17:20 Thursday 30th December 2010 5PM BBC Radio 4
CAROLYN QUINN: The new intake of MPs elected in May 2010 included a member of a completely new hue, a Green. Caroline Lucas, the Leader of the Green Party, pulled off a victory in the long-nurtured seat of Brighton Pavilion. But it’s potentially a lonely furrow to plough, as an Opposition member with limited influence. I asked her if she felt that the long haul to becoming a solitary Green in the House of Commons had been worth it.
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Month: December 2010
UNITE on the Heinz Wigan Strike
Jenny Formby from UNITE talks briefly to Adam Shaw about the upcoming Heinz Wigan strike.
08:45 Wednesday 29th December 2010 BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
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Matthew d’Ancona and Trevor Kavanagh on the Coalition
08:45 Tuesday 28th December 2010 Today Programme BBC Radio 4
James Naughtie has a quick chat with two journalists from the Sun and the Daily Telegraph on the future of the Coalition.
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Midlife Relaunch
20:30 Sunday 26th December 2010 BBC Radio 4
ANNOUNCER: Now on Radio 4 we follow three stories of people who’ve tried to change their lives with a mid-life relaunch.
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Peterborough News 23rd December 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 23rd December 2010.
Topics:
Peterborough United FC could well sell striker Arron McLean to Hull for £1 million plus.
PREL have signed up with a Malaysian company KNM GROUP BERHAD to build their giant incinerator.
East Coast mainline have admitted that train services between Kings Cross and Edinburgh are not as previously stated back to normal.
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Peterborough News 22nd December 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 22nd December 2010.
Topics:
Personally affected by yesterday’s problems on the East Coast Mainline, Stewart Jackson MP attacks poor passenger communications.
A fire in a house in Taverners Road on Monday evening could well be arson.
Farmers are struggling to lift their crops with the ground frozen up. Sprouts are affected.
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Peterborough News 21st December 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 21st December 2010.
Topics:
Industry rumours indicate that Norwich and Peterborough will be fined by the Financial Services Authority for failings related to the failed investment in Keydata.
Norwich and Peterborough have also confirmed that they could be subject to a merger bid, or some other form of outside investment.
Cambridgeshire Police report a fall in overall crime with some categories up and others down.
According to a Peterborough travel company airports and railway stations are starting to get a grip on the situation regarding delays and backlogs currently being experienced.
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Peterborough News 20th December 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Monday 20th December 2010.
Topics:
Damage to overhead power lines left passengers stranded at Peterborough train station yesterday and complaining that communications were inadequate.
Staff from Peterborough City Council, NHS Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Police and Victim Support are being given lessons in Polish and Lithuanian to help them do their job.
Retailers are targeting shoplifters in Peterborough city centre with the help of a radio link.
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