Conversations – Page 142 – The New Listener

Darren Fower on Peterborough City Council and Consultants

Darren Fower LibDem Leader on Peterborough City Council talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton about the delaying of a requested answer to questions about the value for money of Peterborough City Council’s £12 million annual spend on consultants. Broadcast at 08:20 on Thursday 10th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

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.

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.

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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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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Peterborough City Council on Transparency and Openness

David Seaton Peterborough’s Cabinet Member for Resources responds to Eric Pickles’ call for councils to be more transparent and open with information. Broadcast at 07:35 on Monday 7th June 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Norwich and Peterborough Offers Loans to Keydata Investors

Matthew Bullock Chief Executive of Norwich and Peterborough outlines to the BBC’s Paul Stainton his plans to offer interest-free loans to investors who may have been adversely affected by the collapse of Keydata Investment Services. Broadcast at 07:10 on Monday 7th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.