Five Peterborough stories you might have missed

This week, fears Peterborough's lido could close amid council budget cuts came to an end but the Werrington Fields saga continued, after the council agreed to delay a decision on installing fencing.

Plans were revealed for new additions to the city, including a country park play area and unusual school library.

Read on for more on these stories and others you might have missed.

The city's lido will not be shut amid budget cuts by Peterborough City Council, it was announced this week.

Proposals to mothball the art deco building were met with "devastation and "anger" from its users.

The council said other measures to reduce its operational costs could be introduced instead, such as lowering the pool's temperature and reviewing charges.

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School in Bretton had its plans for an unusual new library approved.

Books will be kept on a double-decker bus outside the main building, freeing up space for further development within the school.

Head teacher Thomas Claxton said the school was looking forward to "sharing a magical and exciting reading space for all of our children to enjoy".

Peterborough Cathedral is holding its annual Katherine of Aragon Festival in honour of the Tudor queen.

The first of Henry VIII's wives, she was buried at the church in 1536.

Events included embroidery workshops, guided tours and a wreath laying ceremony.

The festival concludes on 29 January, which is the anniversary of her funeral.

A 37-year-old woman from Peterborough who survived cervical cancer said a smear test saved her life.

Stacey Roberts said she had no symptoms when she was diagnosed with the illness aged 34. She is now in remission.

NHS England said around one in three women take up their invite to get a cervical screening, even though 75% of cervical cancers can be prevented by the test.

Health professionals urged people to attend their tests as part of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, which run from 20-26 January.

Nene Part Trust said works at Ferry Meadows could bring it one step closer towards a new indoor activity centre at its Lakeside area.

The charity said more fundraising was needed for its state-of-the-art facility, but it hoped to start construction this year.

Peterborough United are still in search of their first league win of 2025 after drawing with Exeter City at London Road.

Posh conceded a last-minute penalty after dominating the first half against the Grecians.

Peterborough Sports continued their good run of form in the National League North with a 3-1 victory over Buxton.

Sports have now only lost one of their previous 12 league matches.

Peterborough Phantoms gave their playoff hopes a boost with a win over rivals Hull Seahawks.

Slava Koulikov's side won 4-3 before completing a maximum point weekend with a 4-1 victory over Solway Sharks.

A final decision on plans to fence off school playing fields in Werrington used by residents was postponed.

The city's council was due to vote on Wednesday on proposals to lease part of the land to Ken Stimpson Academy and pay about £40,000 towards the fencing.

But Mayor Marco Cereste said all councillors should be given time to read and digest a letter from the Department for Education on the matter before the vote went ahead.

The school said in 2019 that fencing was needed to safeguard its pupils, but faced opposition from campaigners who said the fields should remain shared with the public.

The council did approve a roadmap to net zero carbon emissions by 2030, containing suggestions such as improving building insulation and switching from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).

It was welcomed by most councillors, but described as "woke nonsense" by the leader of the Conservatives.

Concerns were also raised that the quantified steps laid out within the report do not currently have funding allocated towards them and would only reduce net emissions by 78%.

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