special anniversary edition launched by original creator Terry Macalister.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Do sound bombs "create the indispensable basis for peace, freedom and sustainable development: security" as one company's sales blurb suggests? medium.com/@mike-scialo...
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The use of sound bombs against Lebanon’s ambulance crews must be banned — here’s why
180-decibel grenades are being touted on the internet for all to see.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The pretensions of East West Rail are a front for a trail of destruction which is now starting to become apparent www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/work-un...
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Work under way with university over East West Rail impact on Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
The planned railway would pass to the south-west of the site.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Stalls protesting racist Brits, and Israel giving its lynch mob what they ask for, speak of a troubled society www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/anti-ra...
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Anti-racism and pro-Palestinian protests held outside Guildhall
Targeting far right, and new Israeli execution law.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
There's more to propaganda than falsehoods': Dr Emma Briant at Cambridge Disinformation Summit www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/lon...
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London mayor calls out falsehoods at Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Sir Sadiq Khan fires back at ‘outrage economy’.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Get your environmentally friendly refills delivered locally to Cambridge from Alice www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/vanjarr...
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VanJarred Refillery is bringing sustainability supermarket to your doorstep
Mobile pop-ups and delivery service within 15 miles of centre.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It's curious the US government is so malevolent to the UK, when the US uses UK air bases to launch bomber missions for Iran. And it's curious the UK government says it's not involved while being the launch pad for these missions www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambrid...
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Cambridge CND attendance at RAF Lakenheath to protest US bombers
Non-violent direct action lock-on.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
RSPCA appeal following spate of large-scale animal incidents www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/rspca-a...
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RSPCA appeal to help rehome pets following large-scale animal incidents
Incidents involving 10 or more animals up 70 per cent.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Cambridge expert contributes assessment of 'addictive' social media strategies www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/they-ll...
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‘They’ll keep getting sued until the message lands’ says Cambridge expert of addictive social media platforms
‘Negligence’ has resulted in mass payouts to victims.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
'Times' business journalist describes challenges in writing her biography of Mike Lynch www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/aut...
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Author describes emotional rollercoaster of writing Mike Lynch biography
Katie Prescott on improbably successful Cambridge tech giant.
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Mike Scialom @mikescialom.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Record-breaking anti-racist march in London barely got a mention in mainstream UK press so glad to put it out here for regional newspaper coverage because Cambridge is a proudly anti-racist city cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambrid...
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Cambridge and Ely anti-racist groups joined 500,000 at London rally
Together Alliance event ‘biggest protest against far right in British history’.
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