Peterborough City Council has won Government funding of £4m to buy a new electric bus depot. But city council leader Wayne Fitzgerald told a meeting of...
An independent councillor says she left a meeting of Peterborough City Council early last night after being “accosted” beforehand by council leader Wayne Fitzgerald. Cllr Julie...
Arsonists destroyed eight lorries – each containing up to 300 litres of diesel. Police have launched an investigation following the arson attack in Longstanton. Emergency services...
A career burglar and his girlfriend who stole and then pawned thousands of pounds worth of jewellery have been jailed. Gareth Farrington admitted breaking into two...
A drug dealer from Ely has been jailed thanks to a tip off from the community. Police were responding to concerns around anti-social behaviour and drug...
Launched in 1977 as a Play for Today on BBC Television, Abigail’s Party – an evening where two married couples get drunk and reveal their secrets – truly...
Tories lost two major debates at Cambridgeshire County Council today which means there will be no referendum on the Cambridge congestion charge and approval for next...
A bid to secure £100,000 to finance a business plan to rectify safety issues near the A142/A10 roundabout at Ely will be debated today. Described as...
A man who raped a woman while she slept told her when she woke up, she had dreamt it. However, a court heard, he sent her...
Ill health has forced Lord Robert Kerslake to step down as chair of the improvement board at the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CAPCA). His resignation,...
Jobs could go at the four leisure centres in Fenland with operator Freedom Leisure considering “staffing cost reductions to mitigate costs due to the energy crisis....
A 35-year-old man booked a Peterborough hotel room and brought alcohol, sex toys and a camera ahead of meeting a teenage girl. However, a court heard,...
Littering and fly-tipping are real bugbears of mine and I know that many people share my frustrations. We all want Peterborough to be a clean, welcoming...
A council trying to force a Cambridgeshire man to stop using part of a converted garage as a home office, asked Cambridge City Airport what they...
A daily ‘will they ever learn?’ diary has kept thousands of motorists aware of a flooded Fenland road – and of those who think they know...
A senior police chief has been out on the streets of Ely to see for himself the problem of illegal parking – and booked a couple...
Photos of a man wanted in connection with a stabbing in Peterborough have been released by police. Cambridgeshire Police says it wants the public’s help to...
Jamie Dalzell is an engaging character. His Twitter profile confirms it. “Committed liberal and ale enthusiast, counting beans for a living,” he proclaims. And yesterday he...
A Cambridge resident has been fined after their waste was found dumped in Impington. South Cambridgeshire District Council investigated and tracked down the offender. A council...
This play is a tour de force – the performances will be among the best you will see on stage anywhere this year. The Shawshank Redemption,...
The chances of a Cambridgeshire school remaining open faded today after the county council agreed to the next stage of the statutory process to close Great...
In the end it came down to an 8-7 vote but enough to reinstate the Mill Road, Cambridge, bridge closure to all motor vehicles. There will...
A town’s social club – which quite recently boosted more than 1,000 members – is under threat, says its chairman ahead of its annual meeting later...
It was standing room only in a Cambridgeshire village hall today as residents packed in to hear more about the sudden closure of their GP surgery....
A controversial decision by former Mayor James Palmer to agree huge loans to private developers is to be subject to “an initial internal review” by Cambridgeshire...
A key issue in the conviction of a Huntingdon woman for manslaughter is whether a sign indicating dual cycle and pedestrian use on a footpath was...
South West Norfolk MP Liz Truss has been on a fact finding visit today to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn “to give further support...
‘Tenancy issues’ and the ‘future of the role of volunteer caretaker’ will be debated by a town council committee next week as they struggle to resolve...
A man attacked his girlfriend and choked her until she lost consciousness, a court heard. Piotr Kowalczyk, 25, became angry and violent on 16 December after his...
Realisation of the seriousness of the issue prompted a swift turnaround in support from a council leader to help Sutton near Ely as they woke to...