Council

Before I get into the substance of this column, I’d like to congratulate the England cricket team on their victory in the World Cup. It could not have been a more electrifying match, nor a more inspiring victory, writes Cllr Shaz Nawaz, leader of the Labour group on Peterborough City Council, in his weekly column.

Following the recent by-election, and the European and local elections before that, one might expect that elected members would quickly re-align the focus of their attention closer to home, writes Cllr Stephen Lane, leader of the Werrington First group on Peterborough City Council, in the Speaker’s Corner column.

Four puppies believed to have been illegally imported into Peterborough have been rescued by officers and are now set to be re-homed.

The funding crisis for Peterborough schools has become so severe that staff are having to replace laptop keys with pieces of lego.

Fed up commuters face yet further delays to see the bypass at King’s Dyke Level Crossing ever come to fruition after Cambridgeshire County Council ditched the contractor for the project.

Peterborough city councillors have been told sharing IT services with Cambridgeshire will save money, eventually.

An elderly widow with learning difficulties has been left almost penniless after a council stripped her of her £28,000 nest egg - because she had saved too much.

Peterborough City Council is looking for more ways to prosecute fly-tippers as a working group reports more incidents than ever.

Cabinet members at Peterborough City Council have been told their current forecast £5.457 million overspend is "usual" for this time of the year; but is expected to be clawed back over the full financial term.

Fenland District Council has secured a further share of government funding aimed at supporting local areas facing pressures linked to recent migration.

Fenland District Council is taking urgent action to partially demolish a derelict building in Wisbech after surveys revealed parts of the building are at risk of collapse.

There’s not a day that goes by when we don’t hear about a council, school, police force or health service struggling to make ends meet, writes leader of Peterborough City Council John Holdich.

A ‘unique’ development in Peterborough which will target the Millennial generation has received planning permission.

I write in response to the letter from David Head of West Town in the 4th July edition of the newspaper about the academisation of schools.

The education provider for children excluded from mainstream schools has been rated ‘Inadequate’.

Children in Peterborough are approaching the end of the school year, with less than a fortnight to go until the summer holidays begin.

Peterborough schools may have to close some days due to a funding crisis which has left many at breaking point.

A man who responded to a Facebook request for the disposal of household waste despite not having a licence was fined last month, after the items were then fly-tipped in Holbeach.

A Peterborough city councillor injured in a car crash has thanked people for sending him well-wishes.