Month: December 2010

Peterborough News 6th December 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Monday 6th December 2010.

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Family Voice in Peterborough helps up to 250 families of children and young people with disabilities or additional needs. They face a probable loss of funding from 2010 and are launching a series of fundraising events, starting on Thursday at the Paul Pry pub in Lincoln Road.
Beat This is a music and arts service for Peterborough and its surrounding areas currently working at the Voyager School and enabling young people to have access to music technology.
Gritting the streets in current weather conditions is a top priority, and Peterborough City Council say they have the job well in hand.
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Peterborough News 3rd December 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Friday 3rd December 2010.

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NHS Peterborough have succesfully moved their A&E Department from the District Hospital to the new site at Bretton but problems with the switchboard are still being addressed. They suggest callers use 0800 9178562 or visit www.peterboroughhospitals.co.uk to access a list of direct numbers.
Following the scrapping of the A14 widening programme a debate continues over whether a toll road is the answer or if rail can ease the problem.
Peterborough City Council intends to reduce its contribution towards speed cameras locally, but the Safety Partnership says fixed cameras will remain, although there may be no film in them. In addition an extra mobile camera will be used, and communications with targeted motorists prior to court will also be minimal.
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Peterborough News 2nd December 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 2nd December 2010.

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Orton Longueville School is in favour of becoming an academy in partnership with Swavesey Village College and under the management of Cambridge Meridian Education Trust.
This evening Peterborough Accident and Emergency Unit will transfer up to the Peterborough City Hospital. The new hospital acknowledges problems with its switchboard system.
The TSSA union is furious with Thomas Cook for cutting 500+ jobs despite making handsome profits.
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Peterborough News 1st December 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 1st December 2010.

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In the case of a Wisbech man found deceased, the key to identification seems to be a crude scorpion tattoo with no tail and four legs and the fact that the tip of a little finger is missing.
No rest for the wicked: a Peterborough crime from 31 years ago has been reinvestigated and a man from Fareham has been arrested. A local forensic scientist comments on recent advances.
The Chair of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority wonders how a proposed change in local control of policing will work, if one highly paid individual takes over the work of the 17-strong Police Authority.
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