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IT’S FESTIVAL TIME!

The Peterborough Festival launches this weekend June 25-26 with a fantastic Heritage Weekend in Cathedral Square. This year Vivacity, the city’s new culture and leisure trust leads the way and they’ve made a few changes. For the first time the Heritage Weekend will launch the Festival and instead and the festivities in Central Park and the Mayor's ... Full story

JOHN LEWIS SALE!

Queensgate shoppers can shop until they drop, while bagging a bargain, when the John Lewis Clearance kicks off at 9am on Thursday June 23. Enabling stylishly savvy shoppers to splurge on those things you've always dreamed of, you can take advantage of discounted products with up to 50% off. Launching the Clearance for the first time on a ... Full story

FILM REVIEW: BRIDESMAIDS

Directed By: Paul Feig Written By: Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig Starring: Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Ellie Kemper It’s not very often a film appears out of the blue and turns out to be a huge hit. It happened in 2009 with The Hangover and I predict it will happen again this year with Bridesmaids. I attended ... Full story

PETERBOROUGH FM BACK ON AIR

Time to tune is as the city's community radio station Peterborough FM goes live once again. The station will be launching its third Restricted Service Licence (RSL) on 87.7 FM on Sunday June 19 2011. The Peterborough Community Radio Project, also known as Peterborough FM, has been in existence since 2007 and has to date involved more than ... Full story

CATCH ALL STAR CAST @ BROADWAY

Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting On A Green Park Bench, the comedy by John A Penzotti has opened at the Broadway Theatre in Peterborough and runs until Saturday June 18. It's packed with famous names with Anne Charleston (Madge Bishop in TV’s Neighbours) as Rose, Lorraine Chase (Stephanie Stokes in TV’s Emmerdale) as Eva, Shirley Anne Field ... Full story

IT’S SHOW TIME!

The region’s leading countryside and lifestyle show - The East of England Show – is returning to the East of England Showground in Peterborough on June 17, 18 and 19. This Show will be a celebration of British farming and rural life featuring everything from livestock to vintage vehicles, horses to country sports, trade stands and live ... Full story

NEW PATISSERIE OPENS IN THE SQUARE

Did someone say cake? Patisserie Valerie has opened in Peterborough and is ready to take your orders! Whether you're a lady who lunches or a guy who fancies a good breakfast this new venue in Cathedral Square has some mouth watering indulgences to tempt you inside. The Peterborough opening follows rapid expansion across the country for the Patisserie ... Full story

DRUMS AND DRAGONS THIS SUNDAY

The Dragon Boat Festival roars back to Peterborough this Sunday June 19! Over 400 people will be taking to the water at the 13th spectacular Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival this Sunday 1June 19. Twenty crews will race the forty foot brightly painted Chinese dragon boats three at a time over the 200m course on the River Nene ... Full story

WHAT’S IN TRASHION?

Join ESP to see how someone else's trash is another's treasure on the Queensgate catwalk. Peterborough’s City College and ESP Magazine present a fabulous Trashion Show in Queensgate on Thursday June 9 as part of this year’s Green Festival. The ESP Dance Crew will open the catwalk shows ... Full story

SENNA COMES TO SHOWCASE

No Fear, No Limits, No Equal: SENNA at Showcase Peterborough On Friday June 10, SENNA, Asif Kapadia's documentary following the remarkable career of the Brazilian three-time F1 world champion, Ayrton Senna will hit the big screen at Showcase Peterborough for an entire week. Ayrton Senna da Silva is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers ... Full story