Eastern Promise - The Podcast

Mike Rigby reads out your answers to a riddle that was wrapped in an enigma, found buried in a byzantine bucket under the Great Ship at Sutton Hoo... This week, the listeners choose a motto for the East of England.

Part 2 of Mike's interview with Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman.  George discusses the thorny issue of planning including new settlements, net zero, energy policy and the growth and development of the Norwich Research Park... 

Mike Rigby is your host for episode two of Eastern Promise, the podcast that explores the full potential of the East of England.  This week, we have the concluding part of Mike's interview with Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman, plus the return of Challenge: Anglia!  

Mike Rigby reads out and reacts to your responses to a question that isn't so much burning as giving off a low even heat.  This episode: if the East of England had a National Anthem, what would it be?  Stay tuned for some off the wall choices...

Collecting the interview with George Freeman MP, the Plug Board (with Andy Hunter of Samuel Ward Academy, Haverhill, Dennis Caswell of the Cambridge Catering Co. and Romy Frow of Travel Counsellors) and we round off with the measured in(s)anity of Challenge: Anglia!  52 minutes of East Anglian goodness: Eastern Promise as it's meant to be heard.   

Welcome to the Plug Board, where three guests from the East of England get to shamelessly plug their own business, project or event so long as they give an equally shameless plug to someone else in return.
This month, Mike is joined by Andy Hunter of Samuel Ward Academy, Haverhill, Dennis Caswell of the Cambridge Catering Co. and Romy Frow of Travel Counsellors) with plugs for chip shops, Italian restaurants and net zero recruitment consultants!

Part 1 of Mike's interview with Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman.  George discusses the region's economy post-COVID, his plan for 'Local Regeneration Corporations' and the East's colossal strength in science...