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| All you need to know about Saturday’s marches; Detailed info from the Peterborough Telegraph | |
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All you need to know about Saturday’s marches Published on Fri Dec 10 12:51:25 GMT 2010 Information on Saturday’s marches in Peterborough: EDL, PTUC, police, routes and times, transport, shops and businesses, safety advice, pubs and Sunday’s events. ROUTES AND TIMES THE English Defence League (EDL) intends to start its march at 1pm, close to Peterborough United’s London Road ground. They will then proceed over Town Bridge, past Bridge Street Police Station and then congregate in Lower Bridge Street, opposite Peterborough Magistrates’ Court, at around 1.30pm. They will stay at the ‘static protest’ site until around 3pm. During the static protest, there will be speeches from a temporarily installed stage by EDL leaders Tommy Robinson and Guramit Singh along with Jacqui Janes, who hit headlines when she complained that former Prime Minister Gordon Brown mis-spelt the name of her son in a letter of condolence after he died in Afghanistan. There will also be live music during the static protest. London Road and Town Bridge will be closed to traffic. The Peterborough Trades Union Council (PTUC) march from Bishop’s Road car park at noon and proceed along Rivergate to the Key Theatre car park, arriving at 1pm. There, the crowd will be addressed by MEP for East of England Richard Howitt, Peterborough TUC chairman Ron Graves, representatives from Unite Against Fascism and former Labour Parliamentary candidate Ed Murphy. There will also be live music and poems by former Peterborough poet laureate Mixi. They plan to stay at the car park until after the EDL leave their static protest site. Rivergate, Bishop’s Road and the eastbound carriageway of Bourges Boulevard, from Queensgate to Rivergate, will be closed to traffic while the protest takes place. BUSES BUS passengers are being urged to check ahead for their journeys tomorrow as some routes are being diverted because of temporary road closures. Stops near the Rivergate Centre and the former Woolworth’s store, in Bridge Street, will be out of operation from noon. The routes which are affected are the Citi 1, which will be diverted via Thorpe Road, Longthorpe Parkway, Nene Parkway, Oundle Road and then into Shrewsbury Avenue back onto its normal route. The stops not served will be Woolworth’s, Rivergate and those along Oundle Road, before Shrewsbury Avenue. Citi 3 will be diverted via Midgate, New Road, Boongate, Frank Perkins Parkway, Whittlesey Road and then onto South Street back onto the normal route. It will not stop at Woolworth’s, Rivergate, London Road or Fletton Avenue. Citi 4 will be diverted via Padholme Road and Eastfield Road. The stops not served will be Woolworth’s, Rivergate, Bishop’s Road and Star Road. Citi 6 and 7 will have the same diversion as Citi 1 but continue along Oundle Road, into New Road to London Road and back to normal service. Stops not served will be Woolworth’s, Rivergate and London Road to Park Street. There will also be diversions to the 31, 32, 33 and Local Link 407 and Judds 701 services. ROADS ROAD closures will begin today ahead of tomorrow’s marches. Lower Bridge Street will be closed from 8pm today until 5pm tomorrow at its junction with Rivergate and Bourges Boulevard. The entrances to the Bishop’s Road Lido car park, Riverside Key Theatre car park and Horse Fair Meadow Car Park, near the Peterborough United ground, will close from 8pm tonight until 7am on Sunday. Exits will remain open for fans after tonight’s game. There will be road closures, from noon until at least 2pm, at Rivergate and at the junction of London Road and Oundle Road. Bourges Boulevard will be closed from Thorpe Road to Bishop’s Road. Access to Priestgate, Wentworth Street and the Car Haven car park will be affected. Subways between Pleasure Fair Meadow Car Park and Cripple Sidings Lane and Bridge Street and the Riverside car park will be closed. Cripple Sidings Lane and East Station Road will also see closures. PUBS IT is expected to be business as usual for pubs in the area on the day of the march. A memo sent out by EDL leaders has recommended that members go to pubs often frequented by football fans on match days including Charters, on Town Bridge, the Cherry Tree, in Oundle Road and The Peacock, in London Road, before the march. All three establishments will be operating as normal, except for serving more pints in plastic glasses than normal, which is standard practice used for events such as days of big football games. There will be doormen on the doors of Charters and The Peacock. The Cherry Tree and Charters will be closing once the marches begin. Charters will close before the march starts and hopes to re-open soon after the EDL protesters disperse. The Cherry Tree will close its doors between 2.30pm and around 5pm. ENGLISH DEFENCE LEAGUE THE English Defence League (EDL) was formed just two years ago by a group of Luton Town football supporters. It was created in response to a small group of Muslim protesters at a Luton homecoming parade for soldiers in March 2009. Despite having no formal membership structure, the group has since organised 31 marches in cities all over the country. The EDL embraces a wide range of demographics and areas and has wings for around 300 different cities and gay, lesbian and transgender sections. It claims to have thousands of members and opposes what it sees as Islamic fundamentalism. The group’s members recognise Guramit Singh and Stephen Lennon as their two unofficial leaders. Mr Singh said: “The EDL is against the rise of extreme Islam and Sharia Law. “We have people coming from all over the country and expect 3,000 to 4,000 people. “We are urging everyone to stick to our route agreed with Cambridgeshire police.” Mr Lennon is known in the EDL community by his pseudonym of ‘Tommy Robinson’, a name he took from a famous football hooligan. He vowed that city residents can expect to see a peaceful protest in Peterborough tomorrow. Mr Lennon said: “People in Peterborough can expect a peaceful protest, which is our democratic right.” THE POLICE POLICING chiefs believe their negotiations with both groups of marchers will help to keep disruption in the city to a minimum. There will be an extensive police presence in Peterborough tomorrow, with officers from other forces joining 250 Cambridgeshire officers in the city centre. Superintendent Paul Fullwood said: “The planned routes should mean the minimum disruption to the people of Peterborough. “The marchers will be escorted and will not be allowed to roam. “The last arrests were 14 at Leicester and 14 at Preston, so we are not expecting to arrest big numbers. “The EDL will also have their own stewards who rigorously keep their own people in check and we have agreed protocols with them. “We have not received any intelligence that radical Muslim groups will arrive here and, with the support of the mosques, have requested that young men do not get involved. “We will be in 40 areas across the city including the train station, taxi ranks and local mosques. “This is not based on intelligence reports – we have listened to people’s feelings to put more patrols there.” TRADES UNION COUNCIL PETERBOROUGH Trades Union Council (PTUC) has been the leading voice against the EDL march since the march was announced in October. The union has operated in Peterborough for more than a century and its current chairman is Ron Graves. Mr Graves said: “We formed in 1898. “The aim was to bring together working people, not just for a party or a picnic but to take action on issues that confront them as a class. “The PTUC will oppose anybody like the EDL who act contrary to the interests of the working people.” The TUC held a meeting on Wednesday night to give its reasons for holding a counter-march while the EDL takes to the streets tomorrow. When the march reaches the Key Theatre the PTUC will congregate for a static demonstration with speeches by Mr Graves, former Labour Parliamentary candidate Ed Murphy and MEP for East of England Richard Howitt. Mr Murphy said: “At the rally, I hope to be able to invite people from the audience to speak. “Our unity rally will be predominately made up of local folk concerned about how we can improve things with hope for our home town.” Mr Murphy said he believed opposing the EDL march had brought groups in the city together. “I am for hope not hate and believe what the EDL has done is brought the local community together.” SHOPS AND BUSINESSES THE message from most shops is ‘business as usual’ for tomorrow. The ET has reported a number of traders’ fears, but many have been calmed ahead of tomorrow’s marchlight of the large scale police operation. The ET understands that the EDL has visited some shops on the march route, to promise that it does not plan to engage in any violence tomorrow. Paul Thickett, manager of Cash Generator in Rivergate, said: “We had a member of the EDL come into the shop saying they would not be causing any problems. This will hopefully be a peaceful protest. We have had some concerns from staff, but we can close our doors in seconds and have contingency plans in place.” Bosses at Queensgate, the Rivergate centre and Asda have decided to stay open tomorrow. Frank Grant, interim centre director at Queensgate, said: “It will be normal Christmas opening hours and all exits will be open. “The only difference is we will have noticeably more security working tomorrow.” Fred Wing, store manager from Asda, said: “I have every faith in the police and I am confident they will help to keep the peace.” SAFETY ADVICE INNOVATIVE methods will be used by Cambridgeshire police to keep people updated with tomorrow’s events. They will be using mobile phone technology in a bid to improve access to information and also to discredit incorrect reports. Debbie Sampson, community safety team leader at Cambridgeshire Constabulary, said: “We will be sending out free bluetooth messages to people in the city centre with mobile phones. “It is the first time the technology has ever been used in Cambridgeshire in a live operation. “We will have five people walking with a pod that sends out the latest details to people in a 75 metre radius. “If anything happens we will be letting people know but, just as importantly, we will be dispelling incorrect rumours. “We will have pods in the train station in the morning to help direct anyone coming into the city. There will also be pods in Queensgate and Rivergate shopping centres.” To receive messages, simply switch your mobile bluetooth setting to ‘on’. The first message that anyone receives will ask if they are prepared to receive more messages. Signs will be put up in the area telling people about the initiative. Public information flyers are being handed out and YouTube and Twitter will be updated by police. SUNDAY’S EVENTS THE day after the protests a series of events have been organised for what is being called ‘Celebration Sunday’. Leader of Peterborough City Council, Councillor Marco Cereste is encouraging people to show their support for Peterborough by coming into the city centre on Sunday. A programme of entertainment is being put together, including two Dixie Jazz bands, which will be playing in the Rivergate Shopping Centre and outside the town hall, in Bridge Street, between 11am and 3pm. Cllr Cereste said: “We are very much trying to keep the city centre open for business during Saturday. “But we are also encouraging people to come in and shop on Sunday. “I can think of no greater way to show the strength of our community than by us all coming together as a single community.” There will also be a ‘One Voice, One Community’ interfaith candlelit vigil taking place on the Cathedral Green between 4.30pm and 5.15pm. Cllr Cereste added: “The candlelit vigil will be held to celebrate the city’s diversity and the successful integration of different communities into Peterborough.” Tomorrow Sunny spells Temperature: -0 C to 8 C Wind Speed: 14 mph Wind direction: North west http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/all_you_need_to_know_about_saturday_s_marches_1_1812931 |
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| astonp | Dec 10 2010, 06:21 PM Post #2 |
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whats this im hearing about a student march 2 hours before ours about cuts? Facebook page have just said something about it but with no link |
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| Deleted User | Dec 10 2010, 06:48 PM Post #3 |
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It's true: http://s1.zetaboards.com/EDL_The_Forum/topic/3989139/1/#new |
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