Jan 31st, 2010
A hard materials company which has failed to reinstate an existing quarry site at Marsh Farm, Broom, now wants to dig at Berry Coppice Dunnington. But planning law is so weak that they are likely to get their way. Locally, they must be opposed. Nationally, the law must change.
Jan 16th, 2010
Tens of thousands have been killed and more than three million people have been devastated by the massive earthquake that has rocked Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries. The Disasters Emergency Committee website is www.dec.org.uk. This is an umbrella group for key aid agencies, and is coordinating UK giving to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.
Jan 14th, 2010
The Tory-backed Policy Exchange think-tank has today called for the BBC to be dismantled, with BBC Worldwide privatised, the BBC Trust scrapped, and sport and popular entertainment dumped to create opportunities for commercial channels, according to a preview to the report “Changing the Channel” covered by the BBC website and the Guardian.
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Jan 12th, 2010
Up to 2600 Stratford on Avon pensioners entitled to Cold Weather Payments are missing out, according to Lib Dem analysis of government figures.