Month: October 2010

Government is Taking the Region for Granted

As we await the Comprehensive Spending Review, Will Pope from EEDA points out that despite being an economic benefit to the Treasury, this region does not get a fair proportion of Government spending per head, and John Bridge from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Chambers believes it is clearly unacceptable that vital work to upgrade the A14 trunk road is still in the balance.
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Peterborough News 13th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 13th October 2010.

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Already plagued by roadworks, the A1073 was closed this morning by an overturned lorry between Crowland and Eye Green.
Peterborough United face their FA hearing today icw the touchline brawl at the Notts County game.
It is reported that the Cabinet is trying to introduce a blanket rule forbidding any Council motion that might harm the city’s environmental reputation.
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Peterborough News 12th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 12th October 2010.

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Government is expected to end the cap on tuition fees, but University Centre Peterborough have no increase planned.
Full Council will hold a minute’s silence to remember the two entrants who died on the day of the Great Eastern Run.
The Dogsthorpe Eco-Arts Project was destroyed by arsonists in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Peterborough News 11th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Monday 11th October 2010.

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The Great Eastern Run on Sunday was marred by the death of two of the competitors.
Perkins have announced they will sponsor the run for five years.
Extra freight trains planned to run through Peakirk add to crossing safety fears in the village.
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Peterborough News 8th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Friday 8th October 2010.

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Royal Haskoning, Green Ventures and IBM are publicising a new environmental data modelling application and are calling it The Peterborough Model since it is being trialled with data from Peterborough.
Peterborough-based Thomas Cook and Co-operative Travel are combining their travel agencies into one agency but will retain the separate branding.
Peterborough Prison has been criticised for inadequate monitoring of a prisoner who died five years ago in their care, but have not been held to blame for his death.
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More Thought Needed on the Old Hospital Site

Councillors have joined the local MP in questioning the current outline plans for the old Peterborough District Hospital site on Thorpe Road as unimaginative, unsustainable, and not in the best interests of local ratepayers. Continue reading “More Thought Needed on the Old Hospital Site”

Peterborough News 7th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 7th October 2010.

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Councillors have joined the local MP in questioning the current outline plans for the old Peterborough District Hospital site on Thorpe Road as unimaginative, unsustainable, and not in the best interests of local ratepayers.
As runners finalise their preparations for the Great Eastern Run on Sunday, news emerges that the Chief Executive of Peterborough City Council Gillian Beasley has suffered a twinge, and could pull out of the charity event.
Entries are invited for the 2011 Peterborough Poet Laureate contest, on the theme of chemistry.
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