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I was very sad to hear of the death of an elderly lady in Witham Essex. It is understood she had been shopping, then on her way home on her battery powered invalidity scooter, which has a t...more
Labour broke rules on privacy with their 2009 phone campaign
The Labour party has been found by bthe Information Commissioner to have breached privacy rules by making unsolicited automated phone calls to almost half a million people without their consent. Themore
£1BN LOST THROUGH BENEFITS ERROR STAGGERINGLY UNFAIR SAYS STEVE WEBB
“The benefits system needs to be much simpler, not least so officials can understand it properly,” said the more
Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington
Watch out, there’s a Strategy about
The South Glos Cabinet will release the first draft of the Core Strategy omore
Ethel Austin into administration
I was disappointed to learn yesterday that Ethel Austin had gone into administration. There are two branches of the outlet in Northmore
Putting his foot in it
David Sullivan: "My allegiance is to West Ham – that it where my heart and sole is and I think of my mum looking down and going: 'Come on you Hammers.'"more
Bogus charity scam in Hook
Someone in Hook has warned me about a scam. A few days ago, I got one of those charity collection bags through the letterbox. I threw it away without looking at it because I always take my old stuff more
St Margarets Parish Council
This evening I attended a meeting of the parish council. It was a long meeting as the parish council was deciding on grant applications from village organisations such as the village spo...more
Thank you Manchester Mother’s Union!
I took a group of my students to the exhibition exploring marriage of different faiths and cultures across Manchester Cathedral this afternoon - the Mothers Union had put it together - the students lomore
Licensing Applications w/e 5 February
On the Rocks at 24 Kingsland Road is looking for a 5.00am licence."Application for variation of premises licence to allow supply of alcohol from 08:00-02:00am Monday to Wednesday and from 08:00-05:00amore
Stay & Play for Home Dads
Stay & Play for Home Dads every Monday 9:30-11:30am during term time at The Community Centre, Lee Manor Primary School, Longhurst Road. Lots of toys and fun activities for the kids!For more informatiomore
Dates in Brigg and Wolds
Good Afternoon Just a quick round up of meetings in the ward: Monday 25th January 2010 Meeting of Brigg ...more
The Archers come to York
Come rain come shine was the title of the show we went to at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York. Some of the cast of The Arch...more
Electoral reform
There has been plenty of comment recently deriding Gordon Brown for suddenly discovering electoral reform. The naive part of me allows me to believe that the expenses ’scandal’ may have influenced hismore
I'm just a dumb dog owner!
As a previous cat owner, cat and dog owner and now dopey dog owner (the dog not me!), I found the recent revelations that cat owners are brighter than dog owner s, highly amusing and as far as I...more
Paddington Sports Club: Planning Application
A number of local residents have been in touch with us over the last week or so regarding the recent planning application made by Paddington Sports Club.The club is proposing the erection of a metal amore
DINE WITH SALMOND (THE SPIV) AT HOLYROOD WHEN YOU DONATE TO THE SNP.
I can’t remember a more obviously bogus show of anger and disbelief than that being shown by those who are apparently shocked at the conduct of Alex (the spiv) Salmond and his bag carrier Nicola Sturgmore