Figures obtained by The Evening Telegraph show that last year doctors wrote out almost 89,000 prescriptions for drugs such as Prozac. That is a 12 per cent rise on just two years ago.
The new figure meant about one in 20 of all adults in Peterborough were clinically depressed.
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2007: the year in review - news, sports, business, entertainment, photos, videos and the most read stories online.15th: PLANS for a new £52 million centre dedicated to giving Peterborough students the skills to become successful in tomorrow's world were unveiled.
The Peterborough Regional College project almost dwarfed the scope of the city's newly opened Thomas Deacon Academy, and cost £6 million more.
It put Peterborough Regional College at the forefront of providing state-of-the-art facilities. It is due to open in 2012.
26th: CAREFUL motorists in Cambridgeshire forked out one of the lowest speed camera fines per head last year.
New figures showed drivers dished out the equivalent of just £1.68 per speed camera per head, compared with a pocket-busting £5.20 in Bedfordshire and £5.82 in North Wales.
Neighbouring counties also dished out considerably more – Leicestershire £2.23, Lincolnshire £2.58 and Northamptonshire £4.72.
29th: POLICE thanked readers of The Evening Telegraph after a teenager was arrested following CCTV film of a sickening attack being shown on our website.
Other suspects could have also found themselves facing questioning from detectives after readers who had watched film of the horrific assault on an innocent boy having a barbecue with friends on the Embankment, came forward with vital information.
Some people even posted potential names of the gang seen kicking, punching and slapping their helpless victim, on the www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk website.
The CCTV film was later removed from our site due to legal reasons, but police were delighted that readers had brought new impetus to an investigation which began after the attack on May 5.
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