The old Wirrina building, the former Peterborough and District Youth Stadium, will be demolished on Saturday morning at 6am. What now for the people of Peterborough? Paul Stainton talks to Council Leader Marco Cereste at 08:25 on Tuesday 5th November 2010.
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Peterborough News 5th October 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 5th October 2010.
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Council will demolish the Wirrina complex on Saturday morning and say they have no imminent plans for the site.
Many local voices are clamouring for a replacement community facility in the city centre.
Council Leader does not rule out providing Council premises in the centre for community use.
Following a campaign to target persistent offenders police report crime figures are significantly lower.
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Street Cleaning Staff Cuts
Having already instituted a charge for bulky waste collections, Council hopes to save more money by cutting the street cleaning staff they hire through an agency, but many are critical of their priorities.
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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 14th September 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 14th September 2010.
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The CWU Union has called a meeting of Peterborough postal workers for tonight at the John Clare Theatre to oppose Government plans to privatise the service.
According to the Campaign for Better Transport Peterborough is the 2nd most car dependent city in the country. Council blames it’s design.
Peterborough Regional College has been handed £250K Government cash as part of its Train for Gain programme.
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Charles Swift on the Fletton Catholic Church Closure
Veteran Independent Peterborough councillor Charles Swift tells Andy Gall what he thinks about the planned closure of St Anthony’s Catholic Church Fletton by the Scalabrini Fathers following a report that the building was declared unsafe. Continue reading “Charles Swift on the Fletton Catholic Church Closure”
Peterborough News 23rd August 2010
A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 23rd August 2010.
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Following recent unfavourable publicity, a general consensus is emerging that Peterborough needs to find the funding to make an energetic effort to improve its image, and emphasise the good points about the city that would attract the right sort of interest from investors, companies and individuals.
The Italian community held a protest yesterday against the sudden closure of their Fletton church. They question the stated reasons for ending worship on the site.
A Fleet Hargate couple defend their right to a costly medical procedure that enabled them to lose a combined total of 20 stone in weight.
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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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