Tag: Cambridgeshire Police

Peterborough News 17th August 2010

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

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Police continue to ponder how they can make the huge budget cuts asked of them. A change in the regulations to allow police redundancies and the closure of police stations are both up for discussion. Some people believe that an increase in the number of voluntary Specials is called for.
Masked robbers struck at the Boathouse poblic house in the early hours of Monday morning.
Locals and police worry about motorcyclists racing around the brickpits in Hampton.
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Peterborough News 16th August 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 16th August 2010.

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Cambridgeshire Police have been invited to cut their spending by £9 million by next April. Police officers cannot be made redundant. Staff will be consulted.
There is a shortage of primary school places in Hampton and in the PE1 postcode. Housebuilding and immigration are the two causes.
A dispersal order has been made against street drinkers and rowdies in Manor House Street outside St Theresas Shelter for the homeless.
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The Millfield Problem

Piecemeal efforts to disrupt public drinking will have no effect, as the problem is now so widespread that only a complete ban will do, according to two Peterborough City councillors. Broadcast at 08:10 on Wednesday 28th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 26th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 26th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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The cost of translation services for Cambridgeshire Police has risen steadily over the years.
Peterborough United FC come under fire for increases in parking, ticket and season ticket prices.
Interim CE NHS Peterborough comments on planned changes to the NHS and the current deficit in Peterborough.
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Peterborough News 2nd July 2010

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

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Plans by Huntingdon District Council to site a travellers’ encampment on the popular Great Drove site near Yaxley have enraged residents, 1000 of whom attended a public meeting last night.
Cambridgeshire Police appeal for more Specials to compensate for budget cuts. Local security companies feel they could benefit from the situation with private patrols and alarm response contracts.
An ONS report that 22% of jobs in Peterborough are held by foreign workers has prompted a lively debate around subsidising cheap labour with benefits.
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Operation Retain a Success

Chief Inspector Mick Bruce from Cambridgeshire Constabular tells the BBC’s Paul Stainton that Operation Retain pre-empting weekend violent disorder in the city centre has cut crime by 40%. Broadcast at 07:15 on Monday 28th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Chief Inspector Mick Bruce from Cambridgeshire Constabular tells the BBC’s Paul Stainton that Operation Retain pre-empting weekend disorder in the city centre has cut crime by 40%. Broadcast at 07:15 on Monday 28th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 28th June 2010

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

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Six local schools are considering academy status. More details.
Police have launched Operation Retain which will see them introducing themselves to customers before the drinking starts and swooping on licensed premises which breach their terms of reference. Latest figures show trouble down 40%.
21,000 turned out to the Peterborough Festival on Saturday. Stavros Flatley was the big draw.
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