March 2010 – Page 3 – The New Listener

Posh Fans Walk for Charity

This interview with Peterborough United FC fan and Free Kicks Foundation spokesman Steve Thorpe takes place on the road as fans walk from Peterborough to The Nottingham Forest ground in aid of the Free Kicks Foundation charity. Broadcast at 08:25 on Friday 19th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

PS: Now as we mentioned earlier, POSH travel to Nottingham Forest tomorrow hoping for another victory. Hopefully keep those slim safety dreams alive. Some fans though, set off yesterday morning, a group of them walking as we mentioned yesterday, to raise money for the Free Kicks charity. They set off from London Road around eleven, we had an update, I got a text about five o’clock saying they were in Empingham, and I believe they stayed overnight at Barnsdale Lodge. Steve Thorpe is from Free Kicks. Good morning Steve.
ST: Morning Paul.
PS: You’ve lost the POSH mascot though, haven’t you? The rabbit’s gone somewhere.
ST: Yes, he bowed out around Burghley House. He had feet full of blisters, so he had to retire. He got myxomatosis I think.
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Britaly Travel: Coping with the BA Strike

This interview with Daniel Broccoli from Britaly Travel London Road Peterborough followed the news that a BA cabin crew strike could lead to travel disruption. It was broadcast at 07:35 on Friday 19th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

PS: British Airways managers and unions have been talking. They will resume those talks today to try to avert this three day strike by the airline’s cabin crew. The two sides spent all day yesterday in discussions, but again they ended in deadlock. BA says it will be able to fly around 65% of passengers despite the walkout. The airline claims up to a thousand staff have offered to stand in for the strikers. But the UNITE union accuses the management of bluffing. But what does it mean for you, I, or anyone else who’s lucky enough to be going away this weekend? Daniel Broccoli is from Britaly Travel based on London Road in Peterborough. Good morning Daniel.
DB: Good morning.
PS: What does it mean if the strike goes ahead? Because a lot of people are going to be very upset, not only this weekend, but the forthcoming strike as well, leading up to Easter.
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BBC Peterborough March 19th 2010

The BBC Radio Peterborough Paul Stainton’s Breakfast Show summary for Friday 19th March 2010

Topics:
Freemans have asked Peterborough City Council to accept three million pounds in settlement of the outstanding lease on their empty factory.
The Shire Horse Show starts tomorrow at the East of England Showground in Peterborough.
The old Fifth Avenue nightclub building is up for sale at £1.5 million through Budworth Hardcastle.
Sport Relief Weekend begins in a variety of ways at the Queensgate Centre.
A Spring Equinox Party is being held at 19:00 at the Brewery Tap tonight.
Two locals have been charged following the sudden death of a Bretton man.
Six social workers have been sacked at Birmingham City Council after a critical Ofsted report.
The National Audit Office predicts further disruption to the student loan system this year.
PUFC fans are walking steadily towards the Nottingham Forest ground in aid of the Free Kicks Foundation.
BA is in talks with UNITE to avert the threatened three day cabin crew strike.
Augean will appeal against the decision to prevent them dumping radioactive waste in Kingscliffe.

Interviewees:
Andrew Edwards Head of Strategic Property Peterborough City Council.
Elspeth Ross Shirehorse Centre Sacrewell Farm.
Daniel Broccoli Britaly Travel.
Rowen Squibb Growborough.
Kelly Mills and Luke Payne Spring Equinox Organisers.
Colin Parnell Federation of Small Businesses.
Steve Thorpe Free Kicks Foundation.
Stacey Rice Miss Peterborough Contestant.
Scott Beasley Ferry Meadows Charity Race Organiser.
Mark Kerr and Mike Fears Peterborough Saxons Football Team.

Companies mentioned:
Student Loans Company.
Budworth Hardcastle.
Queensgate Centre.
Otto UK.
East of England Showground.
BA.
Britaly Travel.
Wetherspoons.
Augean.

Team:
Presenter: Paul Stainton
Producer: Steve Titman
Sport: Alex Harris
News: Susie Roberts
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: Steve Weston
Phones: Kerry Devine
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Stewart Jackson MP: Land Registry jobs saved.

This interview with Conservative MP Stewart Jackson followed the news that the Land Registry office in Peterborough has been saved from closure. It was broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday 18th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

PS: Three hundred city jobs have been saved. That’s the big news this morning. The Land Registry announced yesterday they’d scrapped plans to close the Peterborough office. Six months ago staff were told the office was likely to close. Alex Bone, who works at the office told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about the moment they found out they were keeping their jobs.
AB TAPE: It was really surreal in that you’ve got three hundred people gathered there, and just the noise, the noise going on, the noise. And then our area manager came in and then there was just this deathly silence. He didn’t initially say straight away, he opened he ran through a number of things, some other things, and just thinking, just tell us please. And then he did say, right, the following offices are going to keep open. And then he announced Croydon, and you’re thinking right, OK, and then he said Peterborough, but it was a bit, a little bit drawn out, well it seemed to be, and there were a lot of happy faces obviously. Some people were actually crying with relief.
PS: Very relieved. Very happy people in Peterborough this morning. Conservative MP for Peterborough Stewart Jackson is with us. Morning Stewart.
SJ: Good morning Paul.
PS: A concerted campaign by the unions, and by your goodselves, seems to have paid dividends, yes.
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BBC Peterborough March 18th 2010

BBC Radio Peterborough Breakfast Show summary for Thursday 18th March 2010

Topics:
300 jobs have been saved after plans to close the Peterborough Land Registry were shelved.
Four hospital wards in Peterborough are closed due to an outbreak of the winter vomiting virus.
Local JobSeeker claimant numbers rise but Peterborough wins £1.5 million for job creation.
Three quarters of UK Universities face budget cuts.
Cornish sea shanty singers sign for Lady GaGa’s record label.
Forest manager says ex-PUFC player George Boyd needs fitness and has a lot to learn.
Local PUFC fans walk to Nottingham via pubs for Free Kicks Foundation charity.
Rare birds spotted locally.
Waterstones recommend best books to buy.

Interviewees:
Stewart Jackson MP.
Chris Wilkinson Director of Nursing NHS Peterborough.
Richard Astle Greater Peterborough Partnership.
Malcolm Dawson HR Director Land Registry.
Victoria Dyke Public and Commercial Services Union.
Dr Alastair Hunter University and College Union.
Mike Weedon Birdwatching Magazine.
John Warren Falmouth Shout Shanty Singers.
Dave Murray Chair Peterborough Campaign for Real Ale.
Nilesh Patel PUFC fan and Charity Walker.
Anna Elmore Waterstones.

Companies mentioned:
Nissan.
Indesit.
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society.
Perkins Engines.
Cross Keys Homes.
Waterstones.

Team:
Presenter: Paul Stainton
Producer: Steve Titman
Sport: John Symes
News: Susie Roberts
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: John Gray
Phones: Kerry Devine
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Opportunity Peterborough and Smarter Cities

This interview with Trevor Gibson from Opportunity Peterborough talks about their pilot project to map local environmental data to Google Earth as part of the IBM Smarter Cities project . Broadcast at 08:35 on Wednesday 17th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

PS: A new project which will monitor the carbon footprint of residents and businesses like you, me, him and her across the city has been launched. Opportunity Peterborough has teamed up with IBM to produce a website which will show energy and water usage along with recycling rates for wards across the city. It looks pretty impresive actually. There’s a picture in a local magazine this morning. It’s a first for the UK, and the dream is that it will turn Peterborough into the country’s leading sustainable city. Trevor Gibson is from Opportunity Peterborough. Good morning Trevor.
TG: Good morning.
PS: I like the look of this. It looks pretty good. It’s very pretty indeed. Does it cost us anything, first of all.
TG: Well it’s initially a partnership between Peterborough City Council and Opportunity Peterborough, paid for, a relatively small pilot actually, and IBM and Green Ventures, and Royal Haskoning have come on board and formed a sort of an association of consultancies, if you like, to work on something that we think will be really dramatic for the city, and is already being taken an interest in by many organisations outside of the UK.
PS: Yes. Can you explain what it is exactly, in layman’s terms?
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BBC Peterborough March 17th 2010

BBC Radio Peterborough Breakfast Show summary for Wednesday 17th March 2010

Topics:
Kingscliffe protestors celebrate as Augean’s plans to dump radioactive waste nearby are rejected.
Peterborough’s Greeniversity holds it’s first awards celebration.
Southfields Nursery may be under threat as the Infant and Junior Schools merge.
Thinktank REFORM say thousands of hospital beds should be axed.
An Opportunity Peterborough consortium launches a Google Earth project mapping local green assets.
The Association of Head Teachers calls for methadrone to be banned.
Writing in the Lancet a GP calls for a lifting of the ban on ward flowers and on sitting on hospital beds.
Peterborough United await Jim Gannon’s decision on his contract offer.
Tesco are promoting black lager on St Patricks Day.

Interviewees:
Ben Smith Northamptonshire County Cllr.
Nyree Ambarchian and Karen Lawrence PECT.
Sarah Rourke Southfields Nursery.
Trevor Gibson Director of Environment Capital Opportunity Peterborough.
Jonathan Lewis Assistant Director for Resources Peterborough City Council.
Mick McGiven Guinness Store House Dublin.
Michael Murray Parkway Club Lincoln Road
James Wigham Tesco.
Matthew Kirk Kingscliffe WasteWatchers.
Ady Mowles PISA.
Steve Thorpe PUFC fan.
Jeff Stebbings Gardening Guru.

Companies mentioned:
Guinness.
Tesco.
Augean.
Opportunity Peterborough.
Green Ventures.
IBM.
Royal Haskoning.
EDF.
Anglian Water.
Environment Agency.

Team:
Presenter: Paul Stainton
Producer: Steve Titman
Sport: Peter Swann
News: Susie Roberts
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: Steve Weston
Phones: Kerry Devine
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Interview with Buttercross Tearooms

Spring in Central Park Peterborough, at the Buttercross Tearooms (prop. Vincent Terranova)

An interview with Vincent Terranova proprietor of the Buttercross Tearooms Central Park Peterborough, broadcast on the Peterborough Breakfast Show at 07:30 am on Tuesday 16th March 2010. Interviewer is Paul Stainton.

PS: Where better place to start our Springwatch campaign – where better to sit down and enjoy the signs of Spring, than the Buttercross Tearooms in central Park. Vincent Terranova works there and joins us now. Morning Vincent.
VT: Good morning, good morning.
PS: Are you feeling springlike this morning?
VT: Fantastic.
PS: Have you had a lolly?
VT: Definitely spring.
PS: Have you had a lolly? You’ve had a lolly.
VT: I’ve had my lolly this morning.
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