Month: December 2010
Peterborough News 9th December 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 9th December 2010.
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Today is the day when MPs vote on whether to raise student fees. The local MP supports the policy.
Peterborough Childrens Services have received a “poor” rating but a Council spokesman says the problems are historic and they will do better next time.
Council have passed plans for a massive housebuilding programme over the next 15 years featuring 21,000 new units.
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Peterborough Childrens’ Services Poor
John Richards came on the radio this morning to explain why OFSTED gave Peterborough City Council a “poor” rating for its Childrens Services.
Here are the extracts from the OFSTED report that relate to the failings:
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Another Well-Deserved Pop at the Council
Local resident Phil Pumphrey has written a tremendously entertaining letter to the Peterborough Evening Telegraph concerning their “plans” to install allotments down at the bottom of Thorpe Lea Road.
One correction is due: the allotment land in Netherton which he says is used for housing is in fact still empty despite the allotment holders being kicked out over a year ago.
A further note: it would not be worth troubling to log in and add a comment on that site as their comment system is still switched off as of 21:00 on 8th December, 36 hours now. The ET haven’t got round to notifying their readers yet. This must surely now be a lockdown in preparation for a shattering announcement of some sort. Or it’s broken.
Final note: 23:00 update plucky posters have broken through on the ET website and fresh comments are now piling up. Well done all!
Democracy in Peterborough
There are very few opportunities in Peterborough for the public to easily comment on local issues.
One of them recently has been the lively comment section in the Peterborough Evening Telegraph.
It has had its problems, as all such efforts do. Comments are frequently deleted with one eye on the libel laws. Sometimes whole stories lose their comments.
And stories often quickly disappear from the main site indexing when things get hot.
But it’s sad today to see that the whole comment facility is inoperable.
Subscribers can log in and comment, but nothing happens, and the comments don’t appear.
In addition, there is no web facility to unsubscribe.
And there is never any communication from the site to the subscribers explaining what is happening.
Obviously the Peterborough Evening Telegraph is a private company and they do as they please.
It must be very disheartening for the people working there.
Full Council meets tonight. For those who are interested, this site contains many of the current issues dominating politics in Peterborough at the moment.
Today’s Favourite Search Queries
Here are three of my favourite search queries, from amongst those that brought visitors to this site:
1: would primark come to peterborough where b and q used to be ?
2: new cambridge pct ceo poison chalice?
3: why wasnt janine machin on look east yesterday?
I’d tell you if I knew. I just don’t know.
Peterborough News 8th December 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 8th December 2010.
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Full Council meeting tonight: concerns have been raised that Neighbourhood Councils will in future receive funding only as a by-product of housing developments in the ward.
The local LibDems are of the opinion that the current Conservative administration is suffering from a bout of megalomania.
As the numbers of homeless are predicted to rise, Peterborough Soup Kitchen wants a city-centre facility for the homeless, just as Cambridge do. The Council Leader thinks it’s a great idea, which doesn’t necessarily mean that anything will happen.
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Peterborough News 7th December 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 7th December 2010.
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IKEA expect to shed 52 jobs by transferring part of their distribution function to Doncaster. Opportunity Peterborough believes these numbers are not significant in the grand scheme of things, and that the future looks bright for Peterborough.
Cowgate traders hope to persuade Hammerson to create an extra entrance to Queensgate when they construct an extension to the shopping centre.
The well-reported connection problems being experienced by telephone callers to the new Peterborough City Hospital should abate by next week according to a spokesperson.
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