Development corporation

And what this event also said to me was that we can both grow as a city and create really great communities and places to live that stand the test of time.

I think back to the change that the Development Corporation brought to Peterborough over the 1960s, 70s and 80s and what an exciting place the city was by the 1990s for nightlife shopping and leisure.

In my youth, I thought Peterborough had it all.

That's how growth should be done.

My plan for a mayoral development corporation is about revitalizing the city center and the underused land that could be so much more for Peterborough.

And through the combined authority I lead, we are planning how our whole region should grow with homes properly matched to jobs, transport, infrastructure and green spaces so we create more thriving communities that stand the test of time just as Doxthorpe has.

It's events like the celebration of 80 years of Dogstop that are what make me proud to be from Peterborough.

Government has secured around 5.6 billion rand in concessional loan financing to support National Treasury's Metro Trading Services Reform Program.

The funding comes from the German and French Development Corporation.

The program is aimed at turning around electricity, water and sanitation and solid waste management in South Africa's eight metro municipalities.

International news takes us to Nepal, where two workers were pulled alive from a tunnel 10 days after it was buried under the debris from the catastrophic flooding that swept through the area.