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PETERBOROUGH TRIBUNE 303,000+ hits #cambs #pborocc : STANGROUND CONSERVATIVES ON CLF 'VOTE BUYING SPREE...: Judge Richard Mawrey QC   Postal voting is open to fraud on an "industrial scale" and is "unviable" in its cur...

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You are not alone this Christmas! During this festive season, it is easy to forget that many people will be on their own on Christmas Day. Peterborough Streets, an organisation that looks out for the homeless and disadvantaged throughout the year, is offering a few hours of festive cheer and a slap up Christmas Dinner with all the trimmings! The invitation is extended to all on their own and

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 What did he say? My excited friend in the USA pinged the following over and it must mean something to those night clubbers,  the backbone of the Peterborough night economy. I do however hear Judge Jules is in fact taking up a law degree where he left off "to spin the discs on Radio One" and is joining a top law firm or is 'spinning the discs' really dated or just sad? Answers

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WWF/Heritage Park SchoolWWF/Heritage Park SchoolWhile cooking dinner tonight I answered the doorbell. A young gentleman said he was collecting for WWF/Heritage Park school; only he didn’t know the name of the school and just described it as ‘the school up the road’.He asked for donations for a tree planting scheme, but was unable to supply any details or any contacts at the school.I rang the

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Council meeting Wednesday December 7th 7pm - 10ishWhat really occured......As you will be aware we again attended the above. Our local councillor would have you think he makes his own decisions; the truth is he votes with his party; he has  done on every occasion since he was elected back in May; nor has he ever spoken a word in council. Value for money? You decide......   I &

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Chris Porsz is known as the photo paramedic, his work has been widely featured and we think he has produced a really stunning Calendar.... This is what Chris says in his own words... I am a local paramedic and have produced a monochrome calendar 'Peterborough Through A Lens' at the bargain price of £6. It is packed with pictures I took of old Peterborough and its characters in the

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FLETTON, STANGROUND & WOODSTON NEIGHBOURHOODCOMMITTEE (S1) WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER 20117 PMHeritage Park Primary School,Prior to the start of the meeting, from 6.00pm, ward forums will be held for the Fletton &Woodston, Stanground East and Stanground Central wards. These separate meetingswill give local residents the opportunity to talk directly with their elected members to raiseany issues

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 Apologies we have a technical problem with the print font size on this important post but we have published anyway so there is no delay in getting the information to you...  During the period of 19/11/2011 – 03/12/2011, for our area, 104 incidents were called into The Police Service Centre and were serviced by officers from both Reactive and NPT. Alarm     &

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The Christmas White RoseSaturday 10th December Fancy a classic day out on a steam train, combining main line running, varied landscape and the special atmosphere of York at Christmas time? The train will be steam hauled from Cambridge to York by a Britannia Class Pacific steam locomotive 70013 Oliver Cromwell. The day begins at 08:30 leaving Cambridge Station and head northwards,

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Alisa Dmitrijeva, 17, reported missing on Sept 6thPOLICE searching for a missing Wisbech teenager are offering a financial reward for information which leads to tracing her, on the three month anniversary of the last sighting of her.Alisa Dmitrijeva, 17, has not been seen since shortly after midnight in Friars Street, King's Lynn, on August 31. She was reported missing by a relative on September

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Proof that an anonymous call to Crimestoppers with information on crime really does work. Here are the latest figures from Cambridgeshire PoliceA Crimestoppers lead helped uncover a cannabis factory for which the person responsible received a 12 month prison sentence Cambridgeshore Police also made some significant arrests courtesy of information provided by Crimestoppers,  a

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Photo: Press AssociationThe arrival in Scotland of two giant pandas from China, called to mind this earlier event in March 1966 when Chi Chi the giant Panda transferred from London Zoo to Moscow to meet An An, her prospective mate. The name of the BEA (British European Airways) Stewardess is Maureen Galligan, who must now be in her 60's and a prime candidate to fly with Peach Airways,&

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WE are indebted to Private Eye for the above, as some of you may be aware a small number of PCC Stanground Tory councillors,  have taken to writing covert letter (s), (we have been denied sight of said letter (s), but it/they will turn up during the 'discovery' process, and probably just before the local elections  - unless they choose to rapidly withdraw it) to try and censor

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Just a little reminder that this Sunday 4th December The Brewery Tap will host the last Open Mic Night of 2011. If you can sing or play an instrument then The Brewery Tap want YOU.  Join us for an evening that showcases some great local talent. This event is sponsored by Oakham Ales and takes place monthly. Every month we will be inviting a local band/solo performer to appear under

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A single bollard on Park Farm, plus a metre square patch of tarmac type black topping cost £900 and paid out by PCC at the behest of councillorsThe following link should take you to directly to the report on councillors pay or 'allowances' being  hiked up :-http://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=9797It looks like being a lively evening at the council

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Julian Bray reports:   As if the economic news isn't bad enough, (the Eurozone being beyond a basket case December 8th should see the euro implode says doyen City Editor Jeff Randall, (who once at the Daily Telelgraph attempted to throw a typewriter at me!  [Kids ask your parents...] ) a new report now says that ONE in FOUR UK households is in fuel

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Morag Irving reports..The old District Hospital built as a War Memorial, the fascade complete with inscriptions should be retained and proudly resited as part of Peterboroughs heritageI will declare my interest at the outset, my Father was a Gordon Highlander (had no interest in anything military after he fought some bloody battles during WW2). He then joined and was employed by

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Cardea [South Stanground] residents, children and toddlers face years of dangerously walking along a sloping storm drain next to the by-pass link says PCC. The sloping  storm drain is the light coloured strip in our picture to the right of the bypass it is not a safe walkway In an astonishing admission, in response to our enquiries, PCC has finally admitted  in a

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Christmas Shopping in Lisbon... quick before the Euro implodes on December 9th!Thanks to the several reporters who have spotted this one. Cllr. Harper (Stanground East) who recently spent some £1,800 of CLF funding on 'raised vegetable beds' for an infants school on his patch - the school closed today 30th November, due to the teachers / public sector strike (Cllr Harper 

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 Sgt. Simon Goldsmith from our neighbourhood police team writes: As part of our crime prevention we monitor the crimes raised to ensure we place resources in the most needed areas. To achieve this shifts are altered and a mix of plain clothes officers with high visible officers will be deployed.Following this exercise it has become apparent that we are experiencing a significant rise in

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On the 10th December Bittern (alias Union of South Africa) will be running from Cambridge to York and return, so you will see this steam locomotive pass by alongside the windfarm, the other side of Drysides, Middle Level, and at Kings Dyke.  This is a streamlined A4, like the famous Mallard. .. (C) Stanground & Park Farm News 2011 E&OE Tel: 01733 345581 ..... LOCAL

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Stanground College Closed on November 30th Letter to Parents Dear Parents/CarersOn Wednesday 30November members of the unions will be taking industrial action. About a third of the College’s teachingstaff and a number of support staff are involved in this action.All staff who are not members of the ATL, NUT, NASUWT,NAHT, GMB and UNISON will be required to attend College asusual. However,

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A local councillor, a bit late in the day, seems to be playing catch up on his political blog. Brodsworth Road has its own Neighbourhood Watch scheme, but as many of our 6,000 page viewers a month may know, we have been keeping a close eye on some other negative developments recently in this particular road. We particularly need more information on two recent sightings of

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THIS IS BLOG POST NUMBER 500!Whittlesey access closed this weekend! What Oliver Cromwell failed to do, has now been achieved by the men who dig holes in roads.  A605 Whittlesey water tower to King’s Dyke level crossing CLOSED this morning 26th Saturday until Monday AM for pipe repairs http://t.co/67A38q3F.. (C) Stanground & Park Farm News 2011 E&OE Tel: 01733 345581 ..... LOCAL

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 Action planEarlier this year,  the government launched an action plan to tackle all aspects of violence against women and girls, including 88 cross-government actions to combat this important issue.'No level of violence against women and girls is acceptable in modern Britain or anywhere else in the world.' - Theresa May, Home SecretaryIn the last year alone, there were over 1 million

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