Council

Werrington Fields

Opposing View: Land use disputes are all around us

Conservative group Deputy leader Steve Allen

Political View: A difficult Task with flytipping

Aerial shot of houses.

Find out how much your council tax will go up in April

Councillor John Howard, Conservative Group press officer

Political View: Decision affects our every day life

Cllr Irene Walsh

Long serving Councillor and former Mayor Irene Walsh to stand down from role

'Council spent £16m on a bridge to nowhere. It's a dangerous mess'

£16m bridge leads to 'dangerous' deep mud...it looks like a warzone

A car dealer must pay more than £9,000 in fines and costs after a visitor to his premises was seriously injured when he fell down an unprotected drop.

Man falls down 6ft drop and gets 'seriously' injured at car dealership

Car meeting at Fair Meadow car park.

Car cruising crackdown planned in city centre car park

John Howard, Conservative Group press officer

Political View: The budget – to vote or not to vote?

A road left so badly damaged by a landslip it was closed to cars can't be fixed properly - as it's still moving a YEAR later.

Britain's 'wonkiest road' destroyed by landslip finally set to reopen

Campaigners are trying to save Woodston Library

City library campaigner sends letter to all councillors ahead of budget meeting

Kemi Badenoch canvassing in Stilton with Paul Bristow and Simon Bywater

Political View: Who will play politics with the budget?

The Budget: A proposal to mothball the Lido has been amended, following the huge public show of support for the facility

Town Hall View: Time for all councillors to do what is best for the council and ...

Conservative group deputy leader Steve Allen

Political View: Cost savings with a local planning appeals

Land Rover driver rams workman after ignoring road closure

Land Rover driver rams workman and sends him 'flying into a bush'

Between January 2023 and June 2024, nearly 5,000 dogs and over 20,000 cats were reported missing.

How to find a missing dog: 6 tips on what to do if your dog gets lost
Between January 2023 and June 2024, nearly 5,000 dogs were reported missing 🐶
Sarah McCann

The city council continues to count the cost of flytipping incidents such as this

Political View: Is fly-tipping taskforce the answer?

There has been an increase in flytipping in Peterborough in recent years

Council agrees to establish new fly-tipping task force in Peterborough

Conservative Group Deputy leader Steve Allen

Political View: New Year, new challenges

Peterborough Civic Society's Toby Wood

Civic Pride: It is important we all have our say

The partly completed Hilton Garden Inn at Fletton Quays, Peterborough

EXCLUSIVE: Hilton Garden Inn buyer pulls out of deal at ‘last minute’

Hema Russell and Andrew Wood

New shuttle service agreed to avoid isolation of Peterborough village

Peterborough Lido could be mothballed to save £400k.

Council tax hike of over 5% ruled out as consultation launched on major cuts

Worcester City Council insists the tree in Columbia Drive poses no immediate risk and has issued a protection order for it. Inset: Chris Davis

'Menacing' 100ft tree could crush my home but council won't chop it

Peter and Patricia Clarke outside their home in Grange Park, Swindon, which has been flooded 20 times over the past three years.

Our home has flooded 20 times...it's like Niagara Falls when it rains

Regional Pool.

Slow progress on new Regional Pool over lack of money

Councillor Wayne Fitzgerald and former Peterborough MP Paul Bristow at the launch of The Lab

Political View: Financial challenges can be overcome with a commitment to growt...
The financial pressures in the council are showing no improvement since the two changes of administration following the untimely removal of the Conservative group last November, writes Steve Allen Conservative Group deputy leader.
Steve Allen

The official launch of The Lab at ARU Peterborough

Town Hall View: Success story that is still being written

Paston Farm Community Centre.

Future on community centre under the spotlight

Woodston Library campaigners.

Petition to save library to be presented to council

Before-and-after pictures show how a house of horrors which was turned into a makeshift dump has finally been cleared of rubbish after more than a year.

Makeshift tip FINALLY cleared as nightmare neighbour evicted

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Nightmare tenant with rubbish dump in front garden gets EVICTED

The aftermath of the blaze at the Bristol Avenue tip

Video shows devastating tip blaze caused by a single e-bike battery

Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes says the Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough will not be used again as a refuge for asylum seekers

MP vows Great Northern Hotel will not become asylum refuge again

Phil Austin has built a lighthouse in the middle of Salford - 30 miles away from the nearest coast.

I was refused planning permission for a home...so I built a LIGHTHOUSE

Furious resident Douglas Debnam on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire, is embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row.

Our council want £100k to fix road with 32 potholes...we're furious!

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Next door has a rubbish dump in the garden...it's making our kids sick

Betty Calloway (90) from Stirchley, who has issues with an overgrown council hedge that has turned her dream move into a nightmare.

Overgrown hedge is 'swallowing' my garden...I'm fuming

There has been anger at the state the pool - and the site it stands on - has been left in

Anger as home of old Peterborough hydrotherapy pool left derelict

Retired bank worker, Nick Wisniewski, 66, is the last person living on 'Britain's loneliest street' which is all due to be knocked down - but he's refusing to move.

'I'm not moving!' Council move to evict man on derelict estate

Children at St Augustine’s School sign the petition. Picture: Jo Bird, St Augustine’s School.

WATCH: Pupils back campaign to save library - as petition is handed to council

School classroom.

Watch: School absence fines rise details explained

Switching on of the Christmas lights in Cathedral Square will now take place this year.

Town Hall View: Lights will go on but challenges remain

Councillor Chris Harper, left, officially hands over the running of the Peterborough First political group to Councillor Mohammed Farooq

New leader elected for council’s Peterborough First group

Councillor Shabina Qayyum at the Honeyhill Family Hub, with Sherrie Bosett, team manager at Barnardo's (2nd left); Jess Pearson and baby Violet; Kelly Kew with Harlan-Ray, and Hub officer Fran Macklin (left).

Peterborough Family Hubs scheme celebrates one year anniversary

Video grab of a rat infested alleyway off Franciscan Road in Tooting, south London. October 2 2024.

I passed a swarm of rats on the school run...it was disgusting!

The trees on Hodgson Avenue in Werrington.

Trees in Peterborough park damaged by vandals

Switching on of the Christmas lights 2023 at Peterborough Cathedral Square.

Peterborough Council still urgently seeking sponsors to save Christmas in city

West Sussex landscaper Harry Smith-Haggett, 22, has been filling in Horsham's potholes with flowers dubbed 'pretty potholes'.

'I made my roads pretty!' Pothole flowerbed service goes viral

How Queensgate will look with Odeon and Frasers onboard

Opposing View: Importance of having a 'destination city'

From left, the cover of the draft Peterborough Visitor Economy Strategy, Peterborough Cathedral, as battle re-enactment at Flag Fen and Peterborough Museum.

EXCLUSIVE: New bid to transform Peterborough into 'exciting' visitor attraction

Bailiffs have the right to visit a property and seize goods to repay certain debts, including council tax arrears, parking penalty charge notices and other debts (image: adobe)

Charity calls on council to change debt collection practices

Peterborough Panthers in action at their Showground home

Council rejects proposal to make speedway track 'an asset of community value'

Proposals for a new primary school in Great Haddon are to go to consultation.

Council to consult on plans for a new school in Peterborough

Woodston residents organise a protest outside the library.

Public meetings called in bid to save library