Peterborough Coronavirus (COVID-19) News

The reproduction (R) value across the East of England has fallen since last week and now sits at between 0.9 and 1.1.

Peterborough will be placed under Tier 2 restrictions as of December 2 – which will allow live events to go ahead with 1,000 people indoors and 2,000 people outdoors, or at 50% capacity, whichever is lower.

Richard and Verity Swinscoe, owners of the Iron Horse Ranch House in Market Deeping, have written an open letter to their MP Sir John Hayes to ask for help, after South Holland and the Deepings was placed in Tier 3 yesterday. Here is that letter.

Patients in Peterborough desperate for dental care have inundated the city's health and care champion with requests for information and help since the start of the pandemic.

'Your NHS needs you' - that is the call that has gone out from the NHS in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough as it seeks vaccinators and support staff to help deliver the Covid-19 jabs.

Parents have been reassured that children are safe in school despite the fact 1,500 pupils across Peterborough are currently self isolating because of Covid outbreaks.

The crucial festive work done by The Salvation Army's Christmas Present Appeal is to be featured on BBC One's The One Show over the next four weeks.

The decision to allow fans back into football stadiums has left those in the wedding and events industry in Peterborough frustrated as the coronavirus rules surrounding their businesses remain in place.

When the second national lockdown is lifted on December 2, Peterborough will be going into tier 2, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed.

Peterborough will enter tier 2 from Wednesday, December 2, which means no mixing of households indoors aside from support bubbles will be allowed, with a maximum gathering of six permitted outdoors – but what are we allowed to do?