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Five stories you might have missed from Peterborough this week

Five stories you might have missed from Peterborough this week

BBC News12-04-2025
Plans to close a hub for vulnerable adults and a community gym have raised concern amongst people living in Peterborough, while a new building has won an award for its impact on the city. Here are five stories from Peterborough you might have missed this week.
Closing hub 'will destroy' members
More than 700 people have signed a petition calling for a hub that coaches people with learning disabilities to be saved from closure.The Industrial Hub in Peterborough, which is part of City College's Day Opportunities programme, offers work experience and training.Families fear the service will shut down in June. Peterborough City Council said those affected "will be supported to source alternative opportunities should they need to".
Football table and 'wine bush' found
Bushes full of wine bottles, a table-football game and a burned-out motor scooter were among the items discovered by litter-pickers during the Great British Spring Clean.More than 300 volunteers collected 600 bags of litter during the cleaning spree in Peterborough.
Community gym users 'gutted' by closure
Customers at a Peterborough gym said they were still coming to terms with the announcement that it would close in a few weeks' time.The YMCA gym in Bretton will shut on 4 May after the owners said "rising operational costs and increased competition" had made it unviable. The charity's gym in Cambridge will also close on the same day.
University's £32m building wins urban design award
A new £32m university building has beaten competition from five other developments to win a national award for its impact on the city.The Lab, which is part of Anglia Ruskin University's site, was named as the best building in the urban life-focused Pineapples awards.
Patient hospital transfers 'improved by new tech'
A trial of new technology aimed at speeding up the transfer of patients to hospital helped improve care and enabled crews to return to service quickly, an ambulance service trust said.Mobile signals and Wi-Fi connections can be unreliable when crews need to access patient data, according to the East of England Ambulance Service Trust.Peterborough City Hospital is among those that installed boxes to allow emergency crews to reconnect automatically.
The week in politics
Residents face another five months of disruption after Cambridgeshire County Council said work to repair a cracked bridge would continue.The £32m King's Dyke bridge, which connects Peterborough and Whittlesey over the Peterborough-Ely railway line, was opened in 2022 to ease traffic caused by a level crossing.However it was partially closed last June, two years after it opened, after cracks were spotted in the westbound carriageway.The council said the lane closure would remain in place and it planned to start remedial work on the site in May, which should be completed in September.Meanwhile, the industry minister said plans to build state-of-the art gas equipment in Peterborough would create hundreds of jobs for local people.On a visit to the city, Sarah Jones said Peterborough would be "at the heart" of multimillion-pound plans to build new gas turbine compressor sets, which provide gas to power stations and businesses.National Gas plans to install new equipment at its facility north-west of Peterborough by 2030.
The week in sports
Peterborough United head to Wembley this weekend having suffered back-to-back defeats in League One.Posh lost the Nene Derby against Northampton Town on Saturday and were then beaten by Birmingham City on Tuesday.Darren Ferguson's side face Birmingham again on Sunday in the final of the EFL Trophy.Peterborough Sports got back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Leamington in the National League North.Michael Gyasi and Max Booth got the goals for the Turbines.Peterborough Phantoms collected two wins from two in their double header against Telford Tigers.They are now level on wins with Leeds and Hull with the final play-off group games taking place this weekend.
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