Nik Johnson

Nick Sandford with Alan Dowson and the City Council mayoral team in 2022.

Political View: It was an honour to serve alongside Alan

The Peterborough Celebrates Festival

The Peterborough Telegraph Review of the Year: May and June

Peterborough City Council offices

Peterborough's biggest political moments of 2025 from each month

Mayor Paul Bristow with students and youth leaders after the CPCA board meeting on December 18 which saw the Tiger Pass scheme extended until March 2027 Photo: CPCA

£1 Tiger Pass scheme officially extended in Peterborough until March 2027

Tiger Pass holders Photo: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Rally to save 'vital' £1 youth bus pass in Peterborough

Tiger Pass holders Photo: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

£1 Tiger Pass scheme set to remain until March 2027 in Peterborough

The Tiger bus pass is set to run until at least March.

Passionate appeal to keep 'Tiger Pass' for young bus users

Bus franchising has been delayed

First franchised bus services in Peterborough not expected until 2028

It is hoped the Tiger Pass can be saved

Plans to save Tiger bus pass in Peterborough and Cambs

Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Paul Bristow

Mayor Paul Bristow’s salary confirmed as he appoints committee chairs

Mayor Paul Bristow (left) and MP Sam Carling (right)

Mayor and MP clash over buses at combined authority meeting

The Tiger pass, brought in during Mayor Dr Nik Johnson's tenure and used on over one million journeys, allows children and young people under the age of 25 to travel for £1 per journey.

‘Drastic action’ needed to protect Tiger bus pass scheme in Peterborough

The pop up cycle lane on Crescent Bridge was open during part of the COVID pandemic

New plans to bring back Crescent Bridge cycle lane in Peterborough

How the approach from the station to the city centre could be transformed.

Town Hall View: An exciting step forward for station

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch celebrates with winning candidate Paul Bristow back in Peterborough.

GALLERY: The best pics as Peterborough chooses a new Mayor

Paul Bristow secured just over 60,000 votes

‘It’s surreal’ - Paul Bristow reacts to being elected mayor
The former Peterborough MP will now lead the combined authority
Joe Griffin - LDRS

Paul Bristow celebrates winning the electon. Pic: David Lowndes

Paul Bristow is new Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough after election win

The count has begun

WATCH: Peterborough turnout for Mayoral election revealed as count begins

The elections take place on Thursday

Everything to know about upcoming elections in Peterborough

Combined Authority Deputy Mayor Anna Smith, Deputy Leader of Peterborough City Council Mohammed Jamil, Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes, Cllr Zameer Ali, Cllr Noreen Bi and Nazim Khan MBE at the Gladstone Community Centre which received funding from the combined authority.

Town Hall View: What has the CPCA done for you?

The vote for the new Mayor takes place on May 1

Explained: What does the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough do?

You can hear from all the candidates at a debate this week

Cambs and Peterborough Mayoral Election: Hear from all the candidates at debate

Out campaigning with Anna Smith in the Fletton and Woodston ward.

Town Hall View: Vote to maintain the ‘golden thread’

The full list of candidates for the upcoming Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) mayoral election has been confirmed.

Full list of candidates for CPCA mayoral election

A new mayor will be elected for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

All you need to know about upcoming elections in Peterborough

Manor Leisure Centre, Whittlesey

New funding to help with leisure and travel issues in Whittlesey and Wisbech

This image shows the western side proposals – a new multi-storey car park, passenger pick up and drop off for access into a new station building to platforms. The building to the left next to the station building is an example development plot that the project will unlock for future development and as a future use example, as shown here as residential flats.

IN PICTURES: New images show how Peterborough's Station Quarter will look
Construction work could start later this year
Paul Grinnell

The villages are being given new solar panels

Peterborough villages to be given solar panels in bid to cut costs

Ensuring consistent, reliable, and affordable transport across the whole region must remain a priority.

Westminster Life: We are making transport work

Participants on Green Recovery programme

Celebrating success in Huntingdon green skills employment programme

The first contracts are expected to go live in Autumn 2027

Combined Authority assures smaller bus operators will be involved in franchising

Gladstone Community Centre

Gladstone Community Centre in Peterborough given £376,000 boost

Construction is expected to be completed in the summer

Lengthy Thorpe Wood roadworks begin with diversion route in place

The new built The Lab at ARU Peterborough is in line for a national award

University's The Lab is shortlisted for national award

The new active travel plan will begin in Thorpe Wood in March. Image: Google

"Great news for Peterborough residents" as active travel scheme is set to start

Anna Smith

Labour selects candidate for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election

The cycle bath will run along Thorpe Road

Peterborough cycle scheme included in £6.5 million active travel funding

Paul Bristow at Car Haven Car Park in Peterborough

Mayoral candidate Paul Bristow pledges to bring free parking to Peterborough

Mayor Dr Nik Johnson signs a decision notice to go ahead with bus franchising in the region Photo: CPCA

‘Stepping down as mayor was not a decision I wanted to make’

The Indigo apartments development in Northminster, Peterborough

Milestone for Peterborough’s £70 million Indigo apartments

Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, Dr Nik Johnson

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayor Nik Johnson will not run for re-election

Bus franchising will take place in Cambridgeshire

Mayor confirms bus franchising will go ahead

Kemi Badenoch canvassing in Stilton with Paul Bristow and Darryl Preston.

Leader of the Opposition visits Peterborough village

County council elections will take place in Cambridgeshire this year

County Council elections to take place despite postponements across the country

Bus franchising was given approval at the meeting

Mayor to make decision on bus franchising as board gives approval

Cllr Dennis Jones, Sam Carling MP & Mayor Dr Nik Johnson

Westminster Life: Driving growth for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Lorna Dupre is the Lib Dems candidate for the Cambs and Peterborough mayoral election Photo: Cambs and Peterborough Lib Dems

Lib Dems Cambs mayoral candidate voted against the creation of the role

The planned new bridge across the Nene

Councillor says extra £2 million funding for Cygnet Bridge is ‘uncontroversial’

Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, Dr Nik Johnson Photo: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Mayor recommended to go ahead with bus franchising scheme in Cambridgeshire

The Mayoral section of your council tax bill has been frozen

Mayoral share of council tax frozen but concern raised over deliver bus services

The combined authority has set out its proposed budget for the year ahead - including a bus fare cap extension

Precept freeze and £2 bus cap extension among Combined Authority proposals

Dr Johnson visits Cadent

Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough visits Cadent apprentices

Stagecoach buses have responded to the combined authority

Stagecoach East ‘saddened’ by claim it withdrew bids for new bus services

The Hilton Hotel is one of many topics that will play a key part in the Peterborough political scene this year

Peterborough politics: What to look out for in 2025

Labour's Nik Johnson (left), who is the current Mayor, and Conservative Paul Bristow (right) are the two candidates who have announced they will be standing in the election so far

All you need to know about the 2025 Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Mayor Election