Nigel Simons

Six new lorries will be treating city roads this winter

Gritty-Gritty Bang Bang? Residents have chance to name new gritting lorries

Aragon staff and members of the Eye Open Space Group celebrate the Green Flag Award. Photo: Eye Open Space Group

Peterborough parks pick up prestigious award

The works start on Monday, July 24. Image: Peterborough City Council

All you need to know as another roadworks scheme to start in Peterborough

Roadworks at Junction 3a at Fletton Parkway

Hampton slipway closes for five months as major roadworks scheme begins

Peterborough City Council recently trialled a JCB Pothole Pro

Council to trial alternatives to JCB Pothole Pro

The paddling pool at Central Park in Peterborough.

Central park paddling pool to remain closed

The pool will be closed for the foreseeable future

Peterborough park paddling pool to remain shut during half term as sun shines

Peterborough City Council has planted 4450 new trees.

Council plants over 4000 new trees

Community litter picking volunteers at work at London Road on the side of the A15 near Drake Avenue.

Every Peterborough resident invited to take part in Litter Action Week

Fly-tipping blocks Meadow Road, in Peterborough

Peterborough road blocked by pile of rubbish brings calls for end to fly-tipping

The grass off Fernie Close, Newborough, where a skate ramp will be built - the upset of nearby residents

Skate ramp to be built despite concerns over ‘swearing and ghetto blasters’

The new homes are planned for an area of disused land right next to The Brambles.

Thirty homes in Newborough given planning approval despite safety concerns

The Bretton oak tree saw national media coverage in June as protestors suspended themselves from the tree in Ringwood, Bretton.

Tree felling cases won’t automatically go in front of planning officers

The Bretton oak tree

Residents can recommend tree planting sites in Peterborough

The Bretton Oak Tree in Blind Lane just before it was felled.

Tree insurance costs land council with £1.13m bill

Campaigner Richard Elmer at the Bretton oak before it was felled.

"The area is a shadow of its former self"- Campaigners hit back over Bretton oak
Campaigners are left questioning the cities pledge for Environmental Capital status

Peterborough City Council plans to replace the Bretton oak tree with 100 new trees.

Council makes promise to fund 100 new trees after FOI raises questions

The council closed Blind Lane while the tree was being felled.

Council blames protestors over oak costs

Peterborough City Council decided it must fell the Bretton Oak tree in June. Photo: Adam Barker.

REVEALED: The true cost of felling the Bretton oak

A number of parks in Peterborough have been awarded a Green Flag this year

Green flag success for Peterborough's green spaces

Protestors currently on the site of the tree.

Council gets tough as it promises to resume felling

Protest gather in front of the oak tree in Ringwood, Bretton.

Fundraiser launched for legal challenge to protect ancient oak

Green Party leader councillor Nicola Day has asked why Bretton Oak tree needs to be felled - and if other options are available.

Green Party leader demands to know why Bretton oak tree has to be cut down

The oak tree in question

Council announces 600-year-old oak tree to be felled, despite protests

Peterborough City Council leader Wayne Fitzgerald

New Peterborough City Council cabinet members revealed

Green Party leader Nicola Day at the Central Park flower beds (image: David Lowndes)

Peterborough City Council stop planting flowers to save £50,000 per year

Peterborough council set to spend £1.3m on new street cleaning vehicles
Peterborough City Council is set to spend £1.3m on new street cleaning vehicles.

Brown bins in Peterborough

This is when brown bin collections will return

Pupils from Queen's Drive Infant School won the competition with 'Lambogreenie'.

Children have named new bin lorries in Peterborough and they are hilarious

Trees damaged by vandal. Pic: Richard Ferris

Peterborough pupils get extra CCTV and lighting for Central Park - as graffiti y...

New camera trial to crackdown on fly-tipping in Peterborough to begin next month...

Campaigners are doing all they can to save the tree

Third report commissioned to decide future of historic Peterborough oak tree

Protest to stop of the felling of an old oak tree at Ringwood, Bretton pictured in July last year as residents launched a petition.

Campaigners fighting to save ancient Oak in Peterborough issue plea to council

The oak tree in Bretton.

Peterborough councillor says saving much loved ancient oak tree will cost city t...

The Peterborough City Council household waste recycling centre at Fengate EMN-190215-142211009

Vans and trailers will no longer need to book spots to visit Peterborough recycl...

Children can name the new bin lorries

Children can name Peterborough bin lorries

The council has set a target to plant more trees in the city

New target to increase number of trees in Peterborough

Bike hire scheme in the City. Oundle Road Gordon Arms end EMN-210503-170924009

Peterborough e-bike scheme stopped after vandalism spate causes thousands of pou...

Opinion: ‘Helping rough sleepers off the street’

Garden waste collection services are suspended until 2022

Peterborough garden waste collections suspended until 2022

The ancient oak tree in Ringwood, Bretton. Photo: Richard Simcox.

Peterborough councillor calls for increased transparency in council’s bid to fel...

Ernest Martin at the site of Cain's memorial along New Cut.

Father of Peterborough teenager killed on ‘unsafe’ road calls for action after l...

The council is trying to encourage more taxi drivers to switch to electric cars

Free charging for Peterborough taxi drivers to encourage cabbies go green

Peterborough City Council elections 2021

Peterborough election results: Dominant win for Conservatives in Eye, Thorney & ...

Rubbish near Eye Nature Reserve. Pic@EyePeterborough

Peterborough McDonalds widens litter picks following complaints over rubbish nea...