Month: September 2012

What Exactly Does This Mean?

08:27 Friday 28th September 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

The Conservative Leader of Peterborough City Council made this statement during an interview concerning the city’s Blue Sky plans to aggregate its electricity buying operations with other local authorities.

MARCO CERESTE: There’s going to be some really difficult times coming in the near future, so anything that we as a council can do to reduce local people’s costs are something we absolutely have to look at.

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Government Damaging The NHS

10:17 Thursday 27th September 2012
Mid Morning Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

RONNIE BARBOUR: Looking for your experiences and thoughts about the NHS this morning, six months on from the Health and Social Care Bill, paving the way for the biggest changes since it was formed in 1948. Cambridgeshire has led the way in giving GPs and private companies a bigger role in our treatment. On line, Martin Booth works at Addenbrookes Hospital, and is a member of Unison. Martin welcome to the programme.
MARTIN BOOTH: Good morning.
RONNIE BARBOUR: Changes are inevitable in all walks of life, but this is quite a massive one. Is your union going to endorse it, embrace it? Continue reading “Government Damaging The NHS”

Simon Sedgewick-Jell Green Party on Windfarms

07:20 Tuesday 25th September 2012
Cambridgeshire’s Bigger Breakfast
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: You might want to talk about wind farms. There’s been a sharp rise in the number of applications to build them in Cambridgeshire. Fenland District Council has seen the amount of applications double compared to last year. And Hunts District Council has already overtaken last year’s total in the first six months of this year.But how would you feel having one right next to your house? Let’s speak to a man who’s delighted by all this news. Simon Sedgewick-Jell is the Green Party county councillor for Abbey. You’re delighted? Continue reading “Simon Sedgewick-Jell Green Party on Windfarms”

Doors Closed After Spurgeons’ Takeover At Children’s Centre

08:08 Monday 24th September 2012
The Bigger Breakfast
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Earlier we heard there are concerns over cuts to Children’s Services in the county, particularly when it comes to Children’s Centres. .. Back in May we spoke to parents in Peterborough, worried about cuts to Children’s Centres there, and sessions at a SureStart centre in Bretton were being cancelled. The organisation was asking for volunteers. Now we’ve been told that Copeland Children’s Centre in South Bretton in Peterborough was virtually shut all summer long, forcing parents to look elsewhere. Sarah Woodbine is one of those parents. .. Well, what did you do? Continue reading “Doors Closed After Spurgeons’ Takeover At Children’s Centre”

Stopping At Manea

08:24 Wednesday 12th September 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: As we’ve heard from lots and lots of people this morning, public transport in the Fens is a bit of a disaster really. What can we do? Fenland the worst place in the country. .. Earlier we spoke to Joe Williams, Policy Adviser from Sustrans. He explained how this league table was calculated. (TAPE)
JOE WILLIAMS: It’s looking at where there are increasing levels of poverty, where people are a long way from bus or train stations, and a long way from amenities. Plotting those things together, we see a quite stark picture emerging across the country, and I think some of the areas in your patch are particularly badly affected. (LIVE)
PAUL STAINTON: Well Councillor Kit Owen from Fenland District Council has been in talks with Network Rail recently, to improve rail services. Morning Kit.
KIT OWEN: Good morning Paul.
PAUL STAINTON: Is it going to happen?
KIT OWEN: Oh we hope so, in due course. We have a plan. We have a strategy. We haven’t got any money.
PAUL STAINTON: What’s the point then?
KIT OWEN: Network Rail … Continue reading “Stopping At Manea”

New Cambridge Bank Keeping It Local

17:40 Tuesday 11th September 2012
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CHRIS MANN: A new bank helping growing businesses in Cambridgeshire was officially launched today. Cambridge and Counties Bank has actually already been in existence for several months. It targets SMEs, or small medium enterprises. It is jointly owned by Trinity Hall and the County Council Pension Fund. Kerry Devine has more from today’s launch party. (TAPE)
KERRY DEVINE: The launch took place at the Cambridge Belfry in Cambourne this afternoon. According to the Chief Executive Officer, Gary Wilkinson, things have been going well. Continue reading “New Cambridge Bank Keeping It Local”

Andrew Lansley On Moving On

07:08 Friday 7th September 2012
The Bigger Breakfast
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Let’s talk politics. When we started our all-new Bigger Breakfast on Monday, he was the Health Secretary. By the end of the week, Cambridgeshire MP and one of the big beasts of government, Andrew Lansley, had been removed from his job. It became the big news of the week, with some saying he should have gone a long time ago, others saying he should have stayed to see his controversial health reforms through. So it was a reflective Andrew Lansley I caught up with yesterday, in his first full-length BBC Local Radio interview. (TAPE) Andrew, first of all it’s my first chance to talk to you since the Government reshuffle. Are you still disappointed, or were you ever disappointed to be taken out of Health? Continue reading “Andrew Lansley On Moving On”

ECB Bond Pledge

17:54 Thursday 6th September 2012
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CHRIS MANN:  Try to save the Eurozone. That was the promise from the boss of the European Central Bank. To do whatever it takes to preserve the Euro. Today, Mario Draghi, the man in charge of the ECB, appeared to start to act on that promise. Our business reporter Adam Kirtley joined me earlier with more. Continue reading “ECB Bond Pledge”