Opinion

May I please express my gratitude to the people of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough for supporting the many remembrance parades and services held across the whole county during the last weekend and on Monday, November 11.

I have been thinking about death (I’m Sarah and I’m here to cheer you up!). At this time of year we are surrounded by it, writes Canon Commisioner Sarah Brown. Despite the golden weather of late there is no denying that the days are shorter, the leaves are brown and the first frost will be along soon to kill any remaining flowers and herald the winter. The ice will freeze the blood in the veins and vulnerable people will fall in greater numbers than usual into the care of medics, undertakers and vicars.

It was distressing to learn of the accident in which a pedestrian suffered serious injuries when a cyclist collided with him on a footpath in Whittlesey Road.

Calling all parents and guardians! You can now submit applications for primary school places on our website, writes Peterborough City Council service director for education Jonathan Lewis.

T here’s great excitement here at Peterborough Music Hub right now as final preparations are underway for a screening of The Snowman at New Theatre, Peterborough on Wednesday, December 4.

Councillor John Holdich is apparently open to suggestions on how to save money but how about early intervention for families who have disabled children?

I t was not long ago that the word “expert” was revered. If someone was an expert mechanic, you trusted them with your car. If someone was a medical expert, you entrusted them with your life. If someone was an expert on the economy, you wanted their approval for your finances, writes leader of the Labour group on Peterborough City Council cllr Shaz Nawaz.

In last week’s column I spoke about the huge budget challenge that we face next year and the need to deliver savings following the publication of our budget proposals, writes leader of Peterborough City Council Cllr John Holdich.

Peterborough Sports FC have previously put on record its thanks to Parkway PSL Ltd for the financial assistance that it provided in early 2013 in the first phase of the redevelopment of the ground, without which, it would not have been able to embark on its journey through this decade.

An old saying goes, “You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality,” writes Cllr Shaz Nawaz, leader of the Labour group on Peterborough City Council in his weekly column.

In September, the Little Miracles charity at The Spinney in Hartwell Way received a cheque for £500 from Peterborough & Counties Freemasons Lodge, whose Master Andy Henry made the presentation to Britney Hughes (pictured), writes Craig Bunday from Peterborough Freemasons.

Over half a century ago, politics, and most politicians, received a greater degree of public trust than is found these days, writes leader of the Werrington First group on Peterborough City Council, Cllr Steve Lane, in this week’s Speaker’s Corner.

I’ve been involved in politics for most of my life, but without doubt the financial challenge that we face in 2020/21 is the toughest I have known, writes cllr John Holdich, leader of Peterborough City Council.

Despite claims from the government that ‘austerity is over’, the latest Council budget proposals show that Peterborough will still be subject to vicious cuts for years to come, writes Peterborough MP Lisa Forbes.

A fter the recent By-election, our Leave constituency returned a Remain Labour MP because the Leave vote was split between the Brexit Party and the Tories, writes Brexit Party election candidate Mike Greene.

Boris promises to: “get Brexit done”, but if his Withdrawal Agreement goes through, it’s only the first step out of the EU, the easiest bit. Next will come decades of ongoing uncertainty, trying to replace what we’ve lost, writes Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Peterborough Beki Sellick in this week’s Speaker’s Corner.

National Black Cat day is held every year on October 27 to recognise the beauty of black cats, writes Sheridan Gaunt from Peterborough Cats Protection.

The recent vote relating to the city council’s budget was another symptom of this administration’s decline: it passed by only two votes, writes leader of the council’s Labour group Cllr Shaz Nawaz.

At the second reading of Johnson’s Withdrawal Bill on Tuesday, I voted against it. Not because I wish to overturn the referendum result, or ignore the wishes of my constituents and the 52 per cent who voted to Leave, but because it is a fundamentally bad deal for Peterborough and the country, writes MP for Peterborough Lisa Forbes in her weekly column.