BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire

A cyclist has been seriously injured on Long Causeway in Peterborough.

Cambridgeshire Police were called to reports of a collision between a cyclist and a pedestrian at 22:30 last night.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and a woman arrested on suspicion of theft in an incident which followed the collision.

The cyclist, a man in his 50s, was taken to Peterborough City Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.

Both a knife and a firearm were seized by British Transport Police officers in Cambridge earlier today.

Apart from a few isolated showers, tonight will be mostly dry with clear spells.

Temperatures could fall as low as 3C (37F) although they'll rise by the end of the night.

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A largely fine and dry day tomorrow, with sunny spells and just the chance of an isolated shower.

Temperatures rising to 14C (57F) - although it could be a little bit warmer in the best of the sunshine.

Another dry day on Sunday, although cloud will increase from the south west later... rain isn't expected until the evening.

As for bank holiday Monday... it's still uncertain, but potentially we could have some rain, followed by sunshine and showers, with temperatures hitting 17C (63F).

With two games of the season left, Cambridge United manager Shaun Derry says his side must find a way to win this weekend "by hook or by crook".

The U's are hosting Crawley in League Two tomorrow and they're three points off the promotion play-off places.

Strikers Uche Ikpeazu, Barry Corr and Adam McGurk are all sidelined owing to injury.

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After a poor start to the season when United failed to win in their opening eight matches, Derry feels the campaign should be considered a success - whatever happens over the next week.

He said: "To still be in and around a chance of getting into the top seven, considering where this football club ended in its first season back as a league club, I think everybody would've taken that as largely successful."

A 22-year-old from Benwick near March has been recounting her harrowing ordeal as she contracted bacterial meningitis earlier this year, and has thanked the doctors who saved her life.

Hollie Jackson, of Lilyholt Road, collapsed at Stansted Airport on 4 January, minutes before boarding a plane for a work trip.

After being assessed in hospital, she was discharged as all her test results had come back clear.

However, Miss Jackson's condition deteriorated rapidly when she arrived home, with her left side going completely numb. She was vomiting and developed a rash all over her body.

An ambulance was later sent to her aid at about 04:00 as she said: "My vision started to go and the pain in my head was unbearable.

"It felt like a kettle was being brought to the boil in my skull."

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When paramedics Greg Sage and Matt Bafico arrived they knew immediately something wasn’t right.

"She ticked all the boxes for meningitis," Mr Sage said.

The paramedics gave her penicillin, which doctors later said kept Miss Jackson alive.

And yesterday she was able to thank Mr Sage in person at Peterborough ambulance station.

"It was lovely to meet Greg under much happier circumstances and thank him," she said.

"The doctors said that if I had left it two hours later I would have died, which took a few weeks to sink in.

"It is clear to see that the choices both he and Matt made on that day saved my life."

Hollie has since gone on to make a good recovery and recently raised almost £1,500 in a charity sky dive for the Meningitis Now charity.

Come Friday, 5 May, we will know which candidate has succeeded in becoming Cambridgeshire's first directly elected mayor for the whole county.

Seven men and women are in the running for the job, which comes with a multi-million pound budget and powers over housing and transport.

The Conservative candidate, James Palmer, used to run a dairy business and says he wants to be a "mayor for everyone".

The full list of candidates:

• Paul Bullen - UKIP
• Rod Cantrill - Liberal Democrats
• Peter Dawe - Independent
• Stephen Goldspink - English Democrats
• Julie Howell - Green Party
• James Palmer - Conservative
• Kevin Price - Labour    

You don't even need to be a football team to play in the FA People's Cup.

LBoro Rangers are a group of university students who are taking part in the Higher Education category......

Catch up with what's been going on in the FA People's Cup so far - and follow live coverage of the FA People's Cup finals on Sunday, 30 April and Monday, 1 May.

A helicopter doctor is about to embark on a charity feat which will see him skydiving from 13,000ft (4,000m) for MAGPAS - the air ambulance charity.

However, there's a problem... he's scared of heights.

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Dr Saad Jawaid, who has been a doctor with the charity based at RAF Wyton for the past few months, says he doesn't let his fear impede his job.

"As long as I'm tightly secured, I'm ok," he said.

"It's only when I look down I feel tingly and dizzy."

So why would a man who is scared of heights want to skydive?

"It's a bit crazy, but fundraising is vital for air ambulance charities, even if it means facing your fear and going extreme.

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"MAGPAS as a charity prepares you mentally and makes you feel that the limit is only in your mind and you can do stuff that you previously thought you couldn't do.

"I can safely say that with MAGPAS I've been in situations which were dangerous and more stressful than a skydive would be."

Dr Jawaid will complete the jump on 8 July.

Peterborough United boss Grant McCann has been reflecting on this mid-table season's trials and tribulations, ahead of their final League One game away to Bolton on Sunday.

The National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art in Newmarket is in a short-list of five in the running to be named the UK's Museum of the Year.

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Officially opened by the Queen in November, this complex is home to the National Horseracing Museum, the Fred Packard Museum and Galleries of British Sporting Art, and a yard for the Retraining of Racehorses charity.

It is also home to two of the Queen's former racehorses and a virtual Clare Balding.

Also shortlisted are:

• Tate Modern
• Hepworth Wakefield Gallery
• Lapworth Museum of Geology
• Sir John Soane's Museum

The winner will receive a £100,000 award.  

Daubing houses with Latin graffiti in an apparent protest against house prices in Cambridge did not dent the popularity of the vandalised luxury development, it seems.

Four out of the five riverside homes in Chesterton were splashed with the words Locus in Domos Loci Populum on 4 April.

It's thought the vandals meant the phrase to mean "local homes for local people".

That was then:

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And this is now:

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Three-and-a-half weeks later, you can still make out some of the words on the £1.25m homes.

But, after a £4,000 cleaning bill, the paint's completely gone from the windows, frames and brickwork. It's just the cladding that's proving stubborn.

Paul Ursell, from developer HC Moss (Builders) Ltd, told me they never really expected to be able to get rid of it all.

New paint has been ordered from a specialist supplier and the cladding is expected to be like new again by the end of next week, he said. 

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The homes gained infamy after the classically-inspired graffiti hit the media, and have been cordoned off for a fortnight after concerns about a planned protest by a national anarchist group.

Although that was called off, the police said "about eight people and a dog" gathered outside King's College, about two miles away, and a small march did take place.

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None of this put off buyers, though. 

Three out of the four were already under offer, and since then, they've all sold.

Selling agent Bidwells told us: "We had a steady flow of people viewing the properties before the incident and following it. 

"Those who visited after... were aware of what happened, but we did not find that it put anyone off." 

So, "infamy, infamy.." Fans of those well-known words uttered by Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in Roman romp Carry On Cleo, can finish this sentence for themselves. 

Mainly dry across Cambridgeshire today and into tomorrow.

There will be some spells of sunshine this afternoon and most places will stay dry.

The odd light shower is possible though with highs of 12C (54F). 

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Apprentice winner Joseph Valente, from Peterborough, has split from Lord Sugar two years after winning the show.

Lord Sugar invested £250,000 into Valente's plumbing business in 2015.

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They've now announced that Valente will take full control of ImpraGas - but they're parting on friendly terms.

Lord Sugar said: "I'll still be on hand to offer any help and advice required. I wish Joseph and ImpraGas all the very best for the future and will follow their progress with much affection."

Lord Sugar will now divest himself of his interest in the company, with Valente acquiring his shareholding and taking full control of the business.

Valente added: "I am so grateful for everything Lord Sugar has done for me and I could not have asked for a better partner in the early stages of my business career.

"I owe him a great deal. I am confident that with the winning business model we created together, I can continue to grow the business successfully."

Find out more about who's still with, and not with, Lord Sugar here.

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....there'll be just under a hundred teams taking part in the FA People's Cup finals this weekend hoping to book their trip to Wembley.

Each of the winners in the 16 categories in the free five-a-side competition will win tickets to the FA Cup final on 27 May, where they will be presented with their trophies.

You can catch up with what's been going on in the competition here - and you'll be able to follow live coverage from the finals in Birmingham on Sunday and Monday.

A rather unexpected discovery was found in this car, which was stopped after police were alerted to anti-social behaviour issues in Chatteris last night.

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The car, which was also uninsured, contained and array of offensive weapons...

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The manager of a Post Office in Chatteris, in which thieves tried, but failed, to steal an ATM from in the early hours of Wednesday morning, says he "felt like crying" when he saw the damage to his shop.

Satish Karia owns the business on the High Street, and was at a Post Office conference when he heard the news.

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"Seeing the damage was so devastating and hurtful. Kind of demoralising," he said.

"Something like this happened to us in 2012 and we went through hell then.

"And subsequently to find out the damage was substantial - I felt like crying and giving up."

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Mr Karia said he was overwhelmed by the support of the local community.

"Everyone is so wonderful. They have been so sympathetic and understanding.

"There has been so much offer of help that has come through. We were so taken aback."

A bright but chilly start.

Through the day, there will be good spells of sunshine with most places staying dry.

The cloud will tend to increase by the afternoon.

Highs of 13C (55F).  

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Keep up-to-date through the day on the BBC Weather website.

Three people were injured when this van left the road in Wisbech yesterday evening.

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The incident happened on the A1101 Sutton Road.

Police say only one vehicle was involved.