Five Peterborough stories you might have missed

A 50th birthday celebration for Yaxley library

School results have improved, a library is celebrating and there is a new tourist slogan to promote to the city.

Here are five stories from Peterborough you may have missed this week.

Rainwater pipes misconnected in flood-prone areas

Residents said they were had regularly been seeing standing water along Waterslade Road for at least nine months

A utility company has found more than 60,000m² of misconnected rainwater pipes in Yaxley and Stilton.

Anglian Water made the discovery during an investigation into the sewer network.

The areas the pipes were buried in were just a few metres above sea level and were prone to surface water flooding during heavy rainfall.

'Why not...?' tourist slogan suggested for city

Peterborough Civic Society said it was "ridiculous" more was not being done to promote the city

"Peterborough: While you're here, why not...?" That is the slogan the city's civic society has suggested to attract visitors and signpost them towards its top attractions.

Vice-chairman Toby Wood said signage could greet people at the city's railway station and include tip-offs to visit the Norman cathedral, art deco Lido and Bronze Age site Flag Fen.

The city council says creating a new tourism website is a priority and the combined authority mayor said he would also like to join Visit England's local visitor economy partnership.

New employment hub to open in football stadium

The city's hub will be run in partnership with Posh foundation, EFL in the Community, Jobcentre Plus and the wider community

new employment hub will open at Peterborough United's stadium to support young people seeking work.

London Road will host the centre, which aims to bring services together in one place for people aged 16-24.

Figures from the Department for Education showed that 3.9% of 16 to 17-year-olds living in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough were not in education, employment or training in 2025 - which was above the national average of 3.4%.

City no longer has lowest primary school grades

Almost 60% of children in Peterborough met or exceeded the national education targets in 2024-25

Children in Peterborough no longer have the worst primary school grades in England.

In 2016, some 43% of 10- and 11-year-olds in the city reached the expected standard for reading, writing and maths.

But according to new data, almost 60% of children met or exceeded the national education targets in 2024-2025.

Village library celebrates 50 years of community

Members of the library service past and present, councillors and local partners celebrated the milestone

A library with more than 1,500 visitors a month has celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Yaxley Library opened in 1975. On its opening day demand was so high that more than half of its stock was issued, prompting a plea to other libraries for additional books.

A week in Peterborough politics

The Conservative party said they would not take up any committee roles at the city council.

It came after the new council leader, Labour's Shabina Quyyum, unveiled her cabinet appointments.

Quyyum beat Conservative leader Wayne Fitzgerald in last week'sleadership vote by 37 votes to 12. She formed a coalition with the Peterborough First group and Liberal Democrats.

Council business will return next week. Scheduled meetings for this week were cancelled following the sudden resignation of Dennis Jones at the beginning of the month.