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Peterborough News 22nd November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Monday 22nd November 2010.

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A patient from Orton Medical Practice worries that the staff have indicated that the surgery may close but NHS Peterborough are not putting patients in the picture.
Cambridgeshire Police face difficult budget decisions, and their website offers residents the chance to test out different options for cutting the budget, to see how they would deal with the problem.
A possible buyout for the canning operations of Premier Foods in Wisbech leaves 460 workers in limbo.
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Peterborough News 19th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Friday 19th November 2010.

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Council admits no money has been spent on Peterborough Market for some years. Opinion is divided on whether the market should be revamped or moved.
Council is finally awake to the popular local zeitgeist that small retailers with an eclectic range of offerings should be offered the opportunity to take up a city centre location, possibly in a shared setting.
Peterborough FM, a not-for-profit community radio station and beneficiary of a £90,000 grant from Children in Need and other funding sources, begins transmitting again for 28 days from 20th November to the 17th of December 2010 on 87.7FM. They are affiliated to the Peterborough African Community Organisation. “Using radio as a tool, Peterborough FM contributes to regeneration and improved community cohesion and capacity in the city. Peterborough FM is sees as a community resource, to be used by individuals and organisations making up the city’s community. The project brings together people from diverse backgrounds who would not meet each other in the normal course of their lives. ”
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Peterborough News 18th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 18th November 2010.

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A new laser motion detector helped catch two graffiti artists perched atop the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society in Cathedral Square.
Peterborough Regional College has awarded a £3.4 million catering contract to Pabulum in line with their healthy eating policy.
A local estate agent believes that buying a house makes more sense than renting in almost all cases, but says the banks are at fault for the sluggish housing market by imposing too tough conditions on lending for first time buyers.
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Peterborough News 17th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 17th November 2010.

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Yaxley is deeply unhappy about the proposed development at Haddon. The development greenfield site is situated on the border between Peterborough and Cambridgeshire, and the worry is that new school provision will not be available to pupils resident over the border. In addition, Yaxley residents predict that traffic from the development will prove a nightmare for themselves and for Farcet residents.
Peterborough Cathedral says it has no time at all for the proposed march by the English Defence League, and the Church condemns the activity as divisive and counter-productive.
A WWF survey on British rivers says the Great Ouse scored well on many factors, but the River Nene is under pressure from pollution and water extraction.
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Peterborough News 16th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 16 November 2010.

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Police have agreed a route along which the controversial march by the English Defence League can take place without disrupting normal activities any more than absolutely necessary. The Peterborough United game v Rochdale scheduled for 11th November will be moved back to 10th November.
Marco Cereste for the Council and Kevin Roddis for the English Democrats put two different viewpoints on how translation services in Peterborough should be funded.
Peterborough’s Christmas Lights will be lit on Saturday 20th November with various artists in attendance, including Warwick David and Andy Scott-Lee from pop band 3SL.
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Peterborough News 15th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Monday 15th November 2010.

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The new Peterborough super hospital opens today and the local MP hopes H.M.Queen will be able to perform the official opening.
There are some changes on the way for Neighbourhood Councils as future monies will need to come from housing developers, as debate continues over whether they should be scaled down or modified.
A mass sleep-in by 135 plucky volunteers at Bretton Sainsburys on Friday successfully raised more than £32,000 for a new vehicle for the Peterborough Soup Kitchen.
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Peterborough News 12th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Friday 12th November 2010.

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Peterborough City Hospital opens on Monday, and staff are currently transferring from the Edith Cavell Hospital.
Foundation East a community finance company is now offering help to start-ups and entrepreneurs in this region.
All Souls Church in Geneva Street is planning to offer an Italian Mass to worshippers who have lost their Fletton building.
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Peterborough News 11th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Thusday 11th November 2010.

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Living longer: according to charity PRIME 20% of over 50s in Peterborough cannot find work yet the pension age rises.
Bans on public drinking are to be set up in more parts of Peterborough.
The landlord of the Crown Pub Millfield says there are too many off-licensed outlets in Millfield and drunkenness is rife.
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