BBC transcripts
07:28 Wednesday 17th October 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: It’s hard if you’re chasing a job. As many as 66 young people chasing every retail job. Tony Bonsignore’s here from our Business Unit. That’s a lot of kids for jobs, isn’t it, that don’t exactly pay a lot? Continue reading “Dave In Denial On Youth Unemployment”
08:30 Tuesday 16th October 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: Now, let’s talk farming, because there’s a row going on in Newborough in Peterborough. Peterborough City Council last night met with farmers affected by the Council’s plans to build a renewable energy plant. The Council is looking at three sites for solar and windfarms at Newborough Farm, America Farm and Morris Farm, which would involve shifting out tenant farmers. Farmers used the Newborough Parish Council meeting last night to voice their concerns, and ask for answers to their questions. Let’s speak to Nick Harris. He’s a farmer in Borough Fen, and chaired the meeting last night. Did you get any answers? Continue reading “Rash Promises and Public Money”
08:08 Monday 8th October 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: You’re wasting one of the most fertile pieces of land in the country. That’s what the National Farmers’ Union is condemning Peterborough City Council for. The authority is planning to use 3,000 acres of farmland for a renewable energy park, including wind farms and solar panels. The proposal would see the Council become an energy provider for the City and, it says, lead to lower council tax for all. But Peter Brewer (Group Secretary from the National Farmers’ Union) says no agricultural land should be taken out of production. (TAPE)
PETER BREWER: The land is very very productive. It’s grade one, grade two agricultural land, which is the best quality land you can get. It will produce significantly more crops per acre if you like, than other less productive land. I sympathise with Peterborough City Council in that they have a huge budget deficit. I’m not sure whether they have genuinely explored all options, and all the alternatives around, and if this is the most viable way of filling that deficit. (LIVE)..
PAUL STAINTON: Well let’s speak to Marco Cereste, Leader of Peterborough City Council. We’ve spoke about this before, and in principle I think a lot of people thought it was a great idea. But putting them on some of the most fantastic arable land in the country, is that a good idea? Continue reading “Council Funds Feasibility Study For Peterborough Renewable Energy Park”
07:40 Friday 12th October 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: “I want to clear out any mischief makers“, were the words of Fenland Council Leader Alan Melton, after sacking all 14 of his Planning Committee. It’s a turn of events that one local newspaper has dubbed SupermarketGate. Planners at Fenland District Council surprised many recently by conducting a dramatic U-turn, allowing a bid by Tesco to build a supermarket in Whittlesey (when) just weeks earlier they has refused it in favour of a Sainsburys. So why were planning rules broken, and why sack several high-profile councillors, including the Vice Chair of that committee, Martin Curtis? He spoke to our news editor Mousumi Bakshi. Continue reading “Whittlesey Supermarket Wars – The Alan Melton Interview”
06:53 Friday 12th October 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: Race day, it’s usually seen as a nice family day out. You go to the races, take your family, take a picnic. But what if it’s encouraging kids to gamble from an early age? BBC Radio Cambridgeshire has been told that teenagers in the county are gambling before they turn 18, because their parents are placing bets for them. Our reporter Maaiysa Valli met 16 year old George, who’s been gambling at the races with his mum since he was 10. Continue reading “A Young Pretender In The Sport Of Kings”
08:12 Wednesday 10th October 2012
The Bigger Breakfast
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: Farmers in the county say bread may have to be imported if we have another bad summer like we’ve just had. The price of fruit veg and cereal also set to rise, after figures from the NFU show the amount of wheat harvested has dropped by almost 15% over five years. The news comes after one of the wettest summers in recent years, and what’s been described as one of the worst harvests in forty years. .. Let’s speak to Ian Tennant from Peterborough Environment City Trust. With him as well is Kim Coley. Ian, you don’t eat a lot of meat and stuff, do you? Continue reading “The Answer Lies In The Soil”
08:10 Tuesday 9th October 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: Both city councils in the county need to up their game when it comes to green issues. That’s what we’ve been hearing this morning on the show. The comments come ahead of a meeting tonight, where a new five year green strategy for Cambridge will be approved. The main target is to cut carbon emissions, something the city council’s failed to do in the past, much to the annoyance of local environmental campaigner Tony Juniper. Continue reading “Winter Draws On”
18:07 Monday 8th October 2012
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CHRIS MANN: A serious issue for the Posh, and that’s tonight Barry Fry says Darren Ferguson held talks with representatives of potential owners of Nottingham Forest over the summer. Fry says Ferguson held meetings about taking over at the City ground. “I found Darren had two meetings, and hadn’t told my Chairman.” he’s told BBC Radio Nottingham. Fry described discussions, which occurred after Ferguson comfortably kept Posh in the Championship last season, as unsettling for Posh, and argued the Club missed out on signings as a result. So, first of all, Adi, what do you make of that? Continue reading “Fry Bombshell Leaves Posh In Turmoil”