BBC transcripts
08:24 Thursday 17th March 2011
Peterborough Breakfast
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: Unemployment is continuing to rise in the city. In the last two months, the number of people claiming JobSeekers’ Allowance has risen by over 800 people. That’s about 20%. The increase is even steeper for those between 18 and 24. Continue reading “Peterborough Youth Unemployment – The Lost Generation?”
07:20 Friday 4th March 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: We’re selling the city this morning. Yes, we’re getting .. no we’re not getting rid of it. No, we’re selling the city. It’s a big advertising campaign to promote us, and it’s been launched in London. Posters are going to be displayed at Kings Cross Station for three months, and taxis will be branded with the Cathedral Square livery for a year. It’s part of a marketing strategy by Opportunity Peterborough. Pleased to say Neil Darwin has come in this morning, Director of Economic Development. Morning. Continue reading “Peterborough Attracting Inward Investment”
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 7th December 2010.
Topics:
IKEA expect to shed 52 jobs by transferring part of their distribution function to Doncaster. Opportunity Peterborough believes these numbers are not significant in the grand scheme of things, and that the future looks bright for Peterborough.
Cowgate traders hope to persuade Hammerson to create an extra entrance to Queensgate when they construct an extension to the shopping centre.
The well-reported connection problems being experienced by telephone callers to the new Peterborough City Hospital should abate by next week according to a spokesperson.
Continue reading “Peterborough News 7th December 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. ”
Continue reading “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 5th November 2010.
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Cowgate will get a £350K makeover with cash from English Heritage, the Council and businesses themselves.
Leighton Primary in Orton will get a £650K makeover. The front of school will become the back and vice versa.
Hindus commence their Diwali celebrations at the weekend at the Rock Road centre.
Continue reading “Peterborough News 5th 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.
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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.
Continue reading “Peterborough News 2nd November 2010”
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Friday 29th October 2010.
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East Anglian Air Ambulance no longer want to work with the volunteer Magpas service, but Magpas say they will continue to operate using the Cambridgeshire police helicopter, and will buy their own if necessary.
Mayor Keith Sharp has promised to get a new war memorial in Cathedral Square Peterborough by 2012.
Local Enterprise Partnerships have been given the go-ahead by Government, replacing EEDA locally. Opinions are divided on whether Cambridge and Peterborough have enough in common to make the idea a success.
Continue reading “Peterborough News 29th October 2010”
With the Woolworths building still standing empty after more than eighteen months, Neil Darwin from Opportunity Peterborough responds to news that the Queensgate Centre could build some extra floorspace.
Continue reading “Neil Darwin and Intricate Negotiations”