Opinion

The weeks and months ahead look set to be as interesting as ever for Peterborough. I’ve started 2019 as I mean to go on, visiting communities across the city and hearing more about the issues that matter the most to you, writes Paul Bristow, the Conservative Party candidate for Peterborough.

By the time this article is published, the bulk of the Christmas decorations will have been taken down for another year. It’s time to get back to work; 2019 promises to be full of opportunities and challenges, writes cllr Shaz Nawaz, leader of the Labour party on Peterborough City Council.

I have never been keen on New Year parties. All of that build up only to have to shake hands with a room full sweaty palmed, gin swilling weirdos. Or maybe that’s just my family, writes columnist John Cooper.

Have you ever experienced loneliness? I’m not talking about occasionally on an afternoon, but weeks, or even months and years of craving human contact, writes Peterborough City Council leader cllr John Holdich.

We have been asked why the PT is publishing Fiona Onasanya’s columns following her conviction at the Old Bailey.

It’s been the age old question which has infuriated Peterborough drivers for years – why does fuel cost more in the city than neighbouring areas?

As we welcome 2019, many of us will have been busy making New Year’s resolutions, writes Sheridan Gaunt, spokeswoman for Cats Protection in Peterborough.

Let me start off by wishing you all a happy new year, writes Peterborough City Council leader Cllr John Holdich.

Note from the Editor: We have been asked why the PT is publishing Fiona Onasanya’s columns following her conviction at the Old Bailey.

Video might not have killed the radio star but the internet is inflicting serious damage on record stores.

It’s the first column of 2019 so here are my hopes for the new sporting year, none of which will come true, but you never know!

Once again it has been a busy December for Freemasons. Members from the Province of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire came together in celebration for a Festival of Lessons and Carols at Peterborough Cathedral, writes Craig Bunday from Peterborough Freemasons.

I first met Fiona Onasanya at pre-election hustings at Peterborough Regional College before she narrowly won the city seat in 2017. She was pleasant, eloquent and enthusiastic.

Note from the Editor: We have been asked why the PT is publishing Fiona Onasanya’s columns following her conviction at the Old Bailey.

It’s the last column of 2018 so time for my sporting heroes and villains of the past 12 months.

While it may not seem immediately evident if you go by what you watch on television on read in newspapers, there is a lot to feel positive about as 2018 comes to an end, write columnist Paul Bristow, Conservative Party candidate for Peterborough .

Quality of life matters to people. There are huge national and international problems and dilemmas which hang over us like storm clouds, whether that be Brexit, global warming, migration or poverty, writes Toby Wood from the Peterborough Civic Society.

T his column will pause for the holiday period, beginning again on the week of January 7th . This is for a very simple reason: one of the great pleasures of this time of year is the ability to put controversy and commentary aside, writes Peterborough Labour group leader cllr Shaz Nawaz.

“As another year draws to an end, it is time to look back on a busy year in Peterborough and North West Cambridgeshire.