Archive for 2009

BACK TO THE 80s

Nene Park Trust, the people who run Ferry Meadows, celebrate their 21st birthday this year and are holding one massive party to celebrate on August 8 and 9. On the Saturday, Heart FM will be taking us back to the 80s, when the Trust was founded, with live music, a special guest appearance from DJ Pat Sharp ... Full story

BEER WE GO AGAIN!

Good times are here again… our favourite event of the year is back! Get ready for the biggest social event of the summer as the 32nd Peterborough CAMRA Beer Fest returns to the Embankment with another cracking line-up, and we don’t just mean the 350+ real ales! There’s ... Full story

RENT @ THE KEY

Based on Puccini’s La Boheme, Rent is a much-loved musical about a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to live and work in New York’s Lower East Side. The great Key Youth Theatre team will be bringing it to the Key on August 25 - 28. Parodied in the opening ... Full story

RAFT RACE – THE RETURN!

Here’s proof of the power of Facebook – after a thousand-strong group requested the return of the Deeping Raft Race, after a two year break, it’ll be taking place on August 9 and moves into the High Street and Market Place to raise funds for Sue Ryder Care.... Full story

SMILE YOU’RE ON CAMERA

Flash, bang, wallop - Queensgate Smiles Community Portrait Event is back! Here's your chance to have a fantastic portrait picture taken of you and your mates, your family or partner... or just yourself! All you have to do is drop by the Queensgate Smiles booth outside Bhs from Thursday ... Full story

ASTON MEETS HIS HOME FANS

Scream... it's Aston and JLS! The noise was deafening as hundreds of JLS fans greeted Peterborough's hot young star Aston Merrygold and the boys at their record signing in hmv in Queensgate. They'd queued for hours, and many had travelled miles or stayed up all night to meet their X Factor heroes and to grab their own ... Full story

PARTY WITH THE EL ESHA GIRLS!

They're a game on crew at city salon El Esha, always running promotions, crazy stunts and raising cash for charity. The salon on Broadway's now supporting Sue Ryder Care and have taken the Big Wigs challenge. Here they are pictured receiving their £50 - now they have to turn it into as much money for the charity ... Full story

REVIEW: HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (12A)

HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (12A) Warner Bros Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis, Robbie Coltrane, Timothy Spall, Julie Walters, Dave Legeno, Helen McCrory, Bonnie Wright Director: David Yates Running Time: 2hr 30mins Out Now IF ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ is the calm ... Full story

COULD YOU BE THE FACE OF ESP?

This year it could be you! The search is on for the girl who'll step into Claire Smith's high heels in September and become a new 'face' about town and an ambassador for ESP magazine. It's time to get your entries in (click on the icon at the bottom of the home page) but if you need ... Full story

CASTOR FESTIVAL

It's the Wild West meets ABBA at the Castor Festival this weekend. It all takes place on July 10 – 12 and starts with the Wild West Night on Castor School field – a family-friendly night with an All-Western BBQ and live music from The Claddagh Band. They'’ll be playing country classics everyone can dance to – ... Full story