Month: May 2010

BBC Peterborough May 11th 2010

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 11th May 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 11th May 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
A pet insurance contract with Tesco should enable Royal Sun Alliance to employ 230 new call-centre staff.
A city centre outlet wants road closures, open air TV and street drinking for the World Cup.
Opportunity Peterborough defends itself against claims of ineffectuality.
PDH staff staff are being badged up to promote the new super-hospital.
There are rumours of 1400 new Christmas jobs at Amazon locally.
Wrangling continues amongst local politicians and the media as coalition talks drag on.
A health guru recommends best nuts, feather pillows and avocado pears for those that can afford them.
BP continue with their best efforts to stem the Gulf of Mexico oil leak as the USA threatens to sue.
Unite union and BA are locked onto a collision course with claim and counterclaim.
A South African journalist confirms the country is ready for the World Cup.

Interviewees:
Anthea Cox Defeated Labour Candidate for Huntingdon.
Steve Compton Opportunity Peterborough.
Simon Baker Sports Lounge Bar.
Darren Fower LibDem Cllr. Peterborough City Council.
Sonia Nicholls Peterborough District Hospital.
Mark Allen Affinity at RSA Insurance.
Mark Gleeson South African Journalist.
Michael van Straten Health Guru.

Mentioned:
Royal Sun Alliance.
Tesco.
BP.
Amazon.
Fleetbuzz Editorial.
Travel Supermarket.
Budget Group.
AB Agri.
Coloplast.

Team:
Producer: Heather Noble
Sport: Peter Swann
News: Suzi Roberts
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: Steve Weston
Phones: Kerry Devine
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Stewart Jackson MP on Opportunity Peterborough

This is part of a longer interview where Stewart Jackson Conservative MP celebrates his re-election as MP for Peterborough. Broadcast at 08:10 on Monday 10th May 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

STAINTON: We’ve got a text in saying: Ask Stewart about North Westgate please, and developments like that. What can he do to ensure we get Peterborough going, and get it developed?
JACKSON: Well one of the big things that we haven’t done, and a big failure, and I have to say I lay it at the door of Opportunity Peterborough, because it’s no-one else’s fault. We have not sold Peterborough on the national stage as robustly as we should. We haven’t had ads on the sides of taxis, ads in the Financial Times, radio ads, nationally. We need to get really serious about businesses coming to this city, and say Peterborough is a fantastic place to live, work and do business. And I think we’ve failed in that. Because we’ve got so many advantages. We’ve got a new University Centre, we’ve got a beautiful city centre that’s coming together, we’ve got possibly a new Station Quarter, we’re an Environment City. And we’ve got great transport links. We need to be banging the drum constantly. And if we don’t do that, we are going to lose out to the Cambridges, Milton Keynes, Leicesters and other places. And that means we won’t get the jobs we desperately need in this city.

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Iain Erskine Fulbridge Primary Headteacher on SATS.

Iain Erskine Headteacher of Fulbridge Primary School Peterborough points out the shortcomings of the SATS assessment system on the day that many headteachers from two national unions have called a boycott of this year’s tests. Broadcast at 07:40 on Monday 10th May 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

STAINTON: Iain Erskine is the Headmaster from Fulbridge Primary School in Peterborough. Morning Iain.
ERSKINE: Good morning.
STAINTON: What are you doing then? Are you Satting or not Satting?
ERSKINE: Well I’m a bit of a chicken. I am doing the SATs, yes. If somebody had said to me last September before the whole sort of journey towards SATs began, I’d have said definitely, no I won’t do them. But at the last minute I found it very hard to make the decision not to go ahead with them. Continue reading “Iain Erskine Fulbridge Primary Headteacher on SATS.”

Asif Shaheed New Peterborough LibDem Councillor

Asif Shaheed talks to the BBC about how he defeated the warring Conservative Party in the Walton Peterborough ward election. Broadcast at 07:20 on Monday 10th May 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

STAINTON: Let’s speak to one of the new boys. Asif Shaheed is the new Liberal Democrat councillor for Walton. Morning.
SHAHEED: Morning Paul. How are you sir?
STAINTON: I’m very good sir. Nice to speak to you.
SHAHEED: Thank you.
STAINTON: So you’ve been elected. You must be full of the joys of spring this morning. Continue reading “Asif Shaheed New Peterborough LibDem Councillor”

BBC Peterborough May 10th 2010

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 10th May 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 10th May 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
A new LibDem councillor is exultant having beaten two warring Conservatives.
A primary headteacher confirms that SATs test are worthless as the national boycott proceeds apace.
A re-elected Conservative MP brands Opportunity Peterborough a failure.
A grouping called Unlock Democracy demonstrate for voting reform.
A spokesperson for the local Chamber of Commerce demands a Conservative government.
An investment manager takes time out to speculate on political outcomes.
Local amateur footballers recover from a marathon 40 hour game at Hinchinbrooke School for charity.
Hampton College students return from a European trip to study the environment.

Interviewees:
Chris Moncrieff Political Commentator.
Asif Shaheed New Peterborough City Councillor.
Peter Facey Unlock Democracy.
Ian Erskine Headteacher Fulbridge Primary School.
John Bridge Peterborough Chamber of Commerce.
Stewart Jackson MP.
Justin Urquart Stewart Seven Investment Management.
Richard Phil Football 50 Charity Marathon Game Organiser.

Team:
Producer: Heather Noble
Sport: Peter Swann
News: Suzi Roberts
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: John Gray
Phones: Kerry Devine

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BBC Peterborough May 6th 2010

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 6th May 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 6th May 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
The General Election is today.
Continuing demonstrations against austerity measures in Greece put the stability of the Eurozone at risk.
Large cracks are appearing in the newly laid paving in Cathedral Square Peterborough.
A Green Festival organised by Peterborough Environment City Trust begins on 29th May 2010.
BP engineers hope to install a funnel over the Gulf of Mexico oil leak to channel the spill.
Freedom of Information requests reveal 1100 unsolved murders across the UK.
Peterborough City Council has produced a series of leisure cycling maps.
The World Cup Sticker Book for the 2010 competition is launched by Panini.
A Leeds school has lost a high-altitude science experiment which may have come down to earth locally.
Local amateur footballers plan a marathon 50 hour game at Hinchinbrooke School for charity.

Interviewees:
Nyree Ambarchian Peterborough Environment City Trust.
Nicola Francis Travel Choice Team Peterborough City Council.
Ben Falk Film Guru.
Gillian Beasley Local Returning Officer.
Jess Tadmor Panini.
Steve Parker from Parkers Newsagents.
Steve Hugel Boston Spa School Leeds.
Rowen Squibb Growborough.
Andrew Edwards Peterborough City Council.
Richard Phil Football 50 Charity Marathon Game Organiser.

Mentioned:
BP.
Panini.
GP Print.

Team:
Producer: Ben Stevenson
Sport: Peter Swann
News: Suzi Roberts
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: Steve Weston
Phones: Kerry Devine

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BBC Peterborough May 5th 2010

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast Wednesday 5th May 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

A summary of the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Peterborough broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 5th May 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
Dogsthorpe locals welcome a dispersal order granted to clear groups of troublesome youth.
Voodoo Lounge Stamford gigs forced to cease over neighbour noise complaints.
Perkins Engines hands £1000 to St Theresa’s Charity for the homeless.
Goldhay Arts charity for adults with disabilities battles for survival.
The A14 is closed by an overturned lorry at Godmanchester.
Cambridgeshire-based snooker player Neil Robertson’s bleach-blond hair could be all the rage.
The volcanic ash cloud hovers near Scotland threatening air traffic once again.
A gardening guru welcomes a campaign to rescue misplaced bees.
A Chiddock pensioner blocks the A35 using the button on a pedestrian crossing.
The General Election campaigning becomes frenzied as politicos clamour for attention.
An improvement in the weather bodes well for remedial work on the Gulf of Mexico oil-spill.
Protests against austerity measures in Greece present a worry for the Eurozone.

Interviewees:
Michael Houlihan Voodoo Lounge Stamford.
John Lionel Hairdresser.
Mike Sockett Politics Lecturer.
Charles Swift Independent Cllr Peterborough City Council.
Barbara Minns Dogsthorpe Community Association.
Sue Watters St. Theresa’s Charity for the Homeless.
Geoff Stebbings Gardening Answers Magazine.
Richard Davis Peterborough Beekeepers’ Association.

Mentioned:
Perkins Engines.

Team:
Producer: Ben Stevenson
Sport: Nick Fairburn
News: Samantha Dalton
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: John Lord
Phones: Kerry Devine

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Willie Thorne on Neil Robertson

This very brief and hasty interview with snooker legend Willie Thorne follows the news that last night Cambridge-based snooker player Neil Robertson defeated Graeme Dott to win the world championship at the Crucible Theatre. Broadcast at 08:58 on Tuesday 4th May 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough. Paul interrupts his handover talk with BBC Cambridgeshire’s Andy Harper to hear that producer Ben Stevenson has finally managed to get an interview with a snooker personality. Continue reading “Willie Thorne on Neil Robertson”