Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
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
Christmas at the Folkestone Bandstand
The Leas at Folkestone will be alive with the sound of music on Friday 12 December when Shepway Council hosts its third Christmas bandstand carol concert, supported by Folkestone's Salvation Army Band and the Folkestone Herald.
2 Dec 2008
Balderstone College/Springhill High School merge will go ahead in 2010
The combining of Balderstone Technology College and Springhill High School has been given the green light for 2010.
2 Dec 2008
Success -Communities that Work project raised from the dead like Lazarus!
This week (1st Dec) marks the start of the 8th month since we were able to save the Communities that Work project from closure on 31st March 2008. It is wonderful news that in its first six months alone the project exceeded its whole year targets for getting people back into work in areas of high unemployment like the Rother area.
2 Dec 2008
Parliamentary Debates and Santa!
Recently a debate was held in Parliament on the threat to Britain's inland waterways posed by Government funding cutbacks. I took part in the debate so that I could highlight the fantastic job that has been achieved by local volunteers in Chesterfield. They have turned Chesterfield Canal from a stagnant ditch in 1979 (when I first lived at Tapton), into the thriving canal of today with working narrow boat and well used by walkers, cyclists, fishermen and birdwatchers. A linear green lung as I described it in Parliament.
PHMP
2 Dec 2008
Government must ensure AIDS eradication efforts properly supported - Moore
Speaking on World AIDS Day, Liberal Democrat Shadow International Development Secretary, Michael Moore said: "The AIDS pandemic is one of the most significant public health challenges of our time. Meeting the Millennium Development Goals of ensuring universal access to treatment by 2010, and reversing the spread of the disease by 2015, will require a sustained commitment on the part of the international community."
1 Dec 2008