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BBC News
5 days ago
- Sport
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Five stories you might have missed in Peterborough this week.
A former world boxing champion has opened a new city boxing gym, while a mural celebrating a "well-loved" strongman, lifeguard and entertainer has been are five stories from Peterborough you might have missed this week. Boxing star Amir Khan opens new city centre gym A former world boxing champion has opened a new city boxing gym aimed at helping young people get off the streets and into the ring. Amir Khan opened the Amir Khan Boxing Academy in Queensgate Shopping Centre, in Peterborough, on Sunday. 'I litter pick to make my village a better place' A 12-year-old boy has begun picking up litter in his village after seeing a "horrendous" amount of rubbish while on a dog walk."It just annoyed me because this is a beautiful village and there was so much rubbish, it looked horrible, disgusting," said a week, he goes out with a black bin bag in the Cambridgeshire village of Yaxley, near Peterborough, and stays out until he has filled the bag. Dad's illness inspires nurse to run ultramarathon A nurse who got into running less than a year ago while her father was in intensive care has completed an ultramarathon, raising money for people going through a similar Cooper, 27, works in the emergency department at Peterborough City Hospital and completed the 50k (31 miles) Boudicca Way ultramarathon in Norwich on her dad fell ill in December, she has been fundraising to help a new Peterborough branch of charity ICU Steps, which supports patients and families affected by critical care. Mural of city's legendary strongman completed A mural celebrating a "well-loved" strongman, lifeguard and entertainer has been completed in the city that became his Cornelius, who fled his native Latvia in the 1940s and settled in Peterborough, was known for stunts such as pushing a pea with his nose for a mile (1.6km) and attempting to fly across the River artwork was painted by local artist Nathan Murdoch on the back of the former TK Maxx and Woolworths building on Wentworth Street. CQC left 'deeply concerned' after home inspection A care home has been rated as inadequate after a watchdog said people were not always safe or treated with Margarets Care Home in Peterborough provides support for people living with dementia over 65. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) conducted an unannounced inspection in CQC found that the staff referred to residents as children while speaking to inspectors and the report said "this was not dignified". The week in politics Cambridgeshire MPs put forward alternative proposals for local government re-organisation, which they say would protect "what makes Peterborough great".Original plans suggested there should be two new unitary authorities covering the whole Labour MPs Andrew Pakes and Sam Carling have made their own suggestion: a "Greater Peterborough" area, along with a "Greater Cambridge" and a "Mid Cambridgeshire" authority. Meanwhile, young people will continue to receive cut-price bus fares after a popular scheme was of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) board agreed to keep Tiger passes until 31 March gave under-25s access to £1 bus journeys and have been used for about 1.8 million trips since May 2024, but concerns had been raised about funding them. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
7 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Dad's illness inspires Peterborough nurse to run ultramarathon
A nurse who got into running less than a year ago while her father was in intensive care has completed an ultramarathon, raising money for people going through a similar Cooper, 27, works in the emergency department at Peterborough City Hospital and completed the 50k (31 miles) Boudicca Way ultramarathon in Norwich on Saturday. After her dad fell ill in December, she has been fundraising to help a new Peterborough branch of charity ICU Steps, which supports patients and families affected by critical said: "To help cope, and to stop myself staring at four walls, I started running and training became my way of managing everything emotionally while Dad was in intensive care." Ms Cooper, who has raised £465 from the run so far, said her father was admitted to the intensive care unit and had to be said: "Having the consultants sit me, my mum and my brother down and tell us to say our goodbyes was the most heart-breaking thing I've ever gone through." Without the intensive care unit team, she says her dad, who is a retired paramedic, "wouldn't be here today". The new support branch in Peterborough will be an informal group for critical care patients and their families and Cooper said: "I'm incredibly grateful, and proud to be supporting ICU Steps and raising awareness of just how much this kind of support can mean for families like mine."I ended up falling in love with running and decided to push myself even further with this ultramarathon - and doing it for such an amazing charity is what keeps me going." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
