Lockdown causes cancellation of events at Peterborough's East of England Arena

Three events were scheduled to take place over the winter and spring months - but today Jason Lunn, venue director at the East of England Arena and Event Centre said the plans had to be changed.

Mr Lunn said: "“It is unfortunate that, due to Covid 19 and the new lockdown restrictions announced on 4 Jan 2021, a number of events have been impacted, including:

"The New & Used Motorhome & Campervan Sale - 26 Feb 2021 - Postponed

"SelfBuild & Design 2021 - 6 Mar 2021 - Cancelled

"FLOODEX 2021 - 7 Apr 2021 - Cancelled

"We have worked closely with our colleagues within the events industry, Peterborough City Council, and public health to keep safe events running at the venue through 2020 with great success. However, the current ‘stay at home’ order means that we are now unable to host any events until the restrictions are revised or lifted. We will keep working behind closed doors to bring more events to the city and the region once the pandemic has passed.”

The Young Driver events held at the venue have been cancelled until February 20.

A spokesman for the organisers said: "We have not taken this decision lightly: the rapid rise of Covid-19 cases, the near overwhelmed status of many local hospitals and the increasing number of areas being put into Tier 4 has led us to conclude that it is not safe or responsible for us to operate as usual at this time, even with the PPE and precautions we have in place.

"If you have a lesson booked at any date up to February 19 2021, we will be contacting you shortly by email with information on how to easily reschedule your lesson to a future date convenient to you. (Please do check your junk boxes as sometimes our emails end up there!)”

"More information can be found at this link: https://www.youngdriver.eu/coronavirus-statement-2021If you are an exhibitor or ticket holder for an event at the East of England Arena and Events Centre. please contact the relevant organiser for further information.

Mr Lunn added: "Please keep checking the news section of our website www.eastofenglandarena.com/ and our social media channels for updates. Thank you for your support and we hope to see events returning to the venue as soon as it is safe to do so."