A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 18th August 2010.<\/p>\n
Topics:
\nThe Liberal Democrats on Peterborough City Council have raised questions over whether an eleven year IT contract with Serco at a cost of \u00a344 million pounds represents good value for money.
\nThe local Pakistani community is redoubling its fundraising efforts for victims of the floods there.
\nFrom today local authorities will be able to sell any surplus energy they have from simple renewable sources back to the National Grid. Peterborough City Council look forward to doing that but have none available at present and no concrete proposals in the pipeline.
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\nAs the Coalition Government reaches its 100th day in office local heads of services including police and NHS reflect on the consequences for their departments, and pollsters report on how popular the Coalition is at this point.
\nCambridgeshire Police comment on their continued success rate targeting cannabis farms in the region. ACPO say police resources were used to raid 7000 such farms in a year, and that British growers have taken over from South East Asians.
\nThe number of young teenage tobacco smokers has fallen from 24% to 17% since new laws were introduced limiting purchases to 18 year olds, according to a report by the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit at University College London.
\nThe wooly mammoth died out due to the spread of forests and the decline of grasslands, not human hunting ,according to a Durham University and Natural History Museum report. Peterborough Museum has various bones for inspection, and a medieval theme on offer during the school holidays.
\nJeff Stebbings discusses extinct plants and insects, and says keep an eye out for tomato blight during any prolonged wet weather.<\/p>\n
Weather:
\nMainly dry at first with some sunny spells, but increasing amounts of cloud bringing the chance of a shower, some heavy at times this afternoon. 20C 68F.<\/p>\n
Interviewees:
\nDarren Fower LibDem Cllr. Peterborough City Council.
\nJenny Fidler Tobacco Report Author Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit University College London.
\nSamantha Dalton Cabinet Member for Environment Capital Peterborough City Council.
\nDr Roger Mortimer Ipsos Mori Pollsters.
\nGhulam Shabbir Pakistan Community Association.
\nChief Inspector Paul Rodgers Cambridgeshire Police.
\nStewart Orme Peterborough Museum.
\nJeff Stebbings Garden Answers Magazine.<\/p>\n
Team:
\nPresenter: Andy Gall
\nProducer: Heather Noble
\nSport: Peter Swann
\nNews: Suzi Roberts
\nTravel: Gemma King
\nWeather: John Lord
\nPhones: Kerry Devine
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