Sadly, many of the top 10 most read stories on the Peterborough Telegraph website this year are linked to the coronavirus or death, although there is one cheerful exception.
Links to all of the stories are here, while a summary of each story can be read in the photos below:
1. Man charged with 1994 murder of Peterborough schoolboy Rikki Neave
A man was charged with murdering six-year-old schoolboy Rikki Neave in Peterborough 25 years earlier Photo: SWNS-Cambridge-+44 (0)1179066550
2. REVEALED: Which areas of Peterborough have been worst hit by coronavirus
In July, figures released by the Office for National Statistics revealed which areas of Peterborough had been worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic
3. Tributes to Nobby The Tramp after iconic Peterborough personality dies
Tributes flooded in to iconic Peterborough character Michael Ross - better known to thousands of residents as Nobby The Tramp - after he passed away
4. Which areas of Peterborough have been worst hit by coronavirus?
In June, official figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed there had been more deaths linked to coronavirus in Bretton than any other area of Peterborough