Peterborough News 16th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Friday 16th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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Peterborough Renewable Energy Limited say they expect to start building a waste burning facility in Fengate in this calendar year and want individuals to volunteer to sit on a social responsibility committee.
Peterborough City Council will charge for their Christmas park and ride service which begins on 23rd October 2010.
The bereaved mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan will walk 150 miles around the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts from Peterborough to Chelmsford in aid of the Royal Anglian Benevolent Fund.
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Marco Cereste on Thurston House

Thurston House is an historic manor house, standing in its own grounds and located within a stone’s throw of Peterborough city centre, which has been allowed to fall into disrepair. The owners of the property, Accent Nene, would like to clear the site for social housing, but last night Peterborough City Council voted narrowly to reject that application. Leader of Peterborough City Council Marco Cereste tells the BBC’s Paul Stainton why he voted to see the building demolished.

Thurston House is an historic manor house, standing in its own grounds and located within a stone’s throw of Peterborough city centre, which has been allowed to fall into disrepair. The owners of the property, Accent Nene, would like to clear the site for social housing, but last night Peterborough City Council voted narrowly to reject that application. Leader of Peterborough City Council Marco Cereste tells the BBC’s Paul Stainton why he voted to see the building demolished. Broadcast at 08:10 on Thursday 15th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Cambridgeshire News 15th July 2010

A summary of the Cambridgeshire Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 15th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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The Care Quality Commission is critical of NHS Cambridgeshire for how it allowed a locum doctor from out-of-hours agency Take Care Now to cause the death a Manea man as a result of inadequate procedures and monitoring.
An independent inquiry into youth crime and anti-social behaviour recommends restorative justice.
According to Marshall of Cambridge a Hercules spotted doing aerobatics over Cambridge was practicing for the Farnborough Air Show.
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Peterborough News 15th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 15th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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Council voted narrowly to reject the demolition of the historic Thurston House, but the Leader who supports demolition expects an appeal from developers Accent Nene.
Stewart Jackson MP explains why he voted in support of cut to the police budget.
The saga of free JLS concert tickets for councillors is partly resolved after some are handed to deserving recipients, one of whom from Paston is heard on the programme today.
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Councillors Donate Free Tickets

Councillors’ plans to share out some buckshee JLS concert tickets have been scuppered after the news leaked out that they intended to award these promotional tickets to themselves, with names drawn from a hat. Most of the winners have come forward and given their tickets to deserving cases. Paul Stainton speaks to two of the councillors who were able to confirm that they had no intention of keeping the tickets in the first place. Broadcast at 08:10 on Wednesday 14th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Councillors’ plans to share out some free JLS concert tickets have been hotly denied after the news leaked out that they intended to award these promotional tickets to themselves, with names drawn from a hat. Most of the winners have come forward and given their tickets to deserving cases. Paul Stainton speaks to two of the councillors who were able to confirm that they had no intention of keeping the tickets in the first place. Broadcast at 08:10 on Wednesday 14th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Steve Clarke on the Peterborough NHS Overspend

The Director of NHS East of England Steve Clarke talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton about how the changes planned in the NHS will affect Peterborough’s repayment of its budget deficit. Broadcast at 07:10 on Wednesday 14th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

The Director of NHS East of England Steve Clarke talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton about how the changes planned in the NHS will affect Peterborough’s repayment of its budget deficit. Broadcast at 07:10 on Wednesday 14th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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