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Team member on bike

Opticians raise £1k cycling 100km

One of the UK’s most exciting and recognised entrepreneurs, Tom Glanfield of TEGCap, from Bournemouth, Hampshire

Ad Feature Insider tricks that entrepreneurs use to get noticed

Roger Allpress captures stunning astronomical images from his garden in Peterborough

In Pictures: Stunning images of space captured from a garden in Peterborough

Aurora Borealis seen from the International Space Station

Aurora Borealis: Stunning timelapse shows northern lights in space

The Perseid meteor shower is set to hit its peak tonight (image: Getty)

Star check! Stunning Perseid meteor shower to peak tonight

Eco-friendly subscriptions including Smol, Who Gives A Crap, Purdy & Figg and Wild

Mum's easy eco switches as 'greenagers' want planet-friendly homes

Steve Wainwright of Stanground with his "big stuff" woodwork.

Meet the Stanground man who loves making ‘big stuff’!

People visit St Mary's lighthouse in Whitley Bay to see the aurora borealis on 10 May 2024 (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Will the Northern Lights appear again this weekend?

This incredible shot taken by David Lowndes looks like something out of a Hollywood sci-fi spectacular!

In pictures: Check out these fab snaps of epic Northern Lights display over city

Local Peterborough McDonald’s restaurant teams have taken part in a local litter event

McDonald's volunteers clean up Peterborough

The solar eclipse as seen from Dallas, Texas. The phenomenon was first seen in the Mexican resort town of Mazatlan. April 8 2024.

Total solar eclipse 2024: Spectacular footage of rare blackout

Amazing footage of SpaceX's Starship 25 and Super Heavy Booster 9 lift-off and separation

Watch: Incredible lift-off footage before Space-X rocket destroyed

The lifesaving Magpas Air Ambulance team travelled a distance equal to 4.5 times around the Earth to help critically injured people throughout our region last year (image: MAGPAS)

2023 was busiest year on record for MAGPAS air ambulance

February will see a full moon as well as a new moon.

This when you can see the full moon in February

Cathedral junior choristers Muthoni and Theo with their Christingles.

Christingle 2023: Cathedral filled with light and song

The red planet will arrive in Peterborough in January for a spellbinding exhibition. Photo: Dave Parry, Press Association

Stunning Mars exhibition to arrive at Peterborough Cathedral in the new year
Mars display follows similar exhibitions featuring Earth and the Moon
By Stephen Briggs

Tejpaul Bhatia, Chief Revenue Officer at Axiom Space (left) and Dr Paul Bate, Chief Exectuive of the UK Space Agency (Image: UK Space Agency)

UK Space Agency -Axiom deal will see first all-UK space mission

A Draconid meteor near Skekarsbo at the Farnebofjardens national park 150 kilometers north of Stockholm in 2011 (Photo: P-M HEDEN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Draconid meteor shower 2023 peaks on 8 October - what to expect

Stars Above and Earth Below, at 7.30pm on Saturday 7th October, Peterborough Cathedral

An uplifting evening of choral singing

EastEnders’ Dean Gaffney says he is ‘broken’ as he shares family death

A host of Vevor DIY and electrical appliances have been recalled after putting users at risk of electric shock

Warning as 34 branded DIY items recalled due to risk of fire

Mother of two-year-old who died of brain-eating amoeba pays tribute

The Northern Lights will be visible in parts of the UK tonight

UK stargazers can catch the Northern Lights tonight - here’s how

When is the blue Sturgeon supermoon in August 2023?

July Full Moon 2023: When is the full moon, what does the Buck Moon mean and will it be a supermoon?

When is the Buck Moon in July 2023?

When will it get dark on the longest day of the year?

The Strawberry Moon will take place at 4.41 am on Sunday, June 4. This moon is associated with the season when Native American tribes marked the ripening of ‘June-bearing’ strawberries that were ready for gathering. As a supermoon this will appear on the eastern horizon in orange hues that will present vividly on Saturday evening (June 3).

When is the Strawberry Moon in June 2023?
June will welcome in a new full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon - here’s everything you need to know
Beth Franklin

Third time lucky, Sara ran for six days across the gruelling Sahara Desert.

Peterborough woman completes six day 152 mile marathon in the Sahara Desert

Content creator Summer Reeves loves bottled water and was excited when she found a bargain deal online - 10 Evian water bottles for £3. But all was not as it seemed.

Teen fuming after buying £3 Evian deal only to get doll-sized bottles

The Flower Moon of May 2020 (which was also a ‘supermoon’) rising above the village of Brixworth (Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

When is the Flower Moon in May 2023?

Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, putting a show on dancing over Loch Glascarnoch, by Garve, in the Highlands

Northern Lights tonight: how to see them

Starship is set to launch today

When is SpaceX Starship launch and how to watch Musk’s spacecraft test

A defunct satellite weighing 660 pounds is expected to crash back to Earth in the early hours of Thursday. Picture by NASA

660-pound old satellite to crash back to Earth

The line-up for two new Eurovision 2023 BBC specials have been confirmed - Credit: Getty, BBC

New Eurovision 2023 shows announced - hosted by Jason Manford and more

Secret Invasion trailer Easter eggs explained

Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, putting a show on dancing over Loch Glascarnoch, by Garve, in the Highlands

Northern Lights to be visible from parts of UK tonight

Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars and the Moon aligned in the night sky earlier this week (Adobe Stock)

Horoscopes: what planets alignment could mean for your star sign

A building-sized asteroid will fly closer to Earth than the moon on Saturday. Astronomers first spotted the space rock on 27 February and have been tracking its potential risk of impacting Earth.

‘Dangerous’ asteroid will come closer to Earth than the moon soon

Native species extinction threat as Attenborough films ‘last’ show

Aurora Borealis, Northern lights. Mumemories - stock.adobe.com

Aurora Borealis: Why 2023 is a good year to see Northern Lights

March 2023 stargazing guide: When is the next supermoon

Stock image of a meteoroid

See footage of small asteroid lighting up sky above English Channel

Near miss: NASA says Earth set for ‘close encounter’ with asteroid

Earth’s inner core may have started spinning in a new direction, accord to scientists.

Earth’s inner core may have started spinning in a new direction

Alireza Akbari’s has been executed in Iran.

British man executed in Iran after being accused of spying for MI6

An image of newly discovered TOI 700 e Earth-sized planet

Nasa finds two new Earth-sized planets in ‘habitable zone’

Full night sky calendar for January 2023

Stargazers stunned as huge meteor hurtles through the sky

Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl will be the first orbital launch from the UK (Photo: Getty Images)

Virgin Orbit Space Launch: UK rocket launching over Atlantic tonight

The skies will be hopefully as clear as this for any celestial events in 2023

Celestial events 2023 - meteor showers, full moons and lunar eclipses

How to watch The Letter: A Message For Our Earth featuring the Pope

Stunning meteor shower captured over King Charles III stately home

Children taking part in the service

Children light up Peterborough Cathedral as part of festive Christingle service

You won’t need binoculars to see the Geminids - they can be seen clearly with the naked eye.

Geminid meteor shower 2022 UK: How to see it

Alien bugs could be living deep underground on Mars, according to new research. The Red Planet is volcanically active, suggesting the right ingredients for present-day microbial life.

‘Alien bugs’ could be living deep underground on Mars, study finds