“Nobody can buy planning permission from this council: everyone is treated fairly,” declared Peterborough City Council leader Wayne Fitzgerald. He was speaking after he confirmed tonight...
A councillor has been suspended from the Conservative group at Peterborough City Council, just hours after it was revealed that four other Conservative councillors had quit...
Property developer Godwin Developments has submitted an outline planning application for a range of commercial uses for its 9.5-acre site adjacent to the A47 in Wisbech and...
Conservative run Peterborough City Council is reeling from the resignation of four of its councillors within three days. By Saturday three Conservative councillors had quit the...
A company – in which its employees are the majority shareholders – has played a part in the decision by three Conservative members of Peterborough City...
Turners of Soham has been fined £1.9m after a “loving dad and husband” was killed when he was hit by an HGV in Birmingham. A second...
Regular readers will know how excited I am about Peterborough’s on-going development. There is so much to look forward to such as our plans for the...
Safeguarding the victim of a stabbing, saving a suicidal woman’s life, and helping a family stranded on Snowdon were just some of the acts of determination,...
Culture Secretary and SE Cambridgeshire MP Lucy Frazer believes freedom of the press is under threat across the world, but she says the UK government wants...
Only one of two masked men who broke into a house, threatened the home owner, and forced the victim to withdraw money from an ATM has...
Embrace Child Victims of Crime, a national charity based in Peterborough, has supported record numbers of children and families – more than in any other year...
Three years after a JustGiving raised £3,146 to help the then publicans keep it open post Covid, the Royal Oak at St Ives – which closed...
There is humanity and humour, and some great characterisation in this story of a couple fleeing war-blasted Syria. The play opens with The beekeeper, Nuri and...
A man caught with cash and class A drugs in Milton, Cambridge, has been jailed. Police from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) raided the...
A Cambridge bike thief has been jailed for six months. James Peyton, of no fixed address, was handed the sentence at Cambridge Magistrate’s Court yesterday (16...
Two city offices could be converted to flats – in one instance to an HMO (house in multiple occupation). Peterborough City Council has received applications in...
Just 17 voters who tried to vote in a polling station during this month’s local elections in Fenland did not meet the voter ID requirements. Data...
A job with echoes of the Grand Old Duke of York – who marched his men to the top of the hill only to march them...
Fenland District Council has confirmed it has paid £750,000 to buy the old Barclays Bank building in Broad Street, March. A council spokesperson said they “recognised...
A major Wisbech employer, Anglia Components plc, is named as a top employer in the inaugural Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards 2023. The technology...
A key member of the Fitzwilliam Hunt – based at Milton Park, Peterborough – has been fined after being caught on camera fox hunting. Shaun Parrish,...
Sleeping pods used to house security staff at the London 2012 Olympics are being used by a Cambridgeshire care home to house staff. The pods have...
Five different ways to support young LGBTQ+ people in Cambridgeshire with their mental health are being suggested in a new campaign. #MyWaysToWellbeing highlights how individuals can...
Thank you to everyone who voted for our Labour candidates in the Fenland elections. Although we are of course disappointed with the turnout and that we...
Channel 4 could well have their sights set on the fate of a disused Cambridgeshire water tower that has sold at auction for three times the...
A woman born on Armistice Day and given a name to reflect her parents’ hope for future peace, has died, aged 104, at The Hermitage care...
The floats, stalls and classic cars returned in overwhelming numbers to ensure a successful return – after a 10 year absence – of one of the...
The Ivy Leaf Club, Whittlesey, will close on or around July 4 – but the building is already up for sale for £895,00. Club chairman Mark...
It was the month that Disney released Jungle Book on the big screen, when anti-Vietnam war demonstrators besieged the Pentagon and when Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his...
Cambridgeshire could host a stage of the Tour of Britain if a £100,000 grant bid is approved by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CAPCA). The...