Peterborough News 8th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 8th 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 Thursday 8th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
Stewart Jackson MP is unhappy that Council and Accent Nene have agreed to demolish Thurston House on Lincoln Road and replace it with social housing, and is taking all steps to have the decision reversed.
Proposed fundamental changes to the current system for electing councillors are strongly opposed by both the LibDem and the Independent groups.
A woman from Peterborough Angela Cavill-Burch who went on hunger strike to get better medical help for her husband from NHS Peterborough has won her battle.
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Peterborough Migrant Worker Data Debate

The Office for National Statistics have released data specifying the percentage of Peterborough jobs currently held by foreign workers. Ed Murphy from the Peterborough Labour Party offers an alternative analysis to the current popular theory that English people are lazy scroungers. Broadcast at 08:23 on Friday 2nd July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio 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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Stewart Jackson on Life After EEDA

Stewart Jackson MP comments on the imminent demise of the East of England Development Agency and how we can expect their functions to be reallocated without detriment to the future of the region. Broadcast at 07:25 on Wednesday 30th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Peterborough.
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Peterborough News 30th June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 30th 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 Wednesday 30th June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
East Coast Main Line cancels plans to limit the number of rush-hour trains calling at Peterborough. Opportunity Peterborough take the credit.
East of England Development Agency will be scrapped.
Doomed EEDA Chair says business will suffer when they go.
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John Holdich on Bilingual Learners

John Holdich Cabinet Member for Education on Peterborough City Council reflects on recent statistics documenting the number of pupils in Peterborough’s schools who have English as their second language. Broadcast at 07:36 on Friday 25th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

John Holdich Cabinet Member for Education on Peterborough City Council reflects on recent statistics documenting the number of pupils in Peterborough’s schools who have English as their second language. Broadcast at 07:36 on Friday 25th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Stewart Jackson on the Budget

MP Stewart Jackson tells the BBC’s Paul Stainton he is broadly in favour of the Budget proposals but hopes to persuade the Government to extend National Insurance relief for start-up businesses to include those in his Peterborough constituency. Broadcast at 07:10 on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

MP Stewart Jackson tells the BBC’s Paul Stainton he is broadly in favour of the Budget proposals but hopes to persuade the Government to extend National Insurance relief for start-up businesses to include those in his Peterborough constituency. Broadcast at 07:10 on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 23rd June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 23rd 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 Wednesday 23rd June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
Stewart Jackson MP welcomes Budget proposals but will ask again for Peterborough to benefit from National Insurance relief for start-up businesses in order to reduce high unemployment in the city.
It is still unclear why Cathedral Square fountain maintenance costs have doubled from the original estimate but a councillor staunchly defends them.
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