Peterborough News 10th June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 10th June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 10th June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
Roadworks on the Frank Perkins parkway supply rich pickings for the speed camera there.
Peterborough City Council continues to delay answering questions on cash for consultants.
A longstanding Conservative councillor targeted for asking questions may decline the whip.
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Geoff Stebbings on Saving a Distressed Bee

Geoff Stebbings from Gardening Answers magazine gives some advice to the BBC’s Kerry Devine on the best way to help a distressed bee. Broadcast at 08:57 on Wednesday 9th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Geoff Stebbings from Gardening Answers magazine gives some advice to the BBC’s Kerry Devine on the best way to help a distressed bee. Broadcast at 08:57 on Wednesday 9th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough District Hospital Site Housing Plan

Peterborough City Council announces plans to build houses on the site of the old Peterborough District Hospital. Richard Kay the Council’s Policy and Strategy Manager talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton at 07:37 on Wednesday 9th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Peterborough City Council announces plans to build houses on the site of the old Peterborough District Hospital. Richard Kay the Council’s Policy and Strategy Manager talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton at 07:37 on Wednesday 9th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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John Bridge Welcomes a Carpark for the Royal Mail Site Peterborough.

John Bridge welcomes plans to set out another car park close to the railway station on the site of the former Royal Mail Sorting Office. Broadcast at 07:28 on Wednesday 9th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 9th June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 9th June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 9th June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
Chamber Chairman John Bridge welcomes another station car park for the vacant Royal Mail Sorting Office site.
Peterborough City Council set out their plans to put housing on the old hospital site on Thorpe Road.
A football fan voices his tourist safety concerns before travelling to the World Cup in South Africa.
Ministers bring forward plans to language test imported brides and bridegrooms.
Councils are given more powers to prevent garden grabbing.
An Edge survey for VQ day reports widepread worker dissatisfaction.
(Updated) In the Labour leadership contest five hopefuls are now in the frame.
In the LibDem Deputy contest Simon Hughes is expected to prevail.
A city centre sandwich bar is putting on a special effort for the World Cup.
Toby Earl from TV Easy Magazine looks forward to the final series of Big Brother.
Jeff Stebbings from Gardening Answers Magazine talks bees, plant health, pests and blight.

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Peterborough City Council Consultants Audit Commission Section 15

The former Chairman of Peterborough City Council’s Scrutiny Committee Cllr. Mike Fletcher intends to set up an independent inquiry into the use and value for money of consultants within Peterborough City Council under Section 15 of the Audit Commission Act 1998. This quotation clarifies one issue at the heart of this debate.

It is apparent from the judgment in Veolia, that considerations relating to commercial sensitivity and confidentiality will not be relevant to the decision as to whether documents may be inspected under s. 15.
Panopticon November 11th 2009

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Dogsthorpe Allotments Without Water

Les Standring allotment holder on the Bluebell Allotments in Peterborough tells the BBC’s Paul Stainton that they have been without running water for two months, and the chickens and crops are suffering badly. Broadcast at 07:27 on Tuesday 8th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peter Boizot on Cathedral Square

Local patriarch Peter Boizot, founder of Pizza Express, owner of the Great Northern Railway Tavern and former owner of Peterborough United Football Club comments on the work carried out to refurbish Cathedral Square Peterborough. Broadcast at 07:35 on Tuesday 8th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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