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Up The Garden Bath Helps Businesses Blossom

Local Businesses are blooming as they generated £100,000 in sales within the permanent Unity store in Queensgate, which was set up by Up...

From Footballs to Dough Balls: Local PE Teacher Wins Bake Off

Lauren Shiels

Dec 7, 2023

From Footballs to Dough Balls: Local PE Teacher Wins Bake Off

Former UCP student, turned PE Teacher, Matty Edgell, won the 2023 series of Channel 4s ‘Great British Bake Off’ on Tuesday 28th November!...

Dec 4, 2023

Music

Headlining DJs coming to Peterborough

Eclectic Ballroom, a DJing duo in Peterborough brings some of the biggest music names to the city. Partying at the Queens Head...

Your Opportunity to Sort Out the City’s Finances

Trinity Barnatt

Oct 13, 2023

Your Opportunity to Sort Out the City’s Finances

On Thursday 5th of October Peterborough City Council’s Head of Communications, Amanda Rose visited UCP to talk to us about the council’s...

Cameron Diaz, Freddie Mercury and Standing in Front of the Mirror with a Hairbrush…

Jul 8, 2023

Cameron Diaz, Freddie Mercury and Standing in Front of the Mirror with a Hairbrush…

After writing music on his own for a while, Thomas Dunleavy made the decision to leave the band he was with, h:sharp, in September of...

Jun 4, 2023

An Interview With Untitled

“Anything that Sam Loose says is good” “We love Sam Loose” x2 “Can you put that in?” “We love Sam Loose and Freddie Mercury” If there...

Feb 25, 2023

Angel's Grove: “Cold as Hell”

Angel’s Grove performed at The Met Lounge, here in Peterborough on 17/2/23, and with it only being their 5th gig, having a missing...

Peterborough College’s Plan for Going Green

Daniel Logue

Jan 28, 2023

Environment

Peterborough College’s Plan for Going Green

Peterborough College was visited by the city’s Labour Candidate Andrew Pakes, and Shadow Energy Minister Dr. Alan Whitehead to hear about...

Emma Stone

Jan 23, 2023

Sport

Swinging into Winter

Sports correspondent Emma Stone interviews Harry Turner, the Head Greenkeeper at Tydd St Giles golf course and finds out what it’s like...

ARTIST ADVICE: JAYKYI, MUZZLE AND H:SHARP

Jan 22, 2023

ARTIST ADVICE: JAYKYI, MUZZLE AND H:SHARP

This was written to be assessed as part of Molly's Journalism course. This was in Semester 1 of Level 5 and was for the Photojournalism...

Jan 21, 2023

Pygmy Goat Championships, Who knew?

Intense competitors, groomed to perfection, long weekends, harsh judging, and cuteness overload. Fox haven pygmy goats are one of the...

‘The living dead doll of Nottingham’, Bella Bestia, visits Peterborough

Jan 16, 2023

‘The living dead doll of Nottingham’, Bella Bestia, visits Peterborough

‘It makes sense, to be honest. The dame was always my favourite character in the panto’ A self-written introduction by Bella seems the...

Jan 14, 2023

An Interview With h:sharp

Molly Woodthorpe caught up with Stamford-based band h:sharp before their set at the Voodoo Lounge at an event organised by Stamford...

Jan 14, 2023

Marty Wilde Comes to Peterborough

UK’s icon from the 60s, Marty Wilde, is on tour again in 2023, reminding Peterborough of the time he came to town. One of the last rock...

Between The Lines: Creativity and Connection

Jen Ramm

Dec 28, 2022

Peterborough

Between The Lines: Creativity and Connection

“Connection,” is the one word Kat Beeton says encapsulates her latest project, Between The Lines. Peterborough’s Poet Laureate, Kat,...

An Interview with, Photographer and Journalist, Matt Higgs

Oct 29, 2022

An Interview with, Photographer and Journalist, Matt Higgs

Ever wanted to drop your current job and live the life you want as a photographer? We interviewed Matt Higgs, a London based but...

Oct 24, 2022

Environment

Africa In Norfolk

Imagine having an African reserve in a quaint little village in Norfolk. Well, the time has come and you can visit this huge reserve,...

Mar 23, 2022