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Peterborough News 12th August 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 12th August 2010.

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Traders who are adversely affected by the refurbishments in St John’s Square are disappointed to learn that construction work could linger on into November. They say a rate rebate is essential in the interests of fairness.
In the light of recent perceived failings at the NHS Walk In Centre, which is effectively a triage service, councillors repeat their objection to the closure of the Alma Road out-of-hours doctors’ surgery.
The Italian community is determined to replace their church in Fletton, recently closed without warning by the owners the Scalabrini Fathers.
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Peterborough News 5th August 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 5th August 2010.

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The junction of Bourges Boulevard and Maskew Avenue in Millfield is an admitted traffic disaster, and the latest example of an ill-thought out development in Peterborough.
The most recent quarterly figures from NHS Peterborough show them still slipping backwards but ahead of schedule to recover their finances following the departure of Marco Cereste.
Fundraising for Pakistan flood relief gets going in earnest with a joint appeal from the Disasters Emergency Committee.
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The Cereste-Jackson Housing Challenge

Following on from the Thurston House demolition debate and subsequent criticism of the Council’s housing strategy, the Leader of Peterborough City Council invites local MP Stewart Jackson to come up with his own vision for Peterborough’s housing strategy. Broadcast at 08:24 on Wednesday 28th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Paul Stainton is asking the questions.
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Peterborough News 30th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Friday 30th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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Government suggests offering ratepayers options and a veto on excessive council tax rises, but critics say the plan could be expensive, and a wider and more thorough review of local authority funding is needed.
As part of the dismantling of Primary Care Trusts some community services could be handed over to social enterprise or private business, including work with people with learning disabilities, adult services, the walk-in centre and the out-of-hours centre.
Government has brought forward the end of Labour’s scheme of free swimming for pensioners and the young from next April to this August. Critics say the benefits which accrue mean that this is a false economy.
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Cheaper to Recycle?

Peterborough needs to intensively develop its recycling capacity.

There are currently two applications to build incinerators in Peterborough. This causes confusion and leads to people to argue that we should just have one.

In fact we could have none. There are alternatives. And despite intensive corporate lobbying for incineration no-one can deny that there is widespread opposition. Apart from national and international organisations like GAIA and UKWIN there are many local groups that oppose this idea.

In some cases it is the local Council that opposes incineration. Unfortunately in Peterborough the Council is composed for the most part of the same people that press the interests of business. In fact the Leader of Peterborough City Council is himself one of the owners of the private incineration company that hopes to build a plant in Peterborough and another one in Sutton Bridge. So we can’t expect any help from that quarter.
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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.

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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Free JLS Tickets for Councillors

Peterborough City Council have been handed a batch of complimentary tickets for the JLS concert on the Embankment on Sunday 18th July 2010 and councillors are sharing them out amongst themselves. Nick Sandford Leader of the LibDem Group comments. This interview was broadcast at 08:10 on Friday July 9th 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire hosted by Paul Stainton.