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A peace event has been held in the city to pay tribute to a 16-year-old who was fatally stabbed at the Ortongate Shopping Centre, while volunteers trekked across Finland for a hospice charity.<\/p>\n

Here’s five stories you might have missed this week in Peterborough.<\/p>\n

Grieving dad pleads with youth to ‘put down knives’\"Khalifa<\/p>\n

Grieving father Khalifa Fall has urged young people to “put down knives” [Shariqua Ahmed\/BBC]<\/p>\n

A grieving father of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed has urged young people to “put down knives” and learn from the tragedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Baye Bireme Fall died after an incident<\/a> in Riseholme near the Ortongate Shopping Centre in Peterborough on 12 April.<\/p>\n

A peace event was held in his memory on Saturday evening, with hundreds of people coming together to pay tribute and call for an end to knife violence.<\/p>\n

Team trek Arctic Circle for bereavement charity\"Annette<\/p>\n

Annette Mawby, regional fundraiser at Peterborough’s Thorpe Hall Hospice, said the experience felt “perfect and terrifying” [Sue Ryder]<\/p>\n

Six intrepid fundraisers have taken part in a trekking challenge across frozen lakes<\/a> in sub-zero temperatures to raise money for the bereavement support charity Sue Ryder.<\/p>\n

The “Arctic Angels”, from across Peterborough and Fenland, travelled to the frozen north and trekked across Finland to raise about \u00a323,000.<\/p>\n

They described it as a “once-in-a-lifetime challenge”, which involved snowshoe trekking through frozen forests and nights in remote wilderness cabins.<\/p>\n

Volunteers sought to help regenerate deprived areas\"Ejaz,<\/p>\n

Ejaz Moghul (left) will chair the Orton Malborne and Orton Goldhay area [Peterborough City Council]<\/p>\n

Residents have been invited to help shape two regeneration projects<\/a> across Peterborough.<\/p>\n

In September, the government announced \u00a340m for the city as part of the Pride in Place programme<\/a>, to be spent on improving two relatively deprived areas.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Jelly, MBE, has been appointed to be chairman of the working group for the Paston, Gunthorpe and Welland area, while Ejaz Moghul will hold a similar position in the Orton Malborne and Orton Goldhay area. Each area will get \u00a32m each year for a decade.<\/p>\n

Digital art helps bring ‘Britain’s Pompeii’ to life\"Several<\/p>\n

The installation follows the Must Farm settlement from its construction to the fire that destroyed it [Guy Schofield]<\/p>\n

People will get an idea of what a Bronze Age settlement could have looked like through an immersive digital art installation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is thought the 3,000-year-old settlement at Must Farm quarry in Whittlesey, near Peterborough, burnt down less than a year after it was built.<\/p>\n

An exhibit called Fire to Fen is at March Library until 15 May. It follows the lifespan of the site, as depicted by archaeologists.<\/p>\n

Stately home gardener on the impact of climate change\"Joe,<\/p>\n

Joe Whitehead started at the house as an under-gardener 20 years ago, before returning for the top job in 2017 [BBC]<\/p>\n

The head gardener at an Elizabethan mansion near Peterborough said climate change was making his job more challenging<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joe Whitehead is responsible for maintaining a 50-acre garden at Burghley House, which is in the running to be named Historic Houses’ Garden of the Year.<\/p>\n

He said the seasons had become “erratic” which meant his team had to be “far more mindful about the stresses plants are going to face”.<\/p>\n

The week in sport<\/p>\n

Peterborough United’s lingering relegation worries are almost at an end after drawing 1-1 with Burton Albion<\/a> at London Road. Harry Leonard got a second half equaliser for Posh, who have only won once in 12 matches.<\/p>\n

In other football, Peterborough Sports were thumped 8-0 by Worksop<\/a> in the National League North. Already relegated, Sports have failed to win any of their past seven games.<\/p>\n

Peterborough United Women are on course to go the whole Division One Midlands season without losing after beating Sheffield 2-0. The Posh have already been crowned champions.<\/p>\n

In ice hockey, Peterborough Phantoms captain Luke Ferrara says his success this season wouldn’t have been possible without the help of his teammates. Ferrara was named player of the season in the National League and was one of three Phantoms players to be named in the all star teams.<\/p>\n

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