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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Repairs set to start on Raac-impacted theatre roof
Work to replace a theatre roof at risk of collapse due to it being built with a cheap concrete that crumbles is due to start on Monday. Scaffolding will be put up at the Key Theatre in Peterborough, with full renovations taking place after The Searchers & Hollies Experience show on 1 June. Peterborough City Council, which owns the building, has allocated £2.19m for the works. The first show following re-opening is due to be 'An Evening Without Kate Bush' on 9 October. The Chalkboard Cafe and Kindred Drama located in the building are due to remain open throughout the work. Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, known as Raac, was found in the auditorium roof in 2023. A temporary roof structure costing £192,000 was installed so events could continue while a permanent solution was sought. Mohammed Jamil, Labour deputy leader and cabinet member for finance and corporate governance at the council, said: "I am delighted that work is starting on this vital project, which will ensure that this much-loved theatre can continue to operate. "As with any major scheme, this will result in some disruption - in this case a short closure of the venue. However, once completed, it will ensure that the theatre can continue to provide a vibrant cultural offering for Peterborough residents." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Raac shut theatre to reopen for panto with new roof City theatre to close for repair works Roof repairs to close city theatre for four months Peterborough City Council
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Roof replacement works on Peterborough's Key Theatre set to begin
Work to replace a theatre roof at risk of collapse due to it being built with a cheap concrete that crumbles is due to start on will be put up at the Key Theatre in Peterborough, with full renovations taking place after The Searchers & Hollies Experience show on 1 City Council, which owns the building, has allocated £2.19m for the works. The first show following re-opening is due to be 'An Evening Without Kate Bush' on 9 Chalkboard Cafe and Kindred Drama located in the building are due to remain open throughout the work. Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, known as Raac, was found in the auditorium roof in 2023. A temporary roof structure costing £192,000 was installed so events could continue while a permanent solution was Jamil, Labour deputy leader and cabinet member for finance and corporate governance at the council, said: "I am delighted that work is starting on this vital project, which will ensure that this much-loved theatre can continue to operate."As with any major scheme, this will result in some disruption - in this case a short closure of the venue. However, once completed, it will ensure that the theatre can continue to provide a vibrant cultural offering for Peterborough residents." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
17-04-2025
- Business
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Council allocates £2m for pothole works across Peterborough
Nearly £2m is to be spent on pothole prevention as part of highways improvement works, a local authority City Council's cabinet approved the allocation of £7.6m of works to its highways partner Milestone Infrastructure is proposed that the funding, made up of two Department for Transport grants, is distributed across five projects and will see upgrades to roads, footpaths, street lighting, bridges, cycle routes, pavements and bus Chapman, the council's executive director for place and economy, said the authority was still in a "better position than others across the country", in terms of pothole concerns. Labour's Mohammed Jamil, deputy leader and cabinet member for finance, told this week's cabinet meeting that he often received complaints from residents about "unsightly" materials used to fill in potholes and resurface Chapman said: "We work with Milestone all the time on new technologies and we've trialled several things over the last couple of years to look at how we might deliver pothole repairs in different ways, using different forms of machinery that cause less disruption but create a permanent repair."Watch this space. Technology is changing all the time. "By comparison to many other councils, I know one pothole is one pothole too many, but we are generally in a much better position than many councils across the country." 'Significant' contract Mr Jamil also asked how the council would guarantee the contractor was "not just taking us for a ride".Mr Chapman said: "We're very alive to this. The value of this contract is significant and the work that Milestone deliver for the city is crucial to keep the city moving and keep road users and pedestrians safe."We review performance across a range of indicators including financial performance to make sure that value is being driven through the contract."For the projects where we have secured additional funding, and therefore there is no obligation for us to commission Milestone to deliver those projects, we have started to test the market to make sure that what we are getting back from Milestone is competitive."Last year, it was reported that there were around 2,150 outstanding road defects across City Council did not provide figures, but it noted it had been ranked third-best performing highways authority in the National Highways and Transport survey. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
13-03-2025
- Business
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Government to consider Peterborough station redevelopment plans
Plans to transform a city's railway station and surrounding area are to be formally submitted to the City Council has authorised the submission of a full business case for the proposed Station Quarter approved by the Department for Transport (DfT), the council would be able to access £47.9m of Levelling Up funding secured in March project, which would cost £65m in total, includes a new western station entrance, pedestrianised square and multi-storey car park. At a meeting on Tuesday, cabinet members also authorised the expenditure of a Towns Fund grant of nearly £1.5m relating to the Citylink phase of the would focus on removing the underpass at the Queensgate roundabout by raising the ground level to form an easier route to the city council leader Mohammed Jamil said the project would be the "start of the regeneration of the city centre".Subject to DfT approval, building work is expected to start within six Chapman, executive director of place and economy at the council, said the project would "kick start something special" in the city and help to create new jobs. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
20-02-2025
- Business
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Peterborough council approves new budget with cuts and tax rise
A council has narrowly passed its budget, which includes cuts to services and a 4.99% council tax City Council is looking to make £23m in savings through cuts including a reduction in Peterborough Museum's opening times, to the cleaning schedule in the Central Park toilets and cutting the highways maintenance budget by 15%.Members voted for the budget and the medium-term financial strategy up to 2028 at a full council meeting on Tuesday.A decision on the future of the city's libraries has been paused with the council's Labour deputy leader Mohammed Jamil telling the BBC the authority was "working with groups to find a solution" on how to keep them going. The agreed council tax increase equates to a rise of £1.59 a week for a Band D budget also reduces the amount of community leadership funding received by each councillor, to be used to support schemes in their wards, from £3,000 to £1, council hopes to save about £300,000 a year through several staffing reductions and changes across corporate also proposed to increase cremation and burial fees by 10%.Following public outcry, plans to mothball the city's lido were reversed, meaning the facility on Bishop's Road will reopen in the spring, with the goal of attracting additional budget proposals, including closing loss-making cafes at the Lido, Flag Fen, Vivacity Premier Fitness, and the museum and art gallery, have been paused. 'Help for those who need most' The council said in 2025/26 it would be spending more money on care for the elderly and vulnerable and supporting children and families. It said growth and regeneration of the city would also remain a priority, to attract better-paid jobs for residents and put more money into the local budget was passed with 21 votes in favour, 18 against and 11 Dennis Jones, leader of the council, said: "We adapted our draft budget following feedback from the public, and we adapted our new updated corporate strategy following feedback during the Shaping Our City consultation."We will continue to keep listening, and engaging with residents, as we strive to achieve the priorities set out in our updated corporate strategy." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
