Back from Brussels, Marco Cereste, Leader of Peterborough City Council, welcomes new developments in the Station Quarter area of Peterborough and goes on to celebrate his successes so far.
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ING and the Station Quarter
Andy Burrows talks to a man from ING Retail, who are considering coming in to build on the old Royal Mail Sorting Office, near the railway station.
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The Green Pretender
Here is an interesting article from three years ago that describes many of the development plans that Peterborough is still talking about today. It is a good roundup of the story so far. One or two of the voices have changed, but the song remains the same. Here they posit a supermarket on a site adjacent to the railway station.
“The 40,000 sq ft shop unit will be let to a food retailer that leads the way with its environmental agenda. Energy from the foodstore will heat the offices above.”
Peterborough News 6th October 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 6th October 2010.
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Brookfield Construction have handed over the keys to the new £350 million Peterborough City Hospital.
ING Real Estate puts in plans to develop the Royal Mail Sorting Office site near the railway station.
Newly privatised Hinchinbrooke Hospital is closing one of its mental health wards.
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The Wirrina
The old Wirrina building, the former Peterborough and District Youth Stadium, will be demolished on Saturday morning at 6am. What now for the people of Peterborough? Paul Stainton talks to Council Leader Marco Cereste at 08:25 on Tuesday 5th November 2010.
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Peterborough News 5th October 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 5th October 2010.
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Council will demolish the Wirrina complex on Saturday morning and say they have no imminent plans for the site.
Many local voices are clamouring for a replacement community facility in the city centre.
Council Leader does not rule out providing Council premises in the centre for community use.
Following a campaign to target persistent offenders police report crime figures are significantly lower.
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Peterborough News 4th October 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Monday 4th October 2010.
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Queensgate Centre Manager Roger Hutchins leaves after six years to pursue other interests in East Devon.
Two companies Serco and Circle are now in the running to operate Hinchinbrooke Hospital.
Peterborough United FC brought three points back from Carlisle over the weekend.
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Peterborough News 1st October 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Friday 1st October 2010.
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Accent Nene have submitted revised plans for the Thurston House site on Lincoln Road which retain the facade of the old building and the view from Lincoln Road. Council originally approved demolition, but a campaign by Stewart Jackson MP, Cllr. John Peach and the Civic Society has saved the building from demolition.
The GP Consortia scheme launched in Cambridgeshire gives control of budgets to groups of GPs who will effectively choose services from competing providers. Some within the BMA and elsewhere view it as a step towards privatisation of the NHS.
The recordings from an inquest into the death of a local man treated by a locum GP and which are required by the family for further legal proceedings have been inexplicably lost.
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