Peterborough News 19th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Friday 19th November 2010.

Topics:
Council admits no money has been spent on Peterborough Market for some years. Opinion is divided on whether the market should be revamped or moved.
Council is finally awake to the popular local zeitgeist that small retailers with an eclectic range of offerings should be offered the opportunity to take up a city centre location, possibly in a shared setting.
Peterborough FM, a not-for-profit community radio station and beneficiary of a £90,000 grant from Children in Need and other funding sources, begins transmitting again for 28 days from 20th November to the 17th of December 2010 on 87.7FM. They are affiliated to the Peterborough African Community Organisation. “Using radio as a tool, Peterborough FM contributes to regeneration and improved community cohesion and capacity in the city. Peterborough FM is sees as a community resource, to be used by individuals and organisations making up the city’s community. The project brings together people from diverse backgrounds who would not meet each other in the normal course of their lives. ”
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Peterborough News 16th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 16 November 2010.

Topics:
Police have agreed a route along which the controversial march by the English Defence League can take place without disrupting normal activities any more than absolutely necessary. The Peterborough United game v Rochdale scheduled for 11th November will be moved back to 10th November.
Marco Cereste for the Council and Kevin Roddis for the English Democrats put two different viewpoints on how translation services in Peterborough should be funded.
Peterborough’s Christmas Lights will be lit on Saturday 20th November with various artists in attendance, including Warwick David and Andy Scott-Lee from pop band 3SL.
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Peterborough News 2nd November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 2nd November 2010.

Topics:
Peterborough City Council have agreed to pay £175,000 to refurbish the Woolworths Building in order to encourage TK-Maxx to lease the property from the private landlords some time next year.
As it becomes apparent that Council budget cuts are affecting those least able to cope, questions are being raised about why the councillors themselves and the top earners at the Council have not offered to accept any cuts to their income.
The BBC Peterborough studio is afflicted by equipment failures for a second day in a row.
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Cathedral Square Fountains Yearly Cost Final Estimate

Gavin Elsey Cabinet Member for Regional and Business Management Peterborough City Council reports back to explain why the estimated maintenance costs for the Cathedral Square fountains have doubled from £15,000 per annum to £30,000. Broadcast at 08:38 on Monday 28th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Gavin Elsey Cabinet Member for Regional and Business Management Peterborough City Council reports back to explain why the estimated maintenance costs for the Cathedral Square fountains have doubled from £15,000 per annum to £30,000. Broadcast at 08:38 on Monday 28th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 28th June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 28th 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 Monday 28th June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
Six local schools are considering academy status. More details.
Police have launched Operation Retain which will see them introducing themselves to customers before the drinking starts and swooping on licensed premises which breach their terms of reference. Latest figures show trouble down 40%.
21,000 turned out to the Peterborough Festival on Saturday. Stavros Flatley was the big draw.
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Cathedral Square Fountains – Public Opinion

The final cost for maintenance on the Cathedral Square fountains has yet to be established. Reporter Lynnette Moore goes out in Cathedral Square to find out what people think of them. Broadcast at 07:35 on Thursday 24th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

The final cost for maintenance on the Cathedral Square fountains has yet to be established. Reporter Lynnette Moore goes out in Cathedral Square to find out what people think of them. Broadcast at 07:35 on Thursday 24th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 23rd June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 23rd 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 23rd June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
Stewart Jackson MP welcomes Budget proposals but will ask again for Peterborough to benefit from National Insurance relief for start-up businesses in order to reduce high unemployment in the city.
It is still unclear why Cathedral Square fountain maintenance costs have doubled from the original estimate but a councillor staunchly defends them.
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JLS Peterborough Tickets On Sale

Cllr Gavin Elsey tells BBC’s Paul Stainton that tickets will be going on sale this weekend at the Destination Centre for the JLS Embankment Concert in Peterborough scheduled for Saturday July 18th 2010. This interview was broadcast at 07:55 on Thursday May 13th 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Cllr Gavin Elsey tells BBC’s Paul Stainton that tickets will be going on sale this weekend at the Destination Centre for the JLS Embankment Concert in Peterborough scheduled for Saturday July 18th 2010. This interview was broadcast at 07:55 on Thursday May 13th 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

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PAUL: Now just a couple of months until Peterborough’s Aston Merrygold and the rest of JLS get down and dirty on the Embankment. The concert takes place on Saturday July the eighteenth. Tickets go on sale this Saturday. We’ll speak to Councillor Gavin Elsey Cabinet Member for Pop Music .. no for Regional and Business development. Morning Gavin.
GAVIN: Morning Paul.
PAUL: How are you?
GAVIN: I’m good. Yourself?
PAUL: I’m very good. Are you going to be first in the queue then Saturday?
GAVIN: I’ve already bought tickets unfortunately, so I can’t be first in the queue. Continue reading “JLS Peterborough Tickets On Sale”