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Eve Young PECT on Saving Energy

07:50 Thursday 20th January 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Now all this morning we’ve been doing our bit to save money. Because the Green Party think the World War Two generation could help us tackle climate change and save us a few quid as well. Later on they’re going to launch a nationwide search for the best ideas from the home front, to help us make us more energy efficient, and save cash, be less wasteful and all that. Thank you for all the suggestions for saving money this morning. Some of my favourite ones, “save wear and tear on busy city roads by closing them all to traffic.” It’s going to work, isn’t it? It’s going to work. And I particularly like “stay at home as much as you can, save petrol, and make the most of your TV licence.” Plus: “Stop the car five miles from home and push it the rest of the way.” That’s always going to be a petrol-saving option. But they want us to go back to the Second World War and think about cutting squares of toilet paper up instead of toilet roll, eating unpopular meat, or even plugging a hole in your shoe with some cardboard. Eve Young is from Peterborough Environment City Trust. Morning Eve. Continue reading “Eve Young PECT on Saving Energy”

Peterborough News 23rd November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 23rd November 2010.

Topics:
Labour man Ed Murphy has heard a whisper that renovation works on Cathedral Square could run on until Easter. Council are unable to deny this.
The proposed trimming of migrant numbers from non-EU countries is currently being being sold as an immigration cap to appease disgruntled voters: various locals offer their considered opinions such as British workers don’t have the right attitude, and it’s too hard to import family members for Asian weddings.
A non-story about cyclists in Cowgate turns into a rant against cyclists, motorists and traffic in general. A well-meaning spokesman for Peterborough City Council says of course they care, but what can you do except encourage road users to be nice to each other. When will that be, say the bells of Stepney?
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Pensioners Must Pay More for Allotments

As part of their programme of cuts, Peterborough City Council is ending its discount for pensioners who cultivate an allotment. A senior councillor questions the integrity of this policy, and asks how it fits with the Council’s stated aim to become Home of Environment Capital. And the councillor suspects that Peterborough Council may have a darker motive.
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Peterborough News 26th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 26th October 2010.

Topics:
Despite residents’ letters to the Vatican, the owners of St Anthonys Church Fletton, the Scalabrini Fathers, refuse to confirm or deny the sale of the church, which was suddenly closed as unsafe to use.
Cross Keys Homes are running a series of workshops aimed at incentivising people to find employment.
Growborough demand gainful quality employment for Peterborough school leavers and say more should be done on the green technology front.
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Peterborough News 22nd October 2010

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

Topics:
Many local environmental groups are pinning their hopes on access to the funding promised by Government through the Green Investment Bank. Details are still sketchy at this time.
There will be a protest at lunchtime today in Laxton Square against the cuts to public services. Unite union estimates 1500 public service jobs could go in Peterborough, one third of the workforce.
Peterborough City Council is looking at the idea of reviving the sightseeing bus. Early indications are that the route could lead out of Peterborough and towards Barnack and Stamford.
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Peterborough News 13th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 13th October 2010.

Topics:
Already plagued by roadworks, the A1073 was closed this morning by an overturned lorry between Crowland and Eye Green.
Peterborough United face their FA hearing today icw the touchline brawl at the Notts County game.
It is reported that the Cabinet is trying to introduce a blanket rule forbidding any Council motion that might harm the city’s environmental reputation.
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