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 News 7th June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 7th 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 7th June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
The Norwich and Peterborough Building Society is offering interest-free loans to investors adversely affected by the Keydata losses.
Plans to close down Millfield GP Surgery have met with strong opposition.
Government has told councils to be more transparent over their spending and a Peterborough Council spokesman describes ways in which they are complying with this request.
The PECT Green Festival finale went off successfully at the weekend although no records were broken.
City centre Sports Lounge has been granted permission to have a road closed and an open air bar and viewing screens erected for World Cup football matches excluding the Slovenia game.
According to the CBI sick leave is at a 23 year low.
Staff at the Wheatsheaf Pub Eastfield Road have elected to change their names by deed poll to Wayne Rooney during the World Cup.
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Marco Cereste: Peterborough is Fantastic

Following a predicted rise in population in Peterborough Marco Cereste Leader of Peterborough City Council recommends building as many new houses as humanly possible, pressing on with large development schemes and sharing his fantastic view of Peterborough. Marco Cereste speaks to the BBC’s Andy Burrows at 08:10 on Wednesday 2nd June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Following a predicted rise in population in Peterborough and despite savage cuts widely forecast, Marco Cereste Leader of Peterborough City Council recommends building as many new houses as humanly possible, pressing on with large development schemes and celebrating the culture on offer in the city. Sharing his fantastic view of Peterborough, Marco Cereste speaks to the BBC’s Andy Burrows at 08:10 on Wednesday 2nd June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Stewart Jackson MP on Coalition Government Policies for Peterborough

The newly re-elected Conservative MP for Peterborough Stewart Jackson talks to the BBC’s Andy Gall and answers some questions elicited from the general public by a BBC reporter on walkabout, regarding the problems affecting Peterborough and the way that new Coalition Government policies could affect the outcomes. Broadcast at 08:20 on Wednesday 2nd June in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

The newly re-elected Conservative MP for Peterborough Stewart Jackson talks to the BBC’s Andy Gall and answers some questions elicited from the general public by a BBC reporter on walkabout, regarding the problems affecting Peterborough and the way that new Coalition Government policies could affect the outcomes. Broadcast at 08:20 on Wednesday 2nd June in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 2nd June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 2nd 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 2nd June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
The Office of National Statistics predicts a substantial rise in the population of Peterborough, but opinions differ on how best to provide the housing and other services that would be required.
Cambridgeshire Police have a scheme to teach 30 young miscreants the art of fishing as an alternative ocupation to crime. Cambridgeshire Police have also just completed a recruitment drive, doubling their intake over the last two years. A BBC reporter samples the training scheme.
A Peterborough woman is unhappy that she has been fined and cautioned for fly-tipping after leaving items for recycling beside a full recycling bin in Hampton Court Westwood.
An ongoing row between artist Robert Erskine and the Peterborough Environment City Trust about the ownership and maintenance of the Power Rhythm Sculpture appears to have been resolved, but not to the full satisfaction of the artist.
The Leader of Peterborough City Council offers his dream for the city.
Peterborough MP Stewart Jackson outlines his and the coalition government’s poition on a wide range of topics raised by listeners.
Jeff Stebbings Gardening Guru gives advice on plant propagation.
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Peterborough News 28th May 2010

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

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Resignation of Peterborough NHS Chairman: The Libdem Response

Peterborough City Council Liberal Democrat Councillor Nick Sandford responds to the news that Marco Cereste Chairman of NHS Peterborough has tendered his resignation from the Board of NHS Peterborough. This interview was broadcast at 08:17 on Thursday 27th May 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire hosted by Andy Gall.

Peterborough City Council Liberal Democrat Councillor Nick Sandford responds to the news that Marco Cereste Chairman of NHS Peterborough has tendered his resignation from the Board of NHS Peterborough. This interview was broadcast at 08:17 on Thursday 27th May 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire hosted by Andy Gall.
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Peterborough News 24th May 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 24th May 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 24th May 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
The Coalition Government outlines its proposed spending cuts.
Parts of Peterborough Children’s Services have been marked inadequate by OFSTED.
Peterborough Cathedral is seeking £100,000 for drainage works.
A local hairdresser appears in the SUN newspaper’s Mum of the Year contest.
There is a beehive at the top of Cumberland House in St Marks Street Peterborough.
An expatriate Peterborough United fan updates us on South Africa’s progress towards hosting the World Cup.

Interviewees:
Dermot Finch Chief Executive IPPR Centre for Cities.
Angus Ellis PCSU Union.
Lisa Schwarz Spencer’s Hair Salon Peterborough.
Rosemary Robinson Bee Person.
Paul Brown Ex-Pat Peterborough United FC Fan.
Jonathan Williams Solicitor and Cathedral Worshipper.
Marco Cereste Peterborough City Council Leader and Chairman NHS Peterborough.
Canon Richard Cattle Peterborough Cathedral.
John Richards Director of Children’s Services Peterborough City Council.
Sheila Scott Cabinet member for Children’s Services Peterborough City Council.
Toby Earl TV Easy Magazine.

Team:
Presenter: Paul Stainton
Producer: Heather Noble
Sport: Peter Swann
News: Suzi Roberts
Travel: Justin Peterson
Weather: John Gray
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