BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire

Broken cloud and also some clearer spells this evening and overnight with perhaps one or two light wintry showers this evening though most places will stay dry.  Minimum Temperature: 1C (34F). 

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Tomorrow will be cold with a good deal of cloud, the best of any brightness across the north of the county. For a fuller forecast for where you live head to BBC Weather.

A paramedic with the Magpas air ambulance has described carrying to safety a man who was seriously injured when a tipper truck struck overhead power lines.

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Dan Read says the man in his 40s had to be be moved from the "danger area" beside the truck before he could be treated.

Police, fire crews and the air ambulance were called to Block Fen Drove in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, just after 16:00 yesterday.

Cambridge's unlicensed punt operators say 100 people could be put out of work if plans to ban touting in much of the city centre go ahead.

Here are the top stories in Cambridgeshire this evening:

• Nineteen suspected illegal immigrants have been found in the back of a lorry in Fenstanton, police say
• Memorials have been held for Cambridge student Giulio Regeni killed in Egypt
• Cambridge colleges light up for e-Luminate Festival

The lights are going on in Cambridge, where historic college buildings are becoming backdrops for the e-Luminate Festival 2016.

The event will see some of the city's "iconic buildings" and public spaces become light art installations, organisers said.

"e-Luminate Cambridge Festival will show just how lighting can be more than taken for granted and demonstrate innovation and inspiration simultaneously," the festival's founder Hugh Parnell said.

Police say six of the 19 suspected illegal immigrants found in a lorry at Fenstanton have been taken to hospital for checks.

All are adults or older teenagers from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.

Cambridgeshire Police has told us officers were called at 13:37 by a woman travelling in a lorry "saying she was with other people in the vehicle and wanted to get out".

The lorry was stopped at Lakes Business Park at Gedney Hill by officers who found 19 suspected illegal immigrants inside, a force spokesman said.

Shaun Derry may be pushing for the League Two play-offs as manager of Cambridge United, but if his current career does not go to plan, he may have another sports-related line of work to fall back on - as a news reader....

The 38-year-old was a guest on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Thursday Drivetime show and read the 18:30 sports bulletin.

The head of the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge has issued a statement about PhD student Giulio Regeni, who was killled while carrying out research in Cairo.

David Runciman said: "I wish to express my profound shock and sadness at the death of our student Giulio Regeni. Our very deepest sympathy goes out to Giulio’s family and his many friends".

Twenty brand-new ambulances have arrived in our region as part of a £53m vehicle investment programme, the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust says. But how much do they cost?

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More than 3,000 people have signed an online petition calling on the government to "ensure a full investigation" is carried out into the death of Cambridge student Giulio Regeni.

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The body of Mr Regeni, 28, was found showing "clear signs" of torture, according to authorities, after he disappeared in Cairo.

Organisers of a memorial outside the Italian embassy today said they believed the government had "a duty to ensure that a credible investigation of this killing is carried out". 

Here's another photo of the scene outside the Italian embassy in London, where a memorial is being held for Cambridge student Giulio Regeni, who was killled in Egypt.  

After a frosty but spectacular start to the day, as shown in this photo of Coldham captured by Fenland Police officers at the end of their night shift, things should stay fine and dry for the rest of the day.

It will be chilly again tonight with highs this afternoon of 7C (45F). 

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People have gathered outside the Italian Embassy in London to remember Giulio Regeni, the Cambridge University student killed in Cairo.

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It was organised to coincide with the Girton College PhD student's funeral, in his home town of Fumicello, Italy.

The funeral of Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni is taking place in his home town of Fumicello, Italy.

The body of Mr Regeni, 28, was found in Cairo last week with "clear signs" of torture, according to authorities in Egypt and Italy.  

Friends and fellow students are also gathering outside the Italian embassy in London and in Cambridge to pay their respects to the PhD student.

If you're just joining us, here are the top stories in Cambridgeshire:

• Man "set on fire" after tipper truck strikes overhead power lines
• Memorial services are due to be held this afternoon for a Cambridge PhD student killed in Egypt
• Peterborough's Indesit reassures customers over fire risk tumble dryers

The A14 has reopened eastbound near Fenstanton after a multi-vehicle crash. Traffic remains very slow.

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The flood warning for North Bank Whittlesey has been lifted, and the road will be reopened later this afternoon.