Andrew Edwards is asked to explain why work on St Johns Square is falling further behind. The LibDem Leader Darren Fower raised the issue, and local retailers have joined him to complain bitterly at the way Council have responded to the evidence that the interminable refurbishments have effectively destroyed their businesses. Continue reading “More Time for Centre Works”
Month: September 2010
The Pope Debate
A local priest and a spokesman for a Catholic group of speakers set up explicitly for the papal visit outline their attitudes to some controversial issues that have been raised surrounding the visit to the UK by Benedict XVI this week.
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Peterborough News 15th September 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 15th September 2010.
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Persistent delays on the St John’s Square works have put the completion date back another month to mid-October. Local shopkeepers complain bitterly that the destruction of their trade has not been acknowledged by Peterborough City Council.
The Maternity Unit at Peterborough District Hospital has been praised by the Care Quality Commission for improving its staffing levels.
Work has resumed on the Northey Gravel Bridge near the Dog and Doublet Pub after a protected moorhen’s nest was fortuitously washed away. The old bridge is being entirely replaced and drivers should notice the improvement when work is complete.
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Come Dine With Me Peterborough- Reminder
Come Dine with Me is from Peterborough this week, every night at 5pm on Channel 4.
If you missed a show you can see it online at 4OD.
Just a quote from Monday’s Show:
Hostess to Guest 1: Who do you work for?
Guest 1: We’re renownedly hated.
Guest 2: (INTERRUPTS) The Council!
The correct answer was: Guest 1 is an estate agent.
PECT Funding Under Review
As Peterborough continues in its aspirations to become the UK’s Environment Capital, the Chief Executive of Peterborough Environment City Trust makes the case for retaining their funding from Peterborough City Council, in the face of widespread cuts under consideration to all sectors of the Council budget. Continue reading “PECT Funding Under Review”
Peterborough News 14th September 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 14th September 2010.
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The CWU Union has called a meeting of Peterborough postal workers for tonight at the John Clare Theatre to oppose Government plans to privatise the service.
According to the Campaign for Better Transport Peterborough is the 2nd most car dependent city in the country. Council blames it’s design.
Peterborough Regional College has been handed £250K Government cash as part of its Train for Gain programme.
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Orchestrated Industrial Action
Kay Carberry from the TUC responds to inflammatory newspaper headlines which claim that “orchestrated industrial action” is on the agenda at the TUC Conference, and she argues for an investment-led policy to put young people into work. Broadcast at 08:35 on Monday 13th September 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 13th September 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 13th September 2010.
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St Theresa’s Homeless Shelter in Manor House Street can no longer afford the £2000 a month rent and needs a new home from June 2011. They have also changed their name to Peterborough Streets.
Two wind turbines planned for a Thorney farm now have the go-ahead after negotiations with the RAF over some radar worries.
Fly tipping has been an ongoing and expensive problem in Norwood lane Paston. Now Council intends to use more targeted methods to solve the problem.
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