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From beekeepers to Batman, there were certainly some eye-catching costumes and carts on display in the streets of Duxford as the village held its annual Soapbox Derby last Sunday (1 September). Andy Yates, chairman of the Duxford Soapbox Derby Committee, said the popular event, established in 2013 to raise money for Cancer Research UK in memory of Phill Hill, went really well, with all three races (the 4-7 and 8-11-year-olds race, the 12-15-year-olds race and the adult’s race) going off “without a hitch”. “We had three teams of 4-7-year-olds, we had seven in the 8-11 category, and then we had …