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A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 22nd September 2010.
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Peterborough City Council says it is planning for budget cuts of £9-12 million pounds next year.
48 GPs locally earn more than £100,000 pa. but few are willing to argue with that.
Today has been designated a car-free day in Peterborough and it remains to be seen what impact that may have.
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Nick Sandford (LibDem Cllr.) and Samantha Dalton (Conservative Cabinet Member) talk to Paul Stainton about Council’s plans to rebrand Peterborough with a new slogan, Home of Environmental Capital. Continue reading “Nick Sandford and Samantha Dalton on the new Environment Capital Slogan”
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 8th September 2010.
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NHS Peterborough’s new Chief Executive is struggling to find the cuts necessary to balance the books and pay off the deficit left to them from the previous management. Waiting lists could rise as a result of targets being scrapped.
Peterborough City Council wants to install a new slogan “Home of Environment Capital” as part of its ongoing branding exercise for the city. They deny paying a consultancy for this slogan. Their previous offering “The Future is You” came in at £70,000.
Stewart Jackson MP is one of the people chosen to meet the Pope when he visits House of Commons on September 17th 2010.
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Yesterday we heard that a Peterborough woman sent away from the Walk-In centre with a diagnosis of allergic reaction, died the following day from a flesh-eating bug. In the light of recent perceived failings at the NHS Walk-In Centre, which is effectively a triage service, a cross-party consensus of councillors repeat their objection to the closure of the Alma Road out-of-hours doctors’ surgery.
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A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 4th August 2010.
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Discussion rumbles on about the planned closure of the Alma Road surgery in Millfield. Council sends back the NHS consultation document with a request for more detail and further recommendations.
Vivacity confirms that free swimming for pensioners and children will not be returning.
SAT’s results slip a percentage point or two locally but meaningful comparisons are impossible due to the boycott which took place this year.
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A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 20th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.
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NHS Peterborough will probably have to close a fairly new doctors’ surgery in Alma Road in order to save money. The centre is underused, and some of the services it provides are duplicated. Local politicians comment.
A local estate agent believes that the downward pressure on house prices nationally is not reflected in the Peterborough market.
Local campaigners Growborough welcome new jobs at a proposed Eddie Stobart depot but would like to see some better quality employment arrive in the city.
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A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Friday 9th July 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 Friday 9th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.
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Peterborough City councillors have been offered free tickets to the JLS concert on Sunday 18th July 2010 in a Town Hall ballot.
The brand new leisure trust Vivacity will immediately look to shed 30 of its 300 staff in an effort to save £800,000.
The final weekend of the Peterborough Festival will include an event in Cathedral Square tomorrow Saturday 10th July 2010 2pm to 7pm featuring jugglers, a funfair and the Edwin Starr band.
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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.
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.
Continue reading “Free JLS Tickets for Councillors”