Stewart Jackson MP has obtained figures which show a sharp increase in NHS admissions for drink related problems, which correlate well with the introduction of 24 hour drinking. Broadcast at 07:11 on Friday 6th August 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 6th August 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Friday 6th August 2010.
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Alcohol related admissions to the Peterborough hospitals have risen sharply and the local MP connects this to the introduction of 24 hour drinking.
Part of the new Spalding to Peterborough road will open on Sunday weather permitting.
The new football season begins this weekend and much of the programme is taken up by talk concerning Peterborough United FC.
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Peterborough News 5th August 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 5th August 2010.
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The junction of Bourges Boulevard and Maskew Avenue in Millfield is an admitted traffic disaster, and the latest example of an ill-thought out development in Peterborough.
The most recent quarterly figures from NHS Peterborough show them still slipping backwards but ahead of schedule to recover their finances following the departure of Marco Cereste.
Fundraising for Pakistan flood relief gets going in earnest with a joint appeal from the Disasters Emergency Committee.
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PREL Committee Call Update
Received from Fiona Radic dated 4 August 2010 16:45
From: Peterborough For Responsible Waste Management (ProFoRWM)
Seeking nominations for Social Responsibility Committee (SRC)
Is there anyone in your community or in a local organization who might be interested in serving on the Social Responsibility Committee which is being set up in relation to the proposed Peterborough Energypark?
Perhaps you would be interested in becoming a member of the committee yourself?
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No Free Swimming
John Marsden from Vivacity tells Paul Stainton from the BBC why free swimming has gone, and why it won’t be coming back again in the near future. Broadcast at 07:29 on Wednesday 4th August 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 4th August 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 4th August 2010.
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Discussion rumbles on about the planned closure of the Alma Road surgery in Millfield. Council sends back the NHS consultation document with a request for more detail and further recommendations.
Vivacity confirms that free swimming for pensioners and children will not be returning.
SAT’s results slip a percentage point or two locally but meaningful comparisons are impossible due to the boycott which took place this year.
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Peterborough News 3rd August 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 3rd August 2010.
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Government aims to to reduce the number of people claiming housing benefit as local statistics reveal a 50% increase over 10 years.
The devastation caused by the floods in Pakistan is a cause for great concern in the local Pakistani population, and they will be rallying round to send aid.
The planned closure of the Alma Road surgery will be discussed again in Council and they have asked for more information on the reasons given and whether all the options have been considered.
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Peterborough’s Carbon Footprint
A league table of local authorities published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change puts Peterborough near to the bottom of the table for carbon emissions, threatening to scupper the Conservative Council’s Environmental Capital aspirations. LibDem spokesman Richard Olive puts the case for the prosecution, and Sam Dalton Conservative Cabinet Member for Environment Capital brings Peterborough Council Climate Change Team Manager Charlotte Palmer along with her into the studio to give an account to the BBC’s Paul Stainton of where we are and what we’re doing about it.
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