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:
5. Peterborough primary school and pre-school closed over coronavirus fears
Lime Academy Watergall and Bretton Community Pre-School, both in Watergall, Bretton, closed in February due to fears someone had contracted the coronavirus
6. Police close A47 in Peterborough
The A47 was shut in Peterborough between the Lincoln Road and Fulbridge Road junctions due to concerns for the welfare of a woman
7. Peterborough restaurant boss opens 24-hour “McDoggals” drivethru - and people are lovin’ it
A new all-day and night kerbside takeaway service at the Dog in a Doublet certainly caught people's attention!
8. Coronavirus: Peterborough school closed after positive test from pupil’s family
Heritage Park Primary School in Park Farm closed due to a family member of a pupil testing positive for the coronavirus