Tractor thefts are rising in the Eastern region. A BBC East reporter talks to a spokesman for plant retailers Ben Burgess in Newmarket about how he thinks the problem will be addressed. Broadcast at 08:20 on Thursday 2nd September in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Continue reading
Peterborough News 2nd September 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 2nd September 2010.
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Arthur Mellows Village College becomes an academy from today, joining two other secondary schools in leaving local authority control.
Stolen tractors are frequently exported, and the security on the machines is often minimal.
Plans are well underway to build a new church in Hampton on land to be bought from O&H Hampton.
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Ed Murphy on the Labour Leadership Contest
Local Labour man Ed Murphy talks briefly to Paul Stainton from a mobile phone about the national leadership contest. Broadcast at 08:20 on Wednesday 1st September 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Continue reading
Gary Johnson Transfer Talk
Posh manager Gary Johnson talks to Paul Stainton on transfer deadline day. Broadcast at 08:25 on Wednesday 1st September 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Continue reading
Peterborough News 1st September 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 1st September 2010.
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The recent increase in rural thefts is generally being blamed on high scrap metal prices. Police cannot be everywhere and there are no simple answers.
There are various intitiatives locally to promote electricity generation on a small scale using renewables. The jury is still out on wind turbines hearing criticism about alleged noise and efficiency issues, but a company called Hereward Solar Solutions has opened an branch in-store at Notcutts on Oundle Road aiming for domestic customers.
A round of Neighbourhood Meetings are starting this evening at the Millennium Centre, for people to come and discuss the future of Peterborough.
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Peterborough News 31st August 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 31st August 2010.
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Local farmers are facing an epidemic of theft from their farms which has almost doubled this year.
The Nene Parkway between the Hampton roundabout and the Thomas Cook roundabout will be single lane with a 40mph speed limit right up until next April due to road works.
MP Stewart Jackson thinks it unlikely that the loss of up to 700 local RBS jobs can be prevented.
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Stagecoach and PECT on the Transport Plan for Peterborough
Philp Norwell Commercial Direcor of Stagecoach and Hugh Cripps from Peterborough Environment City Trust offer their perspectives on the Local Transport Plan for Peterborough which is about to go out to widespread public consultation. Continue reading
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Matthew Bullock Norwich & Peterborough on Keydata Compensation
Matthew Bullock Chief Executive at the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society talks to the BBC’s Andy Gall about timescales, and about the likely factors affecting the level of compensation to be paid out to investors in the failed Keydata product, and reassures the Members that any final order would be manageable from their resources. Continue reading