Cambridge Breakfast

Students from Chesterton Community College in Cambridge are commemorating VE Day with a project that focuses on the aftermath of the second world war and life beyond the street party. Donna Hubbard-Young, Senior Deputy Head at the college, tells Julian & Lucy about the project.

Ever thought about taking up a new hobby? Knitting can help pass the time during lockdown, it’s fun, and it’s calming, as Camilla is from Knitting Needle Lane told Julian & Lucy.

Political commentator Phil Rodgers has analysis of a reduction in pollution in Cambridge resulting from the current lockdown.

With the country in lockdown and our time outdoors limited – how is our wellbeing being affected by the lack of vitamin D and green spaces? Julian & Lucy find out and get some tips from Ethnobotanist James Wong.

A group of Cambridge musicians have been put together into an online orchestra by Cambridgeshire Music. Arranger Mark Aldous tells Julian & Lucy about the project.

Melanie Wicklen. chief executive for Age UK, Cambridgeshire tells Julian and Lucy how the organisation is supporting the senior members of society during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Teachers from Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts have turned our Fashion Department into an assembly line to make 10 sets of scrubs a day, between now and September, for NHS frontline workers. Principal Karin Askham tells Julian & Lucy how the college became involved.

Food blogger Pina tells Julian & Lucy about three restaurants that will now come to you.

Julian & Lucy speak to Cambridge businessman Paul Lane who has set up a local Skills Swap in Great Shelford.

Royal Mail is asking customers to give their postie a ‘thumbs up’ as part of an enhanced social distancing drive. The gesture also allows customers to show their appreciation to postal workers as they go about their rounds during the pandemic. Julian speaks to the Royal Mail’s head of campaigns Mark Street.