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The Week in Pictures: Peterborough

Katy Prickett
News imageSubmitted A close-up of Thomas a locomotive at Nene Valley Railway. The blue locomotive has a smiling face painted on the front of its engine. It is sitting in a shed in sidings. Submitted
Locomotive Thomas was spotted having a rest in a shed at Nene Valley Railway

From a beautiful blue sky reflected in a river to Nene Valley Railway's Thomas peeping out of his shed, here are some of the photo highlights from Peterborough this week.

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News imageNewborough YFC A man leaning against a model bull made of round straw bales covered in black plastic painted with white markings. It has a pink painted nose with a ring in it and pink ears. The man has a pickaxe over his shoulder, is smiling and has his left thumb up. Behind him are flat arable fields and a sunset. Newborough YFC
Young farmers at Newborough created a model bull out of straw bales as part of a competition to promote the Cambridgeshire County Show
News imageDaves Patch/BBC Weather Watcher A river running through flat countryside near Yaxley. The water is blue and fringed with reeds and other plants, with a tree and the sky reflected in the still water. Daves Patch/BBC Weather Watcher
A deep-blue sky was reflected in water near Yaxley
News imagePeterborough Cathedral Three narrow, red hangings side-by-side. They are covered in handmade flowers. The hangings are suspended in Peterborough Cathedral. There are stone pillars behind them. Peterborough Cathedral
Beautiful wall hangings, called "poppy drops", were created by local groups and suspended from on high in Peterborough Cathedral
News imageFenland Woolly Hub Colourful handmade woollen blankets hang from washing lines in a field.Fenland Woolly Hub
Fenland Woolly Hub is looking for more volunteers to make 20cm-wide (8in) woollen squares, which will be sewn together into blankets for Peterborough City Hospital
News imageVivacity A swimming pool's cubicle doors, each one covered with photographs taken at the lido over 90 years. Some photographs are black and white and others are colour images.Vivacity
Peterborough Lido's changing room doors feature an exhibition celebrating its 90th anniversary

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