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A new report on adult carers in Peterborough has revealed that many are working more than 100 hours a week.

A new arts centre earmarked for the Fletton Quays development has been pulled after an application for £1 million of funding was rejected.

Calling all parents and guardians! You can now submit applications for primary school places on our website, writes Peterborough City Council service director for education Jonathan Lewis.

Fenland District Council has reviewed the first eight months of its contract working with Peterborough City Council to provide private environmental enforcement.

Funding of more than £1.6 million for new affordable homes in Peterborough has been approved.

The latest £365,000 of development money has been released by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority for the University of Peterborough project, which is said to be “on time and on budget”.

A range of major road projects across Peterborough have moved a step closer after the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority approved £600,000 to develop the plans.

The estimated cost of widening the Oundle Road in Peterborough is set to increase by half, to £2.3 million.

A short term lease for 72 properties in a Peterborough estate which are used for the city’s homeless has been agreed by the council.

In last week’s column I spoke about the huge budget challenge that we face next year and the need to deliver savings following the publication of our budget proposals, writes leader of Peterborough City Council Cllr John Holdich.

A planning application for two, one-bed apartments on land next to Highbury House, Millfield, Peterborough, has been refused by the city council as no residential parking has been provided.

A homeowner who built a wall across 2m of land at the rear of his garden that was allegedly taken illegally, and in so doing allegedly prevented access to a ‘hedgehog highway’, has won the right to retain it following an appeal.

A much-used car park serving businesses in Wainman Road, Orton Longueville, Peterborough, is to become a car sales site despite local opposition.

A vote on Peterborough City Council’s budget proposals have been delayed due to the General Election.

Five new properties in Peterborough have received planning approval after an argument over what constitutes a bungalow.

A new Lidl store and 74 homes are to be built on the old British Sugar site at Sugar Way after being granted planning permission.

A total of 27 primary schools in Peterborough were oversubscribed for entry into Reception for the school year 2019/2020.

A scheme supporting disabled shoppers in Peterborough has received a temporary reprieve after it was offered one more year of funding by the city council.

An old saying goes, “You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality,” writes Cllr Shaz Nawaz, leader of the Labour group on Peterborough City Council in his weekly column.