Rod Cantrill – The New Listener

17:19 Friday 27th February 2015
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

CHRIS MANN: Well will it be the same old song from the two politicians joining me now? A couple of subjects to talk about. Let’s first welcome them. Councillor Ashley Walsh from Labour, who’s the lead on the Living Wage on the County Council. The member for Petersfield. Ashley, hello.
ASHLEY WALSH: Hello Chris.
CHRIS MANN: And also councillor Rod Cantrill, LibDem for Newnham on Cambridge City Council, and a member of the Council’s Strategy and Resources Committee. Hello.
ROD CANTRILL: Hi Chris.
CHRIS MANN: A couple of things. We’ll come on to the university tuition fees in a moment or two, but there was a claim today by the LibDems saying the Co-op of all companies, the Co-op food stores, are paying people below the Living Wage. Expand on this please Rod.
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CHRIS MANN: Cambridgeshire music fans are getting a late Christmas present. A new modern sound system costing £200,000 is to be installed at Cambridgeshire’s Corn Exchange, to attract a wider range of performers, and improve the venue’s profitability. It will replace the present system , which is, believe it or not, over twenty years old. Well let’s find out more from Councillor Rod Cantrill, Executive Councillor for Arts, Sports and Public Places. Rod, Good evening to you.
ROD CANTRILL: Good evening Chris.
CHRIS MANN: It’s about twenty years, twenty five now, since the Corn Exchange changed its use and became a major music venue. How long is it now? Continue reading “New Sound System at the Cambridge Corn Exchange”