- Cheers as BGT judge Holden returns
- Protesters show Syria solidarity
- Salmond insists on no-strings poll
- Call to embrace community energy
- Murdoch expected in wake of arrests
- PM 'plans football racism summit'
- Anger over marriage tax breaks
- Singer Whitney Houston dies aged 48
- PM quashes Lansley speculation
- Police appeal over linked robberies
- 'More families' covering bills
- Police seize spoof poster fanzine
- Families 'set to lose tax credit'
- Man quizzed over village murder
- Alexander urges tax relief reform
- Redknapp hits out at CPS over trial
- 'Nuclear' accusations dismissed
- Bumped-up insurance claims 'surge'
- Not time to resign, says Lansley
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Deeping pensioner scales Nepalese mountain: Ain’t no mountain high enough
A PENSIONER who has battled cancer for the last decade has become the oldest Briton to scale a mammoth 6,000-metre Nepalese mountain.
Tough guy Tony goes the distance
A PROUD father from Peterborough can boast to being one of few people in the country to complete a gruelling endurance race billed as the “toughest in the world”.
Deepings Community Centre: At the heart of the community
CATHY Pridgeon, the chairman of the board of trustees at Deepings Community Centre in Market Deeping, has a simple tagline about how a centre should run: “If it’s safe, it’s clean, it’s warm and it’s friendly, it works.”
British Pathe: Video memories of Peterborough video
The British Pathe website has recently been relaunched and a wealth of wierd and wonderful pieces of footage from our area from yesteryear are only a click or two away:
Phillippa banks on Cash In The Attic show to help with DVD project
A WOMAN from Peterborough with a passion for embroidery has sewn up success on one of the nation’s favourite antiques programmes.
Tinnitus Awareness week: Learning to live with tinnitus
Tinnitus Awareness week runs from February 6 to 12 and the charity Action on Hearing Loss is aiming to make the potentially life-ruining condition better known. CARLY Lewthwaite found out more about how to cope.
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Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2012: All the fun of the Bear
WE all have our favourite bear, but ask the residents of Whittlesey and they will all give you the same answer – their Straw Bear! CARLY LEWTHWAITE reports on the history of this popular festival, as well as what is on offer this year.
Future looks good for model Junaid
TEENAGE model Junaid Ahmed from Peterborough is living his dream after his dazzling good looks wowed a fashion scout who spotted him in the street.
Have your say: Elected police commissioners
IN November this year the Cambridgeshire Police Authority will hand over its powers to a police commissioner – one of 41 overseeing police services in each county across the UK.
England cricket team could be wiedling bats from Peterborough trees
ENGLAND’S all-conquering cricket heroes could soon be wielding bats made from Peterborough timber.
Katharine of Aragon: The queen who changed the course of history
Ahead of the annual service to commemorate her life, Ann Molyneux-Jackson finds out more about Katherine of Aragon, the Spanish princess who became the Queen of England and why she is still remembered here almost 500 years after her death.
3 commentsPeterborough partnership: Love Food Hate Waste - ‘Feed the 1,000’ event
AN event at Ormiston Bushfield Academy on Saturday (21 January) aims to highlight the amount of food we waste - and what we could be doing with it instead.
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Be part of the space race: ET meets the Peterborough Astronomical Society
FORMED in the early 1990s, Peterborough Astronomical Society (PAS) meets on the first Thursday of every month at Copeland Community Centre, South Bretton.
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Fossil Kid’s got a prehistoric puzzle
A PROLIFIC young bone-hunter from the city has started to piece together the 160-million-year-old sea creature he excavated as a teenager.
Stargazing Chris helps discover new planet
Chris Holmes has ensured Peterborough’s influence has extended light years across the universe after discovering a new planet.
Platinum wedding anniversary: Marriage is fresh as a daisy 70 years on
A LOVING husband of 70 years from Peterborough still says it with flowers every week.
Video: This driving course could save your life video
ACCORDING to the website www.uk-roadsafety.co.uk there have already been 89 deaths on UK roads this year, and almost 10,000 casualties. Driver error may have been a factor, but adverse weather and road conditions will also have played their part.
Victim Support: Could you be there in a crime victim’s hour of need?
VICTIM Support is looking for new volunteers across Peterborough to help those who have been victims of crime. Deputy features editor John Baker spoke to the deputy community manager for Cambridgeshire, and three Peterborough volunteers.
Peterborough milk carton star Rovyar has something to bleat about
A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl from Peterborough has shown she has “the white stuff” for a starring role on goats’ milk cartons across the UK.
Giving yourself the best chance in the race for jobs
The job market is currently more competitive than ever, so any little advantage and skill that an applicant can pick up might be worth its weight in gold. Deputy features editor John Baker explored two ways of boosting your chances when it comes to the dreaded application and interview.
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Oscar-whinnying performances in new spielberg blockbuster War Horse
THE latest blockbuster from legendary director Steven Spielberg features four horses from near Peterborough.
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