Peterborough stories you may have missed this week

Prince Edward met young people who are studying, playing football and working towards their Duke of Edinburgh Award

Some last minute heroics saw Peterborough United book a second consecutive visit to Wembley in the EFL Trophy.

Cambridgeshire Police laid out when you should, and when you should not, call 999 after a resident phoned the emergency number about a cat.

Frustrations grew over a sinkhole near the Town Bridge that has closed a footpath for five years.

Prince Edward also met young people in the city who were trying to improve their communities.

Why has a sinkhole not been fixed in five years?

Susan Broccoli, 59, said she first noticed the hole in the pathway in July 2020 and the situation was getting worse

In 2020, Susan Broccoli first noticed a sinkhole in Peterborough, but for five years it was unclear who was responsible for the repair.

Mrs Broccoli feared the situation on Henry Penn Wall reflected badly on the city centre and the size of the hole would only increase.

Plans were under way to resolve the issue, but how did it get to this point and what is actually being done?

Being bitten by a cat is not a crime

Being being bitten by a cat does not warrant an emergency call, police have reminded people.

Cambridgeshire Police said a man dialled 999 at the weekend to report two cats had been fighting and one had bitten him.

Writing on Facebook, the force said the "bizarre call" was one of more than 1,000 taken by call handlers that weekend.

Highest number of fly-tips in the East

In July, police were called about fly-tipping at the village of Castor and Peterborough City Council said it might install a camera at the site

The latest government statistics have revealed Peterborough has the highest number of fly-tipping incidents across the East of England.

The city council area had 46 incidents per 1,000 people.

The national figures for 2023-2024 were released by the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra).

School breakfast scheme

St John Henry Newman Catholic Primary School in Hampton Water will be taking part in the scheme from April

A city school has welcomed the government's free breakfast club scheme.

The government has announced the first 750 schools where pupils will be offered a free daily breakfast, benefiting up to 180,000 pupils.

Two Peterborough schools - Northborough Primary School and St John Henry Newman Catholic Primary School - will be among the first to take part in the scheme from April.

Duke of Edinburgh meets teens making a difference

Joe Osman, who manages the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme at Boxing Futures, showed Prince Edward around

Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, met young people in Peterborough who had made a difference to their communities by taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Awards.

The duke also visited Peterborough United's stadium and ended his day at the Railworld Wildlife Haven, where he met students from local schools, completing their volunteering section at the centre.

Week of sport

Keeper Jed Steer was the hero as Posh secured a Wembley trip with a penalty shootout win against Wrexham

There were wild scenes of celebration as Peterborough United pulled off a stunning comeback to book their place in the final of the EFL Trophy.

Posh trailed Wrexham 2-0 at half time but a stoppage time goal from Bradley Ihionvien took the game to penalties.

Goalkeeper Jed Steer made two saves allowing captain Hector Kyprianou to convert the winning spot kick as Posh won the shootout 4-2.

They'll face Birmingham City in the final at Wembley on Sunday, 13th April.

Peterborough Sports continued their charge up the National League North table with a 3-1 win against Radcliffe.

Michael Gyasi scored a hat trick for the Turbines, who are five points off the playoff places.

Peterborough Phantoms suffered back-to-back defeats in the National Ice Hockey League.

They lost at home 4-1 against Leeds and then 9-6 away at Romford.

Seven days of politics

Peterborough City Council asked the public to put forward views about using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras to clamp down on dangerous driving.

A consultation has been launched regarding nine new locations where drivers could be fined.

Meanwhile, it was announced Peterborough Museum will remain open five days a week, despite suggestions it could have it hours cut to save cash.

Council leader Dennis Jones said the authority was still "exploring options" for the future, but added it did not plan to make immediate changes.

Peterborough's MP, Andrew Pakes, said 14,000 new NHS dentist appointments would be made available across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in the next year. The region's integrated care board will be tasked with providing the urgent care appointments, funded by underspends in the dental budget.

The city council marked the third anniversary since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine through a flag-raising ceremony. A spokesperson said their "thoughts remain with those Ukrainian members of our community and all those affected by the conflict".