Cambridge

The city is a global tourist destination, but locals are growing increasingly frustrated with the influx of visitors, with many saying they only come to the area ‘for work’

Cambridge, a city brimming with more than 800 years of history, draws in admirers from across the globe who are eager to take in its stunning architecture, world-famous universities and quintessential English charm. Yet, locals lament that the city centre is swamped by tourists, with most people “only coming in for work”.

Cambridge’s economy leans heavily on its tourism and hospitality sectors, playing host to an impressive 8.1 million visitors annually.

Despite its historical richness, Cambridge is surprisingly small, leading most tourists to visit for just a day. The sector accounts for nearly a quarter of local jobs and continues to expand, but residents aren’t exactly overjoyed.

Street performer Ray Brenan voiced his annoyance, stating: “Apart from a few old stones and its cobbled streets, I have nothing else nice to say anymore. Take away the universities and there’s really nothing else to it, it’s overrun with people visiting.”

Cambridge is globally acknowledged as the home of one of the world’s top universities. As a collegiate institution, administration is divided among smaller establishments, with over 25,000 students living and studying within their individual colleges, reports the Express.

Among the most esteemed colleges is King’s College, famed for its iconic chapel and prime city centre location. Long queues of people can be spotted outside the entrance gates along the pavements, filled with sightseers snapping photographs.

Local market trader Lorain Cheeseman revealed: “Everyone just comes here to visit people at the university”.

“We get a really huge amount of visitors, everyone is always here on holiday,” Cheeseman added. “There are a lot of students in the city, I don’t live here anymore, I just come in to work.”

Another market vendor expressed similar views: “I don’t live here and I don’t know many people who do nowadays.”

The majority of tourists who descend upon Cambridge are day-trippers. They arrive in crowded coaches, where large groups of sightseers are dropped off.

They spend several hours exploring the city before hopping back onto their transport. Express services from London also enable tourists to reach Cambridge in under an hour.

However, some local workers view the influx of people positively.

“I love selling ice cream to the visitors. Everyone is so nice and really friendly, but it does get very very busy at the stall,” shared Kristof Santha, a local ice cream stand worker.

Masters student at Cambridge, Muhammad Mudassar, echoed this sentiment: “People here are more friendly than other cities, but most people are students here like me.”

AMY HUNT is sprinting herself to the top of the athletics charts after putting on a scintillating display in Tokyo.

The Team GB star secured a silver medal in the Women’s 200m final at the 2025 World Athletics Championship.

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And it was a result that reduced Hunt to tears with her podium finish being so unexpected.

SunSport can bring fans up to speed on the British sprinter’s background.

Who is Amy Hunt?

Born on May 15, 2002, Amy Hunt is a British sprinting sensation who was raised in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Hunt rose to prominence when she set a new world record of 22.24 seconds in the Under-18 women’s 200m race in Mannheim, Berlin during the summer of 2019.

The talented Brit then went on to win gold medals in both the 200m and 4x100m at the European Under-20 Championships.

But then sadly, her transition into senior athletics was disrupted by COVID-19 before a serious leg injury in 2022 put her out of action for several months.

However, Hunt returned to the track late in 2022 and by 2024, the super sprinter found herself securing a bronze medal at the 2024 Diamond League in Stockholm.

She then went on to picking up her first title as part of GB women’s 4x100m team that took gold at the European Championships in Rome before finishing second in the 100m at the 2024 British Ahtletics Championships in Manchester.

All of the above helped Hunt deservedly earn a spot for Team GB at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and her spectacular leg saw the Brits win a second medal in the 4x100m relay.

Now fast forward a year later, Hunt stunned the world by coming second in the 200m women’s final at the World Athletics Championships.

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What did Amy Hunt study at Cambridge University?

In 2020, Hunt started an undergraduate degree at Cambridge University.

She went on to graduate with a degree in English in 2023, where she was a Corpus Christi Alumna.

This delayed Hunt’s sprinting training as it only allowed her to start practicing in early June 2023.

However, she came fifth 5th in the 100m final at the British Championships and was part of the winning U23 British 4x100m relay squad in Espoo, Finland.

SOCIAL media slang words skibidi, tradwife and delulu have been added to the Cambridge Dictionary.

They are among thousands of new expressions, which also include the working from home term “mouse jiggler” and toxic “forever chemicals”.

Skibidi has different meanings, such as “cool” or “bad”, and can also be used with no real meaning, for example in: “What the skibidi are you doing?”

The term was coined by the creator of a viral animated video series called Skibidi Toilet on YouTube, Cambridge Dictionary said.

Tradwife — short for traditional wife — is a married woman who cooks and cleans and stays at home to look after her children.

And delulu means somebody who chooses to believe things which are not true — as in delusional.

Colin McIntosh, of Cambridge Dictionary, said: “Internet culture is changing the English language and the effect is fascinating to observe and capture in the dictionary.

“We only add words where we think they’ll have staying power.”

The dictionary uses a database of more than two billion words in written and spoken English to observe how new words are used by different people, how often and in which context.

Remote working helped “mouse jiggler” — a device or piece of software used to make it seem as though a shirker is working — gain its place in the dictionary.

And “forever chemicals” are man-made substances which do not naturally break down and pollute the environment or the body.

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