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BBC News
27-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
MP welcomes refusal of adult gaming centre plan in Peterborough
An MP has welcomed the decision to refuse planning permission for a new adult gaming would have been located in the former Wilko unit at Peterborough's Hereward Cross Shopping documents stated it was refused over concerns it would "harm the vitality and viability of the Broadway area".The city's Labour Co-op MP Andrew Pakes said the decision "reflected growing concerns" about the number of gambling and vaping outlets. Several applications for new adult gaming centres have been submitted in recent months, prompting calls from residents and civic organisations for action to preserve the character and safety of the city May, Pakes raised this issue with the prime minister, urging the government to change the law and make it easier for councils to refuse applications, so that "communities such as mine can take back control" of city MP is part of a coalition of 30 councils and MPs campaigning for gambling and planning laws to be changed."This is a welcome decision by the council to refuse this latest application," he said."People are fed up with our streets being turned into the Wild West by gambling shops."Nothing says more about the challenges facing Peterborough than the rise in fruit machine stores and vape shops. "We need to call time on this decline and ensure councils have the power to deal with the uncontrolled growth of stores like these." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
17-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Solar panels 'to save North East schools thousands' in bills
New solar panels are to be installed at dozens of schools with the aim of drastically cutting energy East Mayor Kim McGuinness allocated £700,000 to provide the technology to 24 schools in Sunderland and said the move was estimated to save a combined £100,000 in bills every year."[It] means schools will have more to spend in other ways, like on breakfast and after school clubs to give kids a better start in life," the Labour Co-op mayor said. Schools receiving new panels include Grangetown and Hylton Castle primary schools in Sunderland, New Delaval primary in Blyth and Kielder Primary said the money was targeted at schools in rural areas and those with the "greatest social need"."Our investment also means the schools cut the CO2 they use by 85 tonnes, the same amount used as 150 homes," she added. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
