Councillors have joined the local MP in questioning the current outline plans for the old Peterborough District Hospital site on Thorpe Road as unimaginative, unsustainable, and not in the best interests of local ratepayers. Continue reading “More Thought Needed on the Old Hospital Site”
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Peterborough News 7th October 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 7th October 2010.
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Councillors have joined the local MP in questioning the current outline plans for the old Peterborough District Hospital site on Thorpe Road as unimaginative, unsustainable, and not in the best interests of local ratepayers.
As runners finalise their preparations for the Great Eastern Run on Sunday, news emerges that the Chief Executive of Peterborough City Council Gillian Beasley has suffered a twinge, and could pull out of the charity event.
Entries are invited for the 2011 Peterborough Poet Laureate contest, on the theme of chemistry.
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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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Darren Fower: In Defence of Nick Clegg and the Coalition
Paul Stainton talks to Darren Fower Leader of the Peterborough Liberal Democrat Party ahead of the speech expected from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the Liberal Democrat Conference today. Continue reading “Darren Fower: In Defence of Nick Clegg and the Coalition”
Peterborough News 20th September 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 20th September 2010.
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The cause of a flat fire over an empty pub in Lincoln Road remains a mystery. 6 were rescued.
More no-alcohol zones could be created at various sites outside the city centre. A city-wide public drinking ban is apparently not allowed in law.
The Future Jobs Fund is claiming success in getting people into permanent work with a 50% plus success rate.
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More Time for Centre Works
Andrew Edwards is asked to explain why work on St Johns Square is falling further behind. The LibDem Leader Darren Fower raised the issue, and local retailers have joined him to complain bitterly at the way Council have responded to the evidence that the interminable refurbishments have effectively destroyed their businesses. Continue reading “More Time for Centre Works”
Peterborough News 15th September 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 15th September 2010.
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Persistent delays on the St John’s Square works have put the completion date back another month to mid-October. Local shopkeepers complain bitterly that the destruction of their trade has not been acknowledged by Peterborough City Council.
The Maternity Unit at Peterborough District Hospital has been praised by the Care Quality Commission for improving its staffing levels.
Work has resumed on the Northey Gravel Bridge near the Dog and Doublet Pub after a protected moorhen’s nest was fortuitously washed away. The old bridge is being entirely replaced and drivers should notice the improvement when work is complete.
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Peterborough News 18th August 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 18th August 2010.
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The Liberal Democrats on Peterborough City Council have raised questions over whether an eleven year IT contract with Serco at a cost of £44 million pounds represents good value for money.
The local Pakistani community is redoubling its fundraising efforts for victims of the floods there.
From today local authorities will be able to sell any surplus energy they have from simple renewable sources back to the National Grid. Peterborough City Council look forward to doing that but have none available at present and no concrete proposals in the pipeline.
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