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CTV News
23-05-2025
- CTV News
Several people injured in stabbing at Hamburg train station, police say
BERLIN — Several people were injured by a person with a knife at the central railway station in the German city of Hamburg on Friday, police said. A suspect in the attack was arrested, police said in a post on the social network X on Friday evening. They didn't immediately give details of the number or severity of the injuries, or on the identity of the suspect. The station in downtown Hamburg, Germany's second-biggest city, is a major hub for local, regional and long-distance trains.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
York railway station road closed over long weekend
A stretch of York's inner ring road near the city's railway station is to shut from Saturday to Tuesday for roadworks to be carried out. Queen Street will close from 19:00 BST on Saturday to allow contractors to remove the existing road surface and replace it in a new road layout, as part of ongoing work to transform the front of the railway station. Trains will run as usual but some bus routes will be diverted and free shuttle buses will run between Blossom Street and the station, the council said. Kate Ravilious, York council's executive member for transport, said the authority was working with developers to "to minimise disruption throughout the bank holiday". Pedestrians will still be able to use the route during the closure and the gates at Lowther Terrace will be open to allow pedestrians and cyclists through. Ravilious said: "There has been a lot of change around the station recently and I would like to thank everybody for their continued cooperation and patience as these works are ongoing. "We want to stress that York is open for business and over the bank holiday there will be lots of great things for people to enjoy." But the council has urged people to plan their journeys around the city carefully, as the closure coincides with urgent roadworks on St Leonard's Place after a sinkhole opened up on the road. Queen Street is expected to reopen at 06:00 BST on Tuesday. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. 'Urgent investigation' into sinkhole - council Victorian bridge removed for station project Medieval artefacts found during bridge demolition City of York Council
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Five stories you might have missed in Peterborough
A £65m project to regenerate the area around the city centre's railway station has been approved by the government, while a group of visually impaired rowers said a piece of simple technology was empowering more people to take up the sport. Here are five stories from Peterborough you might have missed this week. A £65m project to regenerate the area around the city centre's railway station has been approved by the government. A full business case for a new station quarter in Peterborough was submitted to the Labour government in March. The approval has unlocked nearly £48m in government funding towards the plans, which included a new western station entrance, pedestrianised square and multi-storey car park. A group of visually impaired rowers said a piece of simple technology was empowering more people to take up the sport. The Bluetooth headset meant members of the Peterborough City Rowing Club could communicate with their coach across the water. Rowers who are blind or have a visual impairment can go out on their own in a single boat. The tech was described as "life-changing". A summer music festival has been cancelled due to poor advance ticket sales. On the Green Fest was meant to debut in Peterborough, but organisers said they had made the decision to halt the event. It was meant to feature 50 acts, including Hoosiers and Phats & Small. In a post on its website, it said ticket holders would be refunded. A charity fighting to save its open green space from being turned into a housing development said it had been "blown away" by the community's support. The Green Backyard forms part of a plot on London Road, where Peterborough City Council suggested 48 homes could be built under its draft Local Plan. More than 600 people attended a community day to campaign against the idea. A charity refurbishing a house for rough sleepers hoped it would be a "stepping stone" for people struggling with addiction. Community First Peterborough, which began renting the three-bedroom terrace in Millfield earlier this year, aimed to be ready to welcome its first residents by mid-July. Four schools in the city are set to expand to meet rising demand for pupil places. Peterborough City Council agreed to fund the works, with some construction already under way. The four schools are: Stanground Academy, Marshfields School and NeneGate School in the city, and the Duke of Bedford Primary School in Thorney. Meanwhile, a £13.5m centre has opened to teach green skills and boost jobs. The Centre for Green Technology at Peterborough College aimed to tackle a skills shortage and support sustainable economic growth. Hundreds of thousands of green jobs are needed to support the government's growth mission, said Baroness Taylor, a Labour peer who was at the launch. Finally, Peterborough First city councillor John Fox said Werrington centre had been "left behind" compared to other sites in the area. He opposed two recent proposals for the Werrington Centre, which were ultimately refused by planners in April and said he hoped the next applicant would meet with community representatives so they could "help to steer them in the right direction". Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Former recording studio could become care home City charity begins new wellbeing service
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Five stories you might have missed in Peterborough
A £65m project to regenerate the area around the city centre's railway station has been approved by the government, while a group of visually impaired rowers said a piece of simple technology was empowering more people to take up the sport. Here are five stories from Peterborough you might have missed this week. A £65m project to regenerate the area around the city centre's railway station has been approved by the government. A full business case for a new station quarter in Peterborough was submitted to the Labour government in March. The approval has unlocked nearly £48m in government funding towards the plans, which included a new western station entrance, pedestrianised square and multi-storey car park. A group of visually impaired rowers said a piece of simple technology was empowering more people to take up the sport. The Bluetooth headset meant members of the Peterborough City Rowing Club could communicate with their coach across the water. Rowers who are blind or have a visual impairment can go out on their own in a single boat. The tech was described as "life-changing". A summer music festival has been cancelled due to poor advance ticket sales. On the Green Fest was meant to debut in Peterborough, but organisers said they had made the decision to halt the event. It was meant to feature 50 acts, including Hoosiers and Phats & Small. In a post on its website, it said ticket holders would be refunded. A charity fighting to save its open green space from being turned into a housing development said it had been "blown away" by the community's support. The Green Backyard forms part of a plot on London Road, where Peterborough City Council suggested 48 homes could be built under its draft Local Plan. More than 600 people attended a community day to campaign against the idea. A charity refurbishing a house for rough sleepers hoped it would be a "stepping stone" for people struggling with addiction. Community First Peterborough, which began renting the three-bedroom terrace in Millfield earlier this year, aimed to be ready to welcome its first residents by mid-July. Four schools in the city are set to expand to meet rising demand for pupil places. Peterborough City Council agreed to fund the works, with some construction already under way. The four schools are: Stanground Academy, Marshfields School and NeneGate School in the city, and the Duke of Bedford Primary School in Thorney. Meanwhile, a £13.5m centre has opened to teach green skills and boost jobs. The Centre for Green Technology at Peterborough College aimed to tackle a skills shortage and support sustainable economic growth. Hundreds of thousands of green jobs are needed to support the government's growth mission, said Baroness Taylor, a Labour peer who was at the launch. Finally, Peterborough First city councillor John Fox said Werrington centre had been "left behind" compared to other sites in the area. He opposed two recent proposals for the Werrington Centre, which were ultimately refused by planners in April and said he hoped the next applicant would meet with community representatives so they could "help to steer them in the right direction". Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Former recording studio could become care home City charity begins new wellbeing service
BBC News
14-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
What will rail station quarter regeneration do for Peterborough?
A £65m project to regenerate an area around a railway station has been welcomed by local people. The station quarter can expect a new entrance, pedestrianised square and multi-storey car park. Business people have been giving their reaction to the news. The project will be opposite the Bourges Boulevard entrance to the Queensgate shopping Bhattarai of the Toast'd Sandwich on Cowgate welcomed the said "we are happy" and now had big plans to turn her business into "more of a restaurant".Her husband Basan described the investment as "brilliant". "I'm going to have more footfall. I'm excited, looking forward to it, hopefully they'll start really soon." Neil Treliving, owner of the Blind Tiger bar on Cowgate, said the area had a lot of issues as it was the "gateway to the city and it has been forgotten about"."We're hoping the regeneration changes that. We've still got bins on the road and they're using this as a car park even though this is a restricted area," he said."We're three years in the making trying to get this sorted."We're hoping the station quarter sorts this out but I'm not optimistic if they can't give us the cafe culture environment that they promised us years ago."It should be pedestrianised. I know that's going to mean problems with deliveries but they've done it on Cathedral Square where you have your deliveries before 10. We'll cope with it."He added the area also had an issue with homelessness which needed to be supported. "We hope the regeneration works; it's a lot of money," he added. Annaliosa Phillips of the Well Skin Clinic said the news was "very positive"."The commuter traffic is very important for us as a business," she said. "The walkway from the station at the moment isn't particularly attractive. I think anything that brings new people into the city is really positive."The plans include a new junction from the station to Thorpe Road at the western end of the Crescent Bridge, with a new pedestrian-cycle route across the Queensgate Roundabout to Phillips said transport links into the city were being improved but it was a question of "whether or not when people come into the city they find what they're expecting"."There's a problem with aggressive beggars, there's a problem with people consuming alcohol in the city centre and I feel the local government really needs to address those issues so that this investment really benefits local businesses," she Phillips said as a destination business she did not rely on footfall to generate trade, but understood others did."Originally this street was lovely. We've been there for quite a long time... they used to do the planters and it would feel like it was well-maintained," she said."But the whole city centre in general needs more maintenance."Things like the litter, making sure the place is attractive and welcoming." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
