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Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

14 Sep 2022
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Hear our voice on health

1,200 people with a learning disability are dying prematurely in our health service every single year. This is a scandal that must be stopped.

28 Oct 2014
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Labour should not be spending your Council Tax like this!

Chesterfield's Labour Council recently showed again just how totally out of touch it is, by bringing forward plans which spend thousands of pounds of the hard earned money that residents stump up every year in Council Tax. They revealed they've already spent £14,000 having a new council logo designed. And having it put on such things as borough council clothing, vehicles and facilities, in due course, will inevitably cost more of your money.

27 Oct 2014
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Gosforth eFocus No 23

GOSFORTH POST OFFICE - LATEST The Post Office is going ahead with the closure of the St Nicholas post office in the heart of Gosforth and moving it to a convenience store in ​S​alt​e​rs Road. (Councillors have visited it - it's a fine establishment, just the wrong place for a vital community resource) The story was reported in the Evening Chronicle here http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/fears-over-gosforth-high-street-7973794 (The councillors maintain it was the photographer who made them look like Three Angry Men!) TOWN MEETING PLANNED All 9 Gosforth councillors are pressing for a Town Meeting to be arranged so that local people can express their views on developments affecting the High Street. More details as soon as possible - we're hoping that the Council will leaflet all 3 wards. FENCING PROPOSALS BY RED HOUSE FARM FC Parklands and Fawdon councillors have objected to Planning Application 2014/1466/01/DET by Red House Farm FC which envisages more than half the land to the north of King

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27 Oct 2014
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Result in Harvey West shows what we all know

Local Lib Dem Gary Fuller, commenting on the result of the by-election in Folkestone Harvey West ward, has suggested that the results reflect an ongoing trend in Shepway politics. The results, which saw the Conservatives narrowly win the district and town council seats with both UKIP and the Lib Dems within 130 votes of victory, represented a massive swing away from the Conservatives and also demonstrated that neither Labour or the Green Party can win in Folkestone.

27 Oct 2014
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