Cllr Nash has suggested that Peterborough has its own sightseeing bus, and Paul Stainton talks to Theresa Wood from the Council about how that might work, and where the bus could visit.
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Month: October 2010
New Media at the Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Mark Edwards, Editor at the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, is seeing a whole new readership coming through as a result of their online publishing presence, over and above the readers who buy the newspaper itself.
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John Clare, Peterborough’s Local Poet
David Dykes from Clare Cottage in Helpston talks to Govinda Gill about the life and work of John Clare (1793-1864) described as “the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced.”
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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.
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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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Crown Landlord on Millfield
The new landlord of the Crown Pub in Millfield, Brian Gascoyne, appears as part of the People’s Panel on the Peterborough Breakfast Show to talk about how the Comprehensive Spending Review might affect the local economy. Here he talks about changes seen to the local area and what further reductions in spending might mean.
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Peterborough News 21st October 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 21st October 2010.
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Peterborough Council are not prepared to go into specific details about how the city will be affected by the Comprehensive Spending Review until their report appears on October 29th. They pin their hopes on efficiencies and the sale of assets.
Many question where the predicted growth in the economy is to come from, with a worldwide recession and a relentless tide of newly unemployed coming into the market.
Hunts MP Jonathan Djanogly, hauliers and business groups continue to press for the reinstatement of the A14 improvement works.
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John Harrison on The Cuts
Executive Director for Strategic Resources John Harrison gives a snap reaction to the news that Peterborough City Council will lose more than thirty million pounds from its funding over the next four years.
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TCI Turbines for Anglian Water at Flag Fen
08:20 Wednesday 20th October 2010
Peterborough Breakfast Show BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
PAUL STAINTON: Soon Flag Fen may have its very own wind turbines. A proposal has been made by TCI Renewables to install three of them that could power seven per cent of the homes in this city. A public exhibition is being held this week so people can learn more about the plans. Sophie Tucker is Project Development manager from TCI Renewables. Morning Sophie.
SOPHIE TUCKER: Good morning Paul.
PS: You’re sticking the turbines up. Tell us all about it.
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