Politics

What a sad state of affairs that the Mayor of Peterborough had to cancel the April Peterborough City Council meeting for there was no important business for the 60 councillors to conduct and it clearly demonstrates that the council is on its way out.

Desperate parents yesterday pleaded for a U-turn on changes to a children’s home as they warned families could go into crisis.

Action could be taken against Peterborough’s top performing primary school which had some of its SATS results declared invalid due to maladministration.

A candidate standing for election to Peterborough City Council wants to see the council replaced by a new authority, which he claims will save taxpayers tens of millions of pounds a year.

Predicting election results is a fool’s game.

The Liberal Democrats have revealed their manifesto for the local elections on May 3.

It’s a credit to this newspaper that it has consistently reported Peterborough’s educational performance and the difficulties our schools are facing.

A campaign waged by three mothers concerned at the rise of discarded needles has proved successful.

Peterborough City Council leader Cllr John Holdich:

Lane closures on Bourges Boulevard for the current roadworks are to be extended with the scheme said to be progressing well.

Fine and artisan food, band merchandise and vintage furniture are among the items being sold by Peterborough City Market’s newest traders.

Peterborough’s two MPs disagree over the decision to bomb sites in Syria.

Approximately nine out of every 10 pupils in Peterborough have received a place at their first choice primary school.

Parents were left waiting 11 hours to find out which primary school in Peterborough their child will go to due to an IT failure.

MP for Peterborough Fiona Onasanya has welcomed a new housing development in Bretton, saying it will provide homes that are “very much needed” in her constituency.

Before the break, Westminster was still abuzz with talk about the Cambridge Analytica scandal. There are a number of worries: first, there’s the way that Cambridge Analytica got hold of users’ private data. It’s one thing if you enter a competition and willingly submit your information as a consequence. However, in this instance, the data of friends of those who took a quiz was also extracted without their knowledge. This has forced Parliament to confront Facebook’s less than stellar record in securing our information.

Protesters are to voice their anger at the removal of overnight respite care from a children’s home in Peterborough.

Mayor of Peterborough John Fox will hold a farewell ball to raise money for charity.