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St Duthas Special School earns Eco-School status
St Duthas Special School in Tain has been awarded the coveted green flag of eco-school status at a BBQ and presentation at the school today. ...
MP visits Mendip YMCA
Tessa Munt, the local MP visited Mendip YMCA in Wells to hear about its work across the Mendip area tackling homelessness for those aged 16-25. ...
Tessa – guest speaker at Flourish Homes residents meeting
Tessa Munt the local MP for Wells was delighted to attend the August housing meeting for residents of Flourish Homes as the guest speaker. Around fifty residents from the Mendip area took the opportunity to come to the Town Hall...
Huppert "not surprised" guided busway on hold
September 1, 2010 MP Julian Huppert claims it comes as “no surprise” that a £76 million guided busway project for Greater Manchester has been put on hold after an expert visited the Cambridge scheme. Richard Knowles, an Oldham councillor and Salford University professor of transport...
Swales gets on his bike
MP for Redcar, Ian Swales will be joining a fundraising bike ride on Saturday 4th September. The event is one of around 50 'Fresh Air Miles' events taking place across the country to celebrate15 years of the National Cycle Network....
Julian supports Fiona as she gets on her bike to raise money for children
August 31, 2010 MP Julian Huppert is supporting Cambridgeshire Lib Dem leader, Fiona Whelan, as she swaps her car and motorbike for a bicycle for a month to raise money for children. She hopes the move will help to highlight the inadequate transport facilities and cycle paths in the...
Huppert backs fund-raiser for Marines in Afghanistan
August 31, 2010 Cambridge MP Julian Huppert is backing a fund-raising campaign to support Royal Marines in Afghanistan. Julian has donated to the campaign which raises money for the injured Marines of 40 Commando and their families and he is urging other Cambridge residents to give their support. read...
Independent report slams Tesco Milngavie plans
Jo Swinson MP has urged Tesco to call a halt to their plans after an independent report found that they may violate local planning guidelines. ...
Paul Burstow Applauds Launch of Local Debate Forum
Sutton and Cheam MP Paul Burstow has praised the launch of Sutton's new online debate forum, calling it a "huge step forward for community involvement". ...
New 111 service will be better than NHS Direct – Burstow
Commenting Liberal Democrat Health Minister, Paul Burstow said:"NHS 111 will build on NHS Direct but will go further providing a much more integrated service for the public."Unlike NHS Direct NHS 111 will be free to call. Where NHS Direct can only signpost other services...
What has the Council ever done for us? asks John Knox (and finds quite a long answer)
"What has the Council ever done for us ? " I thought I might be asked the Monty Python question at some point in this by-election campaign, so I decided to find out. I looked up the chief executive's latest progress report, a...
Lib Dems back government plan to rid streets of "clutter"
August 27, 2010 A government plan to rid Britain’s streets of “clutter” has been backed by MP Julian Huppert and Cambridge City Council Leader, Sian Reid. Councils are being urged to remove unnecessary signs, railings and advertising hoardings to make streets tidier and less...
Swales celebrates Corus SSI deal
Today Corus and SSI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for SSI to buy the Teesside Cast Products plant from Corus. ...
