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Peterborough News 3rd August 2010

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

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Government aims to to reduce the number of people claiming housing benefit as local statistics reveal a 50% increase over 10 years.
The devastation caused by the floods in Pakistan is a cause for great concern in the local Pakistani population, and they will be rallying round to send aid.
The planned closure of the Alma Road surgery will be discussed again in Council and they have asked for more information on the reasons given and whether all the options have been considered.
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The Cereste-Jackson Housing Challenge

Following on from the Thurston House demolition debate and subsequent criticism of the Council’s housing strategy, the Leader of Peterborough City Council invites local MP Stewart Jackson to come up with his own vision for Peterborough’s housing strategy. Broadcast at 08:24 on Wednesday 28th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Paul Stainton is asking the questions.
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Peterborough News 28th July 2010

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

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Problem drinking in parts of Woodston have led to a public drinking ban. Two Peterborough councillors say the problem is far more widespread and a street drinking ban for the whole of Peterborough is needed.
Following a debate about the planned demolition of Thurston House the Leader of Peterborough City Council has invited Stewart Jackson MP to come up with an alternative housing strategy for Peterborough.
Parnwell residents worry that traffic using a new Stobart depot will make life unbearable for them.
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New Brooms at NHS Peterborough

Paul Whiteside Director of Strategic Change at NHS Peterborough and part of the new team addressing the budget shortfall following the departure of Marco Cereste talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton, after a report emerges that a new all hours doctors’ surgery in Millfield will close, after only fourteen months, due to underuse and budget cuts. Broadcast at 08:20 on Tuesday 20th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 20th July 2010

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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Marco Cereste on Thurston House

Thurston House is an historic manor house, standing in its own grounds and located within a stone’s throw of Peterborough city centre, which has been allowed to fall into disrepair. The owners of the property, Accent Nene, would like to clear the site for social housing, but last night Peterborough City Council voted narrowly to reject that application. Leader of Peterborough City Council Marco Cereste tells the BBC’s Paul Stainton why he voted to see the building demolished.

Peterborough News 15th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 15th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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Council voted narrowly to reject the demolition of the historic Thurston House, but the Leader who supports demolition expects an appeal from developers Accent Nene.
Stewart Jackson MP explains why he voted in support of cut to the police budget.
The saga of free JLS concert tickets for councillors is partly resolved after some are handed to deserving recipients, one of whom from Paston is heard on the programme today.
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Another Historic Property Under Threat in Peterborough

Accent Nene would like to demolish an historic property yards from Peterborough city centre and replace it with social housing. Stewart Jackson MP puts the case against the development to the BBC’s Paul Stainton, broadcast at 07:22 on Thursday 8th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.