Month: August 2010

Peterborough News 3rd August 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 3rd August 2010.

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Government aims to to reduce the number of people claiming housing benefit as local statistics reveal a 50% increase over 10 years.
The devastation caused by the floods in Pakistan is a cause for great concern in the local Pakistani population, and they will be rallying round to send aid.
The planned closure of the Alma Road surgery will be discussed again in Council and they have asked for more information on the reasons given and whether all the options have been considered.
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Peterborough’s Carbon Footprint

A league table of local authorities published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change puts Peterborough near to the bottom of the table for carbon emissions, threatening to scupper the Conservative Council’s Environmental Capital aspirations. LibDem spokesman Richard Olive puts the case for the prosecution, and Sam Dalton Conservative Cabinet Member for Environment Capital brings Peterborough Council Climate Change Team Manager Charlotte Palmer along with her into the studio to give an account to the BBC’s Paul Stainton of where we are and what we’re doing about it.
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Peterborough News 2nd August 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 2nd August 2010.

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Figures from the Department for Energy and Climate Change indicate that Peterborough’s carbon footprint is down near the bottom of the league tables and that Peterborough is falling behind other authorities in its energy efficiency performance.
The Government has invested another £1.5 million in Phase Two of the Future Jobs Fund for Peterborough, delivering a further 238 6-month contracts for employees.
Peterborough’s Back to Business Club run by the Greater Peterborough Partnership has helped its 50th client back into work after redundancy.
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The Cereste-Jackson Housing Challenge

Following on from the Thurston House demolition debate and subsequent criticism of the Council’s housing strategy, the Leader of Peterborough City Council invites local MP Stewart Jackson to come up with his own vision for Peterborough’s housing strategy. Broadcast at 08:24 on Wednesday 28th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Paul Stainton is asking the questions.
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The Millfield Problem

Piecemeal efforts to disrupt public drinking will have no effect, as the problem is now so widespread that only a complete ban will do, according to two Peterborough City councillors. Broadcast at 08:10 on Wednesday 28th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 30th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Friday 30th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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Government suggests offering ratepayers options and a veto on excessive council tax rises, but critics say the plan could be expensive, and a wider and more thorough review of local authority funding is needed.
As part of the dismantling of Primary Care Trusts some community services could be handed over to social enterprise or private business, including work with people with learning disabilities, adult services, the walk-in centre and the out-of-hours centre.
Government has brought forward the end of Labour’s scheme of free swimming for pensioners and the young from next April to this August. Critics say the benefits which accrue mean that this is a false economy.
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Peterborough News 29th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 29th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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Arthur Mellows Village College and Kings School Peterborough are lined up for academy status in September and January 2011 respectively.
The number of retail outlets in Millfield selling alcohol is causing problems for locals, but there seems to be no easy answer, according to a reporter from Hastings, where a blanket ban on street drinking has failed to work.
Peterborough is one of a number of areas planning to apply for funding to install electric car charging points.
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Peterborough News 28th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 28th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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Problem drinking in parts of Woodston have led to a public drinking ban. Two Peterborough councillors say the problem is far more widespread and a street drinking ban for the whole of Peterborough is needed.
Following a debate about the planned demolition of Thurston House the Leader of Peterborough City Council has invited Stewart Jackson MP to come up with an alternative housing strategy for Peterborough.
Parnwell residents worry that traffic using a new Stobart depot will make life unbearable for them.
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