Crazy Horses

Four wild horses caused chaos at a pub in Girton when they charged into the pub’s beer garden. The landlord of The George Pub, Leon Reed, recalled that “People had to jump on the tables” as the horses descended on his patrons, who had been enjoying a Saturday afternoon in the sunshine. The appropriately named Police Inspector, Terry Furlong, described the situation as “frustrating”.

Frightened Horse

A horse and its rider received “quite a fright” according to an eyewitness, as a glider crashed into a field they were passing. The incident occurred around 200 yards from the Cambridge Gliding Club, which reported that two gliders had collided at around 3,000 feet on Sunday afternoon. One of the gliders contained two pilots, and was able to land normally following the collision, whereas the other glider, containing one pilot who was able to safely land using his parachute, corkscrewed to the ground before crashing in the field. No-one was hurt, but the incident is under investigation.

Bees head south

Following similar incidents in London and Bournemouth over the last week, a swarm of bees attacking a single object has been spotted in Cambridge – the crotch of a statue! Around noon on Sunday, the bees began to swarm between the legs of the Talos statue in the marketplace. The neighbouring YO! Sushi restaurant was forced to close its doors and windows, and waitress Filipa Goncalves commented that “I think it has raised people's curiosity as they have landed around the crotch. It looks like a pair of pants."   

“Ridiculous” roadworks 

Residents and drivers have been angered after one of the council’s roadworks teams resurfaced the road around their parked cars. Montreal Road, a residential side street off Mill Road, has been left patchily surfaced following work which one resident branded “a botch job”.  Large sections of the road remain incomplete because the workmen were hampered by the number of parked cars – some of which are thought to belong to people using the railway station.     

Sticking it to UKIP 

A Muslim shop-owner has spoken out against politically-motivated vandals who defaced a UKIP billboard on the side of his phone shop. Three separate incidents of vandalism have occurred – beginning with pink paint, before escalating to pig swill and blue paint daubed over Nigel Farage’s and David Cameron’s faces on the poster. The faces of Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband evaded the vandals’ attention during the attacks on the billboard on Mill Road.   

A dab hand 

Cambridge MP Julian Huppert became a painter and decorator on Friday morning, helping out as the Wintercomfort centre for the homeless is given a makeover. James Martin, the Services Manager at Wintercomfort, praised the MP for “pitching in and getting his hands dirty to help a worthwhile cause. Julian did a great job scraping, cleaning and painting our shower here at Wintercomfort”.   

Did anyone notice? 

Cambridge is, apparently, supposed to be celebrating as Cambridge United achieved promotion to League Two. Cambridge looks set to be playing against next season against the footballing Titans, including Oxford (boo, hiss), Morecambe and Hartlepool. Watch out Real Madrid!

At least we get more revision done!  

The student website Student Beans has released the results of its 2014 University Sex League, with Cambridge offering a mediocre performance in 54th position as the average Cambridge student reports an average of 4.70 sexual partners during their time at university. Oxford's lack of success in more traditional league tables is perhaps explained by their higher tally of 5.89, putting them in 23rd position. The University of Brighton topped the table with a whopping 10.59 sexual partners each.

Nanotechnology is the way to perfect drugs 

Cambridge researchers have perfected a technique which could eradicate the so-called ‘evil twins’ of drugs which can produce serious side-effects. Using sensing mechanisms made up of nanotechnology, Dr Ventsislav Valev and Professor Jeremy Baumberg’s team from the Cavendish Laboratory have been able to identify differences between molecules which go into pharmaceuticals. This development, which enables the researchers to distinguish between the ‘right- and left-handed’ versions of molecules, may prevent pharmaceutical errors such as the problems caused by Thalidomide in the 1950s and ‘60s.