BBC local radio is under threat like never before from a myriad of media options, lack of investment and the BBC itself. Across the country many...
This week in parliament the health secretary Steve Barclay announced his emergency care recovery plan. Amongst the measures in his statement, he triumphantly announced a desire...
A few days ago, CambsNews https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/ kindly shared a few of my thoughts about recall. For those that don’t know, recall is the process by which...
Please can we have our Shire Hall back? Still no deal with controversial property firm regarding the Castle Hill site on which once stood the county...
As it stands, the district council does not have the power to issue parking tickets for illegal on-street car parking – this responsibility still rests with...
First things first. An investment of £48m to transform the embarrassing station quarter of Peterborough, into something that we can be proud of, should be welcomed...
The problem with the potholes, and the direct reason there are so many, isn’t that the council don’t fix them…….but that they don’t fix them PROPERLY,...
The Andrew Brigden story is one that I find really frustrating. Let’s be clear what he did. As an elected member of the House of Commons...
I’ve written this letter to Health Minister Stephen Barclay as a plea for help being an NHS worker. I doubt whether I’d get a reply but...
Can you please tell me after all the years I’ve lived in this area, why local people are still cut off. We all pay our council...
£15m of Government funding is on its way to Peterborough to deliver the first phase of an innovative heating/electricity project. We are one of only five...
Once more we celebrate the nativity of Jesus Christ. This is my first Christmas in your midst as Bishop of East Anglia. Together we rejoice to...
I have lived in Wisbech for 30 years or so and have watched its gradual decline. It was never a pretty place, apart from a few...
I have scoured the lyrics of every Christmas song, story, and fable but none of them mention erecting an ugly, humongous conservatory in your city centre...
Are Cambridgeshire bus service cuts a warning for train operating companies? Recent issues of RAIL EAST have voiced concern at “chopping and changes” in railway timetables....
Cambridge City Council has published its draft budget for the 2023/24 financial year. The proposals, which will shortly be out for public consultation, reinforce the point I’ve...
Earlier this month, LBC presenter Iain Dale showed his support for the community radio sector at the second UK Community Radio Network Conference, in Bedford. During...
While this PPE scandal is erupting again, I’ll tell you a little story and it is absolutely and 100% true. I started a youth representation panel...
As former secondary school teachers, my partner and I have always loved being around children and inspiring them to be the best they can be. All...
Young supporters of the Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance have one question for those unsure about proposals for traffic reduction in Cambridge: If not now, then when?...
Trust; a firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something. It is a virtue, integral to the way in which The BBC...
This week an email landed in my county councillor inbox ‘warning’ me that someone is ‘investigating’ my links to Extinction Rebellion. The email, in a threatening...
Jason Horton, the acting head of BBC England, told CambsNews that the corporation remains committed to “the highest quality local services, delivered in the most accessible...
With the end of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire as we know it looming large, one of its most regular broadcasters has penned a letter to BBC bosses....
by Nigel Pauley Liz Truss broke her silence on the collapse of the pound by doing the round of local BBC Radio stations. There was much...
Five years ago, Paul Stainton quit BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. “After 10 years of laughter, tears and joy I have reluctantly decided to hang up my headphones,”...
Our columnist NIGEL PAULEY fronts the congestion charge challenge. Proposals to introduce a £5-a-day “Sustainable Transport Zone” – aka congestion charge – in Cambridge is proving...
At a Conservative summit to discuss the crisis regarding bus services, we quickly realised the allocation of £1.7m from the CPCA will not be sufficient for...
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) is the Transport Authority for our county and is run by the Mayor, Dr Nik Johnson – the mayor is...
Peterborough, oh my Peterborough, what have we become? It has been a while since I have put pen to paper and scribbled a few words, but...