Tag: Cambridgeshire Police

Peterborough News 1st October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Friday 1st October 2010.

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Accent Nene have submitted revised plans for the Thurston House site on Lincoln Road which retain the facade of the old building and the view from Lincoln Road. Council originally approved demolition, but a campaign by Stewart Jackson MP, Cllr. John Peach and the Civic Society has saved the building from demolition.
The GP Consortia scheme launched in Cambridgeshire gives control of budgets to groups of GPs who will effectively choose services from competing providers. Some within the BMA and elsewhere view it as a step towards privatisation of the NHS.
The recordings from an inquest into the death of a local man treated by a locum GP and which are required by the family for further legal proceedings have been inexplicably lost.
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Peterborough News 27th September 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 27th September 2010.

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Council announces plans to dispense with the services of a number of longserving agency street cleaning staff. A councillor says his ward is strewn with litter and another points out that Council awarded an extra £78.000 to themselves in allowances. Council say fly-tipping is no worse now despite having recently raised the charge for bulky waste collection to £23.
Police ran a large stop operation called Operation Utah with some success on Friday at Serpentine Green using automatic number plate recognition cameras.
Firemen attended a fire at a thatched cottage in Orton Longueville in the early hours of this morning.
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Peterborough News 23rd September 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 23rd September 2010.

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Peterborough City Council is talking about putting solar panels and wind turbines on its properties.
Eyrescroft Primary School is cooking its own lunches and pupils prefer them to council fare.
A local PC who is a Czech Roma gypsy wins an award for exceptional effort and support.
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Peterborough News 17th September 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Friday 17th September 2010.

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Eye locals are on a collision course with the Council over plans to build many more houses in Eye. They claim Council officers have misrepresented the level of opposition to the plans.
Cllr Mike Fletcher is considering resigning from the Conservative Group after attempts to voice his feelings on issues in two Scrutiny Committees were, he believes, deliberately suppressed.
United union are up in arms over the doubling of staff parking charges at Peterborough Hospital by the PFI owners Brookfield.
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Stewart Jackson on Police Budget Cuts

Cambridgeshire’s outgoing police chief predicts Armageddon if savage budget cuts are imposed. Stewart Jackson MP offers a perspective on Government’s thinking, to Paul Stainton in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Interview broadcast at 07:10 on Friday 3rd September 2010.
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Peterborough News 3rd September 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Friday 3rd September 2010.

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The outgoing Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Police predicts dire consequences if a suggested budget cut of 40% is implemented. Stewart Jackson MP and Ruth Rodgers Chair of the Police Authority add comments.
Three men were arrested after a dramatic police chase and multi-vehicle crash ending in Eastfield Road.
Peterborough City Council is looking to shed 60 jobs from its Neighbourhoods Department as part of a restructuring process.
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Peterborough News 25th August 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 25th August 2010.

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GCSE results locally are better than last year but below the national average.
The NHS Quit Smoking service in Peterborough is struggling with low success rates although it has reached its target.
Posh come back from 0-1 down at half time to defeat Cardiff City 2-1 in the Carling Cup.
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Police Budget Cuts

John Feayvour, the Deputy Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Police talks to the BBC’s Steve Titman about the harsh reality of the budget cuts proposed for his force, and where the axe might fall. Broadcast at 07:10 on Tuesday 17th August 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Andy Gall on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Continue reading “Police Budget Cuts”