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The "save the Industrial Hub" campaigners in the city centre recently.

Political View: Threat to industrial hub was hidden

The fly tip near Brudenell

WATCH: Are these the worst fly-tipping hotspots in Peterborough?

Rene Antonelli reading the Stick Man story to visitors to the Green Backyard.

Much-loved community garden fears for future over plans for new homes

Peterborough city centre

What we know so far about local government reorganisation for Peterborough

Thorney Commemoration Day, Service and Dedication of a new memorial

Political View: Proud to attend rededication service

Flytipping in the Ortons

Call for action over flytipping at Peterborough grotspots

The proposals will be discussed at a council meeting next week

Panel recommends increase in Peterborough councillor allowances

Werrington Fields

Decision due over Werrington Fields today

John Howard, Conservative Group press officer

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

Campaigners are trying to save Woodston Library

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

Bretton Library.

Green light for Dementia Centre to move into library after controversial meeting

Kemi Badenoch canvassing in Stilton with Paul Bristow and Simon Bywater

Political View: Who will play politics with the budget?

Stibbington Centre, Stibbington, Cambridgeshire.

Historic Stibbington Centre once used by thousands on schools trips to be sold

Cllr Wayne Fitzgerald

Former council leader brands net zero ‘woke nonsense’ as climate motion passed

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

Political View: Is fly-tipping taskforce the answer?

Campaigners are fighting to save Woodston Library

'Visit before you axe' plea to councillors as campaigners try to save library
Campaigners invite all 60 city councillors to visit under threat facility this weekend
By Stephen Briggs

A decision to reject plans for 650 homes on the East of England Showground could be overturned at a crucial Peterborough City Council meeting that has been called to review the decision

Council set to throw out refusal decision for 650 homes on Showground

Land off West Street, Chatteris, where 70 new homes are proposed to be built.

‘Overdevelopment must be halted’: Calls to block plan for 70 new homes

Tony Martin

‘Changes to inheritance tax would be pretty terminal for our family farm’

Nenegate School.

Special school extension required to avoid £28m bill

This image shows the location of the Victorian former rail shed at Fletton Quays

Victorian rail shed to become £7 million Food Hall

Anger voiced at plans to ‘mothball’ Lido

Taxi drivers in Peterborough had largely come out against the proposals.

Taxi drivers celebrate CCTV vote

Taxi drivers turned up in numbers ahead of the meeting.

Councillors strike down mandatory CCTV in taxi plans

Woodston Library campaigners.

Petition to save library to be presented to council

Peterborough First isn’t just a name, it is in our values and our approach to the challenges and opportunities before us for the city. says Mohammed Farooq.

Political View: Proud that shadow cabinet is making changes

Councillor Nicola Day says campaigners will make their views known at a future appeals committee hearing to consider the refusal of plans to build 650 homes on the East of England Showground.

Campaigners ‘surprise’ at review call for Showground plans
No date yet for review hearing
Paul Grinnell

The Home Office is set to move 146 asylum seekers into the Dragonfly Hotel, Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough

Call to MPs and council leader to protest at refuge plans for city hotel

Peterborough First councillor John Howard, Shadow Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities

Opposing View: Dark day for local democracy and decision making

A decision by Peterborough City Council to refuse approval to build 650 homes on the East of England Showground is to be reconsidered

Refusal for 650 homes on Showground to be reconsidered

Hilton Hotels have confirmed the company still intends to operate the Hilton Garden Inn, Peterborough, despite extensive delays completing the building.

Hilton vows it is still ‘committed’ to its Peterborough hotel

Concerns have been voiced about the decision to reject plans for 650 homes on the East of England Showground

Think again call on refusal of 650 homes on Showground

Plans to build 850 homes and a leisure village on the East of England Showground have been approved by Peterborough councillors who have also set a six month deadline for traffic issues to be resolved or the permission could be declared void.

Deadline set for Showground developer to tackle traffic fears

Undeterred by the rejection of plans for 670 homes on the East of England Showground, a developer says it is looking to take the 'next steps' forward

East of England Showground promoter to ‘progress’ plans

Peterborough Panthers supporters protesting outside Peterborough City Council's offices ahead of a planning committee meeting to decide on development plans for the East of England Showground

Watch as planning chief explains why speedway fans are celebrating

This image shows the layout for the proposals for the East of England Showground in Peterborough

Hopes dented for East of England Showground developer

Werrington Fields protesters outside of the Town Hall.

Werrington Fields decision deferred for full debate

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

Werrington Fields in Peterborough

New move to approve Werrington Fields lease to Academy

Christmas has been saved for Peterborough city centre after companies donated funds for a Christmas tree, lights and an official switch on.

Christmas is saved for Peterborough

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

Businesses in Peterborough are being urged to help save the city centre's Christmas tree and lights celebration this year.

Christmas celebrations could be cancelled in city centre

The partly-built Hilton Garden Inn at Fletton Quays, Peterborough

Council reviews action to finish £30 million Hilton Garden Inn

Guild House.

Major housing development at flagship Guild House approved

Werrington Fields

Conservative Party Column: We must work together on Werrington Fields

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Werrington Fields

Councillors vote to reconsider Werrington Fields decision

The soon-to-be demolished Regional Pool

Opinion: Can we look forward to a new era under Labour or will reality be more o...

Coun Karen Bruce claimed that a Pop Tart was to blame for a dramatic toaster fire that nearly torched her kitchen.

I put a Pop Tart in toaster - my kitchen almost went up in flames

Werrington Fields, in Peterborough. Inset, the type of fencing that could be used to enclose part of the area for school use.

New move to stop council plans for fence at Werrington Fields

Andrew Pakes MP and Paul Bristow shaking hands as the election result is announced

Political View: Our city’s changed political landscape

Peterborough City Council has agreed new action to increase active and sustainable travel in Peterborough

Green light for sustainable travel routes

Peterborough City Council is to set up its own company to oversee the completion of the Hilton Garden Inn, Peterborough

Go ahead for council company to finish Hilton Garden Inn

WATCH: Protesters demand rethink on Werrington Fields

What the new site might look like

New £3.9 million upgrade for Fenland recycling centre